I like Super Bowl week. There’s only one preview to write.
Yeah, there’s all the media buzz, but hey, you can’t beat having to write just one preview.
Before I get into this weekend’s exciting matchup, I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
I hope to see some of you over the holiday break and I’m excited for that.
It was another great year and I thank everyone for their participation.
I thank the Slackers for putting up random polls and starting conversations.
I thank Dawson for always being the to start a fire under Noise — as if Noise needed help to be a big talker.
For once, Noise had something to talk about, but to his credit, he’s been verbose from day one. He’s been the loudest despite having just 12 wins in his first three years and one playoff appearance — a one-and-done in 2006.
Think about it. This is like the Lions making a Super Bowl.
I suppose the Noise fired Matt Millen in the offseason.
It wasn’t all warm and toasty in the Dottsville village, either.
Just 19 wins in three years and one playoff appearance — a one-and-done in 2007.
Now, all of a sudden, the two are meeting in the Super Bowl.
They’ve come a long way.
We’re talking about franchises marred with bad decisions.
The Noise hold the JFL record for most points left on the bench with 47 scored by Brett Favre. The Toasters make the top five of that list twice with a benching of Kevin Curtis (44 points) and Lee Evans (42).
On the flip side, the Toasters own the unwanted record for least points scored by a starter. In fact, he’s got three of the top five worst starts.
Rex Grossman at negative-7 points at No. 1, and Grossman again at negative-5 at No. 3. The other one is an unfortunate occurrence as his negative-3 posted last week by kicker Jay Feely is No. 5.
But the Toasters isn’t alone on the list.
Donovan McNabb put up a negative-4 for the Noise to put him at No. 4.
But 2009 was different for these two.
Nothing could go wrong.
The Noise would leave 20 points on the bench and still get 150 points on the board.
The Toasters would get a sub-par day from a QB, yet blow his opponent away.
I do not think the former will happen this week, however, the latter may.
Matt Schaub is in Miami at 1 p.m. Sunday and with the young secondary of the Dolphins, he should be able to pass over them.
However, the Noise has an answer with Andre Johnson.
Last week, the Noise nullified Peyton Manning’s 38-point performance with 22 points going to tight end Dallas Clark.
If the Noise can absorb most of the shock from Schaub with Johnson, he could have an advantage with the rest of the matchups.
The JFL MVP, Chris Johnson, will go up against San Diego, which gives up yards, but has been strong around the goal line — just ask Marion Barber.
Still, I would expect nothing less than a 100-yard day and a TD or two. And I wouldn’t be shocked in the least to see him go for 200 yards.
Ray Rice is in Pittsburgh against the Steelers, a team which he scored 15.5 against last time out and should be able to hit double-digits again.
The wideouts were the key for the Toasters last week with all three hitting or just missing 20 points.
Vincent Jackson is up against Tennesse, which is a Friday game so there could be a 50-point lead heading into Sunday.
Or the Toasters could be sweating Sunday morning.
He will have the last player to go, too, so if a comeback is needed, he has Miles Austin to do so on Sunday night.
However, it’s in Washington. Dallas was lucky to pull out a win in Dallas the last time these two played, breaking the 6-0 shutout in the final two minutes.
If it’s 6-0 either way going into the final two minutes this time, prepare the Toast.
The other wideout going is Greg Jennings, who has been off and on. Last week he was on and this week he’s at home against Seattle. The good thing is, two of his three 100-yard games this season have come against NFC West opponents. He’ll have to chance to make it three out of four.
If the Toasters lose with this lineup, he can’t complain too much. It’s the lineup that got him here.
The Noise, however, added Austin Collie and inserted Mike Wallace this week, both of whom have pretty good matchups.
Running backs Ricky Williams and Laurence Maroney also have decent matchups, but as it has much of the season, the Super Bowl lies heavily on the Eagles.
With Denver coming to town, the Eagles are looking to lockup the division or set up a battle for the title in Week 17.
McNabb also is looking to pass against his former teammate’s defense, Brian Dawkins. So he has something to prove and you know he’s going to want to throw the ball — and that’s never a problem for the Eagles.
The Eagles defense has even more to prove against Dawkins and the Broncos. They want to show the Dawk that Philly is just fine without him.
An Eagles rout or high offensive output will likely be the difference maker.
Unless, of course, Chris Johnson goes silly on Christmas.
Even still, I’ve made my own projections for each player and when I added up the totals it worked out to be this — I even had to add it up three times because I think the Toasters will win this Super Bowl, but when I add my projections I get this:
Noise 132, Toasters 125
Yeah, there’s all the media buzz, but hey, you can’t beat having to write just one preview.
