You Make the Call

I know you are aware of Brett Favre's age crisis in comparison to other NFL quarterbacks but my question this week comes from the continuous coaching decision to start Brett Favre each and every week even though he is off to one of the worst seasons ever in his 20 year career? not to forget his 291 regular season consecutive starts is in jeopardy becacuse of an ankle injury. in recent news Brett has come down with an ankle injury that may put him out for week 8. Vikings coach Brad Childress said that Brett's ongoing record will not influence his call whether to start Brett on week 8 but that he will base his decision on whether Brett can do the motions that are required by the position. the question that i am asking myself is Brett's unproven back up Tarvaris Jackson even able to play to the level that the Vikings are asking of him or on the other hand should they give Jackson a shot because what they are doing is obviously not working due to the fact that they are off to a 2-4 record and second to last in the NFC North division. I would like you to make the call, even if Brett was mildly healthy for the game would you start him or would you start to look for alternatives to replace the ageing, ailing Brett Favre?

Check out more information on Brett's injury Here

Week Six - Wade Phillips

The Dallas Cowboys were picked by many prognosticators to be the NFC's representative in the Superbowl this year, a Superbowl hosted by those same Dallas Cowboys.  Never before has a team played in the Superbowl in their home stadium, but the Cowboys were a hot pick to be the first.  Now at 1-4, coming off a heartbreaking loss at Minnesota, is it time for a coaching change?  Dallas continues to be one of the most penalized teams in the NFL, and routinely make silly mistakes that make winning all the harder.  One Cowboys blogger says Phillips looks inept, check out Jean-Jacque Taylor's blog here.  So you be the judge, is it time for a new sheriff in Big D, perhaps Bill Cowher?

Onside Kicks Worth the Risk?

My controversial call comes from the judgment of the Kansas City head coach Todd Haley and his decision to do an onside kick on the opening kickoff in their game against the Indianapolis Colts. The last team to do an onside kick against the Colts on the opening kickoff was the Philadelphia Eagles in 2000 in which the Eagles were successful. I looked up some stats online on what the probability of winning an onside kick when the receiving team was expecting the kick is about 26% of the time it will be recovered by the kicking team. In Todd Haley’s scenario, when the receiving team is not expecting the onside kick typically teams have been more successful in recovering the kick, about 60%. I see what Todd Haley is thinking in this situation he wants to set the tone of the game in the Chiefs favor, trying to demoralize the Colts as well as the Indy fans. Going back to the Superbowl last year when New Orleans Saints kicked an onside kick to open the second half of the game when they were down 4 points and landed up outscoring the colts in the second half 25-7 winning the Superbowl, possibly Todd Haley thought he was onto something. However the decision didn’t fall in favor for the chiefs and gave the ball to the Colts as well as great field position. The following drive after the onside kick ended up in a field goal by the Colts. Also something to think about is teams are 28-15 all-time in the Superbowl when they have score first, I believe there is something to scoring first and maybe Todd Haley does to.

Did you like the decision by Todd Haley to do an onside kick to begin the game?
Do you think that call had any effect on the game?
If Chiefs had recovered the onside would the game of had a different outcome?

Tell us what you think. We would like to hear your insight
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Week 5 - Andy Reid

This week in the NFL we will look at Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid.  After a recent quarterback controversy involving Michael Vick, and "quarterback of the future," Kevin Kolb, there is much discussion about Reid's future.  In a 17-12 home loss to the Washington Redskins on Sunday, Reid made some costly clock management errors, including getting a delay of game penalty after a timeout, forcing his team to kick a field goal, rather than go for the touchdown.  Offensive line issues also have a bullseye pointed at Reid, who is in his 12th season coaching the Eagles.  Reid took full responsibility for the clock mismanagement, and at least one columnist thinks it might be time for a head-coaching change in Philly.  Len Pasquarelli
writes, "In walking away from the field for good at the tender age of 42 in 1978 -- and retiring to the broadcast booth, and to lending his name to a computer craze, never again to return to the sideline -- Hall of Famer John Madden opined that no one should coach the same team for more than 10 years. If Madden was correct in his assessment -- and the always-opinionated Madden normally is spot-on in important matters of both football and life -- then Andy Reid is already two years beyond his coaching expiration date."  So what do you think, has Reid outlived his welcome in the City of Brotherly Love?  Or will things all look better with a win over the 0-4 49ers next week? 

 

Read Pasquarelli's column here, and be sure to comment!