Brian Rud

Why Brookings is wrong!!!!

08:34 PM ET 01.18

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Keith Brookings, Wade Phillips and the rest of the Cowboys may be complaining about Minnesota running up the score but they are dead wrong!

Do you think Keith Brookings would have let up on Brett Favre on any of the final plays if he had the opportunity to level him for a sack? Definitely not!

Do you think Keith Brookings and the rest of his Cowboys defensive teammates were taking it easy on Adrian Peterson in his final carries? No, instead they were doing everything they could to try and rip the ball free and punish him.

Were the Cowboys in a soft "game-over" defense? No, they were…

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2009 NFL season

10:37 PM ET 09.23

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I'll again be blogging NFL games for Sports Illustrated during the 2009 season. Check in weekly with me on cnnsi.com as I'll be covering mostly NFC North games. Contact me at pigskinblog@yahoo.com during the year to talk some football!!!!

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Coaches Calling Timeouts before game ending field goals

12:09 AM ET 09.30

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There needs to be a rule change where coaches are not allowed to wait 1 millisecond before a kicker attempts a game-winning field goal and then calls timeout from the sideline just as the ball is about to be snapped. Why not allow the cheerleaders from the opposing team to encircle the kicker as an added distraction as well. Maybe we could get the bands & mascots involved too...If the rules are going to allow this type of behavior in football why not transfer it to other sports...we might as well allow caddies to shout "Noonan" right before a PGATour professional hits his tournament…

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