Week 17 PSYCHO aWARD

Week 17 PSYCHO aWARD: The Benchwarmers

The weekly PSYCHO aWARD goes to the players, officials, or team that cause you to curse at the TV during the game and puts you on the edge of insanity.

Right now, the Cleveland Browns are hoping that they get the Indianapolis Colts on their schedule next year. Had the Colts played their starters the entire game against the Titans, the Browns most likely would be headed to San Diego. The best quote of the night during the game was: "after watching Jim Sorgi's performance, the Colt's need to give Manning another raise". After tonight, it was made real obvious that Jim Sorgi is very fortunate to be collecting a pay check. Browns' fans and those that took the Titans -6.5 also want to know why coach Dungy didn't use his last time out at the end of the game to force the Titans to run a 4th down play.

It wasn't just the Colts that felt the need to rest their starters for the playoffs and get their benchwarmers some action. The Buccaneers, Jaguars, Steelers, Seahawks, and Cowboys all lost games against teams they probably would have beaten if the game actually meant something. This is just something to keep in the back of your mind when picking games next year in week 17.

Week 16 PSYCHO aWARD

Week 16 PSYCHO aWARD: Pretenders NOT Contenders

The weekly PSYCHO aWARD goes to the players, officials, or team that cause you to curse at the TV during the game and puts you on the edge of insanity.
Tip your caps off to the spoiler teams this weekend. Both the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles knocked off playoff contenders this weekend. The Cleveland Browns who last made the playoffs in 2002 blew a golden opportunity to make the playoffs this year. Simply beat the 5-9 Bengals and they were in. However, four costly turnovers by Derek Anderson did the Browns in. Now the Tennessee Titans (9-6) can claim the AFC's final playoff berth by beating second stringers from Indianapolis in Week 17. In the NFC, the New Orleans Saints blew an opportunity to be the last wild card spot. The Saints held the tiebreaker between the Redskins and Vikings and now need losses from both teams next weekend and a win at Chicago.

Meanwhile, the Vikings find themselves in the same situation as the Browns. They need HELP. The Redskins need to lose to the Cowboys second stringers and the Vikings need a win at Denver.

2008 Pro Bowl Snubs

The AFC and NFC Pro Bowl roster has been selected for 2008. You can find the official list of Pro Bowl players on NFL.com. The players were selected by combined voting from fans, players and coaches. We at PylonPicks.com felt that injustice has been served.

Below are some deserving players that were left off of the Pro Bowl roster.
First, we will start off with the NFC.

WR - Marques Colston (New Orleans Saints)
1092 receiving yards which is 4th in NFC with 9 TD's, also 4th in NFC.
Donald Driver's only real highlight of 2007 was catching the Favre pass that allowed Brett to become the career leader in yards passing. As a matter of fact, Greg Jennings, Driver's teammate, was probably more deserving as he had 12 TD's and 878 yards receiving.

CB - Charles Woodson (Green Bay Packers)
It is Woodson not Al Harris that is the difference maker in the Packers secondary. You can just take a look at the Cowboys/Packers game for evidence.

OLB - Ernie Simms (Detroit Lions)
Ernie isn't really mentioned anywhere on people's snub lists. I feel he got totally snubbed, just look at his statistics. He made 122 tackles, had 3 forced fumbles and 1 interception.

K Mason Crosby (Green Bay Packers)
Nick Folk did make the same 50 yard field goal twice in the Buffalo game. This probably solidified his Pro Bowl appearance but we feel Mason Crosby had an even better season with 29 made Field Goals, 3 being 50+ and 43 PAT.

Now for the AFC.

RB - Jamal Lewis (Cleveland Browns)
Jamal Lewis had 1084 rushing yards (3rd in AFC) and 9 rushing TD's along with 205 receiving yards and 2 TD's. Lewis's statistics are truely impressive considering he is sharing the ball with the like of Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow (another Pro Bowl snub). Lewis better be a lock for Comeback Player Of The Year.

TE - Kellen Winslow (Cleveland Browns)
We are sticking with the Browns here for a moment as they probably have the most Pro Bowl snubs worth mentioning. Winslow had 71 receptions, was tied for first in the AFC with 971 receiving yards in AFC and had 5 TD receptions.

T - Joe Thomas (Cleveland Browns)
You can't have all these playmakers without a solid offensive line. I think Ravens' Jonathan Ogden was not as deserving as Thomas. Ogden didn't even play in all his games this year (only 9) and the Ravens lost to the Dolphins, enough said.

DE - Mario Williams (Houston Texans)
We are finally onto a player not on the Browns. Mario Williams has totally convinced many critics that he should have been the #1 draft pick. Williams posted 13 sacks, 53 tackles, and had 2 forced fumbled.

Well there you go. There is plenty to debate on. It will be interesting to watch teams like Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and New Orleans in week 16 to see if they use non Pro Bowl representation as a motivation tool.

Week 15 PSYCHO aWARD

Week 15 PSYCHO aWARD: Fantasy Football Duds

The weekly PSYCHO aWARD goes to the players, officials, or team that cause you to curse at the TV during the game and puts you on the edge of insanity.
It is playoff time for many fantasy football leagues and for those of you who made the playoffs, today may have been one of the most frustrating days ever. Some of the most consistent scorers all year for you had their worst performances this week and let you down. Here is your Mitchell Report of the top playmakers that did absolutely nothing for your fantasy football team this weekend.

Fantasy Dud Game Notes
Tom Brady 140 Yards Passing, 1 INT
Tony Romo 22.2 QB rating, 214 yards pass, 3 INT's
Joseph Addai 15 rushes for 44 yards, 0 TD's
Terrell Owens 2 catches 37 yards, 0 TD's
Braylon Edwards 4 catches 64 yards, 0 TD's
Randy Moss 5 catches 79 yards, 0 TD's
Antonio Gates 1 catch for 8 yards, 0 TD's

An official message has been sent to Jessica Simpson to please stay away from Texas Stadium. For those of you playing against Brian Westbrook, you gotta love him intentionally falling down at the 1 yard line and not scoring a TD. A special shout out goes to Norv Turner for pulling LT and Rivers after the 2nd quarter in what could have been LT's biggest game ever.

Week 13 PSYCHO aWARD

Week 13 PSYCHO aWARD: New Orleans Saints Offensive Coordinator

The weekly PSYCHO aWARD goes to the players, officials, or team that cause you to curse at the TV during the game and puts you on the edge of insanity.

There was simply one play this week that gets the vote for the DUMBEST call of the year and is right up there for the worst play calls of all time. My only reaction at the moment the play occurred was "What was that?!!" The Saints were at midfield with a 3 point lead and instead of just trying to run the ball and chew up some more clock, they decided to run a reverse. Drew Brees handed the ball off to Reggie Bush and well Bush tossed the ball right on the turf. The Buccaneers recovered and this batched play cost the Saints the game and maybe their season as the Bucs rambled down the field and scored the game winning touchdown. (Check Out Highlights)