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.
Slim pickings for this week's award. The bye weeks started kicking in and a few of the potential winners (Gamble and Michael Jenkins) were off.
But simply, the majority of the Buckeye NFL crew had off weeks, save for a couple of alum, who battled for this week's honor in high profile games.
What a difference a couple of games can make. Two weeks ago, Santonio Holmes lead the NFL in receiving yards, while Ted Ginn sat near the top in receptions. Since then, Holmes has caught 5 for 70 yards and Ginn has just one, yes, one catch for 4 yards.
Ginn's catch came this past weekend in Miami's 38-10 win over Buffalo, while Holmes had 4 for 52, as he helped the Steelers hold off the Chargers, 38-28 in Pittsburgh. Teddy did have a carry for 22 yards and Holmes had one for 7 yards. The Buckeye headline of the Miami game came from Brian Hartline, who teamed up with Chad Henne on a 4-yard strike, to record the first TD of both their young careers. Great for B-Hart, but Henne can still DIAF.
The only other offensive performance worth mentioning is Mike Nugent, who connected on 2 of 4 FG's, missing a 48 and 49 yarder in Tampa's 16-13 loss to Washington. Nugent's 2 misses were in the first half, making him 0-4 on the season to that point and earning him a pink slip on Monday.
On defense, special mention has to go out to James Lauranaitis, who registered 6 solo stops and 3 assists in St. Louis's 35-0 demoralizing loss. Little Animal ranks 10th in the league for tackles with 34 and is going to race Brian Cushing of Houston all season for the rookie tackling title. In the same game, Nate Clements recorded 5 solo stops, as the 49ers moved to 3-1.
Two recent winners, Will Smith and Antoine Winfield had stellar games for their teams this week, as both moved to 4-0. Smith feasted on rookie Mark Sanchez, sacking him twice and causing a fumble in the end zone, that was recovered by the Saints, for a 17-0 first half lead. The Saints went on to win 24-10 and Smith added 4 total tackles.
Antoine rose to the occasion once again in prime time, making 9 solo tackles to lead the team and picking off a pass in Minnesota's 30-23 win over Green Bay. Ryan Pickett showed his worth as a run stopper, gobbling up 7 total tackles and AJ Hawk managed just 2 solo and 2 assists in the Packers loss.
But this week's award goes to someone who has persevered on and off the field over the last few years, Shawn Springs, who is finally healthy and in a place where careers magically extend. Springs lead the Patriots with 9 total tackles in the 27-21 win over Baltimore, bumping them to 3-1. Shawn is in his 13th season and has played in all four games this year (19 stops), after missing 14 the last 3 years, including 7 in 2008. The 9 tackles were the most for Springs since 2003 and helped him grab his first career Houndie.
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congratulations Mr Springs, well deserved indeed
'Toine had a NASTY hit on Ryan Gant last night at the goaline. But Springs is well deserved.
Henne can DIAF = Die In A Fire? LOL
Why the hostility toward Henne? I think we should retired his jersey. Hang a white jersey with a blue #7 in the 'Shoe next to all the Buckeye greats. That would be hilarious.
Good point. But he's still a Michigan man...
ESPN lists 'Toine with 10 solo tackles, 2 passes defended (deflected?), 1 interception, and 1 TFL. I think Springs is deserving, but I likely would have gave the edge to 'Toine for the more impressive individual performance, on MNF to boot.
Also, ESPN lists Springs as only have 8 total tackles, 7 solo and 1 assist. Same for NFL site. HOUNDIE SCANDAL I DEMAND A RECOUNT
alright so aj hawk? if you had told me 4 years ago that he wouldn't have made a pro bowl by this point, wouldn't even play half of the defensive snaps, and frankly would have told me that he wasn't that good i would have laughed and told you to go f yourself. however, that is the truth of the situation. what the hell? hawk?, carpenter?, don't even get me started on freeman i don't know why people thought he was nice anyway. i honestly think that if hawk would lose 10 lbs and get back under 250 he'd get some of his osu quicks back and maybe be a playmaker again but i don't think that'll ever happen because he wants to be able to last a season. brandon chillar from ucla playing over you on the inside? wow. matthews and poppinga over you on the outside? that's just fantastic. he might be my most disappointing buckeye in the nfl. hit me back w/thoughts and opinions please.
