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I have been asked recently by a reader to shorten my posts (and to make them more often) – this I promise to do starting in 3, 2, 1….

As we enter Week 11 of the NFL season I have a few observations based on our scoring…

- The recent “rise” of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has nothing to do with Josh Freeman.  He’s still scoring at the bottom of the league as far as QBs go.  When will the experiment end?  This guy to going to be a GREAT backup QB somewhere, as a starter though he continues to make (rookie) mistakes.  At this point in his career he should be playing much better than Andrew Luck and well, he isn’t.

- The Gabbert experiment in Jacksonville is also near completion.  The result?  Well, because he “bet his career” on the development of this mid(low) level talent, Gene Smith will probably lose his job.  Ironically in the offseason they signed Chad Henne – who you might remember as scoring VERY well last year in the four games with the Dolphins before injury.  How well?  Like Brady/Brees/Eli well.  Unfortunately this is an obvious case of “new coach syndrome” and the GM is deciding which QB to start – NOT a good way to run a team.

- The Romo coaster continues in Dallas and I will say this, Tony has scored fairly well this year – at least the times he’s not been lying on his back.  The offensive line there has been atrocious and since I think the talent is there (expensive talent I might add) there must be something else at play.  Unfortunately for Jason Garrett (who I think is one of the brightest up and coming minds in football), the masses in Dallas (including it’s owner) are an impatient lot.  I’d be surprised if he gets another year to pull things together, there’s just too many good (experienced, super bowl winning) coaches out there looking for a job.

Speaking of that…

- Like you, I’ve seen the hirejongruden.com web site.  There is NO freakin’ way that guy is going to coach any team at the collegiate level.  I mean, he can barely stand rookie QBs, what would he do with an 18 year old freshman?

OK, I said I would keep it short, going to keep my promise.

More next week!

Peace, out.