Before I get into this weekend’s exciting matchup, I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
I hope to see some of you over the holiday break and I’m excited for that.
It was another great year and I thank everyone for their participation.
I thank the Slackers for putting up random polls and starting conversations.
I thank Dawson for always being the to start a fire under Noise — as if Noise needed help to be a big talker.
For once, Noise had something to talk about, but to his credit, he’s been verbose from day one. He’s been the loudest despite having just 12 wins in his first three years and one playoff appearance — a one-and-done in 2006.
Think about it. This is like the Lions making a Super Bowl.
I suppose the Noise fired Matt Millen in the offseason.
It wasn’t all warm and toasty in the Dottsville village, either.
Just 19 wins in three years and one playoff appearance — a one-and-done in 2007.
Now, all of a sudden, the two are meeting in the Super Bowl.
They’ve come a long way.
We’re talking about franchises marred with bad decisions.
The Noise hold the JFL record for most points left on the bench with 47 scored by Brett Favre. The Toasters make the top five of that list twice with a benching of Kevin Curtis (44 points) and Lee Evans (42).
On the flip side, the Toasters own the unwanted record for least points scored by a starter. In fact, he’s got three of the top five worst starts.
Rex Grossman at negative-7 points at No. 1, and Grossman again at negative-5 at No. 3. The other one is an unfortunate occurrence as his negative-3 posted last week by kicker Jay Feely is No. 5.
But the Toasters isn’t alone on the list.
Donovan McNabb put up a negative-4 for the Noise to put him at No. 4.
But 2009 was different for these two.
Nothing could go wrong.
The Noise would leave 20 points on the bench and still get 150 points on the board.
The Toasters would get a sub-par day from a QB, yet blow his opponent away.
I do not think the former will happen this week, however, the latter may.
Matt Schaub is in Miami at 1 p.m. Sunday and with the young secondary of the Dolphins, he should be able to pass over them.
However, the Noise has an answer with Andre Johnson.
Last week, the Noise nullified Peyton Manning’s 38-point performance with 22 points going to tight end Dallas Clark.
If the Noise can absorb most of the shock from Schaub with Johnson, he could have an advantage with the rest of the matchups.
The JFL MVP, Chris Johnson, will go up against San Diego, which gives up yards, but has been strong around the goal line — just ask Marion Barber.
Still, I would expect nothing less than a 100-yard day and a TD or two. And I wouldn’t be shocked in the least to see him go for 200 yards.
Ray Rice is in Pittsburgh against the Steelers, a team which he scored 15.5 against last time out and should be able to hit double-digits again.
The wideouts were the key for the Toasters last week with all three hitting or just missing 20 points.
Vincent Jackson is up against Tennesse, which is a Friday game so there could be a 50-point lead heading into Sunday.
Or the Toasters could be sweating Sunday morning.
He will have the last player to go, too, so if a comeback is needed, he has Miles Austin to do so on Sunday night.
However, it’s in Washington. Dallas was lucky to pull out a win in Dallas the last time these two played, breaking the 6-0 shutout in the final two minutes.
If it’s 6-0 either way going into the final two minutes this time, prepare the Toast.
The other wideout going is Greg Jennings, who has been off and on. Last week he was on and this week he’s at home against Seattle. The good thing is, two of his three 100-yard games this season have come against NFC West opponents. He’ll have to chance to make it three out of four.
If the Toasters lose with this lineup, he can’t complain too much. It’s the lineup that got him here.
The Noise, however, added Austin Collie and inserted Mike Wallace this week, both of whom have pretty good matchups.
Running backs Ricky Williams and Laurence Maroney also have decent matchups, but as it has much of the season, the Super Bowl lies heavily on the Eagles.
With Denver coming to town, the Eagles are looking to lockup the division or set up a battle for the title in Week 17.
McNabb also is looking to pass against his former teammate’s defense, Brian Dawkins. So he has something to prove and you know he’s going to want to throw the ball — and that’s never a problem for the Eagles.
The Eagles defense has even more to prove against Dawkins and the Broncos. They want to show the Dawk that Philly is just fine without him.
An Eagles rout or high offensive output will likely be the difference maker.
Unless, of course, Chris Johnson goes silly on Christmas.
Even still, I’ve made my own projections for each player and when I added up the totals it worked out to be this — I even had to add it up three times because I think the Toasters will win this Super Bowl, but when I add my projections I get this:
Noise 132, Toasters 125
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