Monday, January 10, 2005

By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, The Wild Card Edition: Three More For The Road

YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE at The House That Microsoft Built, Albeit Indirectly. As I said before, I wouldn't have bet this game if you put my family in front of a firing squad. And the Rams score first, which is exactly what the Seahawks didn't need. Nobody's broken a big run yet, which is mildly surprising. Seahawks need a touchdown here - they can't go into the locker room with only two field goals. Got it! Who hooked up the time machine to the Rams' offense? And just like the first two meetings, it's not Holt and Bruce that are making the big plays... it's these other guys. OK, Hasselbeck, you've ben here before, sort of. Are they gonna pull this off? Not if you CAN'T HOLD ON TO THE BALL. You've gotta catch that. And Hasselbeck had to throw it - he wouldn't have made it if he'd tried to run it in. Jerry Rice has had the best hands on his teams for a long time. But now I'm pretty sure that's a BAD thing. Holmgren looked like he was about to cry.

"And our crew hasn't been here in so long we almost couldn't find the place." Pennington's arm looks fine to me; how abou the rest of you? Is somebody gonna score in this game? Get off the field, Marty; he was acting. I didn't think McCardell got the second foot down initially, either - black-on-blue makes it hard to tell at speed. CLANK! Oh, that went in? Crazy. You know who's not impressing me? The Chargers' secondary. Holy crap! It's Buddy and Gilbride all over again! Yeah, Herm, you gotta punt this away - Doug Brien isn't very good. Didn't this happen in the first game? One more chance for the Bolts - INcomplete? Wait, what? Roughing The Passer? Look at it this way, Barton: there are worse places to be left abandoned and jobless than San Diego. If you were still with the Raiders, they'd have you killed.
Aaaaand we're going to overtime. This could go on forever. Or not... or maybe it still will. Like I said earlier, kid, there are worse places to be left abandoned and jobless than San Diego.

I think I know how this is gonna turn out. Just a feeling. Oh, so they're not throwing to Marvin at ALL. All right, not a problem. "All right, Dallas, we're gonna run 'We Both Fall Down.' OK?" "OK." Isn't this how last year's game started? It's one thing if Peyton's throwing TD passes left and right. But for him to score on a sneak... that's just disheartening. Man, the Broncos are getting flat-out embarrassed out here. I know I'm late on this, but did Plummer see Johnny Damon and think, "You know, it's worth a shot"? The lesson here: Never question your opponents' manhood before a playoff game. And Harrison pancaking Champ had to be the worst possible insult.

And starting things off in this sure-to-be orgy of points:... Moe Williams? And minutes later Moss (who just doesn't fucking get it) gets into the act. It's still extremely early, though, and these may be the two worst defenses in playoff history. WHOOP! I wish I'd seen Morten slip on that field goal attempt. Bounce, bounce. Uh-oh, it's Bad Favre. This could be hazardous. His brain freeze flip to Franks had everyone on the field and the announcers cracking up and may be the comedy moment of 2005. Wow, the Packers' secondary is absolutely atrocious.
Poor Marcus Robinson. First Marty Booker, and now Nate Burleson have stolen his career. What do you mean, you can't cover a one-legged Moss (who just doesn't fucking get it)? And what the hell was THAT? Still, this is what happens when you give a rat's ass for once. Can anyone show me a shred of evidence that the Vikings would win this game? And I think Brett's coming back only because I don't think he wants his last game to be as bad as this one was.

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