Texans First Rounder

Who should the Texans select in the first round? You tell me, take a vote below. The Texans desperately need a Quarterback, but how can somebody turn down the legendary Jadeveon Clowney.

QB Johnny Manzile

QB Teddy Bridgewater

DE Jadevon Clowney

Just Trade the Draft Pick, the Cowboys did this in the '90's and won 3 Super Bowls.

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One of my Greatest Accomplishments

  My friend Liam Oberst was doing a science experiment on a human's reaction time. So he used a website called Human Benchmark and tested it on a couple of students which included me. The website works like this, the screen will start out red and says "Wait for green" and when the screen turns green you click it and how ever many milliseconds you get, that's your reaction time. Basically if you get a time of 250 milliseconds or below, you have good reaction time. Each human gets three chances at the test. I finished all of my quizzes and got some pretty good results. I found the quizzes fun so I figured I'd keep playing. I decided I should start guessing, which payed off. After a couple of times guessing I got my best score ever, 0 milliseconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't even think that score was possible. I don't have any proof, but I do have an eye witness, Brandon Luff. Brandon was sitting right next to me and saw the score. I also called over Liam to show him the score. He replaced my old score with my amazing and next to impossible new score. So if don't believe, just ask Brandon or Liam.

How did They Lose

      Buffalo is known for their football; they have a 2,000 yard rusher, the all-sack leader, the inventor of wild wings, and much more, but they are not known for Super Bowl wins. The Bills were the greatest team in the AFC, of the 1990's. Buffalo made it to four Super Bowls in a row and won zero of them. In the four year span the Bills had the greatest players of the era. For example they had Steve Tasker (ST), Shane Conlane (LB), and an average which included a three time pro bowl Tackle Will Worfield, a two time pro bowl Guard Jim Richter, and a three time pro bowl Center Kent Hull. This good protection helped Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas make it to the Hall of Fame. The Bills also had more weapons on their offensive side of the ball. These "weapons" were Hall of Fame Receivers James Lofton and Andre Reed. Lofton and Reed's receiving yards combined together has a total of 27,202 yards! On Buffalo's defense the Bills have the greatest sack rusher a team could ask for, Bruce Smith. Smith is the All-Time sack leader with 200 sacks! He was like the '85 Bears in combined into one man. With a phenomenal offense and a Quarterback eating defense, the Bill some how managed to lose four Super Bowls, but how. The first Super Bowl loss by the Bills was by New York Giants. The reason this happened was because of a missed field goal, I guess it was to much pressure on a Kicker, which is understandable. Most Bills fans claims he kicked the laces and shouldn't blame the Kicker.                                                                     

   Buffalo lost the Super Bowl because of one play and not because of a poor team performance. This explains how they lost their first Super Bowl, but not the other three. The year after their first loss, Buffalo appeared in another Super Bowl against the Washington Redskins. Somehow the Redskins won 24-37. I don't understand how a team as good as the Bills lost to the Redskins. I think that game was just like Super III when the Jets beat the Colts or when team U. S. beat Soviet Union. In Buffalo's next two Super Bowls, the Cowboys beat them twice. The reason the Bills lost was probably because the Cowboys had the better players; there's no other reason for the loss.

  The 1990's was a harsh time for the AFC, but even worse for the Bills. They went 0-4 in Super Bowls yet they had five Hall of Famers! Maybe they will win a Super Bowl in the 21st century, but they will probably never have a team as good as they did in the 1990's. This team will be known for their unlucky Super Bowl history. I still don't understand how such a great team can lose so many Super Bowls, so for you can add this to seven wonders of the world.

