Quickly name deduces Erykah Badu me the erica badu devises top defense in the NFL after 12 weeks of play…No it is not the Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens, or any other team that you would guess.  Surprisingly, the league’s No. 1 ranked defense, in terms of yardage allowed, is the Green Bay Packers—average of 281.5 yards of offense per game. That’s right… the team that seemed to be in a shootout every week in 2008 (allowed 380 points with an average of 23.8 point per game) and lost badly twice this season to the Minnesota Vikings led by “You know who”, has now found some teeth on defense. No doubt the infusion of new defensive coordinator Dom Capers and his new attacking 3-4 defensive scheme has grown roots with the Packers (7-4).  The Pack now has playmakers on the defensive line (see Cullen Jenkins—25 TKLs, 4.5 Sacks, 3 FF, and 1 INT) and secondary (see Charles Woodson) with their linebackers also getting better. Despite losing All-Pro’s CB Al Harris and OLB Aaron Kampman for the season to knee injuries, the Packers have found inventive ways to shutdown opponents.  Since losing to the Bucs 38-28 in Week 9, the Packers have been on a roll and have allowed an average of only 14 points per game in their last 3 games (all wins).The Packers are getting three-and-outs at a high rate–Opponents’ third down conversion rate of only 33 percent (successfully converted 48/144 third downs) plus they are getting timely turnovers—27 takeaways ranking Green Bay second behind New Orleans (32).  Clearly the addition of true nose talk rookie BJ Raji (1st Rd pick–9th overall) has made the transition to the 3-4 easier with the powerful  rookie from Boston College and veteran Ryan Pickett providing the “fire hydrant” in the middle of the D-line that is essential to others in the front seven making plays. With their stout nose tackles leading the way, the Packers have allowed only two 100-yard rushers through 11 games—Bengals RB Cedric Benson and St. Louis Rams RB Steven Jackson in Weeks Two and Three respectively.For sure the player that has benefited the most from the arrival of Capers has been perennial Pro Bowl player CB/S Charles Woodson.  The former Heisman Trophy winner has turned it up several notches and may very well be playing the best football of his career.  All one has to do is look at his current stats (54 tackles, two sacks, fourforced fumbles, one fumble recovery, and seven INTs) to see why the 12-year veteran was named the Defensive Player of the Month for November and is a strong contender for NFL Defensive MVP.  Woodson’s seven interceptions are one away from his career best of eight picks in 2006 and his two TD returns off turnovers is already a personal best.The pressure will be on Woodson to continue to make game-changing plays without his partner Harris, but I believe he will be up to the task.  The road to the playoffs won’t be an easy one for the Packers as their five remaining games include three road games and features three 2008 playoff teams ( BAL, CHI, PIT, SEA, and ARI).  Other than the Ravens (6-5), who also run the ball too, the four other remaining teams that the Packers will play to end the season like to throw the ball a lot. The next big test for the Packers will be this Monday as the nation gets to see their No. 1 ranked defense first-hand against the Ravens.  Packers head coach Mike McCarthy said of his team’s defense, “You want to be ranked No. 1 at the end of the season, but I think our defense is on the right pace to be the championship defense that we anticipate we’d have here”.  McCarthy then added about the challenge of facing the Ravens on Monday Night Football, “Our margin for error is going to be a lot less than it has been in the first 11 games because it’s December football now.  This is the most important football that we’ll play all season.”Current NFL Yardage Allowed Stats                 Rush         Pass      TotalGreen Bay    89.1         192.5     281.5N.Y. Jets     108.2        175.7     283.9Pittsburgh    74.9         213.5     288.4N.Y.

