YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE at... damn, they scored ALREADY? That was quick. "T.O. has B.O."? WEAK. I expect better from Browns fans. Which team is more schizophrenic - the Browns or the Rams? What's happening here is that the Browns are running the ball to stay in the game so they can keep running the ball. To the Eagles' credit, they were a lot better about stopping them in the second half. How in the blue hell is that roughing the passer? Suggs backing into him did more damage. Hey, wait a minute... there's nobody on the left side of the field. And THAT, friends, is why they're the best road team in football.
Never mind that schizophrenic question... it's obviously the Rams. Maybe the Dolphins should just run nothing BUT trick plays. We know the conventional approach hasn't worked.
Oh, great. A Deion highlight. *vomits*
One has to wonder what Vick did on the flight to Kansas City without any teammates to talk to. Sweet fancy Moses. Those eight (and nothing but) rushing touchdowns? Never happened before - a fact that really isn't that surprising.
The Chargers are a game back with a quarterback they don't want. I find this funny for some reason.
MKD IN THE HOUUUUUUUUSE! So we can blame him, then, for this, I guess. We've got balls and flags flying around like it's nobody's business. Did the Colts even have the ball in the third quarter? Uh, it was on camera, Reggie. Don't tell us it didn't happen. And all of a sudden the Jags are in first place. How did this happen?
Really, Who Gives A Rat's Ass?: Bears-Bucs.
WE HAVE COME TO AVENGE OUR PINSTRIPED BROTHERS IN ARMS. 5-0 vs. 5-0 hasn't happened in 21 years. Is there still bad blood over the Parcells thing or is that over with finally? And then after halftime everything stopped. No, we're Ok with seven points, thank you very much. Pennington should've looked off Chrebet at the end. This team isn't losing until Week 11. OF 2005.
Have the Cowboys really never won on the Frozen Tundra? I thought their defense was supposed to be a strength. Sherman's been calling most of the plays the last two weeks and they've scored 72 points.
This Week It Sucks To Be: Tim Couch. What a fall, huh? From being the top overall pick and dating Heather Kozar to being told by the Bears, "Yeah, we'd rather not, actually."
If nothing else, Johnny, "I'd also like to remind everyone to be careful of flying pundits as they jump off our bandwagon" is an early favorite for Line Of The Year.
FIFTEEN YEARS. Not a peep from a humbled Chad this week, then he embarrasses Champ twice. Are the Bengals winning this game? Save the one pick by Champ, Palmer's looked sharp tonight. And that "Marvin Night Football" sign isn't getting topped on artistic merit this year or next, so don't even bother. Maybe the Bengals should only play night games.
FANTASY REPORT:
tSC: The train continues to roll as the Saboteurs beat up on Tyler. 6-1 and tied with Johnny, of all people, for first.
XFLaPa: Balance has been the key for me. Five double-digit efforts helped me beat Wade and move to 5-2.
RANKINGS
TOP 3:
1. New England - It continues
2. Philadelphia - I'm pretty certain nobody expected this
3. Pittsburgh - I'm positive nobody expected this
BOTTOM 3:
30. Miami - On the strength of beating someone that doesn't suck
31. Buffalo - Fans trying to heal Losman's leg through telepathy
32. Chicago - Jeff George still waiting by his phone
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 6: Get With This Or Get With That
Man, I was all ready to play the Bill Simmons Movie Quote Game and give "Fuck pride. Pride only hurts. It never helps" to Jerry Rice but then he got traded.
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE at The Really Big Bank in Philadelphia, P-A. REVENGE THE TIME IS NOW. Actually, this really wasn't all that interesting outside of Jake taking that hit and coming completely unglued. The Sheppard interception runback was everything a good run aspires to be.
Yeah, the Chargers can't keep giving away games like this. Vick right now is in that Randall Cunningham "make five big plays and we'll win" phase.
