They Call It “Death Week”?

That’s what the deaf-tone Florio called this period of time before the Super Bowl week. Sportswriters gave it the name because nothing happens is what he was saying this morning. Wow. That wee brouhaha in Minneapolis must not have crossed his noggin.

Flotsam and Jetsam:

-Duker Sucks!: Close enough. The Jets have a new DC (Brian Duker) that won’t be calling the plays because Aaron Glenn wants to. So should his title be “Defensive Stylist”? As per the Jets regular way of doing things this fella was not on the list of the original 8(!) candidates. But you have to resort to someone when the octet runs away screaming after Woody’s sons ask you what your favorite Transformer is. By the by, they still don’t have an OC because two separate things can’t be done at once in an organization of this caliber.

-Surprise!: Were I the betting sort I’d lay serious DFO Bucks on Seattle’s fullback getting a carry or a catch. What’s that? You didn’t know they had a guy that played 25% of the snaps this year at that position and never touched the ball once? His name is Robbie Ouzts and he’s mere babe in the woods at 6’3″, 275lbs.

-He’s Getting The Bag Again: And a certain type of folk are going to be absolutely furious. The word is that the Colts love themselves Danny Dimes and are going to pay him despite him being more injury-prone than Wiley Coyote. He’s going to get 10’s of millions of uberpesos again. He’s done an admirable job of staving off his inevitable role as a change-of-pace backup playcaller.

-Play Nice: That’s what critics of Nick Sirianni are hoping he’ll do with his new OC Sean Mannion, former QB coach of the Packers. I guess he’s got a whisperer rep after helping develop Jordan Love and Malik Willis. Mannion only has to re-tool an offense that slipped all the way to 19th while at the same time avoiding that bus that Nick tends to throw his underlings under.

What’s On?

College Ball tells me that the only ranked teams playing tonight are #8 Ioway State and #9 Illinois. I did count and there are 108 mid-level teams also squeaking on the hardcourt.

There’s Women’s Curling!

Among the better hockey squadoos playing are the Bruins, Avs, Islanders, Sabres and Tampa.

Do your thing.