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Good I guess. Still breathing. How are you doing, fringe? Sorry for the late response. Just saw it now.

You'll know you're there when the floors get tacky

I remember that POS Carbo and others mentioned in this thread.

Eli is a lot better than I thought he was, he scored all Atlanta's points too.

I hope the giants win today.

Greatest Super Bowl Moments With Jaime Edmondson

Posted 2/1/2011 at 7:59 am by Ben Garbe

Folks, it's Super Bowl week. Last week we dropped an extended Jaime Edmondson gallery for all 32 NFL teams. Now we have another football surprise. In December, SI.com Hot Clicks writer Jimmy Traina polled his readers for their favorite Super Bowl moment. We posed a challenge to our creative team to re-create the top three moments, with Jaime as the star. Is the outcome super? Check out the three illustrations below, and you make the call.

Super Bowl Moment #3

Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills (click to download wallpaper sized image)

It was the greatest hustle play in Super Bowl history. Down 52-17 with mere minutes left in the game, the Buffalo Bills committed their ninth turnover when quarterback Frank Reich fumbled. Cowboys defensive lineman Leon Lett scooped up the loose ball and headed for the end zone. Thinking he was free and clear inside the five-yard line, Lett prematurely celebrated by holding the ball out to his side. Not so fast, Leon. The Bills wide receiver Don Beebe had sprinted more than 80 yards to catch up and

Super Bowl Moment #2

Super Bowl XXXII: Denver Broncos vs. Green Bay Packers (click to download wallpaper sized image)

At 37 years old, John Elway neared the end of his career without the crowning achievement of a Super Bowl win. Against the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII, Elway looked to break a 17-17 third-quarter tie. On third down and six inside the Green Bay red zone, Elways took off on his legendarily creaky knees. As he neared the first down marker, Elway launched himself just as three Packers defenders converged. All three made contact with the airborne Broncos QB, literally spinning Elway 180 degrees. The play led to a Denver touchdown and to Elway's first Super Bowl victory.

Super Bowl Moment #1

Superbowl XLII: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots (click to download wallpaper sized image)

It was David vs. Goliath, the wild-card Giants vs. the unbeaten Patriots. A double-digit favorite going into the game, New England hung on to a 14-10 lead late in the game when the Giants started a drive in their own territory. On third-and-five, Giants QB Eli Manning somehow managed to elude three Patriots defenders before launching an off-balance Hail Mary pass down the middle of the field. Unheralded Giants wide receiver David Tyree outjumped the Patriots' Rodney Harrison,

Photography by Jared Ryder, illustrations by Nigel Evan Dennis

The Mets would be better off if he did work for someone else.

Yeah...The Phillies or Braves come to mind.

Oh and if the ST's play like they did today next week....

Unprofessional

These guys have all the time in the world...well a lot of time at least...to prepare these highlight commentaries and yet it seems they have no idea who is who or which play they are describing. How embarrassing. Give it a view to see what I mean. There is no excuse for how sloppy this is.

You can't argue the NFL doesn't want to see the Dallas in the playoffs.

The Cowboys are the league's most popular (and profitable) team in any year, one of a precious few franchises with a legitimate claim to a national fan base. They dominate the dot-coms from ESPN to TMZ, creating the kind of sport-transcending buzz commissioners crave. This season in particular, the swirling soap-operatic subplots have helped generate record-breaking ratings for a number of their national games.

That Roger Goodell would rather see the Cowboys play into January -- as opposed to the Vikings, Buccaneers or even the Bears or Eagles -- is beyond question. So is the NFL abusing its power under the flex scheduling rules by shifting this weekend's Dallas-Philadelphia game to 4:15 p.m.?

Nobody can deny the decision gives Dallas a potential competitive advantage, with Chicago, Minnesota and Tampa Bay playing at 1 o'clock. If the Bucs defeat the lowly Raiders -- or if the Bears and Vikings both win -- the Eagles would take the field knowing they've been eliminated.