Hey, look, Clinton Portis is back. Are these the two worst starting quarterbacks in the league right now? And do either of these teams play Arizona this year? I'd just like to point out that I was right about Kelly Holcomb last year, and it looks like I'm going to be right about Brunell this year, too.
The Dolphins will win the rematch because the Bills aren't really any better and Bledsoe won't be starting by then.
This proved that Favre's like a vampire - if you're gonna put him down, you need to put him ALL THE WAY DOWN.
If nothing else, the Seahawks'll be used to the crappy weather. This is a bad spot for them, especially after last week. They're not winning this game. They're not winning this game. CLANG! Let's re-think that. Did Johnson catch that? I'm not sure. I demand multiple shots of Bridget up in the skybox. And why bother with that last play? You'll still LOSE.
So much for the Titans' bounce-back.
It sucks about Gannon, but it wouldn't make a difference... the Raiders just aren't very good.
Meet the new Steelers, same as... the OLD Steelers? The "Duuuuuuce" chant was bigger in Dallas than it was in Pittsburgh. Get with the program already. It's not just that Ben's not making mistakes - he's actually playing well.
This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close: 49ers-Jets OR Vikings-Saints.
Fantasy Report
aPaXFL: Scott Christ beat me, and there wasn't a whole lot I could have done about it, what with bye weeks and all. Holt made it close on Monday night, though. I dropped to 4-2, and Wade is next. Brad Johnson wasn't traded, so he's gone.
tSC: Another nail-biter, this time with Butch. The Rams' four takeaways on Monday night (and the irony of us having the opposing defenses) allowed me to hold him off despite getting virtually nothing from Bruce and absolutely nothing from L.J. Smith. 5-1. First place. It's a celebration, bitches. (Rob beat Hawley by about .5 - he didn't realize the Colts were off this week.)
RANKINGS
TOP 3:
1. New England - 20!
2. Philadelphia - Still chugging along
3. Pittsburgh - Surprise? Kinda
BOTTOM 3:
30. Chicago - Just nothing there
31. Buffalo - Yeah, way to go, guys
32. Miami - By that much
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE at The Really Big Bank in Philadelphia, P-A. REVENGE THE TIME IS NOW. Actually, this really wasn't all that interesting outside of Jake taking that hit and coming completely unglued. The Sheppard interception runback was everything a good run aspires to be.
Yeah, the Chargers can't keep giving away games like this. Vick right now is in that Randall Cunningham "make five big plays and we'll win" phase.
Hey, look, Clinton Portis is back. Are these the two worst starting quarterbacks in the league right now? And do either of these teams play Arizona this year? I'd just like to point out that I was right about Kelly Holcomb last year, and it looks like I'm going to be right about Brunell this year, too.
The Dolphins will win the rematch because the Bills aren't really any better and Bledsoe won't be starting by then.
This proved that Favre's like a vampire - if you're gonna put him down, you need to put him ALL THE WAY DOWN.
If nothing else, the Seahawks'll be used to the crappy weather. This is a bad spot for them, especially after last week. They're not winning this game. They're not winning this game. CLANG! Let's re-think that. Did Johnson catch that? I'm not sure. I demand multiple shots of Bridget up in the skybox. And why bother with that last play? You'll still LOSE.
So much for the Titans' bounce-back.
It sucks about Gannon, but it wouldn't make a difference... the Raiders just aren't very good.
Meet the new Steelers, same as... the OLD Steelers? The "Duuuuuuce" chant was bigger in Dallas than it was in Pittsburgh. Get with the program already. It's not just that Ben's not making mistakes - he's actually playing well.
This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close: 49ers-Jets OR Vikings-Saints.
Fantasy Report
aPaXFL: Scott Christ beat me, and there wasn't a whole lot I could have done about it, what with bye weeks and all. Holt made it close on Monday night, though. I dropped to 4-2, and Wade is next. Brad Johnson wasn't traded, so he's gone.
tSC: Another nail-biter, this time with Butch. The Rams' four takeaways on Monday night (and the irony of us having the opposing defenses) allowed me to hold him off despite getting virtually nothing from Bruce and absolutely nothing from L.J. Smith. 5-1. First place. It's a celebration, bitches. (Rob beat Hawley by about .5 - he didn't realize the Colts were off this week.)
