NFC Week 15 Recap

By Greg Reedy
NFC Correspondent/potential wild card team

Wow, does the NFC suck. There are 6-8 teams that are in legitimate contention for playoff berths in the JV conference. Here it goes from the land of mediocrity.

Dallas at Atlanta – Actually, a pretty good game except for the fact that it was on the NFL network and Deion Sanders and Marshall Faulk had to fill in for Dick Vermeil at halftime because he couldn’t talk because of a sore throat, plus the fact Bryant Gumbel said the Saints were in the NFC West (That actually happened), is that enough? Do I need to go on? And also apparently, if you’re T.O., spitting is OK just as long as you don’t get caught, which he didn’t until after the game. You mean the NFL Network’s 38 cameras didn’t see a little loogie from 81? Michael Vick hurt his groin at the end of the game, which may not be such a bad thing, especially when your younger brother got in some serious trouble with that. Oh, and Tony Romo is still great. Dallas Spitshiners 38, Atlanta Groinpulls 28

Pittsburgh at Carolina – I think Carolina got senioritis because they sure didn’t try today even though everything they worked for this year was on the line. Chris Weinke improves to 1-17 on his career as a starter and it got so bad for Carolina, they had to put their backup in from Northwestern. Some Bazinet (French pronunciation) character. Or maybe Bill Cowher used that home cooking in Carolina to distract them. Pittsburgh “The dean of mean” Steelers 37, Carolina “We’ll see you next semester” Panthers 3

Philly at NY Giants – Some absolutely classic moments from this one. During the fourth quarter, Jeff Garcia got a taunting penalty, threw an interception to set up a go-ahead score and then went and gave a peck on the cheek to one of his fellow players. (I think that actually happened) Now, normally this would cripple a team. But fortunately, Philly was playing the Giants who promptly went out and gave up a TD on the next drive and then had Eli Manning throw an INT for another TD. Not only that, but the ball was tipped high in the air with Tiki Barber having a chance to knock it away. However, since he doesn’t want to ruin his chances for TV next year, he promptly whiffed. Sadly, the Giants will probably make the playoffs and lose in the first round. Philadelphia Freakos 38, NY not so giants 28

Random notes: A ton of backup quarterback were put in this week, including Tavaris Jackson in Minnesota, Cleo Lemon in Miami and Chris Weinke in Carolina, oh wait. He started the game, he just played like a worthless backup. Take that Heisman trophy.