"To learn after you have warmed up and just before kickoff that you have been eliminated can be devastating," writes Dallas Morning News columnist Tim Cowlishaw, in his item on the controversial switch.

Venerable Philadelphia Daily News scribe Bill Conlin says the decision may spoil a dramatic fight to the finish in the wild-card chase -- to the advantage of Dallas.

Do you think the Cowboys would gain an advantage if the Eagles knew they were eliminated from playoff contention? Does the decision-making smell fishy to you? Should there be some kind of oversight for the NFL's flex scheduling ability?

Dallas Cowboys-Eagles time change fuels conspiracy theory [Dallas Morning News]

TV sends wrong signal to Eagles [Philadelphia Daily News]

It's time for Tony Romo to choke down his problems in December

By JENNIFER FLOYD ENGELjenfloyd@star-telegram.com

If this were anybody else, we would not be tiptoeing around this issue this morning. We'd call a choke a choke.

We'd eviscerate him.

We'd wonder if he had what it takes to win when it counts.

But because it is Cowboys QB Tony Romo, we tiptoe. We do this because we know he is why the Cowboys are in the playoff conversation at all; him saving this team back in Washington. We watch him buy time and make throws like he did to T.O. in the back of the endzone and we realize we have a special QB among us. We appreciate that Romo is their best chance at playoffs and playoff victories.

There comes a point, though, when more is needed.

Sunday was just about that point for Romo. The Cowboys were on the verge of what would have been a gigantic, momentum-building victory in Pittsburgh. It was not a stretch to say this could have been defining. Until they collapsed, in a 20-13 loss to Pittsburgh

And Romo has to be dropped in the grease for this.

He was responsible for four of the five Cowboys turnovers. And he is lucky the tuck rule saved him from another. The last, of course, was the worst -- a pick to Steelers cornerback Deshea Townsend that went for seven in the other direction. It was the game winner.

I know tight end Jason Witten said he was to blame for the interception touchdown and, by all accounts, he was. "I don't know if it was miscommunication or a just slip or, what," Romo said. " … it's part of the situation, the time, you have to do the right thing. I threw it where he wasn't, so that's on me." This is also a salty Steelers defense, No. 1 in like 457 million categories.

But Romo is right. It is on him.

The Cowboys needed him to be his best Sunday, or at least not screw it up for the defense who was finally playing theirs. He was not ... not even close. There were moments of good, but not enough. Too often, what we saw from Romo was the recklessness Big Bill had often warned about, the one play in the game that ends up negating the others.

Nor is this an anomaly.

Romo has a bit of a December problem, much like his team. He has not brought his best self in said games which often is synonymous with big games. And he is no longer young or inexperienced or all of the other things people like me say to defend him when he is being attacked.

The reality is, if this were anybody else, he'd have no defenders.

But this is Romo. So we tiptoe around the reality that he has to start showing he has what it takes to win when it counts. Or else he'll prove something else.

So while I ponder if this team can be saved, let's chow down on a helping of Monday Morning Musings:

1. Please, please, please Coach Wade, stop with the excuses.

Afterwards, after this miserable choke job of a loss, Witten blamed himself, as did Romo. Cowboys linebacker Bradie James looked ready to vomit blood. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin praised Dallas as "for real".

And Coach Wade was talking about how his defense outplayed Pittsburgh's. His silliness, while usually a giggle-worthy punch line, has become embarrassing. I want to take him and shake him until he realize this sunshine-pumping makes him look like a fool and, more importantly, does not help the Cowboys going forward. Honesty is what is needed; if he's capable of that emotion.

2. Fire Bruce Read.

Much blame exists for Sunday's choke, and let's not bother with euphemistic happy. This was a choke. In my mind, Sunday's game turned when the Cowboys gave up the 35-yard punt return to Santonio Holmes which gave life to a team without any.

Inexcusable. As is keeping the coach of a unit with so many problems.

