All I can say is good thing the Vikings have the rest of the year off so Tarvaris Jackson will have a chance to recover from this brutal hit. As if Chad Pennington didn’t already teach us why interceptions are bad, Jackson gives us another reason (turn down the volume):

Oh man, that’s really gotta hurt. He completely got decleated. He got lifted up like a foot in the air and slammed to the turf. My goodness was that brutal. The only thing worse than that hit was Jackson’s play all game. Sure, coming into a game in the 2nd half against the Lions defense when nobody has prepared for you is one thing. Lighting up Arizona when they’re taking the week off to celebrate a playoff berth has some meaning. The reality is Tarvaris Jackson cannot perform at a decent level on a consistent basis in this league. If Minnesota continues to run him out there at QB, they’re not going to be anything better than mediocre. It’s really too bad because both of their lines are great and so is their running game. Sad to see it all go to waste. Thanks to the Suave click of Tirico for the vid, via Ballhype.

There’s a reason I had picked the Buccaneers to win this game, and Jeff Garcia was a big factor in that decision. I said his playmaking ability and desire to win would be a difference. That didn’t exactly turn out to be the case, but Garcia showed once again that he’s one of the tougher QBs in the league. Check out the punishment he takes from Quentin Jammer on this hit and the bloody mess he becomes afterward:

Later in the game the blood was just pouring down his face in streams of red. Too bad he had the two picks because Garcia’s face had gamer written all over it. The Bucs defense really imploded, and Rivers also showed it’s a joke he wasn’t selected to the Pro Bowl.

Alright, I admit that watching stadiums getting blown up is pretty cool. But seriously, I can’t imagine a conversation between a snake and a zebra in the Japanese language producing more oooohs and aaahhhs out of a crowd than the RCA Dome explosion that happened on Saturday. Check out how fascinated this group is watching the RCA Dome get blown to pieces:

With Lucas Oil Stadium (I always feel it should be named Field instead) standing strong in the background, one has to wonder how much Peyton Manning has to do with the Colts getting that new stadium. If he had never come to the franchise, I’m guessing they’d still be playing in that crappy Dome. Lucas Oil really is the house that Peyton built.

Barry Sanders is the best running back I’ve ever seen, and probably will always be the best running back I’ll have ever seen (apologies to my cousin). Heck, he’s probably my second favorite player of all-time, right behind Carl Pickens of course! Sanders had some of the most legendary runs in the history of the league and is known for his ability to make impossible happen. Apparently he’s passed some of his genes along to his son, Barry Sanders Jr., a freshman at Heritage High School in Oklahoma:

The reverse he took the house apparently came in the Oklahoma Class 2A State Semi-Finals. Not like it matters. But if there’s more of Barry Sanders to watch, I’m all for it. Hopefully this kid keeps it up because I sure miss his dad.

(via Hot Clicks)

Back when Matt Light and Channing Crowder got into their fight, I commented that I didn’t like guys wearing long hair in football games. In case you’re wondering, the hair is in play for action. And in some cases, it actually becomes useful as a tackling tool. Witness the Louisville/Rutgers Thursday night game when Jourdan Brooks lost a touchdown:

That play had no bearing on the final outcome as Rutgers pummeled the Ville 63-14, but I’m sure it taught Brooks a lesson. Video via College Football Talk.

This was one of those great touchdown runs where the guy is supposedly down, but he never actually touched the turf. Thomas Jones alertly ran for freedom against the Broncos after everybody had stopped moving, thinking the play was over. They were wrong and fantasy owners were there to capitalize. Check out this crazy TD run in case you missed it:

That makes you wonder if the coach chews his players out for botching the tackle. Can you really get mad at them for not bringing the player down? I guess you need to remind them never to stop until the whistle blows, but then again we have the same problem with personal fouls to deal with.