NFL Week 6: Remember Marc Wilson?

I am quite confident if we somehow had a template for the coding, a group of SJ folks could do that and be way funnier.

 

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/features/2012/nfl_2012/week_5/j_j_watt_how_the_nfl_s_best_defensive_lineman_is_changing_the_way_the_game.html

 

26 passes defended by a lineman?!? That's ridiculous to even think about. Heck, even if he gets half that, it's still crazy.

 

I'm not sure if his chances of hitting it are made better or worse by Cushing being out for the year. Someone more schooled in the nuances of a defense will have to make that prediction.

 

Through two games, Clay Matthews was on pace for 48 sacks. Even now he is on pace for 25.

Pace is not a very good gauge on stats like that. In Watt's case, now that teams are onto his habits, they'll take them into account. He might get the "record" (however unofficial it is) but I would be surprised if he ends up with more than 15 total.

 

That is a bet I just might have to take you up on.

 

Fangirl. ;D

 

Even 15 would be impressive for a lineman.

 

He has 11 1/4-inch hands and a 37-inch vertical leap. These numbers aren't happening by accident.

 

I'm just glad to see "passes defended" instead of "passes defensed."

 

+1 to proper grammar.

 

You Texans fans want to read something funny? I don't know the writer -- name is Chris Baldwin -- but this is funny from the 2011 draft:

A star fell right into the Houston Texans laps on draft night, like a blessing from the football gods — only Rick Smith, Gary Kubiak and Wade Phillips didn't grab him. Instead, they punted Nick Fairley right back into the boo-y night.

Fairley landed with the Detroit Lions, where he'll collect Pro Bowl berths for years to come. The Texans took a former Pizza Hut deliveryman instead. But that pizza boy sure has a lot of character.

That's really what it seems to have come down to for the Texans again with the selection of Wisconsin's J.J. Watt. This franchise may never make the playoffs under Bob McNair, but it's sure going to have high-quality gentlemen on the roster.

http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/04-29-11-texans-will-rue-the-night-they-took-pizza-boy-watts-over-nick-fairley-houston-lover/