Last Thursday night Calvin Johnson broke Jerry Rice’s record for the most receiving yards in a single season. Calvin should be applauded for this great accomplishment. But, if you listened to the game on the radio, you’d have thought that the Lions won the game. They were going crazy when he made the record catch in the 4th quarter and gave the ball to his father. They were going crazy after the game and made him the “player of the game” There was only one thing was wrong about this. The Lions lost the game, and are now a dismal 4-11. The Falcons won the game 31-18, and in doing so clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs, the number one seed in the NFC. Don’t you think they should have been talking about the Falcons a little more?

When asked about Calvin’s record on The NFL Today Sunday morning, former Cowboys coach, Jimmy Johnson said, records are nice. I appreciate players and their accomplishments, but they don’t mean much because you play to win the game. Hmm, sounds like a Herm Edwards line, but Jimmy Johnson did win two Superbowl’s and a national championship at Miami, so perhaps he even knows this better than Herm.

BTW, the list of receivers with over 1,600 yards in a season includes Calvin twice now. A couple of other great receivers are on this list more than once as well. But, the great Jerry Rice who set the old mark in 1995 is not. As great as Jerry Rice was, and for as long as he held this record (17 years) he’s only on that list once. He had that great year in 1995, but ultimately he preferred winning. And, he won a lot. 1995 must have been a special year, because when Rice set the record, two other players had over 1,600 yards as well. So much for stats and records.

Generally speaking, the more yards a Quarterback throws for in a football game is inversely proportional to winning the game.

Sacks: Sacks are a very misleading stat in football. Who can forget how Brett Favre gave Michael Strahan the all time record for Sacks in a season by laying down for him? His teammates never did. They were pretty pissed off at Favre. Well, the other night during the Niners/Seahawks game they announced that Aldon Smith, the SF linebacker who has 19.5 sacks, had none in the past two games. He has/had a shot at Strahan’s record. They went on to show Justin Smith, the Defensive Tackle, on the sidelines with an injury and said that he makes all the difference in the world to Aldon Smith being able to get the Quarterback. How true. Football is the ultimate team game. Like Chess, one move affects another. Without Justin in the game, Aldon was not able to get a sack. Football statistics only matter to those people who play Fantasy Football (a strange game, but fun for many). Coaches, like Jimmy Johnson re: Calvin Smith, couldn’t care less. In fact, they care more about the pressure their defense is putting on the Quarterback and how many times they alter his throw. A Sack may be for the fans, and fun to watch, but it is just another StatisTRIC in action! Watch the game, not the stats!

According to CNN, there are more Gun Shops in America than McDonalds and Supermarkets combined. I’ll take my AK-47 without onions please!

90% of the game is half mental. – Yogi Berra

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was down 0.3% in November. Did you tell that to your landlord who was asking you for a rent increase?

Larry Sanders leads the NBA with 3.08 blocks per game. “Hey Now!”