NFL Conference Championship Preview

It's the final four, NFL style. This Sunday the last four teams left in the NFL playoffs face each other for the right to go to the Superbowl. A championship weekend this big meant that Mr. Miyagi and the Special One had to collaborate to cover every angle (insert Rex Ryan foot-fetish camera man joke here). Check out Mr. Miyagi's NFC Conference Championship preview and the Special One's AFC Conference Championship preview.

NFC Conference Championship

#2 Chicago vs. #6 Green Bay

Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Sunday 23rd January 2011 at 3 PM 

And then there were 2…

The last two teams standing in the NFC are the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. These teams know plenty about one another because they are in the same division (NFC North) and have already played each other twice. In week 3 the Bears were victorious 20-17 at home while the Packers won 10-3 in week 17. The week 17 game was very important to the Packers because they needed to win it in order to qualify for the playoffs.  The Bears had already wrapped up the #2 seed in the NFC and a home bye, but played their starters anyway because they wanted to knock the Pack out of the playoffs. While the Packers had everything to lose and the Bears had nothing to gain, both teams played hard  and I think we could learn a lot from looking at that game. Basically, the Packers are better and they should earn a berth in the Superbowl.

Green Bay is fresh off giving the #1 seed Atlanta Falcons a beat down on the road. Packers QB Aaron Rodgers was extremely impressive and moved the ball at will. Ron “Jaws” Jaworski tells me (well, he told Wilbon and Kornheiser on PTI, but they are basically me…) that 15 times the Falcons had a free rusher get to Rodgers and on those 15 plays Rodgers completed 13 of 15 passes for 152 yards and 2 touchdowns. Rodgers is easily the hottest player in the playoffs and the Pack also have who might be the hottest defensive player in the playoffs, undrafted CB Tramon Williams, who has 3 interceptions and 1 TD in two playoff games.

Meanwhile, the Bears beat the 8-9 Seattle Seahawks at home in QB Jay Cutler’s first postseason win, at any level of football (including Madden, I hear Cutler is the WORST at Madden…). The Bears looked every bit the #2 seed they are last weekend and terrorized the Seahawks en route to a 35-24 win. But, this weekend the Bears don’t have the benefit of playing the only football team in the history of football to play 18 games and lose 10 (Random stat of the week).

How will it play out? Well, we here at Onions! are the proud owners of a crystal ball and we like to break it out on occasions like this.

The Packers get to their first Superbowl in the post Brett Favre era by beating the bears 28-13. Write it down! Go tell your bookie! And send Onions! a check for 5% of your take…

AFC Conference Championship

#2 Pittsburgh vs. #6 New York

Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Sunday 23rd January 2011 at 6:30 PM

The Sanchize vs. the Rapesleberger; Loud and foot loving Rex Ryan vs. Stoic, presumably non-foot fetishist Mike Tomlin; Cromartie’s Love of Creating Life vs. Harrison’s Love of Taking Life Away

The Jets stomped the Patriots in Gillette Stadium last week to win 28-21. A couple of foot-in-mouth decisions by Rex Ryan and his crew gave the Patriots another chance in the fourth but this game was pretty much over after Santonio Holmes decided to make Sanchez look like Brady instead of Sexy Rexy Grossman. Sanchez does not stand with the elite quarterbacks but he only needs to be Trent Dilfer good (remember him). Throw in the general area of your receivers but not close to defenders or don’t lose games. New York’s D can curbstomp you to the ground (ask Brady) but need help from the offense. When the offense makes mistakes, the defense slips and plays like the Texans secondary (OK maybe not that historically bad). Make no mistakes and the Jets have a firm footing to play their game and win. Plus, who does not want more fetishly-good Rex Ryan press conferences.

In another memorable chapter of their hard-hitting series, Pittsburgh surged from a first half deficit to beat the Ravens 31-24. Ben Roethlisberger slung passes to all his willing receivers. He got little help from his run game (Mendenhall 20 carries for 46 yds). Pittsburgh’s defense swarmed the Ravens’ ball carriers preventing them from penetrating the end zone in the second half. Surely, Polamalu and company will make the Jets turn the ball over but can the offense depend on just Big Ben’s arm. Roethlisberger rarely takes no for an anwer and does all he can to make plays happen even forcing it at times.

