Monday 21 February 2011

Monday Notes - Pokémon and NFL Top 10s

Concluding the Legendary Beast event, Suicune is now available to download for the next week over wi-fi for all fourth generation games. The usefulness of this particular one is questionable given its reduced speed, but hey, look how shiny! Pokémon Black & White, the fifth generation of the game is released in about a week and half and I will be... not first in line, probably not even 1000th, but some time soon I'll be getting it and blogging about it.

Anyway, I spent most of the weekend watching NFL Films Top 10 shows. I'm not sure how they select the order of this stuff, but they get a bunch of talking heads together and it's always great because you get to dip into the history of the league a bit. What do you mean, it's not awesome? I already had a collection, the ones listed after the jump are the ones I've just watched but I really have to take issue with the Super Bowls edition. XLII is clearly the greatest given the circumstances. No one cares that the blasted Steelers won again in XLIII, particularly considering a (alleged) rapist threw a pothead the winning touchdown. XXXIV was conspicuously missing from the list, it should have been at #2 or #3 for sure.

Top 10 Backup QBs
10) Trent Dilfer
9) Tom Brady
8) Doug Williams
7) Brett Favre's backups (Brunell, Hasselbeck, Rodgers)
6) Frank Reich
5) Don Strock
4) Jeff Hostetler
3) Jim Plunkett
2) Earl Morrall
1) Kurt Warner

Top 10 Jersey Numbers
10) 99
9) 19
8) 85
7) 7
6) 20
5) 21
4) 34
3) 80
2) 32
1) 12

Top 10 Lefty Qs
10) Scott Mitchell
9) The Field (ie everyone else)
8) Bobby Douglass
7) Jim Zorn
6) Michael Vick
5) Mark Brunell
4) Frankie Albert
3) Boomer Esiason
2) Ken Stabler
1) Steve Young

Top 10 Overtime Finishes
10) Jets-49ers Garrison Hearst run on opening day
9) Falcons-Steelers tie in 2002
8) Chargers-Dolphins playoffs in Miami
7) We want the ball and we're gonna score
6) Cardinals-Packers playoff game
5) Panthers-Rams Double Overtime game (one of my favorite games ever)
4) Moseley kick Browns-Jets
3) Freeman's catch on Monday Night Green Bay-Minnesota
2) Mike Brown's consecutive interceptions for the Bears
1) 1958 NFL Championship

Top 10 Pittsburgh Steelers
10) Jerome Bettis
9) Lynn Swann
8) Hines Ward
7) Troy Polamalu
6) Mel Blount
5) Jack Lambert
4) Rod Woodson
3) Franco Harris
2) Terry Bradshaw
1) Joe Greene

Top 10 Oakland Raiders
10) Marcus Allen
9) Willie Brown
8) Jim Plunkett
7) Cliff Branch
6) George Blanda
5) Tim Brown
4) Ken Stabler
3) Fred Biletnikoff
2) Howie Long
1) Gene Upshaw & Art Shell
0) Jim Otto

Top 10 Revenge Games
10) Jon Gruden vs the Raiders
9) Packers vs Holmgren
8) Eagles vs T.O.
7) Bobby Layne vs the Lions
6) Patriots vs Jets: Spygate
5) Cedric Benson vs the Bears
4) Paul Brown vs the Browns
3) Joe Montana vs the Niners
2) Brett Favre vs the Packers
1) Colts vs Patriots: 2006 AFC Championship (One of my favorite games ever seen)

Top 10 Shortest Players
10) Darren Sproles
9) Joe Morris
8) Warrick Dunn
7) Buddy Young
6) Doug Flutie
5) Maurice Jones-Drew
4) Bob Sanders
3) Sam Mills
2) Darrell Green
1) Barry Sanders

Top 10 Teams that didn't win the Super Bowl
10) 1983 Washington Redskins
9) 1979 Houston Oilers
8) 1984 Miami Dolphins
7) 1986 Cleveland Browns
6) 2001 St Louis Rams
5) 1981 San Diego Chargers
4) 1998 Minnesota Vikings
3) 1990 Buffalo Bills
2) 1968 Baltimore Colts
1) 2007 New England Patriots

Top 10 Super Bowls
10) Super Bowl III
9) Super Bowl XXXVI
8) Super Bowl XLIV
7) Super Bowl XXIII
6) Super Bowl XIII
5) Super Bowl XXXVIII
4) Super Bowl XXV
3) Super Bowl XXXII
2) Super Bowl XLII
1) Super Bowl XLIII

Top 10 Uniforms
10) Cheerleaders
9) Creamsicle Buccs
8) Bengals Stripes
7) The Browns
6) Peewee Jerseys (-_-);;
5) 80's 49ers
4) Cowboys White
3) Silver and Black
2) All Throwbacks
1) Chargers Powder Blue (Overrated)

Top 10 Why We Love the 2000s
10) Brett Favre's flip-flopping
9) Return Aces
8) New Stadiums
7) Red Challenge Flags
6) Brady Versus Manning
5) Coaching Carousel
4) The Patriots Dynasty
3) Wild Wideouts (ie T.O., Chad Johnson & Steve Smith's antics)
2) Records that were broken
1) Close Super Bowls

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