Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Quitting. The Love and Hate Sides of It.

The big storyline in the NFL this week was which Head Coach was going to lose his job first Brad Childress or Wade Phillips.

While the Vikings have been a giant soap opera since August, they pulled out a gutsy win on Sunday. Trailing 24-10 late to Arizona. Brett Favre cooked up another comeback. A lot of people may have been surprised by the Vikings comeback considering the feuds that have been reported between Favre and Childress. Percy Harvin had 120 yards in the win, and he was apprently feuding with Childress during the week. Both Favre and Harvin had career days in the win. Childress still might be fired next week, but give the Vikings credit for fighting back, even if deep down they don't like their coach.

The Cowboys had no choice as Wade Phillips had to go. The Cowboys gave up 41 to the Giants, 35 to the Jaguars and 45 to the Packers. Considering the Phillips is in charge of the D, those numbers should be enough evidence that the defence was a problem. But the play that showed the Cowboys had quit on Phillips was CB Mike Jenkins and his "non-tackle." That play showed that the Cowboys no longer were going to battle for their coach.

The weird thing about this is, the Viking players probably hate Childress and they battle back for the win against Arizona. And the Cowboys love Phillips, but in the end they just didn't care.

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