I use the stats off NFL.com. I'm sure there are some differences between the 2 sites, but I have always leaned on the official site of the sport. As for Springs' numbers, perhaps I read it wrong, but I swore last night it had 9 tackles. Thanks for the head's up though.
More disappointing than Lydell Ross?
also, Chad Henne is a joke
heh, i can't even read or hear his name without getting that song stuck in my head
Tress: Everybody on the OL has the flu and so forth...
Green Bay runs a 3-4 front, Hawk is better suited to play middle or weakside linebacker in a 4-3 front. I could be wrong, but the first two seasons he played where he averaged over 100+ tackles a year were when he was playing weakside in a 4-3 front with Nick Barnett manning the middle.
I just have to say, I am fed up with the media here in Dayton. This is the type of BS I have to put up with. Im starting to feel like I live in Cincytucky with the anti-OSU sentiment around here. First this clown says the QB hasn't improved, really? Then he says the skill positions aren't gamebreakers, really? Have you seen DC-9? But, he fails to mention the defense and the fact we have won the last 3 games by a combined score of 101-14, with 7 of the 14 coming on a garbage TD with 6 seconds to go. This authors e-mail address is at the bottom of his article, please join me in reminding him who this state belongs to.
http://www.daytondailynews.com...
Dude i completely agree, i hate listening to all of the negative shit the dayton sports writers have to say, its like mark may is writing all of it.
Can the media remove its collective mouth from Tate Forcier's member for just one week? The kid loses a game on a late turnover, sends a text message taking responsiblity, and he's a heroic leader. I recall a certain all-world freshman who last year lost an important rivalry game with an ill-advised late turnover, took responsibility for the loss, and was derided as an overhyped one-dimensional wanna-be QB. Michigan's Great White Hope is in for an unpleasant rest of the season with the defensive lines of Iowa, PSU, and finally OSU breathing down his neck. I wonder if text messages will make him look heroic after those losses.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn...
I saw that and was equally disgusted.......
Fellas, get over it. Everyone hates us, we are now the butt of jokes on "The Herd" even getting clowned by him on a legalzoom.com commercial. Fuck Colin Cowherd, Fuck Cinci, Fuck the SEC, Fuck ESPN, Fuck Mark May, Fuck scUM, Fuck the world. We are the Scarlet Scourge. Rise up and accept you destiny. I swear to God I will run every Fucking run until we win a title with Buckeye Eyeblack and Buckeye socks. I am a fat, slow Clydesdale, Whatever. Us against the world.
And Fuck the Dayton Daily News.
I would think city's like Beavercreek don't like hearing negative shit about OSU, especially with guys like Domicone on the team. And he's only one, Piqua, Englewood, Huber Heights, Bellbrook all have vested interest in OSU and commentaries like this can't help your popularity. Thee DDN needs all the help it can get.
Only a total douchebag would refer to himself as "The Dash."
And it's not the entire DDN, but for a struggling company like Cox Publishing, I don't think making enemies with local communities is a good idea. Then again the DDN isn't known for having good ideas.
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And Detroit just choked. AWESOME.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
that reporter is lucky joepa is not a younger man. we would have seen "i'm a man. i'm 40." pt. II
i would have cheered joepa on too. the reporter was belaboring the point something fierce there.
it sure was...no indians v. red sox choke job. but quite bad nonetheless.
he only had 90 tackles his second season and his play has digressed every season since his first.
His play did seem to regress ever since his first season...WHEN HE MARRIED BRADY QUINNS SISTER. It's all making sense now.