Frantic Tuesday

Yesterday was a pretty busy day in the football world. Even franchising changing  in Jacksonville. Some good. Some ugly.

First the good. The, still hard to say, Pac-12 announced their season honors. Cal linebacker Mychal Kendricks was named the Pat Tilman Defensive Player of the Year. Congratulations to Mychal. He's been a force for the Bears since his freshman year. He made the switch to inside linebacker this year and maintained his playmaking ways. The position versatility can only help him in the Draft and as a player in the NFL. Some guy from Stanford named Andrew Luck was the offensive player of the year. Besides Kendricks, tackle Mitchell Schwartz, receiver Keenan Allen and punter Bryan Anger were Cal players named to the all-conference first team. Congratulations all around.

Now the ugly. The Minnesota Vikings season just gets even more bleak. Receiver Michael Jenkins, safeties Hussain Abdullah and Tyrell Johnson, and long snapper Cullen Loeffler were all placed on injured reserve. Ending their seasons. Loeffler was especially unfortunate as he was hit with a chickenshit cheap shot from Atlanta's Kerry Meier on Sunday. Loeffler trailed the play by nearly 20 yards when Meier blindsided him. Meier must be a proud young man. The Vikings secondary has been a sieve all season. Abdullah and Johnson now join starting cornerbacks Antoine Winfield and Chris Cook on the sidelines. Jenkins was the Vikings leading receiver. The team brought back promising rookie receiver Stephen Burton to replace Jenkins. They also signed street free agent safeties Jarrad Page and Andrew Sendejo and long snapper Matt Katula. Maybe they found some gems.

Dan Orlovsky could be the man who gets stuck as the quarterback for two different 0-16 teams. He got there with the Detroit Lions a few years ago and now its his turn with the Indianapolis Colts. Best of Luck, Dan.

The Houston Texans were creating a special season. Then they got thrashed at the all important quarterback position. Starter Matt Schaub goes down for the season. Then backup Matt Leinart can't make it through one game before he's lost for the season. Rookie T.J. Yates has the keys now to a very potent offense. Kellen Clemons backs him up. For insurance and security the Texans have now signed veteran Jake Delhomme. Fortunately for the surviving quarterbacks and the team they have a powerful running game and a defense that keeps improving. This has been the young Texans best season and toughest season.

The wingnut Ndamukong Suh was suspended for two games for being an idiot.

The most significant news of a kinda crazy day came out of Jacksonville. Head coach Jack Del Rio was fired and Mel Tucker has taken over as interim coach. It only started there. Owner Wayne Weaver sold the Jacksonville Jaguars to Shahid Khan. Most important to the fans is that Weaver has promised that the team will remain in Jacksonville. The Jaguars are frequently mentioned in portential moves to Los Angeles. I'm not sure how much credence can be taken in the words of the former owner. I'd be more concerned as to what Khan has to say about any potential move. Khan had attempted to buy the St. Louis Rams several years ago. Welcome to the NFL Mr. Kahn.

Fairly wild Tuesday here at the Flea Flicker.