Wednesday, November 17, 2004

By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 10: Too Much Time For Change

YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE at the Georgia Dome, which looks really weird with the new grass-like turf. Kind of a disconnect. Let's start with some points, shall we? Oh, you'd like some more? Okay! How about another touchdown? The Draft thing? They never blew any whistle. Then on the next play Pittman got clobbered by six guys. Yeah, we'll be taking that touchdown back now. Junior Mora's background was in defense, which, you'll remember, was a dirty word in Atlanta last year.

Proof that, unlike wrestling where it's all legal until the bell rings, you can actually get thrown out of a football game before it starts.

No Leftwich = who knows. The Lions haven't been fully healthy all year - no Rogers, Roy and Jones have been in and out, etc. We know the Jags play D, but their punt coverage apparently needs some work. Did I actually read that Harrington's teetering?

That halfback option was completely unnecessary. There's no reason for it. And this is what happens. Seriously, I don't understand where Quincy had a "great" performance - I mean, he didn't outright suck, but "great"? Come on. Get some standards. And you've gotta break the huddle faster than that.

What's the worst way to lose in overtime: that, or the opening kickoff getting run back?

And these are YOUR Indianapolis Colts. This is scarier than last year. And that was the best game that defense has played since Dungy took over.

This Week It Sucks To Be: 1. Kurt Warner; 2. Mark Brunell; 3. Patrick Ramsey; 4. The Titan who fell on the ball in the end zone; 5. A Texans offensive lineman.

Didn't we go through this last week? So if the Colts beat the Packers and the Vikings, then that makes this... never mind. Burleson, I believe, led the nation in catches his senior year at Nevada, so this isn't a shock or anything.

Why, yes, this DOES deserve its own line: THE WISCONSIN BAND~~~~~~~~~~

And that's how you use time outs. Touchdown! Didn't we go through this last week? It's not about getting it, it's about keeping it. Dear Lord. Is it happening again?

This is the third time the Giants have done this. I think Warner's leash just ran out of room. Sure enough... Eli's coming. (Hide your... I got nothin'.)

Troy Brown getting an INTERCEPTION may be the funniest thing ever.

Damn. Nicolette Sheridan's still kinda hot. Good to know. She's 41 on Sunday. Yeah, that was a fumble. That other corner is gonna get abused tonight no matter who he is. The Simoneau takeaway was... odd. Speedskating? OK, the great and underrated thing about The Play was Mitchell never giving up on it when he easily could have (he's had a terrible year) and deciding to just go deep and figure Donovan would get out of it. How do you leave Owens open like that? They diagrammed it like they were gonna double him but both guys missed. The 'Boys hung in there, but it was just too much and they don't have enough weapons. Witten impressed me tonight - he's the only one. This week's "You've Been Sacked" was the best one yet.

FANTASY REPORT
XFLaPa (5-5, L3):
Unwilling to attempt to make a playoff run with Josh McCown, late last week I got David Carr and Antwaan Randle El from Gates for McCown, Andre Johnson and Marcus Pollard. And promptly got trounced. TROUNCED. I've fallen into a tie for seventh.

tSC (9-1, W8): It's like this every week: close until Monday Night. T.O.'s big night put me over the top again. Me, Johnny, Dupin and Rob are already in the playoffs (Johnny and I clinched last week.)

RANKINGS
TOP 3

1. Pittsburgh - Puttin' the hammer down
2. New England - Doing it every way possible
3. Philadelphia - Blowout? What blowout?

BOTTOM 3:
30. Carolina - We must protect this house... but we... can't
31. San Francisco - Got tagged for 37 by the PANTHERS
32. Miami - Back to A.J.

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