Bad Playoffs

A killer weekend in the NFL. First my Redskins bit it in Seattle on the poor play of our ancient QB Mark Brunell. If Brunell threw as many passes to our receivers as he throws to the benches on the sidelines, we'd be alright. Bad result, though not unexpected.

After the Skins debacle on Saturday, my wife's Super Bowl favorite Indianapolis Colts choked their way out of another post-season yesterday afternoon. A Swiss-cheese offensive line doomed Peyton Manning's offense. Manning was constantly under pressure and looked more like Mark Brunell than a future HOFer. A quick 14-0 lead put the Steelers ahead for good, and an unbelievable final minute and half nearly gave the Colts an extra period to save themselves. Mike Vanderjagt's late 46-yard field goal attempt to tie looked like a windblown disaster...except that the game was played indoors at the RCA Dome. Wide right. Season over.

Finally, our secondary dog in the fight, the Chicago Bears, inexplicably fielded QB Rex Grossman, he of one start all season (and eight in his whole career), and lost to a strong Carolina Panthers squad. Why, after going 10-5 with Kyle Orton at QB, the Bears decided to play Grossman (who because of injury has taken more preseason snaps the last two years as the Bears #1 QB) rather than Orton, I'll never understand. Why Joe Gibbs insisted on staying with Mark Brunell the last two weeks, I'll never understand either. But I'm no football coach.

Result: 0-3 on the weekend.

For the remainder of the playoffs, I'll jump on the Steelers bandwagon. I like Big Ben Roethlisberger and Coach Bill Cowher. As they say in the Burgh, Go Stillers!