Random Shots From Week 11

Joe Bryant's Random Shots From Week 11 Joe Bryant Published 11/24/2021

Hi Folks,

We do a ton of insightful, thoughtful, and serious features here at Footballguys with smart people thinking deeply for you.

This is not one of those features.

This is Random Shots and it's a few pages of me downloading my brain that gets stuffed with way too many random items from too many hours watching, reading about, and listening to football every weekend and throughout the week. It's the only way I manage. Here's hoping it has some value for you.

We'll see. Now let's get to it.

J

As I write this, Thanksgiving is tomorrow. I think it's my favorite holiday as it doesn't have all the weird commercial pressures with over-the-top decorations or gifts. It's mostly about food around a table with people. I hope you're able to have a great one.

This is my mood right now:

Thanks to Good Housekeeping for that one. Side note - what a world. My mother had a subscription to Good Housekeeping magazine for all of my childhood. Now they're posting memes.

Big News at Footballguys. Official Merchandise is on the way. Don't spend all that Black Friday bankroll...

I wouldn't want to be sitting on the dunk tank bench when Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright stepped up to throw.

I don't know how old this is or if the speed is altered but it seems like a long time since Roethlisberger moved like this.

Steph Curry. Still my favorite Basketballguy Footballguy.

Flopper LeBron James is most definitely not a Basketballguy Footballguy.

We all know he's world-class with this:

If someone hit him like he hit Isaiah Stewart in the face here, no telling what would happen.

Another angle.

Of course, he was only suspended for one game while Stewart received a two-game suspension.

Rough day for Sparty and their about to be zillion-dollar coach.

Who knows if the Bills are any good anymore. But Josh Allen's still killing it. Welcoming back the Canadian fans last week:

It's not that often Oregon has the second-best uniforms on the field. But that was the case Saturday against Utah rocking their USS Salt Lake City tribute uniforms.

So good.

Things move fast. A year ago in Gainesville.

Poor gators.

Seeing Lamar Jackson walk into the stadium Sunday battling the flu, seems like there's an advertising opportunity for Ultra Soft Toilet Paper somewhere in there...

Hoping Jackson has a speedy recovery. In the meantime, the Ravens did what good teams do. Win even when they're missing key players.

Scott Hanson: Footballguy.

Don't be sad it's over. Be happy it happened.

Mark Andrews, you're kind of ridiculous.

The 1:30 PM timestamp is important on this one...

God Bless Jets Fans.

Sweet kicks for Andrew Sendejo.

If you know Bored Apes, you know. It's an NFT thing and red hot now. I'm not an owner but at least the art is cool. Way too much of the NFT market looks like stuff your kindergartner drew.

Word.

Thanks to Footballguy Clayton Gray for that one.

Sometimes I watch the NFL and think, "If this were a movie, people would make fun of it for being too over the top." Aaron Rodgers with the latest example.

Internet on Carson Wentz: "LOLZZZ - Wentz is a joke! He's a turnover machine!"

Actual Carson Wentz:

I like Russell Wilson and think he's one of the best QBs in the league. And I know the team has problems. I'm all for dreaming big (see Tim Boyle above) but how 'bout we dial back the buying an NFL team stuff and win some games now?

Pretty much this.

Thanks to NFL Memes for that one.

Rock on Lawrence and Andrea Guy.

I want to add Lawrence to the Footballguys staff just so he could have the email address of guy@footballguys.com.

Mystery solved.

This tweet may or may not have been based on personal experience...

The Washington Football Team wasn't buying all that "Cam is Back" business.

Andrew Perloff with a good observation...

Christian McCaffrey, also kind of ridiculous.

You know this is true.

Let's not get too excited just yet. Mac Jones isn't Tom Brady. But this team has a 2001 feel to it. We have to remember, 2001 Tom Brady looked way different than the Tom Brady we know of the last ten years.

Rasul Douglas was the caption here but I see this more as "Adam Thielen is a problem".

The Dolphins faced Joe Flacco this past week. They get Cam Newton this coming week. Maybe Eli Manning can come back for the Giants game in Week in Week 13...

Our newest Footballguys Contributor Alex Caruso with the danger of selective stats...

Cam Heyward did this to Justin Herbert.

Herbert's was remarkably cool about it.

Avert your eyes, Titan Fans...

Thanks to NFL Memes for that one.

An unexpected bonus with the new NIL deal where college athletes can be paid to advertise for companies...

This guy taking over the play-calling duties for the Giants should solve all their problems...

Hockey Note: The New Jersey Devils unveiled some new uniforms.

The response wasn't difficult to predict...

Music Note Of The Week: The Avett Brothers have been my guys for a long time. And Salvation Song is one of my favorite songs from them and this is one of my favorite versions.

And I would give up everything
And if you were to come up clean
And see you shine so bright in a world of woe
And they may pay us off in fame
But that is not why we came
And if it compromises truth then we will go

We came for salvation
We came for family
We came for all that's good that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad
We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way

Yeah. I'm down with that.

If I ever need an agent, I want whoever is negotiating for Taysom Hill.

I've always been a fan of parity in the league but this seems ridiculous.

I heard it said several times this weekend, "It's gone from 'Any Given Sunday to "Every Dang Week'."

Wrapping with this one. I did this last year and it seemed to resonate so I'll say it again.

It's about the value of food. And Family. And I know this year is not normal for Thanksgiving and gatherings for some. And that maybe makes this all the more important.

My Mom died a few years ago. She always made a Sweet Potato Casserole for holidays. It wasn't particularly special or unique. Like a million other Better Homes and Gardens type recipes. Sweet Potatoes, Half and Half, Sugar and Vanilla with a Marshmallow topping. Someone in your family likely makes something similar.

The last few holidays, as my Mom's health declined, bringing that Sweet Potato Casserole was about all she could contribute. And that was of course great. It wasn't about the food.

I'll miss her at dinner this year.

This year I'm trying to make her Sweet Potato Casserole.

It's a big deal.

I love how food is so much more than just fuel for our bodies. It's a zillion times bigger. So in some ways, it sort of is about the food. Because sometimes food and memories are all we have left.

And I don't want that to sound sad. I'm thankful.

Rock on, Mom.

My hope and prayer for you today is you have reason to be thankful too.

That'll do it this week. Thank you for being with me on this goofy journey.

Love your neighbor and stick together.

Peace and Grace to you.

J

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