Prediction: The offenses will probably struggle to put points up. Jets win in an ugly 12-10 game because as Rex Ryan says, “Football is a game of feet not yards.”

That leaves us with the Packers and the Jets in Dallas squaring off for Superbowl 45. CAN'T WAIT!

Weekly Sports Style - Past Week's Worst Edition

Face: Al Davis- When the zombie outbreak occurs in 2012, Al Davis is Patient Zero.


Place: University of Oregon's Basketball Court: Onions supports Oregon and Nike's bold football uniforms, but this atrocity makes us hesitate to support this partnership. It looks like the designer saw his three year old throw up on a wooden table and thought it looked good. The trees supposedly represent their 1939 National Championship team, "The Tall Firs," which seems out of place in a school that wants to be the future and not care for the past. Finally, where is the half court line?


Threads: Venus Williams' Yellow Dress - Yes, Venus that was the same face we had when we saw that dress. Who knew that by missing tournaments due to injury since last year's US Open meant that you could not afford a dress without holes. The cross hatch looked like yellow duct tape. The dress caused Pam Shriver to wonder how much weight Venus gained.


Seats: Super Bowl Party Plaza- You can be this close to the game when you only pay $200(might be closer than the nosebleeds). Also, you get to watch the Super Bowl on a big TV (but not bigger than those indoors). How could you beat this deal? Watching it indoors with your friends on comfortable chairs for free.

Bowl Season Recap

Ok, to say that it's been too long since I've written a blog post is an understatement. We here at Onions! encountered a bit of erratic behavior at the conclusion of 2010 and posts went the way of the dinosaur. Never fear 2011 is a new year (new decade even) and like the 9-8 Miami Heat, we're gonna right the ship. Before you know it, we'll be the hottest team in the league and people will feel stupid that they ever questioned how good we could be. But, I digress, it's time to give the people what they came for. I present, the first Onions! post of 2011!

Lately, when it came to writing blog posts, I needed a little help staying in the game and turned to a trusty friend. No, not Levitra, college football. I can write about college football until my face turns blue (it is now) and I figured a bowl season recap was in order. No, we're not going through all 998,239 bowls that were played this holiday season, we're going to recap some of the games that I think mattered.

The Tostitos BCS National Championship Game

#1.  Auburn 22 –  #2. Oregon 19

This year’s BCS championship between the undisputed #1 and #2 teams in the country (Texas Christian fans can go f**k themselves if they think that TCU was better than either one of these teams) was supposed to be akin to an old-school gunfight at the O.K. Corral. There were supposed to be points early and often, in fact,  many experts projected the actual final score to be surpassed in the 2^nd or 3^rd quarter. Instead, the Auburn and Oregon defenses really showed up and dictated play to the offenses much more than expected (note: a 5 week layoff between the final regular season game/conference championship game and the National Championship Game is entirely too long. There is nothing like this in all of sports. The NFL has one week off before the Super Bowl, the NBA doesn’t have any artificially scheduled time between the conference finals and the NBA finals, the NHL…wait, I have NO CLUE (nor do I remotely care) what the NHL does between the conference finals and the Stanley Cup finals. The side of the ball most disadvantaged by these long layoffs is undeniably the offense. Offensive timing, crispness, and play-calling rhythm were noticeably absent for long stretches of this championship game and past championship games as well).  

This year was also the first in my memory where I didn’t actively root for one team to lose/win, I was captivated by two story lines: Auburn’s Cameron Newton’s controversy plagued Heisman Trophy season and trendy Oregon (seriously, their Nike uniforms are works of ART) trying to win its first national championship. Oregon’s play calling was everything Herm Edwards would’ve hoped for and more. Without a doubt, Oregon PLAYED TO WIN THE GAME! Oregon ran a reverse on a kick-off (and a fake reverse), a successful fake punt, and numerous misdirection plays that illustrated Oregon coach Chip Kelly’s desire to leave no stone unturned in the playbook. I would not have been upset with an Oregon victory though I felt that Auburn was the superior team (despite Auburn’s hyper-conservative play calling. Henry Kissinger, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity all thought the Auburn play-calling was disgustingly conservative…)

