Denver Broncos (11-4) vs Oakland Raiders (3-12)
First Holiday Wish
Peyton Manning pulls it together. I am not sure it needs more explaining than that. 4 interceptions in the championship week for most people, ouch! You could only ride with your studs and hope they showed up to play. That was not the case with Peyton last week. It is a good match up this week against Oakland but I couldn’t fault you for not wanting to possibly get burned like your comrades in their final games last week.
Second Holiday Wish
If you were lucky enough to grab C.J. Anderson when Hillman went down, than you have been riding him all the way to Week 17 with nothing but a smile on your face. I want that to continue for you this week, which is likely as the Raiders give up the 3rd most points to running backs,; and I am thankful that we didn’t truly have a Montee Ball or Ronnie Hillman end of season return to mess everything up for Anderson owners.
Third Holiday Wish
My last wish for the Broncos seems to be a far fetched wish, but hey…tis the season of miracles. I would like Julius Thomas to show up and do something, ANYTHING of value. I told you to grab Heath Miller instead of Thomas and I was right. Sadly I will say the same thing this week or grab Charles Clay in fact…but nonetheless I wish Julius Thomas to pull it together this week.
Pile of Coal
Wes Welker….you know what you did, or didn’t do more so.