What about Bob? Glauber's NFL Blog

Thanks for yet another week of terrific comments on our little slice of the blogosphere. We enjoyed another personal best in page views for the month of December, and that was on top of last month’s previous high. Newsday Internet guru Mark La Monica gave us a nice shout-out to the bosses, which is always nice.

What's it all mean? It means that you enjoy reading about football, about fans who dip a piece of sausage in their own vom-... (oh, stop it already) ... you appreciate Lou Holtz-Granny Clampett look-a-likes (thanks again, Jeff P.) and you take advantage of the opportunity to engage in thoughtful discussion about sports. Many, many thanks.

Big Ben is Back! tops the list, although he had any number of entries this week that could have qualified. He was on top of his game. Now we’ll see if his beloved Steelers are on top of theirs heading into tomorrow night’s AFC Wild Card game against the Jaguars.

Big Ben is Back! on our choice of Brett Favre, and not Ben Roethlisberger, as Comeback Player of the Year:
“Sigh. Had you picked one of the self-inflicted guys as Comeback Player of the Year, my computer screen would have suffered. Thought for sure you were going with Moss. It's tough to argue against Favre, so if you prefer the guy who held up his team annually with the "I may retire, I may not" nonsense over the guy who nearly died a year before making the Pro Bowl and outplaying every other QB not named Brady in only his 4th (that's right Eli and Rivers - take note) year, then I'll have to live with it.
As for the other awards, it's near impossible to make a rational case against any of your selections. The Pats deserve every award they get, AP was a no brainer as is Willis. I guess one could quibble over Sanders when Cromartie, Willis, and DeMarcus Ware are sitting out there. It's tough to win an award based on the intangible aspect you bring to the team like Sanders clearly does. His stats don't make a case.
All in all, a good job out of Glauber the Blogger.
Lou Holtz and Granny was a classic. Have any for Charlie Weis?”

Jeff T on Bill Belichick winning Coach of the Year:
“Let’s see, first -- HE WAS FINED FOR CHEATING!! That should disqualify him for coach of the year automatically.
Second, he had - BY FAR - the most stacked with talent team in the entire NFL! That's like weaving gold into gold. Not very impressive.
Congrats to the team for working hard and making history, but Bill does not in any way deserve this award. Shameful.
That's the new America. Cheating is OK, as long as you win. Great message for our kids, and sports in general.”

Richie G (who once wrote a song for this blog entitled "That's Samari") on Terry Pluto’s column about the Browns’ sad playoff fate:
“No wonder Terry Pluto is depressed. Not only did Cleveland suffer a 'Brown-Out', but his planetary namesake got downgraded to a 'dwarf planet'. Things haven't been this sour out there since the Cuyahoga River caught fire back in June, 1969. Poor bastards, even when there's a will, there's Elway. (Note to self.... never move to Cleveland)
Happy New Year, Lake Erie, and please don't cry in your snow shovels. It just makes it that much heavier to bear. On the bright side, .... uh, er, um, oh yeah, there is no bright side.”