NFL Week 14 Not So Monday Morning Thoughts
The Opening – The landscape of the league is coming to fruition. At this point, we have a firm grasp on what team’s are contenders and pretenders. It is December, which […]
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The Opening – The landscape of the league is coming to fruition. At this point, we have a firm grasp on what team’s are contenders and pretenders. It is December, which […]
The Opening – The landscape of the league is coming to fruition. At this point, we have a firm grasp on what team’s are contenders and pretenders. It is December, which means the good teams are beginning to tighten up on both sides of the ball…putting to bed any bullshit slung toward them during the season.
Hotard Huddle Podcast – It’s been a while since doing one because 3 adult schedules aligning be like that sometimes. The big 50th episode is TBD.
As per usual, start this off with the Weekly Picks.
Season Record: 31-41-1…thank God fantasy is going better this year so far.
The fact he has lasted this long is just unbelievable. The guy doesn’t belong nor deserve to be in the NFL. He benched James Robinson (his best offensive player) because of a fumble two weeks ago. He called his assistant coaches losers because they haven’t won. Like what? What the fuck have you done? Because you won in college, you think you have some sort of clout? What the hell is that? That would be like Tim Tebow going to the NFL HOF and demanding to be inducted based on his legendary college career.
Fire Urban and please never return. The guy is walking argument for why being an alpha douche doesn’t work. You’re not even an alpha. The only coach who can do it is Belichick.
I am going to die on the hill that Chase Young is a bust. Yes, his season was ended due to injury. No, I did not want to see that happen obviously. Dare I say it, I even like his personality on the sidelines. But, my God, they hyped him up so much as a transcendent all-timer and he was the second overall pick last year. He won defensive rookie of the year in a weaker rookie class. I said he would fall somewhere in between Jadeveon Clowney and Keke Mingo. The former being a spot rusher who gets overpaid everywhere he goes. The latter being a dud. The verdict…TBD.
Just to recap why I believed that. All of his sacks his final year at Ohio State were him gaining the outside on tackles. Sure he would get there quickly on some. The majority were from collapsed pockets brought by the interior and him on clean up duty. Read it here: https://hotardhuddle.com/2020/04/08/nfl-draft-i-said-chase-young-would-be-a-bust-and-placed-a-bet-on-it/
It just drives me nuts how so many scouts and experts just raved and raved about this dude. It took me watching one highlight reel of his final season to say “what the fuck is this hype about?”
Anyway, on to Parsons. Cowboys were trying to sure up their secondary with either Jaycee Horn or Patrick Surtain this year. Unfortunately, those plans were spoiled. But, they damn sure may have won that deal. Parsons is looking like his IS going to be a transcendent superstar. In his rookie year, the Cowboys have used him at LB and DE as a chess piece to help that defense. To say he has delivered would be a total understatement.
The reason I am making this comparison is because it still baffles me the hype Young is still getting.
Upon the time of writing this and not including his 2 sacks today against WFT (ironically)….
Parsons – 12 Games, 10 Sacks, 38 Pressures (when he has a job that expands pinning his ears back and going after QBs)
Young – 24 Games, 9 Sacks, 37 Pressures
Chase Young sucks. Kbye.
Now that we have just a few weeks left, the award races have narrowed. So here they are…
Driver Seat – Mac Jones
In the Hunt – Ja’Marr Chase
This is a two horse race that is very much wide open. A few weeks ago, I would have said Chase is a dead runaway because he was. Thanks to the Pats winning streak and Mac Jones (while conservative) performance, he is currently in the driver seat. Being a QB certainly helps. While my personal vote would still be Chase, this is incredibly close.
Driver Seat – Micah Parsons
In the Hunt – No one
This is in the bag. It’s Parsons, period.
Driver Seat – Bill Belichick
In the Hunt – Kliff Kingsbury, Matt LaFleur
To be honest, the coach of the year is probably my least favorite award because it’s about wins and playoffs. It should be to some degree. There are just coaches who clearly over perform given their rosters. When the Dolphins went 5-11 under Brian Flores a few years ago, that team had no business winning 5 games and it was a testament to him. My personal choice right now would be Harbaugh due to the injuries he has dealt with this year. That roster is unbelievably banged up and they’re still winning games with playoffs on the horizon. That being said, out of the options, Belichick seems like a lock considering he lost Brady, grabbed his next guy and the Pats are currently on top of the AFC.
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