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

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