RANKINGS
TOP 3:
1. New England - 20!
2. Philadelphia - Still chugging along
3. Pittsburgh - Surprise? Kinda
BOTTOM 3:
30. Chicago - Just nothing there
31. Buffalo - Yeah, way to go, guys
32. Miami - By that much
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 5: Separation Anxiety
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE at the outdoor stadium that really isn't. In case you were wondering (and even if you weren't, I'm telling you anyway. My recap, not yours) my order of NFC East hatred goes like this from worst to least: Cowboys, Redskins, Giants. Hey, Shockey! Nice to see you actually catching the ball again! Did you notice when he pushed off on Roy that he was blocking the ref's view as he did it? What Tiki's doing is he's holding the ball up higher on his body now so there aren't any gaps. Eli who?
Has Chris Simms been absolved at Texas yet? Because it's obvious now that it wasn't all his fault. Is that... wait a minute, that... THAT'S BRIAN GRIESE'S MUSIC!!! You'd think he'd have taken No. 12 for posterity or something. Time to start the clock on Haslett, methinks.
Oh my God. The Vikings played a bad enough endgame to lose... and DIDN'T! Outside, no less.
The "Duuuuuuuuce!" cheer hasn't quite caught on yet in Pittsburgh.
This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close: Dolphins-Patriots. I say that only because the Dolphins actually scored.
Has there ever been less talent in an NFL game than Cardinals-49ers? And they get to do this AGAIN.
Bobby Taylor's not starting? What's that about? Bulger was absolutely awful for the middle two quarters. The Seahawks probably should've had five or six picks instead of just three. Can't any of these guys catch? It's like they switched coaches after three quarters or something. The amazing thing about this was that it wasn't Holt and Bruce making the plays downfield - it was all these anonymous other guys. I still would have taken one more shot at the end zone with 13 seconds left, but it worked out this time. This should never have happened. I don't know who No. 34 is - I couldn't catch his name because he was running so fast after the Rams' receivers - but he needs to go.
POWDER BLUE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3-2? How did THAT happen?
This Week It Sucks To Be: 1. Ahman Green; 2. Matt Willig; 3. whoever No. 34 is on the Seahawks.
Reuben Droughns? Now injuries are beating down the Panthers. The plan now appears to be for Plummer to do one absolutely nutty thing every week. What is your dumb ass doing? You don't throw a flag in disgust when the official is standing right there! Rip him a new one, Fox! On the up side, we've got an early front-runner for this year's Dwayne Rudd Memorial Abject Stupidity Award.
Yeah, we've got a perfectly serviceable young quarterback who got beat up a lot, but showed some big-time potential as well. So let's overpay a washed-up veteran we don't actually need. THAT was a smart move. *rolls eyes* Was it just me or did Ed Reed win this game all by himself?
Has the Packers' defense actually gotten WORSE? Add Green's fumbling to that and they're forced to put it all on Favre again, which just doesn't work as well as it used to. Why was McNair still in the game at the end?
Fantasy Report
XFLaPa: The unbeatens are NO MORE. Andre Johnson's big game and Green's bad hands helped me hold off Aaron, while Will's Ontario Surge knocked off Jeff with a whopping 120 points. But never has a 4-1 team had so many holes. I'm starting Richie Anderson at RB this week, for God's sake. Although, I'm facing Scott Christ, who's put out the white flag.
tSC: Dupin and I were in a dogfight, and he had Chris Brown on Monday night. But Favre did just enough for me to win by 1.36. Butch is next, but I've got a trade offer in to Dillon to get some depth and clear out some deadwood.
