2016 Quotables (Week 12 – Submissions)

Actually not a bad week for highlights. Granted, overall fan spirits should be higher with the election being over (or not) and Big Food Holiday going down during the three Thursday games. It was also JV Rivalry Week and, as much as I wanted to include some items from such bloodbaths as the Apple Cup or the Battle for Floyd of Rosedale, these college kids simply do not have the size/speed/expectations to compete with the pros when it comes to making Quotables. Sure, they target headshots, step on concussed players, and even level officials —  and that was all just from the Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh — but an Oregon player dropping a wide-open 4th down TD just doesn’t offer the same joy as the Chicago Bears millionaires failing to make that same connection.

But, as I said, among the NFL ranks it seems like everyone is back on the level. OBJ is playing bad teams without defensive backs so he’s a happy dancing man. The Steelers are beating bad teams (with nearly the same record as PIT) so they’ll be flying up the power polls. Brock Osweiler is throwing picks, Drew Brees is lighting up bad teams, and the Raider Nation is making a return to our weekly feature. In all, I’m bullish about leaving things to Balls next Monday (I will be flying to Hawaii if anyone has any input on things to do in Maui or ‘The Big Island’).