Giants  107.8        182.6     290.5Denver        110.0       185.0     295.0 Lloyd Vance is a Sr erykah badu album . NFL Writer for Taking It to the House and an award -winning member of the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA)Posted in 2009 NFL Season, Charles Woodson, Green Bay Packers, NFL’s Top Rated Defense Tagged: 2009 NFL Season, Charles Woodson, Dom Capers, Football, Green Bay Packers, NFL, NFL’s Top Rated Defense, Sports This article is also featured on Taking It to the House erika badu . I gave you my All-Time Team last week, but how could I forget a bench?  Ok!  Here we go:I RodriguezClementeJ JacksonA PujolsHornsby (That’s Rogers and not Bruce  I do love The Range though.)C Ripken erykah badu “apple tree . The regular season is over and the Auburn Tigers are 7-5.  The Tigers are bowl eligible with new coach Gene Chizik, and they are hoping to bring their record to 8-5. A few good things happened for the Tigers this season.  The Tiger offense is ranked 20th in the nation in total offense and third in the SEC, which is a big improvement from last year’s team.  Sources are also saying that Auburn will be in the Outback bowl, which is impressive for the Tigers considering they didn’t go bowling last year.Did I mention that Gene Chizik is the first Auburn coach to take his team to a bowl game in their first year?A few bad things happened for the Tigers as well.  Auburn fans will probably all agree that depth was the number one problem with the Tigers.  When the season started, Auburn was reported to have 75 scholarship players.  The offense didn’t seem to suffer from the lack of depth but the defense did.  Needless to say, Auburn’s defense didn’t have a good solid year.  In the Iron Bowl, only three linebackers played the entire game.Did I mention penalties got the Tigers as well?What will it take for Auburn to be better in 2010? Starting Quarterback, Chris Todd, and lead rusher Ben Tate are graduating, along with Antonio Coleman and Walter McFadden.  But Darvin Adams, Terell Zachery, most of the offensive line, and most of the defense will be back. Auburn will be hoping to get a few injured players back such as Aairon Savage, Mike McNeil, and hopefully Zac Etheridge can make a recovery erykah bado . The Tigers are hoping to bring in a top 10 recruiting class and they’re well on their way to making that happen.One thing is for sure, this 2009 team proved to be a much different team from the 2008 team. Coach Chizik definitely has the team turned around and believing in themselves and their school. . Tiger Woods’ “transgressions” have made life hard for his wife and children, his endorsements, his publicists and PR people, and himself.For the rest?including those of us who butter our bread with top video lists of all varieties?he’s only made life easier.That’s especially true for late-night joke writers, who have been teeing off on the formerly squeaky clean (to the point of boring) sports star with a barrage of humor.We all know what the greatest joke at Tiger’s expense ever was, or will be, but these 11 attempts by the late night crews are not too shabby.Here’s the best (with video!) that we’ve heard so far?oh, and remember, NSFW.. We usually prefer Wanda Sykes in small, Curb Your Enthusiasm-sized doses, but she gets in some good licks on Tiger’s race as it affects his driving ability as only she can..

I’ve loved Bill Maher since his days on Politically Incorrect (and Real Time’s not too bad either, as long as he cuts down on the insufferable guests).What I love most of all is how Maher always makes you feel less like a drunk screw-up in life?or, at least, makes you feel like that’s not a bad thing.Plus, he’s never above taking dead-on shots at the media. erykah badu albums . Conan, as usual, finds a creative way of mocking Tiger, by appealing to the video gamer in all of us (although this may be why the older crowd isn’t making the effort to stay up and watch; hang tough, good buddy). erykah baddu . Letterman was off the air, but this is a fine opportunity to watch the clip with him, Richard Simmons, and a steamer again. erykah baduizm . For you fans of the low-budget crowd, here’s Sportschumps ’s take on the Tiger Woods story There’s a few good jokes scattered in here. erykah badou .

Aside from “sharing” a joke with Wanda Sykes, George Lopez had a LOT to say about Tiger erykah badu cleva . Some of it is good, and some of it explains why his show is on TBS. badu erica . For those in the know, Kimmel’s been killing it in the late-night scene for a long time erykah badhu . His monologues are solid, he’s got funny characters, and his video editors deserve an Emmy.Here he is doing one hilarious, low-key take on the story… …and another… …and another. erykah baduh . I didn’t like this guy for the longest time, but then I actually tried watching him, and he’s pretty damn funny.

In an I-know-this-is-bombing-but-I’m-enjoying-it type of way, but still, good stuff.And he’s got some great jokes on Tiger to boot. You look like you’ve got a lot of time . Why don’t you check out the top 10 jokes going around at Tiger’s expense… ericka badu . Check out my updated list of Woods jokes featuring the SNL skit and more! erikah badu . The Blazers are currently in the midst of a three-game losing streak with three ugly losses in the last week (two of those at home) . From under-performing players, poor defense, questionable coaching, and injuries, there are any number of excuses you could argue for the reasons of this atrocious streak of play. The Blazer players have had mental lapses, and their minds are not in the right place.Here are some of the current distractions that they might be dealing with:Jerryd has been addicted to blogging recently.Brandon has been sports car shopping on weekends since signing his new contract.LaMarcus has been all about his No.