Cincinnatti Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs and More: NFL Week 16 Wishes

1. I Wish the Bengals Everything

I've never had much time for the Bengals. To my mind, they have in recent years become a team of woeful underachievers whose failings are not helped by an owner who has always seemed to favor personality over success or team harmony.

Nothing that has happened these past couple of months has changed that view, and there is a certain hard-edged opinion which states that, in any sport which employs so many people at the top level, one or two might not make it to the end of the season. However, for one side to lose two such prominent individuals during the course of the season is always going to be hard to take.

The one thing you can be sure of is that, during the coming weeks, the side playing the hardest out there will be the Bengals. I wish them every success in what they do.

2. I Wish I Could Predict Good Things For Kansas

Whatever Todd Haley is trying to do at Arrowhead, he needs to get some people with brains to work with. It is not as if Joshua Cribbs' return skills are something new to the League. How the heck do you justify dumping the ball straight down his throat and allowing him to run at you on one occasion, let alone two? And what kind of defensive scheme can't cope with a third string running back who has barely rushed the width of a sidewalk all season?

At the time of year when the Wizard of Oz seems to be on every channel, I'd say Dorothy picked a pretty good moment to get out of Kansas.

3. I Wish You All A Very Merry Christmas

Well, what else was I going to say?

And Santa, I know it is a bit late, but could I have one of these, please http://www.helmutthouse.com/ - and I don't even own a dog.