By. Matt Gauntner   

The Next Generation

   Quarterbacks

Old School

Peyton Manning       Tom Brady          Drew Brees        Michael Vick       Ben Reothlisberger

The Next Generation

Andrew Luck        Colin Kaeprnick    Russell Wilson       Cam Newton         Nick Foles

Running Backs

Old School

Steven Jackson       Frank Gore       DeAngelo Williams    Michael Turner   Brandon Jacobs

The Next Generation

Alfred Morris         Eddie Lacy          Giovani Bernard   LeGarrette Blount   Leveon Bell

Wide Receivers and Tight Ends

Old School

Tony Gonzalez       Reggie Wayne         Steve Smith     Roddy White     Andre Johnson

The Next Generation

Julio Jones          Rob Gronkowski    Demaryius Thomas   A. J. Green   Alshon Jeffery

About the Blogger

Name: Matthew Gauntner

First Blog: Hot Dog Comics and Other Cool Things

Favorite: Sport: Football

Favorite Movies: Rocky I-V The A-Team, Air Force One

Favorite Songs: Crazy Train, Welcome to the Jungle, No Easy Way Out, Stroke

Favorite Book: Hero, Football Genius

Favorite TV Show: Boy Meets World, Reba, Sportscenter

Favorite Website: NFL.com, ESPN, Wikipedia

Favorite Video Game: all the Maddens

Favorite Athletes: J. J. Watt, Peyton Manning, Joe Namath, Eli Manning, Troy Polamalu, Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, Mickey Mantle, Andrew McCutchen, Josh Harrison, Neil Walker, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby

Favorite Sports Team: Steelers, Broncos, Texans, Colts, Pirates, Penguins

Hobbies: Blogging, Watching Sports, Studying Football, Playing Football 

My Predictions: Biggest Comeback

Biggest Comeback

Buccaneers - This year the Buccaneers were absolutely horrible, with a 4-12 record. The coaching staff was the worst. The Buccaneers remind me of the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012; the Chiefs had a 1-15 record and this year they finished with a 11-5 record, thanks to their new coach Andy Reid. The Bucs got Coach Lovie Smith, who got cut from the Bears in 2011, after failing to take them to the playoffs with a 10-6 record. Tampa Bay has a young group which include Running Back Doug Martin and Quarterback Mike Glennon. In Martin's rookie (2012) season made it to the pro bowl and had over 1450 rushing yards and almost 500 yards receiving. In one game of Martin's rookie season, he rushed for 251 rushing yards and four touchdowns! This season, Martin suffered a shoulder injury in a game against Atlanta. Martin was put on IR for the rest of the season. Quarterback Mike Glennon started this season on September 25, 2013 in week four after Mike Freeman became a benchwarmer. Mike Glennon threw 19 touchdown passes, only 9 interceptions, and 2,608 passing yards, all in only 12 games. The Bucs are like the Dallas Cowboys of the 90's with the triplets, QB Mike Glennon, Doug Martin, and the swift Wide Receiver Mike Williams. Williams was put on IR this season, in week 6 due  to a hamstring injury. Next year when the triplets are healthy, they can have the most effective offense of the 2014-2015 season. Tampa Bay had two defensive pro bowlers, Legendary Corner Back Darrelle Revis and the Cannon Bolt Defensive Tackle Gerald McCoy. Darrelle Revis is the new Ronde Barber and Gerald McCoy is the new Warren Sapp. This is why I beleive the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be one of the best teams in the NFL, next season.

Texans - The Houston Texans had the greatest season 2012, with a record of 12-4. This year the Texans were awful with a record of 2-14! This was unbelievable, because the Texans had thirteen pro bowlers which included, Quarterback Matt Schaub, Fullback James Casey, Running Back Arian Foster, Wide Receiver Andre Johnson, Tight End Owen Daniels, Offensive Tackle Wade Smith, Guard Wade Smith, Center Chris Myers, Defensive End J. J. Watt, Defensive End Antonio Smith, Corner Back Bryan Braman, and Corner Back Jonathan Joseph. I don't understand how a team has 13 pro bowlers one year, and the next year they end the season with a 2-14 record. In week one, the great Line Backer Brian Cushing won the game with a pick 6. Cushing broke his fibula and tore his fibular collateral ligament. The Texans Quarterback, Matt Schaub, was lucky to win Week one because he threw a pick six, which was a start of a streak. He did the same thing in week two and week three. In week four Schaub broke a record for throwing a pick six in four straight games. In Week seven Schaub became a benchwarmer and third string Quarterback Case Keenum. I think next year will be different  because the Texans have the number one overall draft pick for the 2014 season. They need a Quarterback desperately, so they should draft QB, from Texas A&M, Johnny Manziel. Manziel will easily be able to adapt to the Texans Offense, because Coach Bill O'brien is coming straight from Penn State. A college Quarterback along with a college coach will create a Dynamic Duo. Houston's offensive line is one of the best in the league, which will keep Johnny Manziel from getting injured. Arian Foster and Andre Johnson are the greatest in the league at catching balls and scoring touchdowns. If the Texans create a powerful Offense like they did in 2012, the won't have to worry about there Defense. Houston has J. J. Swatt, the Ball Hawk Jonathan Joseph, and Brian Crushing if he stays healthy.This is why I think the Houston Texans will be a playoff contender and be the opposite team of what the were last year.

