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The Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t play to win against the Patriots—they played to not get embarrassed. They might want to play with the phrase “defensive adjustments” in the off-season...

NFL Playoffs: From the Bleacher Seats

by Brian Gaylord (Scribe)

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January 15, 2008

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The Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t play to win against the Patriots—they played to not get embarrassed. They might want to play with the phrase   “defensive adjustments” in the off-season. Jags, if you don’t like what I’m saying don’t get all defensive now.

Jerry Jones looked stunned, Romo looked crestfallen and T.O. cried. You guys really know how to warm the hearts of Giants fans.

Do you get the feeling Tony Romo thought he could just show up at Texas Stadium with his cap on backwards and beat the Giants? Romo had an extra week off, but in the week prior to the game, who do you guess put in more effort preparing for the battle—Tony Romo or Eli Manning? Romo’s got the job, the money, the Pro Bowl status and the girlfriend but he lost a lot of field cred Sunday.
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T.O.’s teary-eyed defense of Romo’s trip to Cabo with Jessica Simpson loses some of its admirability when you realize that T.O. paid for the plane tickets.

You can have your end-zone dances after touchdowns. I’ll take Brandon Jacobs drilling the play clock with the football at Texas Stadium.

Philip Rivers’ verbal exchanges with Colts fans at the RCA Dome was a continuation of the classless behavior he exhibited in taunting Jay Cutler a few weeks earlier. It all seemed to start with Tomlinson shunning Rivers late in the season and Rivers has been looking for a dog to kick ever since. Actually, it probably started at birth or at least by Pop Warner. 

I’d like to see Jeremy Shockey in a Raiders uniform, and I’m a Giants fan.

Mike Martz never met a fourth down and improbable he didn’t like. Good luck, 49ers.

Playing away from their huge home-field advantage, the Seahawks were exposed by the Packers as distant pretenders to the throne.
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  1. You don't know Philip Rivers. You are just believing what you see on ESPN. Cutler was yelling the "F" word and other obcenities at Philips teammates and he was taking up for them. You no nothing about him. His teammates absolutley love him! I know him, he is the nicest guy and he is also a faith-filled man. He just doesn't care what other people think; he just wants to win.

  2. Gloria, I'm aware that Cutler participated in that episode and if I were elaborating and not writing quick hits I would have pointed that out. Also, when I say that Tomlinson shunned Rivers I didn’t mean to suggest that it was a lasting situation.
    I think Rivers is on bad path by stirring it up with the opponents' fans and it's only going to add pressure on him and his teammates if that behavior continues.

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