Onions! Bowl of the Year

Little Caesar’s Bowl

Florida International University 34 – Toledo 32

Props to Oregon who played to win the game (See Herm Edwards link above) but Auburn’s conservative play calling did not allow the National Championship Game to qualify for the Onions! Bowl of the Year. Instead, that honor goes to the Little Caesar’s Bowl (pizza pizza?) played in Detroit, Michigan and featuring Toledo and Florida International. These teams don’t come from AQ conferences (quick note: AQ stands for Automatic Qualifying or BCS conferences. It’s a just another jargon-y way that college football elites have created to elevate themselves above the masses.) but they held their own in the mid-major MAC and Sun Belt conference with Toledo going 7-1 in the MAC and Florida International going 6-2 in the Sun Belt. Now, normally, I would rail against the proliferation of bowls (rant begin) that allows a 7-6 team (Florida International) to play in a bowl. I mean, we’re rewarding people for winning 54% of their games. When’s the last time you were rewarded for finishing 54% of anything in life? Never? That’s what I thought (rant end). But the respectable conference records (even in conferences that don’t blow your socks off) of each team allowed me to tune in initially and the post-Christmas fireworks that followed in the game kept me on ESPN (it also doesn’t hurt that there is NOTHING else on tv the day after Christmas).

This game started out ordinarily enough. Toledo built a 24-7 lead early in the 3^rd Quarter and looked to be running away with the game. But then, Florida International’s T.Y. Hilton returned a kickoff 89 yards to the house after Toledo’s field goal and made the score 24-14. FIU then had a solid defensive possession and pulled within a field goal on their ensuing possession after T.Y. Hilton caught a 10 yd TD pass. Before I knew it, there were 3 minutes left in the 4^th Quarter and FIU held a 31 to 24 edge. Toledo responded with an amazing 2 minute TD drive and 2 point conversion to regain the lead 32 to 31 with 1:14 seconds left, but the drama in this game was far from over.

Toledo looked to have the game sealed following a 2^nd down sack and 3^rd down incompletion by FIU. FIU was facing a 4^th and 17 with 41 seconds remaining and resorted to one of my favorite football plays of all-time, the hook-and-lateral (video demonstration). The play was successful for 17 yards and a few inches and gave FIU new life with a fresh set of downs. A big pass and a couple of runs later and FIU had set up a 34 yard field goal to win the game. Jack Griffin’s 34 yard field goal sealed an improbable win for FIU, a team that went from down 21 to up 8 and down 1 with less than a minute left. Great game by FIU and Toledo, I watch so many sporting events where I want both teams to lose because of their awful style of play. It’s very rare that I watch a game where I wish that both teams could have walked away winners.

World Cup Bid Preview

Tomorrow, the world will know who will host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 after the journey to Brazil. 2018 will go to Europe and 2022 to either Asia or America. Here is a preview of what the bids offer.

World Cup Bid Preview

2018

Russia

Oil + Money + Putin

England

History + Life/Death Attitude to Football

Spain (Portugal)

Best Teams + Good Stadiums

BeNeLux

Too Many Countries Involved

2022

USA

Most Tickets Sold + Successful WC'94 + Infrastructure

Australia

Infrastructure + New Continent

Japan or South Korea

Too Soon

Qatar

New Location + Technology + OIL MONEY + Buying Zidane + UNDER THE TABLE MONEY

(Did I mention $$$$$$)

2018

It will probably be Russia v. England. Putin and Abramovich are power players and have the power (political and financial) to make this work.

2022

This bid can be decided by who is not bidding, China. If China wants 2026, this thing is a slamdunk to go to the USA, the host of the most successful WC. China brings in another large audience and massive potential revenue sources. If not, anything can happen. Probably should go to the US and probably Australia but Qatar can give FIFA what it wants, massive kickbacks.

Monday Night Football Rapid Reaction

11/15/10 - 7:59ET - RFK Stadium

The preceding image is a photo taken by The Special One for the November 15th Monday Night Football game that featured the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Seals (Ok, Redskins) at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.. Actually, this game didn't feature both teams. It really only featured the Eagles and Quarterback Michael Vick,  who bludgeoned the Redskins defense time and time again before time regulations mercilessly ended the game. The Eagles beat down the Redskins by a final score of 59 to 28. 