3. Watching Ray Lewis and his Ravens cronies go crazy on Redskins QB Jason Campbell does not bode well for that easy "W" everybody has been predicting against Baltimore.

I do not know if they are as good as the Steelers, but they certainly are in the conversation. And that game is going to be extremely tough to win, home or away, final game at Texas Stadium or not.

4. As if Romo did not have enough problems …

Everybody's favorite receiver has determined who is to blame for Sunday. You knew this was coming. Watching T.O. on the sideline, ranting and raving at receivers coach Ray Sherman, you knew he was mad. It was just a matter of who.

The RHG. The game plan. The offense.

It did not take long to figure out he had retreated to his favorite whine: Blame the QB. He never mentioned Romo by name, but it is not to figure out who had earned T.O.'s ire.

"All I can do is run my routes," he said. "It's his job to go out there and assess what the defense is, and he made that decision."

Yes, T.O. has a point. What he fails to mention is two of Romo's four turnovers came while trying to force the ball into T.O. His biggest sin seems to be that he basically looks at two guys, T.O. and Witten. So maybe, he needs to use his bully pulpit to campaign for more catches for The Good Roy Williams and Pat Crayton who, btw, was open on the interception. But why do I not think that is going to happen?

5. So much for December being a "baseball stat".

Remember how Coach Wade told us previous Cowboy failures in December had no bearing on this season? In fact, he looked me in my face during an interview and told me my questions about Decembers past were baseball stats, inconsequential numbers based on negativity, not on fact.

Really?

Because when you have not had a winning December since 1996 and you open December with a loss as ugly and gut-wrenching as what we saw in Pittsburgh, it appears that December remains a problem. That there is some sort of mental block. The Cowboys did not lack toughness or fight on Sunday. They lacked finish.

6. You did not hear wrong. That was Cowboys owner Jerry Jones calling out running back Marion Barber and basically questioning his toughness.

Wow. Double wow.

This warrants additional digging because we have Tashard Choice saying he knew Barber was not going to play in Pittsburgh and Owner Jones saying there was no reason for Barber not to play and no evidence ever of anything but toughness from Barber. Something is off here.

Stay tuned.

7. Can anybody on the Cowboys sideline count?

Obviously not.

Much less line up correctly.

As good as this Cowboys defense played in Pittsburgh, and they were exceptionally good, too much boneheadedness takes place with them. How does a team fail to account for how many players are on the field, or Greg Ellis line up offsides on third and six, or look utterly befuddled on a play that leads to a huge James Washington reception.

And I'm sorry, this has to fall on coaches, actually The Coach, to clean such messes up.

8. The nice section: Bradie James and Nick Folk were good.

So was Jay Ratliff. And Tashard Choice.

That is all I got. If you want to hear about how good the Cowboys were for three and a half quarters or how the defense was exceptional for most of the game, listen to Coach Wade. Or read the pr website.

I tend to find praising moral victories in a game that should have been a toteboard victory annoying.

9. Your homework assignment was, in honor of Jason Hatcher, to name your favorite celebratory dance?

We here at LBOH headquarters love to remind anybody and everybody willing to listen that we're young. Really young. So I enjoyed being introduced to The California Quake, a very popular choice.

In no particular order, as we do every week, we present my favorite responses:

Thomas McCoy of Cleburne is a Kenny Gant guy, writing "my favorite Dance was the Shark Attack by Kenny Gant. Nothing electrified the crowd like that one. That was a momentum shift for a team that really didn't need it" while Jeff Cassell of Apopka, Fla., is all about Butch Johnson noting "gotta go old school Cowboys with Butch Johnson's California Quake which featured a mix of Billy White Shoes and firing his pistols after hitting his knees, which would now be a penalty in the League. Johnson doesn't get enough credit for his days in Big D as an outstanding #3 receiver behind the Drew Pearson/Golden Richards and Drew Pearson/Tony Hill combos and having one of the great catches in SB history in the SB12 win over Denver."