RANKINGS
TOP 3
1. New England - Streak? What streak?
2. Philadelphia - Licking their chops at wounded Panthers
3. Indianapolis - It only gets easier from here
BOTTOM 3
30. Arizona - At least McCown finally threw a TD pass
31 (tie) Buffalo & Miami - This may end up a scoreless tie. Seriously
Has Chris Simms been absolved at Texas yet? Because it's obvious now that it wasn't all his fault. Is that... wait a minute, that... THAT'S BRIAN GRIESE'S MUSIC!!! You'd think he'd have taken No. 12 for posterity or something. Time to start the clock on Haslett, methinks.
Oh my God. The Vikings played a bad enough endgame to lose... and DIDN'T! Outside, no less.
The "Duuuuuuuuce!" cheer hasn't quite caught on yet in Pittsburgh.
This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close: Dolphins-Patriots. I say that only because the Dolphins actually scored.
Has there ever been less talent in an NFL game than Cardinals-49ers? And they get to do this AGAIN.
Bobby Taylor's not starting? What's that about? Bulger was absolutely awful for the middle two quarters. The Seahawks probably should've had five or six picks instead of just three. Can't any of these guys catch? It's like they switched coaches after three quarters or something. The amazing thing about this was that it wasn't Holt and Bruce making the plays downfield - it was all these anonymous other guys. I still would have taken one more shot at the end zone with 13 seconds left, but it worked out this time. This should never have happened. I don't know who No. 34 is - I couldn't catch his name because he was running so fast after the Rams' receivers - but he needs to go.
POWDER BLUE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3-2? How did THAT happen?
This Week It Sucks To Be: 1. Ahman Green; 2. Matt Willig; 3. whoever No. 34 is on the Seahawks.
Reuben Droughns? Now injuries are beating down the Panthers. The plan now appears to be for Plummer to do one absolutely nutty thing every week. What is your dumb ass doing? You don't throw a flag in disgust when the official is standing right there! Rip him a new one, Fox! On the up side, we've got an early front-runner for this year's Dwayne Rudd Memorial Abject Stupidity Award.
Yeah, we've got a perfectly serviceable young quarterback who got beat up a lot, but showed some big-time potential as well. So let's overpay a washed-up veteran we don't actually need. THAT was a smart move. *rolls eyes* Was it just me or did Ed Reed win this game all by himself?
Has the Packers' defense actually gotten WORSE? Add Green's fumbling to that and they're forced to put it all on Favre again, which just doesn't work as well as it used to. Why was McNair still in the game at the end?
Fantasy Report
XFLaPa: The unbeatens are NO MORE. Andre Johnson's big game and Green's bad hands helped me hold off Aaron, while Will's Ontario Surge knocked off Jeff with a whopping 120 points. But never has a 4-1 team had so many holes. I'm starting Richie Anderson at RB this week, for God's sake. Although, I'm facing Scott Christ, who's put out the white flag.
tSC: Dupin and I were in a dogfight, and he had Chris Brown on Monday night. But Favre did just enough for me to win by 1.36. Butch is next, but I've got a trade offer in to Dillon to get some depth and clear out some deadwood.
RANKINGS
TOP 3
1. New England - Streak? What streak?
2. Philadelphia - Licking their chops at wounded Panthers
3. Indianapolis - It only gets easier from here
BOTTOM 3
30. Arizona - At least McCown finally threw a TD pass
31 (tie) Buffalo & Miami - This may end up a scoreless tie. Seriously
Sunday, October 10, 2004
I'm A Little Late On This One
Hey, remember this?
Well, Stern's thrown in the towel and did what Easy suspected then he might do - jump to satellite radio. And Sirius is paying him a metric assload of money to do it. Apparently he's not waiting around for the election results before bailing out.
The upshot? The Stern vs. O & A feud continues... IN THE DEEPEST REACHES OF SPACE.
Well, Stern's thrown in the towel and did what Easy suspected then he might do - jump to satellite radio. And Sirius is paying him a metric assload of money to do it. Apparently he's not waiting around for the election results before bailing out.
The upshot? The Stern vs. O & A feud continues... IN THE DEEPEST REACHES OF SPACE.
