Week 15 Observations

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Published on December 20, 2010

Competent quarterback play isn't that hard to find. Rex Grossman, Matt Flynn, Drew Stanton, Kerry Collins and Tim Tebow all played well on Sunday. Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jason Campbell, David Garrard and Jon Kitna have been good for weeks now. Arguably the league's best player, Michael Vick was an afterthought heading into the year and could have been had for almost nothing before 2009.

If you had MJD, Peyton Hillis, Arian Foster, Terrell Owens and/or Dwayne Bowe, you might have lost to teams with Jonathan Stewart, LeGarrette Blount, Kenny Britt, Mario Manningham and/or Vincent Jackson.

The Giants shocking collapse in a game of that magnitude tests my ability to take the rest of the season seriously. Too much absurdity is not good for a sport.

Ray Rice finally earned his money as an early first round pick - for the 10-percent of Rice-owned teams that were still alive in the playoffs. Same goes for Brandon Marshall.

No one on the planet benefitted from popular sleeper Donald Brown's breakout game.

A healthy Austin Collie is the Colts' best receiver. Unfortunately, he wears a helmet magnet in his helmet and we probably won't see him until next year.

Tim Tebow reminded me of Vince Young during his rookie year - not a bad thing, despite the odd, slowish release.

After the Giants loss and three horrible afternoon games, I watched two episodes from Season 2 of "Breaking Bad" instead of the first half of the Patriots-Packers game. It's as good as almost any HBO series. Can't decide if it's the darkest comedy ever, or a gritty drama that has its hilarious moments. Best line so far of Season 2: You're an insane, degenerate piece of filth. And you deserve to die. I aim to incorporate it into my interpersonal dealings where applicable.

Darren McFadden should have had another monstrous day against the Broncos, but the touchdown Gods decreed otherwise. Head to head Fantasy football can be painfully arbitrary.

Brett Favre will play Monday night; Adrian Peterson will not. See bullet point above.