With playoff births on the line, not only did the Cowboys and Broncos come up short, they were pwned. Or as we like to say in the Shots Heard offices, the Cowboys and Broncos were served some bitch flakes as the Cowboys lost 44-6 and the Broncos lost 52-21. 'Ninety-nine problems and a bitch ain't won of them,' the Chargers and Eagles told their division rivals. The Cowboys and Broncos were put into metaphorical body bags.
Week 17 of the 2008 NFL season featured two unofficial playoff games. In the NFC, the winner of the Eagles/Cowboys game would make the playoffs. In the AFC, the winner of the Chargers/Broncos would make the playoffs.
The Cowboys' bowl of bitch flakes
All year, the Cowboys had all sorts of problems.They had an ineffective coach, Wade Phillips. Phillips was to timid to keep order in the locker room. Players were often late to meetings and practices without repercussions, a fact refuted by Phillips. Compounding the lack of order, their were whispers that Wade would be fired in favor of the heir apparent, Jason Garrett, who is the highest paid assistant coach in the league.
In the end Jerry Jones was rewarded for his stringent belief that talented and maligned players trump team chemistry. When the Terrell Owens was unhappy he had no problem running his routes half ass and then complaining that trumps Tony Romo was not getting him the ball. He even went so far as to blame Tony Romo and tight end Jason Witten for conspiring against him. He then indignantly called Ed Werner a liar for reporting it. But it was clear who the tool was.
The Cowboys were also maligned on the defensive side of the ball. Their star defensive back, Adam Jones was suspended for four games after failing to live up to the rules of his reinstatement. Nobody disputes Jones potential, but Eagles quarterback, Donovan McNabb had no problem throwing the ball in the undisciplined Jones direction.
The Cowboys had no soul. It is no wonder that with the playoffs on the line, Marion Barber allowed a toe injury to limit him to three carries and 13 yards. Coming into the season, Barber was considered a top five running back. Many experts reasoned that Barber's ability could transcend the Cowboys drama and deficiencies. Instead we saw that he was just one of 46 players who were ready to fold the tent not long after the opening whistle.
The Broncos' bowl of bitch flakes
Admittedly, the Broncos are not the hated, self maligned team that the Cowboys are. But they did pour their own bowl of bitch flakes by losing their last three games. Also, Shots Heard contended all year long that the Broncos had the worst defense in the league.
The Chargers ran rough shot over the Broncos defense. There are a lot of college teams with better defenses than the Broncos. The Broncos defense was so bad that the Chargers receivers were competing against each other one play to see who would catch the touchdown.
Phillip Rivers has served Jay Cutler bitch flakes in the past and he had no problem pouring some gravy on Jay Cutler's bitch flakes. Cutler looked like he was near tears when the camera panned in on him at the end of the game.
Rivers's teammate, Ladainian Tomlinson gave Cowboys receiver, Terrell Owens his second bowl of bitch flakes on the day when he passed him on the all-time TD list by scoring his 140th career touch down.
Picture 1: Denver Broncos players, Ryan Clady (left) and Jay Cutler (right) lament their season ending loss to the Chargers.
Picture 2: Dallaw Cowboys players, Marion Barber (left) and Tony Romo (right) lament their loss to the Eagles.
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