SCOTT JACOBS

Pop the corks Miami!  Your perfect run lives on another year.  With the Titans falling, and falling hard today34-13 to the all of a sudden red hot New York football Jets, every team in the NFL officially has at least one blemish on their record.  Brett Favre, who was a calm cool 25-32 for 224 yards, two scores, and one pick did everything he needed to, and New York (a year after a miserable 4-12 season) doubled their 2007 win total to eight, with five games left to play.  New York wanted to win, and they wanted to win now, and the move to acquire Favre, and the big money they spent on free agents has really paid off.  They maintained their one game lead in the AFC East over the Patriots, but the Jets proved with their win in Nashville that they may be a Super Bowl contender.  I didn’t think that was possible earlier in the year, but now?  Well, the Jets are well on their way to the post-season, and with a little help, could get a first round bye.

And with Tennessee’s loss, comes the end of a Thanksgiving tussle that could’ve been epically awful.  The Titans failed to extend their record to 11-0, and with it, ended any hope that we could see an 11-0 team play an 0-11 team on national television Thanksgiving Day.  The Lions did their part today, blowing a 17-0 lead at home to Tampa Bay, and getting practically run off the field the rest of the way in a 38-20 laugher.  The Lions were within four after halftime, but were run off the field in the second half, as the Bucs outscored Detroit 17-3.  Ford Field sounded like a ghost-town.  Faint sounds of boos echoed throughout the game, but it’s as if the Motown support has left the building.  The Lions are 0-11, and practically sprinting to a 0-16 ending.  Rumors have run rampant that the Lions could actually fail to sell out their annual Turkey Day nightmare, which would create a blackout in Detroit.  But would that be a bad thing?  Probably not.  Afterall, the Lions are just atrocious.  The Dolphins were bad last year en route to their 0-13 start, but they were in most of their games.  The Lions?  Well, in their last two home games, Detroit has been outscored by 42!  Ouch.

So that means that this year’s Turkey Day lineup may be the lamest ever.  In addition to the Titans-Lions game, the later game is Seattle-Dallas.  Hope springs eternal though that the Cardinals-Eagles game on NFL Network will provide some fireworks.  Afterall, the Eagles are now a .500 team with a tie, and their season is over with a loss at home to Arizona.

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