Friday, October 8, 2004
USPC #-1
Toto Leonidas will NOT repeat as the U.S. Poker Champion in 2004.
I know this because I saw him get knocked out.
Welcome to the 2004 U.S. Poker Championship at the Trump Taj Mahal.
(as spoiler-free as possible)
When I arrived, there were 21 players left and Huck Seed went all-in with two queens on the board. I want to know what he had. Seed turned out to be the last player there who I knew just by name. What's left are your mid-level players, your "That Guys" of poker for you Bill Simmons fans out there. I think I saw Johnny "World" Hennigan there, but he wasn't entered. It's a drive through the tunnel for him, at any rate. (For the record, here are the Famous Poker Players I missed: Chip Reese, Layne Flack, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Josh Arieh, Scotty Nguyen, Erik Seidel.) The field for this event is smaller because, unlike he WSOP, you can only qualify through a live tournament.
Right after the dinner break, Michael White was talking about a hand he had earlier in the tournament. He had A-J with 13,000 left in early position. He bet 7000, a second player raised, and a third player went all-in. White went all-in by calling.
Player #2 turns over K-K. Player #3 turns over A-A.
The flop? K-Q-10.
White flopped a straight and the poor bastard with Aces got bounced. He held on to win the hand and triple up.
There's a lot of sitting around at a live tournament. One thing I saw a lot of was somebody raising the pot - didn't matter where - and everyone else just folding.
There were two tables still in play when I got there. The setup wasn't what I expected - I knew the feature table was in the concert arena at the casino, but it's just that one table. And it's a small area - closed in with curtains and about six rows of spectators for a "live crowd" feel. It was probably done this way because the tables in the actual poker room at the Taj are so close together, there's really no room to stand around anywhere or to put a crowd in. The "outer" table was in the poker room proper, and they had a lesser camera setup. They'll stop to move people from table to table to keep both looking relatively full.
One thing that threw me was during the sessions at the feature table, there was a small group of people in the audience who were cheering for EVERYBODY. It wasn't until after the session ended that I found out what this was about... AUDIENCE COORDINATION. Or, Plants. And they... got their parking validated for their trouble? Talk about working cheap.
There was a Norman Chad sighting at about 9:45.
Funny moment: On one of the screens behind the feature table, they were showing the other table, and at one point when there were only 11 players left, about five people sitting in the "standby" area, including myself, all jumped up and moved over to get a look at the screen. Everybody at the other table was standing because there was an all-in, and if the guy was eliminated, everyone was coming over to the feature table.
The guy was eliminated.
I'll try to get back tomorrow. But it's the final day, and they expect the place to be packed.
I know this because I saw him get knocked out.
Welcome to the 2004 U.S. Poker Championship at the Trump Taj Mahal.
(as spoiler-free as possible)
When I arrived, there were 21 players left and Huck Seed went all-in with two queens on the board. I want to know what he had. Seed turned out to be the last player there who I knew just by name. What's left are your mid-level players, your "That Guys" of poker for you Bill Simmons fans out there. I think I saw Johnny "World" Hennigan there, but he wasn't entered. It's a drive through the tunnel for him, at any rate. (For the record, here are the Famous Poker Players I missed: Chip Reese, Layne Flack, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Josh Arieh, Scotty Nguyen, Erik Seidel.) The field for this event is smaller because, unlike he WSOP, you can only qualify through a live tournament.
Right after the dinner break, Michael White was talking about a hand he had earlier in the tournament. He had A-J with 13,000 left in early position. He bet 7000, a second player raised, and a third player went all-in. White went all-in by calling.
Player #2 turns over K-K. Player #3 turns over A-A.
The flop? K-Q-10.
White flopped a straight and the poor bastard with Aces got bounced. He held on to win the hand and triple up.
There's a lot of sitting around at a live tournament. One thing I saw a lot of was somebody raising the pot - didn't matter where - and everyone else just folding.
