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I just watched the Thursday night game, and Mike Shanahan was completely incompetent in his offensive play calling.

Brandon Marshall completely destroyed the Houston secondary in the first half.  He caught 9 passes for 83 yards.  In the second half, he caught two passes for 24 yards.  They never even tried to get him the ball.  In the first half, they ran screeens, swing passes, and quick hitters to the big guy to get him going.  They did exactly NONE of that in the second half.

Oh, and there is the little bit of information that Selvin Young is/was supposed to be their main back for the remainder of the season.  His first rush went for 20 yards.  For the rest of the game, he got 7 carries for 14 yards.  Travis Henry, who had been banged up and playing poorly, got 10 carries.  So much for letting Young get the bulk of the work. 

Instead, Shanahan chose to focus his entire offense on their tight end, and throw four yard routes on every fourth down play. 

Then, to close the game out, they threw to Javon Walker underneath to try to make a play.  Yes, that same Javon Walker that has been healthy for like three games all year.  He can’t even run well right now. 

It was absolutely pathetic what he did tonight. 

Am I pissed that I picked them?  Not really.  I’ve been dumb enough to miss picks on my own. 

Am I pissed that I inserted Selvin Young into my starting lineup in fantasy playoffs?  Absolutely. 

But, I’m also pissed, because as I sat here in an incredible amount of debt, making not nearly enough money for the amount of education I was stupid enough to get, and watching a football game that I could have called.  During every ridiculous drive in the second half, and every drive that stalled at the Houston 40 yard line (which was the majority of them), I just sat there and called what Shanahan was going to do.  Their defense can’t stop anything, but Shanahan did enough on his own to prevent his offense from making plays to keep them at least in the game.  It was terrible, absolutely terrible. 

Thanks Shanny for not letting me sleep tonight, and costing me a shot at the finals.