Did Del Rio inspire Seahawks blowout
Houshmandzadeh told the Seattle Times that: "It was just kind of crazy, man. Jon Ryan was out there punting, and I guess he may have been in Jacksonville's area. And he (Del Rio) just grabbed the ball and threw it and was like, 'Get the (expletive) on your side of the field.' "
Added Houshmandzadeh: "I think he was just trying to get his guys pumped up. It didn't work Buy Kobe 9 Online."
Houshmandzadeh said he still respects Del Rio, and, "It's not a big deal. I thought it was kind of funny, disrespectful, but a lot of coaches do a lot of different things to get their guys pumped up."
Del Rio may be facing a bigger problem with the anger that's being expresses by Maurice Jones-Drew, who ripped his team's play and said he was the NFL's second-highest paid "decoy," behind New Orleans'
Reggie Bush.
Jones-Drew questioned the play-calling, which abandoned the run early.
"It just seems like now if we don't get 30 yards (rushing), we just go away from it," said Jones-Drew. "I've never been a part of a team like that."
The Jaguars had seven three-and-out possessions in their final 10 drives. Jones-Drew ran 12 times for 34 yards Wholesale Buy Lebron 11 Shoes. Jones also took a shot at the Jaguars' shuffling of offensive lineman.
"That's a big issue," Jones-Drew said. "How can you get continuity, how can you get chemistry going on when guys are rotating in and out? That doesn't happen."
Now then, let's roll out today's game balls for recommended reading, conversation starters and significant fluff that may have surfaced while you were sleeping.
LeBron James has the flu Nike Kobe 9 Elite Officially Unveiled . . And some of his Washington Wizards teammates are very upset that Mike Miller insists on wearing James' signature Nike shoes.
The Orlando Magic have it going again.
Braylon Edwards says his first week with the New York Jets has felt an awful lot like a job interview.
The Baltimore Suncatches up with one of the NFL greats, 84-year-old Gino Marchetti.
Tim Tebow downplays how he'll be viewed in the NFL draft.
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Ray Ratto does a historical study of the Oakland Raiders and says this is the week when they inevitably turn to toast . . . The proof of that may be that Al Davis' team is attempting to upgrade with Langston Walker, who wasn't good enough to avoid becoming a castoff of the Buffalo Bills.
The University of California Golden Bears say hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work they go . . . on a 6-hour bus ride to play UCLA.
Ryan Leaf says he's never been happier than he is in Canada now, as an anonymous guy who isn't automatically associated with being a huge NFL bust. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.