Honestly, the final score doesn't do justice to how dominant the Eagles were; this game was in doubt for literally 4 seconds. On the first play of the game, the Eagles used a play-action pass fake to free up wide receiver DeSean Jackson. Vick planted his feet at the Philadelphia 3 yard line and launched a pass to the streaking Jackson that the receiver hauled in on the Washington 34 before dancing his way into the end-zone (the ball was in flight for 63 yards! who does that?!?!)  But Vick wasn't done there, he would throw 1 more touchdown pass and run for a score en route to a perfect first quarter and a 28-0 Philadelphia lead. Perfect is an accurate assessment of Vick's first quarter by aesthetic and statistical measures. Vick would finish the first quarter 8 for 8 with 181 yards passing and 2 touchdowns for a perfect passer rating of 158.3 (he would finish the game with a 150.7 passer rating). Vick and the Eagles take their seal bludgeoning act back home to Philadelphia where they face the New York Giants next Sunday

The Return of the JMac...

Check out the following report that free agent QB JaMarcus Russell might be taking his talents  to South Beach! I wonder if he will have a one-hour "Decision" special to announce his arrival if Miami does in fact sign him to a contract...

Here's The Special One's rendering of JaMarcus in his new Miami look

Job Search - James Harrison

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison just can't catch a break. Harrison's pockets are $100,000 lighter after NFL Commisioner Roger Goodell changed the rules and fines for tackles deemed dangerous on the fly. And that $100,000 fine is just for 3 tackles! Obviously upset with the NFL's treatment, Harrison is thinking of retiring from Bloodsport Human Cockfighting Football. Well if Harrison has decided to retire, we at Gimme Some Onions! have a few possible career choices for Harrison to consider.

Human ICBM – Harrison has no problem with trying to make a wide receiver’s face explode. Put a jetpack on him and let him go right at those terrorists.

Any Position in Blackwater – Harrison is a perfect fit for this private military company. He believes all his actions are legal despite authority figures feeling differently.

Guide for General Zaroff's Hunting Safari - Harrison does not even need a gun or knife to go hunting. Just give the man a helmet and he will kill all the prey on the reserve.

Aztec War General - The Aztecs instituted a series of mutually agreed upon "Flower Wars" with their neighbors. The soul purpose of these wars was to capture enemies for civic rituals and sacrifices. If Harrison was from Central Mexico in the 1490s there is no way Spain colonizes the Americas and Harrison's image becomes standard for all depictions of Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec God of War. (Don't say you never learned nothing by visiting Gimme Some Onions!)

Security Guard at Your Local Mall – Shoplifters will never have a chance. Here's a recipe for real damage: An Ex-NFL linebacker, a regular schmuck, and the hard ground of the parking lot or mall floor. It's going down like a Nitti beat...

Replacement for Nigel de Jong – It was rumored that Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong could be suspended for a period for his tackle on Hatem Ben Arfa. Should Netherlands Coach Bert van Marwijk drops de Jong from the national team squad Harrison would be the perfect replacement. While Harrison focuses on the facial region of an opponent, de Jong goes straight for the legs. De Jong lives to break the bones in opponents’ legs. Harrison lives to injure other players. How could Harrison not be the perfect replacement for de Jong?

Professional Wrestler – Harrison does not even have to act. He is a natural at complaining that higher ups are keeping him down. He could ask Shawn Merriman or Brian Cushing for help at scoring some 'roids. This might be a match.
 

Michael Vick’s Dog Trainer - Oops, this position was recently eliminated.

DTF Athlete of the Month

It's that time again! Time for the one blog post that I consistently write, I'm gonna figure this whole blogging thing out even if I have to drop out of school. Well, maybe I won't take it that far, but I'm committed to seeing things through. No word on if those were the same exact words Jim Jackson said to each of the 12 NBA teams he played for in his 14 seasons.

But back to business and as usual, when business is the DTF Athlete of the Month, business is goooood. Here at Gimme Some Onions! you know that we appreciate DTF behavior at all stages of life which is why we're pleased to posthumously honor Mickey Mantle with the runner-up award for October.



