Tuesday, October 3, 2006

By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 4: Roger That

Signal Finder: IND @ NYJ, DAL @ TEN, NO @ CAR (end), NE @ CIN, JAX @ WSH (end)

Were it not for the broken collarbone that ended his last year in San Francisco, I might buy T.O. having an adamantium skeleton or something. The Vince Young thing was supposed to be a surprise but it got leaked. Is there really a good time to make a move like that when you're this bad? WTHITGDSMF. OK, I hate the Cowboys and everything, but that ain't right. Terry Glenn's still alive? Why did T.O. give Pac-Man his shoes after the game? Identification purposes?

I'm surprised at the back and forth here. This'd be better if the Jets could actually stop Peyton. I mean, he does what he wants most of the time as it is, but this is just sick. The Colts are even running the ball with some success, and that hasn't happened yet this year. If you're gonna go for it in that situation, call a better play. I swear the Colts pull people off the street and put them in uniforms. Who are these guys and why are there so many of them? What the Jets could use right now is... that? Wow, that's an awful lot of time left even without any time outs. And here's Peyton doing his Eli impression. How do you let yourself get pinned at the 2 on a kickoff? Does it look that chaotic when they practice it? Because when you set it up like that, it's obviously a designed play. Just a wonderment: if Washington gets that last lateral, do the Jets make it?

I might catch some flak for this, but I think Culpepper's problems can be summed up in two words: Randy Moss.

Big plays, high scoring, Mike Furrey... Joe Klopfhenheim ... well, there goes my train of thought.

Dillon getting booed~~ It's not like the Bengals to leave points on the field like this. But can the Pats capitalize? Yeah, it looks that way. Man, Dillon and Maroney are just beating up this defense. PROTECT THE FOOTBALL. Hey, Troy Brown's playing defense again. Where's Chad?

Really, Who Gives A Rat's Ass?: Browns/Raiders.

What happened to the vaunted Jaguars defense?

Did they really ditch the Sunday Night Football song after three weeks? Grossman is hitting everything so far. I'm thinking the four-receiver set might not be the best idea tonight. This score is backwards, right? I never saw this coming. I might have to change my mind about these guys. We've seen Manning do this before, you know. There's a word for what we've just seen: "BeatDOWN." Thank you, Mr. Wilbon.

No Westbrook AND no Green? Good Lord. I keep looking up and somebody's got first and goal and no one seems to know how it's happening. PROTECT THE FOOTBALL. The Eagles seem badly out of sync without Westbrook, like they haven't adjusted to knowing that he wouldn't be playing (though, to be fair, it was a game-time decision). Reid's running an awful lot. PROTECT THE FOOTBALL. This right here is how you lose a game you're supposed to win easily. PROTECT THE FOOTBALL. And that is how you lose a game that a better team is trying to hand to you. Donovan's taking over the running duties almost out of necessity at this point. Yes, he did drop some weight. Dawkins and Lewis are absolutely laying people out. You know who I like is the Jennings kid. Greg Lewis's still alive? I'm officially feeling better.

FANTASY REPORT USFLaPa (3-1, W3): Thank you, Donovan McNabb. We trailed Missing In Action by 10 points going into MNF, but McNabb accounting for four touchdowns erased that deficit and then some.
JackSux (2-2, L2): We were doomed by matchups. Larry Johnson ran all over the 49ers, Terry Glenn torched the Titans for two TDs, and even Kevin Jones had a big game for Mammy's Dull Thins.

RANKINGS TOP 3:
1. Chicago (4-0) - Third in points scored on top of all that
2. Indianapolis (4-0) - Ground game slowly improving
3. Baltimore (4-0) - But are they actually this good?

BOTTOM 3:
30. Detroit (0-4) - Insert New Coke analogy here
31. Tennessee (0-4) - Vince, stay in running shape
32. Oakland (0-3) - Will be lucky to win three games

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