Image by Getty Images via @daylife Anyone that loves football and loves the NFL knows that this year was as strange a year as we may ever see. Records were broken and extended, expectations were met, surpassed and sometimes not even close to lived up too. Every week there was a new story that blew everyone's mind. I can't wait to talk about this.Let's start with the return of Brett Farve. He returned for his 20 season so that he could play with his teammates in Minnesota one last time. He was hoping to repeat the success that he had the previous year and possibly lead his team to a Super Bowl. He was missing his most important weapon in Sydney Rice for most of the season, the offensive line was terrible and the Receivers he had tipped some balls that turned into turnovers. He fell way short of his goals for the season but still managed to hit some incredible milestones. He has now thrown for over 500 TD's in his career and played in 297 straight games. I don't think either of these numbers will ever be seen again and there will never be a single player that I would like to watch more than Brett. Enjoy retirement, you earned it.
Randy Moss has played 3 different team in this one season. A man that was rejuvenated in New England wound up playing for the Vikings and Titans. He wanted to stay in New England but after the first game he made some comments about how there were people that didn't want that to happen and I guess he was right since they shipped him out a few weeks later. He spent a few weeks with the Vikings before he alienated his coaching staff, a few players and a buffet chef. He wound up with the Titans and honestly I haven't really of heard of him since. One of the leagues best deep threats and he couldn't find a team to use him properly. Maybe next year Randy.
There were 4 coaches fired in the middle of the season. I don't think that I have ever seen that before and I hope I never see it again. The Cowboys fire Wade Phillips for his teams gross underachievements. They had dreams of a home game in the Super Bowl and manage to finish outside of the playoffs midway through the season. Brad Childress was fired for the same reason plus some shotty personnel decisions. He begged Bret Farve to return, brought in Randy Moss to open up the field, questioned Percy Harvin's toughness and released Randy without the consent of the owner. Not really sure what he was thinking about that last part. Josh McDaniels embarrassed the Broncos franchise with spygate 2 and couldn't win to save his job. Mike Singletary was released from the 49ers with just one game to play because he didn't live up to the expectations and he couldn't choose one or get along with his QB's. I like Mike and hope to see him coaching again.
For the first time in my lifetime a team beat every team in their division twice and didn't win their division or even make the playoffs. The Oakland Raiders dominated the AFC West this year but couldn't win more than 2 games outside the division. They finish the season 8-8 and out the playoffs.
On a similar note, the Seattle Seahawks didn't even win half of their games and wound up winning their division. This NFC West division is the worst in football. Not one team had a wining record but yet they get to host a playoff game. The Giants go 10-6, 3 games better than the Seahawks, and have to watch the playoffs this year, along with several other teams with above 500 records. I wish that the rules for making the playoffs would change but since this type of thing doesn't happen very often it is highly unlikely anything will change. Here is to hoping that next years Toilet Bowl doesn't decide a playoff spot.
I am sure that there are several things that I left out that fit the strange feel of this season, but that doesn't change the fact that this is still one of the most interesting seasons in league history. I hope that I get to talk about more strange goings on next season instead of making references to past seasons due to a lock out. Football has a great following and has the potential for great stories as we have seen this year, but I fear what could happen to this game if we can't watch it for a season.
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