Why honor 'the Mick' in 2010 for his behavior in the 1960s? That's easy, a new biography Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, by Jane Leavy documents some of Mantle's well-known, but less well publicized DTF behavior during his playing career. (Check out the NY Times review of the biography here)

Some gems include:

• a 1983 encounter the biographer, Jane Leavy, had with Mantle at the Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City where "Mantle greeted Leavy almost immediately with a crude anatomical reference (“That was the end of the world as I knew it,” [Leavy] said), and at 2 the next morning in the casino bar, his hand moved up her knee"
• Mantle's 1969 retirement ceremony where he brought his wife AND mistress
• This classic quote: "If I'd known I was gonna live this long, I'd have taken a lot better care of myself."
• And having a room at the Betty Ford Clinic named after him because of his repeated trips to rehab. (Actually, that last one isn't true, but someone needs to call up the Betty Ford Clinic and work this out. Little known fact, Mantle popularized the line "they try to make me go to rehab and I say no, no, no...)

Sounds like Mantle was ahead of his time; I'm happy that I can be here with his biographer Jane Leavy to finally give him the recognition he deserves.

(Quick aside to the savvy (read: AMC groupie) readers that is thinking to themselves "hey, Mantle's behavior isn't radically different from ALL men in the 1960s" and start talking about Mad Men and Don Draper. My response to these readers? Tell them that they need too wash they ass)

And now for the DTF Athlete of the Month for October: Brian Wilson, closer, San Francisco Giants




Brian Wilson first showed up on the Onions! radar after an interview with Fox Sports anchor Chris Rose. Halfway through the interview, a man dressed up in traditional S&M fetishwear and a mask walks in the background of Wilson's home. Chris Rose CANNOT come to terms with this scene. It's like someone took his mom. Mrs. Rose, on a nice seafood dinner and NEVER called her again!

A little research (ok, so I just used Google and Wikipedia, don't try to act like you don't do the same when you "research" something) and I found out that the masked figure in the background known as "The Machine" is from the 1999 film 8mm. Wilson must have some connected with this film because he wasn't done introducing the country to "The Machine". In this Jim Rome interview, Wilson brings "The Machine's" mask on live television. Watch the whole interview when you get a chance. Whatever Brian Wilson is on, I wanna try...

I'm sure that winning the DTF athlete of the Month for October easily trumps what Wilson and the rest of the San Francisco Giants did for the 1st time in 56 years (and the first time since they moved to the city of San Francisco): win this little thing called the "World Series"

Great NBA Commercials

Looks like the NBA is gonna get the same treatment I gave the College Football season. That is, I won't be writing a season preview until after the season started because the season started...last week. My bad... though in my defense, there are only 4 teams that have a real shot of winning the title anyway (Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic and let's not forget the team that is home to the reigning two-time MVP, the Cleveland Cavaliers...ummm, I meant the Miami Heat) so I'll get to them in due time.

At any rate, I love the NBA because of great league concept commercials like "where amazing happens" (remember these?) but more importantly the return of shoe commercials. The evolution in shoe commercials (mostly because uber-brand Nike doesn't have to sell merchandise, they sell concepts, like "cool") means the entertainment value of these commercials is through the roof. Adidas has brought in Ken Jeong from The Hangover fame to co-star with their signature athletes Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose in their "Fast Don't Lie" series. This commercial is the best of the bunch. I gotta get Derrick Rose's shoes so I can "get freaky fast too" (Do the shoes come with the lady pyramid? That's a real question by the way...)

Even the most marginal of shoe companies are getting in on the act. Converse, which hasn't been a relevant sneaker company (this is not to speak ill of the classic Chuck Taylor's) since Nixon was being a tricky Dick in the White House,  got Dr. J to make a guest spot in their newest commercial. (Jim Jones also makes a cameo, though he doesn't do any ballin')

Hell, even SKECHERS brought back the immortal Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone to talk some nonsense about making a possible NBA come back because they are using the Skechers shape-up. I don't know what made Skechers think they should start selling basketball-related shoes or use Abdul-Jabbar and Malone (who were in their prime in the late 70s and late 90s; respectively) to sell shoes to the kids today. But hey, what do I know?

