Secrets of the 2012 NFL Season
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To highlight for the Cardinals.
After a mediocre two-catch day against the Vikings in Minnesota in Week 7, Fitzgerald demands a truck, preferably one in which another team takes Kevin Kolb and John Skelton.
* The Raiders set out the season 0-2, but new head coach Dennis Allen energizes the gang with his youthful exuberance and unmistakable excitability. When Darren McFadden breaks a desire touchdown run down the Raider sideline in Week 3 against the Steelers, Allen follows him into the end zone, then leaps into the sea of fans occupying end zone capacity.
Allen goes missing for five minutes and eventually escapes the Bad Hole, but not before impatient and overzealous Raiders fans give him an extreme makeover, resulting in the reincarnation of Tom Flores.
Allen is never the same, but the Raiders are, as they cease 6-10 and miss the playoffs for the 10th consecutive year.
* Detroit's Jim Schwartz is named NFL Coach of the Year after unrivalled the Lions to the NFC North title, but the fiery Lions leader recoils at the brooding of receiving such a pat on the back, and refuses to accept the award.
* Brandon Marshall, reunited with Jay Cutler, makes an contact early in Chicago, with five touchdown catches in the Bears first four games. However, Marshall's biggest smear comes in October, when, after a night out partying on the Lakefront, he's tossed into Lake Michigan by a transvestite who dimly resembles Chicago great Gary Fencik.
The Bears get rid of 7-9, good for third in the NFC North.
* Robert Griffin III is named the Redskins starting quarterback in modern August, while John Beck beats out Rex Grossman for the backup settle, thus earning Grossman the nickname "Rex Grossman the Third."
* Tony Romo leads the Cowboys to an 11-5 itemize and the NFC East title, throwing for 4,379 yards and 34 touchdowns and only 9 interceptions. Romo credits his added blurred on fatherhood, and adds that nothing is more satisfying than smothering your baby with attention, a belief echoed by passionate Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
Source: Sports Central