There were two tables still in play when I got there. The setup wasn't what I expected - I knew the feature table was in the concert arena at the casino, but it's just that one table. And it's a small area - closed in with curtains and about six rows of spectators for a "live crowd" feel. It was probably done this way because the tables in the actual poker room at the Taj are so close together, there's really no room to stand around anywhere or to put a crowd in. The "outer" table was in the poker room proper, and they had a lesser camera setup. They'll stop to move people from table to table to keep both looking relatively full.
One thing that threw me was during the sessions at the feature table, there was a small group of people in the audience who were cheering for EVERYBODY. It wasn't until after the session ended that I found out what this was about... AUDIENCE COORDINATION. Or, Plants. And they... got their parking validated for their trouble? Talk about working cheap.
There was a Norman Chad sighting at about 9:45.
Funny moment: On one of the screens behind the feature table, they were showing the other table, and at one point when there were only 11 players left, about five people sitting in the "standby" area, including myself, all jumped up and moved over to get a look at the screen. Everybody at the other table was standing because there was an all-in, and if the guy was eliminated, everyone was coming over to the feature table.
The guy was eliminated.
I'll try to get back tomorrow. But it's the final day, and they expect the place to be packed.
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 4: Observing The Gap
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE at The Confluence of the Ohio, the Allegheny, and... what? They're not there anymore? Ah, crap. Part of the problem for the Bengals is that people know they're coming now. This whole "back to basics" approach seems to be working for the Steelers. Which leads us into This Week It Sucks To Be: Any Bengal who got schooled on Polamalu's interception return.
The Cleveland Browns: An enigma wrapped in a mystery.
BOUNCE. The human head's not supposed to do that. And, typical Favre, he can't help himself and comes back in and THROWS A TOUCHDOWN PASS. I'm thinking Warner should've just gone in, but he didn't think he'd make it even though he's have scored easily if he dove instead of slid. Probably just the fact that he was running in the first place had a lot to do with it. Doug Pederson in any game at any time is a bad sign, folks. Lookit the G-Men at 3-1. Then McKenzie was traded. I don't care how good a player is, if he wants out, you'll always be better off without him.
This may have been what Rob was afraid of, I think: the first view of Kerry Collins being the bad Kerry Collins.
This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close: Eagles-Bears. Though, having now seen them, I'd like to be the first to give the Bears some credit for keeping their motors running. Here's how you disguise a shaky run defense: Take early leads. Did he just bump into the punt returner? Don't you have to know where he is? Apparently three hours of football wasn't enough for T.O. to work off the big dinner at the McNabb family household the night before.
The Patriots won? Really?
Emmitt~~~~ Would he be the best quarterback on the team right now? The Cardinals pick somebody off at home every year. You just hope when it happens to you, it's not at a time when it matters.
Holy shit! It's the Chargers!
What's happened to the Ravens' defense? I know it's the Chiefs, but they don't have any receivers. Right now the choice between Priest & Jamal is fairly obvious, I think.
Fantasy Report:
aPaXFL: The Jets' defense (a free-agent pickup), Emmitt and David Akers (18 pts) led us to a rout of Max's Happy Little Trees. I went with Leftwich at quarterback, and Brad Johnson's benching today means I'll be going with Leftwich for quite some time. I'm 3-1, and next week is The Team That Has Not Been Named.
tSC: Johnny and I were in a proverbial dogfight right up to the bitter end, when The Man held Dante Hall down and I won by nine, giving him his first loss. I'm one of three teams at 3-1, and face another one (Dupin's Sweet Zombie Jesus) next week. Lineup changes abound: Bruce becomes a starter, and Emmitt slides into the flex spot.
RANKINGS
TOP 3:
1. New England - Yawn
2. Seattle - Running in place
3. Philadelphia - Best start in years
BOTTOM 3:
30. Tampa Bay - Is Phil's kid in to stay?
31. Miami - Somebody call Marine Rescue
32. San Francisco - It's... it's not good, people
The Cleveland Browns: An enigma wrapped in a mystery.
