The
winds of Change
have not only affected our political
front but our sports front as well. The NBA and NHL are in full effect. College Football is
winding down. The Men’s
and Women’s
College Basketball season is right round the corner and the MLB
always has the “Hot Stove” burning.
So
far, in the NFL,
change has definitely had an impact on the season.Winners have turned
to losers and losers can be forgotten. Teams who were once dominant will probably be watching the playoffs at
home instead of being on the field. The changes just don’t
stop there.
Week
10 marks the beginning of the NFL’s flexible schedule.
Thankfully, for us, this Sunday’s match-ups don’t need any flexible changing.
Secondly, the Thursday
Night Games on the NFL Network kick off this week.
With
the Thursday
Night Games, comes the Thursday Throwdown here on ALLHipHop. For the next six weeks,
we’ll look at the Thursday Night match-ups individually as well as the Game
of the Week Poll and other fun stuff. So without further ado, let’s get
into the games.
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Interactive:
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ALLHipHop’s NFL
Game of the Week for Week 11
11/06/08, 8:15pm, NFL Network
Denver Broncos (4-4) at Cleveland
Browns (3-5)
Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland,
My Pick: Broncos
This
week, a change took place. A fresh face
came to the center of our attention. Oh, you thought I was talking about President
Elect Barack Obama. Nah, we already know the importance of his
change, I’m talking about Brady Quinn.
That’s
right, the Cleveland Browns made
a switch-a-roo this week and decided to bench QB Derek
Anderson and start Brady Quinn.
Now, I would agree if the move was needed because of poor play on Anderson’s behalf.
However, you can’t place all of the blame on Anderson.
The
Browns are ranked 28th in total offense. They’re ranked 29th
in receiving, that’s due to all of the dropped passes, and 28th in
rushing, that’s due to a crappy O-line. Their defense is ranked 24th
overall in the league and 28th against the rush. Oddly enough, the
Browns are ranked 13th against the pass.
Therefore,
I don’t think a QB switch is the answer. There are more holes in that team
besides the QB position that need fixing.
The
Broncos are having an identity crisis. One paper, they look like contenders, but
on the field, the Broncos have lost three of their last four games. The Broncos
have the fourth best passing offense the 18th best rushing offense
in the league. Although their offense is ranked third in the NFL, their defense
is ranked 29th overall. The Broncos are 27th against the
pass and 25th against the run.
In
their defense, the Broncos have taken some big hits for an injury standpoint on
defense, so it’s somewhat understandable why they have underachieved on the
defensive side of the ball.
Although
the Broncos are going through some issues on the defensive side of the ball,
they’re still a better team than the Browns. There’s no stability at the QB position
for the Browns now, and the defense has been terrible as of late despite a big win
against the Jacksonville Jaguars from two weeks
ago.
Despite
all of the issues the Broncos are going through, I believe that the Broncos
will come into the Dawg Pound tonight and
remind Browns’ fans that even without John Elway,
they can still “Drive”
their way to victory.
Teams with Bye
weeks: Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay
Buccaneers
, Washington Redskins, Cincinnati
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