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By. Matthew Gauntner

My Blog one year Anniversary

  Last year, on February 4, 2013 I made this blog. The reason I started doing this blog was because when I was younger I had a blog called Hot Dog Comics and Other Cool Things and instead of writing about my comics I wrote about sports. I figured that if I was going to blog about football, I should start a new blog. The best name that I could get for my blog was NFL Bench Warmer News (which I now like). The same time I started my blog the Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl and I wrote about Jacoby Jones in Super Bowl 47.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Jacoby Jones In Superbowl 47

At super bowl 47 Jacoby Jones had 2 touchdowns. One of his touchdowns was by an outstanding catch. His other touchdown was by him having a 108 kick return. What a way to start the second half. His 108 kick return was done in 11 seconds. This all happened before the Superbowl power outage. Joe Flacco was the MVP of the game, but if it wasn't for him I think Jacoby Jones would have been MVP. The reason the Jones was not doing so good after the power outage was because Jones needs the scoreboard, during the kick return he ran past everybody so he looked at the scoreboard to make sure nobody would catch him. Jones also tied the longest kick return for a touchdown in Superbowl history. The Ravens ended up winning 34 - 31.

I hope you've enjoyed reading my blogposts and I'll continue to write more.

Seattle Seahawks Won Their First Ring

  

On the very first snap Peyton Manning had the ball snapped over his head and into the end zone. Two points were scored right there and the Broncos were forced to punt the ball away.

Two field goals were scored in the first quarter which made the score 8-0. In the second quarter Peyton Manning threw a pass which was picked off by Kam Chancellor. After the pick had Percy Harvin had 15 yard run, which led to a Marshawn Lynch 1 yard touchdown run. When the Broncos got the ball back they, Peyton Manning got made a pass attempt to Running Back which was deflected and intercepted by Malcolm Smith. Smith ran it back 69 yards for a touchdown and he was later named MVP of the game. At the end of the half the score was 22-0! In the start of the second half Matt Prater, the Kicker, avoided the speedy Percy Harvin. Even though the ball was kicked away from him, Harvin picked it up and ran it back for a touchdown, making the score 29-0. This happened last year, when Jacoby Jones ran the ball back for a touchdown.

 Later in that quarter Peyton Manning passed the ball to Thomas. Byron Maxwell knocked the ball out of Thomas's hands and Malcolm Smith (game MVP) recovered it. The Seattle Seahawks got the ball back and later that driver Russell Wilson threw an amazing touchdown pass Jermaine Kearse. When they got the ball back Peyton Manning finally threw a touchdown pass to Thomas and converted the two point conversion to Wes Welker. When the Seahawks recovered the onside kick Russell Wilson threw another touchdown pass to Baldwin. The final score of the Super Bowl was 43-8 Seattle

Russell Wilson Super Bowl Champion

Malcolm Smith MVP Super Bowl Champion

                           

My Predictions were actually Right

On May 3, 2013, before the season even started I had predicted the Super Bowl. My prediction were...

            

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I was wrong about the packers, but I was correct about the Broncos making it. This is my first prediction I ever got right. If Rodgers didn't get hurt for the season he would have been prepared for the playoffs and easily beat the 49ers and Seahawks. For Superbowl 48 I'm rooting for Peyton Manning!

The Right Superbowl