The highest honor in the NFL.The Houndie is an award formerly known as the Buckeye NFLer of the Week. After 2 years of existence, we searched for a catchier name, so with the help of a well placed typo and the ensuing 11W comments, the current title was created.
What a tough week for the offensive Buckeyes, as both Santonio Holmes and Ted Ginn laid down stinkers in their respective road losses. Holmes only had one catch for 18 yards in Pittsburgh's 23-20 loss to the Bengals. I can't say I don't mind watching the Steelers lose, but I need Holmes to be more productive for my fantasy team (not a good week to have Holmes and TO on your team) and so do the Steelers.
Ginn is taking some serious heat down in Miami, after his 0 catch day. I thought Teddy was going to have a breakout season after his performance last Monday night, but with Pennington down for the year, he must now rely on a Wolverine (Chad Henne) to get him the ball. Ginn already lost both of his returning duties, so he doesn't have much value in Miami if he isn't going to catch the rock. Also, Brian Hartline was shutout as well in Miami's 23-13 loss in San Diego.
The best offensive performance was turned in by Michael Jenkins, who caught 5 for 78 yards in Atlanta's 26-10 loss at New England. Jenkins would have had a beautiful 36 yard TD reception early in the 3rd, but that was nullified by an offensive pass interference call, which was truly bogus. Also in that game, Joey Galloway caught 2 for 18 yards and Shawn Springs had 2 tackles.
It looks as if Beanie may not be the force we were all hoping for in Arizona this season. Even though he carried a ball around all week as teammates tried to strip him, he got just 2 chances to carry the ball, going for -2 yards in the Cardinal's 31-10 home loss to the Colts. In New York, Ben Hartstock caught his first ball of the year, a 2-yard TD pass from Mark Sanchez, getting the Jets an early lead in their 24-17 win over Tennessee. The Gun Show registered 3 solo tackles in that game as well.
The standouts were on defense, as a couple of players battled for this week's honor. First in St. Louis, AJ Hawk recorded 8 solo tackles and 2 assists, while Ryan Pickett chipped in with 5 solo stops in Green Bay's 36-17 win over the Rams. Little Animal had his production slowed, as he managed just 3 solo stops in defeat and his sidekick Larry Grant mustered just 1 tackle.
Nate Clements put up another strong showing as the resurgent 49ers lost a heart breaker to Brett Farve and the Vikings, 27-24. Clements returned a blocked FG 59 yards, as the first half expired, giving his team a 14-13 halftime advantage. Despite his 4 tackle effort and TD return, Farve crushed their hopes of a road victory with his last second throw and catch to Greg Lewis. Will Allen saw plenty of time down in Tampa this week, as the Bucs got dismantled by the Giants, 24-0. Allen was second on the team in tackles with 10, including 9 solo stops.
However, the best defensive stance of the week was put in by Will Smith of New Orleans. The Saints are off to a hot 3-0 start and their defense has shored up over the last 2 weeks, holding Buffalo to 7 points on Sunday. Smith registered 5 tackles, including 4 solos, an interception and a sack, both first on the season. This is Smith's first Houndie of the year, but with the offense the Saints possess, Smith should be able to pin his ears back and attack the QB all season long. His buddy, Malcolm Jenkins recovered a fumble and got a tackle in his 3rd professional game.
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lol, where's the "like" button
Proctor High School represent!
is that in west Philadelphia or Bel Aire?
LMAO! Utica NY
U-T City...born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days...
With Chad Bumnne now the starter for the Dolphins, it is a lost season for Ginn and Hartline. Actually, the Dolphins could go from 1-15 to playoffs back to 1-15. Hopefully they will figure it out and put in Cleo Lemon or whoever the 3rd string QB is down there.
I do love the song about Chad Henne though, "Chad Henne is a Joke"
everyone should know of which song I speak.
Can't get it out of my head anytime I hear his name.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Id hate to see Lamar Thomas transfer, though looking at the depth at WR he may not ever get much of a shot
he should be returning kick over ray ray. especially after what i saw on that dropped punt saturday
Is he transferring? I hope not, I think he could be a special player at OSU, just needs to earn his time.
If he wants to transfer for lack of PT he can go right ahead. everyone has to come in a compete for playing time. i think they know that going in to this situation. just because OSU recruits Lamaar Thomas doesn't mean that they're not going to convert 2 more guys just like him or possibly better the next year. If those guys come in and out work you then you lose your spot in the rotation. it's pretty simple.
If you want to list off names of stud high school players that come in to OSU and don't succeed that list will be pretty long. especially at WR and RB.
Thomas isn't transferring. It's all rumor and no truth.
there actually is no #3 right now... Pat White was the #3 and Jon Beck was cut and picked up by Baltimore as their #3..... White is not ready to be #2 (and Henne may not be ready to be #1)... so an experienced back-up is needed badly in Miami. Ginn screwed himself as he has had EVERY chance to be the #1 receiver and blown it. He looked non-interested Sunday and dropped 3 balls and ended with zero pass receptions.
LOVE IT ... never heard that one!!
the Fins just picked up Thigpen from KC
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Man, I live Miami and you'd think that Ted Ginn just joined the taliban or something the way people here hate him. I heard a call-in to a sports talk radio show yesterday where the guy said something to the effect of "Ted Ginn couldn't catch the swine flu if he was swimming in a vat of the H1N1 virus." I tend to think that its because all things buckeye are hated here, but its probably more do to the fact that he was a first round pick and isn't playing like it.
two terrible games back-to-back will do that to ya i guess. being called "stone hands" on ESECPN can't help either.
It's not really Ginn's fault he was a top-10 pick, though, everyone thought the Dolphins were nuts at the time, and everyone was probably right.
yeah, they shoulda taken Brady Quinn instead!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
maybe his sister woulda worn a half packers, half dolphins jersey!
I can't believe there are people who couldn't figure out DefJimTressel was a fake.
What?!?! That's not him?!
So basically what your saying is, that I cant believe anything I read on the internet anymore?
to be fair to Ginn (and his development as an NFL wide receiver)
1. He was drafted by Cam Cameron who pretty much sucked ass as a head coach.
2. He had John Beck (sucks), Trent Green (sucks), Cleo Lemon (sucks), Chad Pennington (arm is suspect) and Now Henne (unknown) throwing to him. No consistency
3. Miami has not figured out how to use him properly... they have not taken advantage of his speed and are trying to use him in ways to fit their system. They are not tailoring anything to his talents. He should have been the one to run the wild cat.
4. Miami has no long passing game to speak of and Teddy has not been a consistent option...
2 head coaches in 3 years and 5 QB's will tend to screw up a young receiver's development.... he has not been a good fit in Miami.
when did 11 catches in a single game become terrible?
HEY BOO-BOO!!!!!!!!!