Laurie Barker of Junction disagrees, writing "I guess I am too old-fashioned. I think the best celebration is maybe a big smile, fist pump and team/group congrats followed by handing the ball to the official and acting like you've been there before. Class, TEAM pride and sportsmanship go farther with me than any show of individualism … Pre-planned, silly and childish celebrations of ego-centric show-offs just make me nauseous."

My favorite comes from Don Atyia of Deadwood, SD, who writes "The next time tee ooh scores a touchdown I think he should run to the middle of the star on the field and do the 'I'm A Little Tea Pot' dance, while singing thusly:

I'm a little tea pot short and stout

I've lost the handle, watch me pout

When I get all steamed up hear me bray

We'll win the title if they throw my way."

10. Your turn: Do you have Romo doubt? Click here to turn in your homework. Please remember to include your name AND LOCATION for credit purposes. I am all about credit.

NT is cool with me, he's good guy. I just cant get over the stuff hes sometimes, and love sharing it with you guys. He's gonna be in a world of hurt when Dallas not only loses to Pitts, but us too.

You're the Giants fan he's referring to right? The one who posts his videos on a Giants board?

Link

'Harris Smith' Is Already on the List of Jerseys You Cannot Purchase From NFL.com

NFL.com is widely known for some pretty stringent practices regarding what customized jerseys it will allow to be made. For instance, you most certainly cannot make a "Ron Mexico" jersey. No how, no way.

The newest name on the computer's banned list? "Harris Smith," Plaxico Burress' Applebee's alias (and an early runner for "2009's Most Widely Abused Fantasy Football Team Name"). At least that's what NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told Central Main Sports in response to their "Why can we still purchase a Rae Carruth jersey?" question.

So, yeah, the NFL is pretty lame AND predictable. Frankly, I'm of the opinion that it shouldn't really matter whatsoever if you want to put a convicted criminal or a fake herpes name on the back of your jersey that costs $200 freaking dollars to order. And I'm not even the poor, real Harris Smith who just wants a No. 17 Giants jersey.

Definately Totowa but I think Home Depot is a little further west.

Applebees is in the Toys R Us lot and Home Depot (Two Guys) is a little more west. Correct.

I kind of feel that way about all of them.

It is kinda goofy to be talking smack like that- Giants supporters included. But I guess it must be fun for them or they wouldn't do it. The Internet has supplied a way to say what ever you want with out the fear of getting your ass kicked....most of the time anyway.

Are you Donovan4prez?

 

On a sidenote, they were probably at the applebees on Rt 46 by Minisink Rd.

Right near Home Depot in Totowa. By the old Two Guys and Crazy Eddies.

How can this guy face himself in the mirror? I get embarrassed for him each time I see one of his ridiculous videos.

you all know its true. we go no where last year without him. Eli probably would have developed into a bad qb without him to goto back when eli was learning the NFL.

 

he is a HUGE reason of why the team is where it is at this day.

Is this next for Osi?

LEAVE BRITNEY PLAX ALONE!

I agree.

I knew you would.

Here we go. The thirty-something king of "Your Mom" jokes with a "Romo fucking his center in the ass" comment. This is what happens when you can't copy somthing relevant that was said by another poster, and then add "I agree." Don't fly without a co-pilot BB...

Allow me to interject here. D4P is by far the undisputed King of Your Mom jokes.

Just sayin'.

I wonder what would happen if Mr. Egg created a thread and no one replied?

Egg and hotdog both....

 

 

I'm glad you finally have something to talk about egghead. We sure did miss you when you took that two week hiatus, but I'm sure that had nothing to do with how dominating the Giants have been.

 

About Burress though, you can't have it both ways:

 

 

 

Like you said, he's expendable and we can win a superbowl without him.

And once again Nesta wins...

This egg fellow should just give up.

I experience this in another way. The power play against the team I'm rooting for lasts forever and the power play for my team is over before it starts. Or so it seems.