Pay attention to the next FOX broadcast featuring Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.....it's f..king HILARIOUS! I'm sorry, but I fell off of my stool and damn near spit beer after hearing some of the following quotes during the Minn.vs. Eagles game. These are all credited to Aikman.....

"No one has caught bigger balls than Bernard Berrian."

"Good job by Tavaris Jackson to get back on it."

"He has been trying to get on top of him all day."

"He really put the ball on him that time!"

".......the zone lets him come into the seam in the middle of the field."

It was getting so bad that I broke out pen and paper to write these gems down to remember later! I know this is a trivial post but I thought it was a nice distraction during the long wait for the next game. (side note: how in the hell do you add images to a post? I found a sweet photo of the "ambiguously gay duo" from SNL and Buck and Aikman that looked eerily similar but could not figure out how to add to the post. )<!-- TOKEN_1231335017914_TOKEN --><!-- TOKEN_1231334960454_TOKEN -->

This is a blanket post aimed at every ignorant, arrogant, window licking smack talker that over ran OUR site during the weeks we played them.

To the Stains; As was stated many times right here....you are a team of malcontents and undisciplined criminals formerly led by a coach that put in more time trying to beat Shawn Rodgers to the buffet line than game planing or building winning fundamentals. P.S. B. Edwards may be the next advancement in immunology research towards cures for AIDS, herpes and even the common cold, because even if something can be caught he is immune to catching ANYTHING. Next year, temper your expectations and the vibration emanating from your noise holes.

To the Purple Browns; For all of the talk and praise towards your defense, Hines Ward still keeps you up at night deliberating which member of your team will end up on Youtube after being baked on a slant or jacked up on a block! Ray Ray has lost a step and will be our focus toward solving your defense with sending Heath down the seam if we meet again. Despite all of your improvement and success, remember who gave you two of those five losses.

To Cinci; Nah, even I have a heart. It's cold, black and filled with hate and I cannot even find it in me to do it.

To the Cowgirls; You are the softest group of attention whores the NFL has ever seen. Your late season collapse could not have happened to a more deserving group of slackers with a yella toothed Skelator looking owner! Enjoy Cabo during your extended off season and the filming of Hard Knocks next Summer. Remember that you are just the Browns with a better publicity machine.

To the Titans; Thought stomping on the towel was cute? To the Steeler Nation that towel ranks a close second to the American flag and has a tremendous amount of karma attached to it. Ask Carson Palmer's orthopedic surgeon or Ocho Cinco's fake gold grill bouncing off of the terf. After the Ravens smack you around a little bit you will find out what I mean the following week.

To the Cheaters; Last and definitely least. Only one thing to say.......NOT SO TOUGH WITHOUT YOUR CAMERAS, ARE YA??!!!! At least your team set yet another record this year, the first 11-5 team to miss the playoffs! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!

I know this post is below the high standard set here at BTSC but I am a smack talker by trade and holding my tongue while uninformed "fans" of our opponents invaded this site was more than I could stand. Thanks for allowing me to vent.

After spending my entire morning preparing bierocks with sides of queso and chips, it was time to sit down and drink......eeeerrr watch the game! In my heart of hearts I expected a ass kicking to be delivered but the Black and Gold exceeded my hopes!  The following is my take on Kimo's performance:

1. Dominate road grader. I know I am not sharing any insider news here but seeing it in real life game action is reassuring.  Any scrub in Kemo's way wished he was not active for game day.......in straight ahead blocking.
2. Kemo also had quite the impact at the second level. On a handful of plays Kemo chipped his man at the line and DESTROYED the LB at the second level. I was impressed. He also pulled with the ability to make you not worry about Big Red not being on the roster. Although with our new zone blocking scheme,  this will be less involved in the playbook.
3. Pass blocking was good.  Anyone lined up in front of Kemo was neutralized and he seemed to have his head on a swivel and be able to help Hartwig or Smith when he did not have a man head up.
4. The negative. Kemo either did not have the desire or speed to put his head in front of his man to prevent backside pursuit, and this resulted in at least two tackles by his man on the weak side. I hope it was just lack of effort from the play not being on his side. I think this can and will be corrected after this weeks film study.

Overall, the line played very well. I believe that the fact our center wasn't put into Roethlisberger's lap every play had a lot to do with that. Kemo WILL be the lineman we follow on short yardage plays for the rest of the year without question.

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