Also, I gotta give credit to LeBron and Nike for the best ad of this early NBA season. I don't wanna go over the Lebron "Decision" drama in great detail

That Nike/LeBron commercial takes everything that was ridiculous about LeBron's summer 1. the poor handling of "The Decision" 2. Charles Barkley (and other notable personalities in the media as well as former legends) going innnn on LeBron for leaving Cleveland 3. the fact that LeBron can't stop listening to his friends ("because they're my friends") 4. Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert and Cavaliers fans acting like the last 7 years weren't the pinnacle of Cavalier basketball (possibly Cleveland sports, with all due respect to the great Jim Brown...).

The most important feature of the commercial was the challenge (taunt even) by LeBron to supporters and detractors alike: "What should I do? Should I be who you want me to be?" When it comes down to it, that's the most overlooked part of about LeBron being on the Miami Heat. LeBron made a decision (execution of said decision aside) that represented what he was about and what he wanted to do with his life. As I listened to the last few lines of the commercial, I couldn't help but think that LeBron was echoing Drake in "Up All Night" ("f**k what they be talking about, they opinion doesn't count, we the only thing that matters") and that's essentially where we stand now. LeBron has simultaneously owned up to his past failings, reminded us that he is still capable of greatness and let us know who's opinion really matters. Of course, it's just a 92 second Nike commercial meant to sell shoes, I could be reading too much into this...

Weekend Onions!

Ok, this is just unacceptable. THREE weeks without "Weekend Onions!"? All I can say for myself is, like Mark McGuire, I'm not here to talk about the past.

Moving on, two weekends ago, the "Mangenius", Cleveland Brown's head coach Eric Mangini, decided to break into the weekend onions report with a delicious fake punt.

Let's set the stage for the Mangenius' trickeration:

• Leading the New Orleans Saints 10-3 in the 2nd quarter, the Browns are facing a 4th and 6  pinned back on their OWN 23
• With only 5:32 left in the half, the conventional wisdom says kick the punt and play defense
• The Mangenius bucks conventional wisdom and goes for the final move to complete the road upset: a huge play on special teams
• The end result: this 68-yard run by the punter Reggie Hodges right down Main Street to the New Orleans 9

The ensuing drive only resulted in a field goal  for the Browns (and a 13-3) lead, but the Browns showed their intentions and eventually won 30-17. No, we're not gonna go drop the Browns off at the Super Bowl, but congratulations to the Mangenius and the Browns for an Onions! play call

Also, I would be remiss if I did not mention the Onions! decision by LSU head coach Les Miles a few weekends ago (October 9th 2010) against the Florida Gators.

Not too long ago, Disney remade Alice in Wonderland (I didn't watch it, so I'm gonna exercise this thing I'm learning about called "self-restraint" and keep all opinions of this movie to myself). I only bring this superb demonstration of cinematic brilliance (tongue firmly in cheek) because of the character the Mad Hatter. I don't know why the executives at Disney sent out a casting call for the Mad Hatter. The real life Mad Hatter resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and "coaches" the Louisiana State University Tigers. I use the term "coaches" loosely here because what Miles does on the sideline is closer to letting a drunk fratstar in Las Vegas with his dad's black card than the contemplative, rationale exercise I presume coaching to be.

I'll set the stage for the Mad Hatter's return to glory

• 35 seconds left in the game and LSU trails by 3 points 
• The Tigers face a 4th and 3 from the Florida 35 yard line and need a 53 yard field goal to send the game into overtime
• Field goal kicker Josh Jasper needs to nail this kick, a career long in distance if it happens
• Les Miles has better ideas than leaving this game in the hands (er, feet) of a kicker and reaches into his bag of crazy and produces this magic

Let the record note that the ball BOUNCED on the NO-LOOK heave over the shoulder by the holder before the kicker picked it up (noted). Les Miles knows Onions! A few years ago we did an x-ray of Les Miles and found this:



No wonder this guy is a favorite here at Gimme Some Onions!

(Ok, so we didn't actually do this x-ray, it was made by LSUfreek for one of our favorite blogs "Every Day Should Be Saturday". Original post from EDSBS can be found here)

Also, this isn't the first time that Miles has called this particular fake field goal. Against South Carolina in 2007, Miles dialed up this play call and things ran more smoothly. The kicker received the no-look toss perfectly and ran into the end-zone untouched. Check it out here. To paraphrase one of my favorite lines in Forrest Gump, "Crazy is as crazy does"