BOUNCE. The human head's not supposed to do that. And, typical Favre, he can't help himself and comes back in and THROWS A TOUCHDOWN PASS. I'm thinking Warner should've just gone in, but he didn't think he'd make it even though he's have scored easily if he dove instead of slid. Probably just the fact that he was running in the first place had a lot to do with it. Doug Pederson in any game at any time is a bad sign, folks. Lookit the G-Men at 3-1. Then McKenzie was traded. I don't care how good a player is, if he wants out, you'll always be better off without him.
This may have been what Rob was afraid of, I think: the first view of Kerry Collins being the bad Kerry Collins.
This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close: Eagles-Bears. Though, having now seen them, I'd like to be the first to give the Bears some credit for keeping their motors running. Here's how you disguise a shaky run defense: Take early leads. Did he just bump into the punt returner? Don't you have to know where he is? Apparently three hours of football wasn't enough for T.O. to work off the big dinner at the McNabb family household the night before.
The Patriots won? Really?
Emmitt~~~~ Would he be the best quarterback on the team right now? The Cardinals pick somebody off at home every year. You just hope when it happens to you, it's not at a time when it matters.
Holy shit! It's the Chargers!
What's happened to the Ravens' defense? I know it's the Chiefs, but they don't have any receivers. Right now the choice between Priest & Jamal is fairly obvious, I think.
Fantasy Report:
aPaXFL: The Jets' defense (a free-agent pickup), Emmitt and David Akers (18 pts) led us to a rout of Max's Happy Little Trees. I went with Leftwich at quarterback, and Brad Johnson's benching today means I'll be going with Leftwich for quite some time. I'm 3-1, and next week is The Team That Has Not Been Named.
tSC: Johnny and I were in a proverbial dogfight right up to the bitter end, when The Man held Dante Hall down and I won by nine, giving him his first loss. I'm one of three teams at 3-1, and face another one (Dupin's Sweet Zombie Jesus) next week. Lineup changes abound: Bruce becomes a starter, and Emmitt slides into the flex spot.
RANKINGS
TOP 3:
1. New England - Yawn
2. Seattle - Running in place
3. Philadelphia - Best start in years
BOTTOM 3:
30. Tampa Bay - Is Phil's kid in to stay?
31. Miami - Somebody call Marine Rescue
32. San Francisco - It's... it's not good, people
The Heat Is On
The Week 4 recap is coming later today. Promise. Things have happened.
Things like THIS, for instance.
I come home from work last night, and I drive past my apartment complex to get to the entrance to my parking lot, and I see a red flashing light out of the corner of my eye. I think nothing of it.
I turn off the road and go to park... and there's a fire engine right in front of me.
Needless to say, I won't be parking there.
I drive around to the other side and see two more fire trucks and a couple fo rescue vehicles. Add it up.
Thankfully, it wasn't my building. Though I won't lie to you... I was scared. Things seemed to be wrapping up when I got to the actual scene - I saw some firefighters dragging hose out of the building and down the stairs, and they were pretty much milling around with no real sense of urgency. Some neighbors showed up a few minutes after I did, and I told them what was going on.
I don't know when exactly things cleared out. More info if I get it.
Things like THIS, for instance.
I come home from work last night, and I drive past my apartment complex to get to the entrance to my parking lot, and I see a red flashing light out of the corner of my eye. I think nothing of it.
I turn off the road and go to park... and there's a fire engine right in front of me.
Needless to say, I won't be parking there.
I drive around to the other side and see two more fire trucks and a couple fo rescue vehicles. Add it up.
Thankfully, it wasn't my building. Though I won't lie to you... I was scared. Things seemed to be wrapping up when I got to the actual scene - I saw some firefighters dragging hose out of the building and down the stairs, and they were pretty much milling around with no real sense of urgency. Some neighbors showed up a few minutes after I did, and I told them what was going on.
I don't know when exactly things cleared out. More info if I get it.
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