Week 16

I'm sick of the bullshit defenses designed solely to take out Minnesota Vikings runningback Adrian Peterson. New Orleans idiot defensive coordinator Gregg Williams does this as a matter of routine rather than actually play defense. He had his defense try to, in every sense of the word, take Brett Favre out of the 2009 NFC Championship game. Last week he had his clowns, like cornerback poser Jabari Greer, twisting Peterson's ankle after plays were over. The Washington Redskins had defenders, London Fletcher in particular, going at Peterson's knee with their helmets until they scored a hit in the third quarter. Hopefully, Adrian Peterson attacks his long rehab like he has every run. 100%. This offseason, trainer Eric Sugarman might be the most important Viking.

After the Redskins defensive shenanigans took out Peterson and, only a couple plays later, quarterback Christian Ponder, Toby Gerhart and Joe Webb came in to take care of things. Like the Lions earlier in the season, the Redskins had no clue as to what to do against Webb. Kyle Rudolph and Percy Harvin scored big touchdowns. Vikings win 33-26.

In place of Peterson this season, Gerhart has run like he did when he should have won the Heisman. He went over 100 yards for the first time in his two year career. Nice.

Rookie safety Mistral Raymond's first career interception ended the Vikings 10 game interception drought. 10 games!

Redskins kick returner Brandon Banks doesn't play like he weighs about 100 lbs. Tough, tiny, little man.

My 49ers peeps are going to hate me for this but I loved seeing the Seahawks' Heath Farwell block that punt to get his team back in the game. Farwell was a fantastic special teams player for several years with the Vikings. I was very disappointed when Minnesota released him before this season and I'm glad that he caught on with another team. Farwell has always been one of those high effort, do everything players that every team needs. His play is always far greater than his athletic skills should allow.

I had a hunch that Seahawks runningback Marshawn Lynch would pose a serious threat to the 49ers' no rushing touchdown and no 100-yard rusher streak. He ended both streaks but the 49ers still got the win. Wins are the most important. The rest is just gravy.

Interesting that the New York Jets sent only Plaxico Burress out for the coin toss against the New York Giants. Silly little statement by Rex Ryan, I guess.

I'm still stunned that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are playing this poorly. They are simply getting taken apart every week. I don't see coach Raheem Morris surviving this.

Tim Tebow magic brought 4 magical interceptions.

They're annoying but congratulations to the Detroit Lions for finally earning a playoff spot.

For the first time all year I saw Aaron Rodgers throw less than accurate passes against the Chicago Bears. Even with apparent inaccuracies he ends the game with 21 completions in 29 attempts. He's playing out of his mind. His incompletions only seem to happen when he wants them to. When he's throwing the ball away to avoid a sack. When he's stopping the clock. The only unintended incompletion is usually due to a receiver dropping a perfectly thrown ball. Rodgers is playing at a level rarely seen.

I'm looking forward to the Falcons-Saints game. I think this rivalry has become the best in the NFL. Their past few battles have been fantastic.

On the Sunday Night Football  pregame, Peter King reported that the Minnesota Vikings and the state powers that be will soon be agreeing on the construction of a new stadium. In a frustrating season this is fantastic news. Simply fantastic news. Now, King had better hope that he's not blowing a bunch of hooey.

Next week is bad news for the Bears!