Tuesday, December 4, 2007

By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 13: Slip-Ups, Slides and Spills

Signal Finder: SEA @ PHI, CLE @ AZ, NYG @ CHI

The weather sucked the last time the Seahawks were here. I blame them. OK, this "throwing on the first play of the game" thing... maybe let's not do that anymore. Getting one of those back would be nice. Shaun Alexander lives! Does no one cover the left side of the field on goal line situations anymore? I've seen a bunch of plays the last couple of weeks where there's just been no one over there. throws up hands intercepts Feeley pass Seriously. That's better. Why are they throwing the ball all the time in this crappy weather? That's for both sides I'm asking. And why can no one cover anything? He... did not make it. LOL Moose. This better work. Oh. Hey, didn't that happen at the beginning of the game? A contested touchdown. That's new. Well, that one blew up in the Eagles' faces. A.J. really needs to stop throwing into double coverage. Did somebody get a piece of that punt? Other than the Morris touchdown, the defenses have really bottled things up in the second half. Run it, A.J. RUN IT. There you go. Ack, too high. Hey, Westbrook's back on punt returns again. WTF A.J. Tatupu AGAIN?!?! Moose: "He must be invisible to Feeley." (Seahawks 28, Eagles 24)

Still don't think the Lions can blow this? (Vikings 42, Lions 10)

Were there really only 10 guys out there? Hmmm. Who is Fred Jackson? I think this is mostly both defenses playing inspired. 6-2? 14-5? And are the Bills actually going to pull this off? Yeah, that rule needs to be changed. I'm pretty sure you can't do it twice, though. How do you get from 2 to 17? Dear Lord. Seriously, this "the Redskins don't know what to do at the end of drives and games" thing has been going on for three years. The only surprise here is how it happened this time. (Bills 17, Redskins 16)

Did Derek Anderson watch the Eagles' game film? Or maybe the Cardinals' from last week? Who's calling this game with Dierdorf? It doesn't sound like Greg Gumbel. I don't know why Anderson's signaling touchdown - that's not even close. (Cardinals 27, Browns 21)

I see Eli's back in form. What is going ON today? That just happened in the Browns game. I'd say there's a Pac-10 thing going on here but Eli went to Ole Miss. There's a predictable end result. Hester needs to catch that. Seriously. Did Jacobs get hurt again last week and I'm just forgetting it? Eli's Citizen Eco-Drive commercial running during this game is hilarious. That... that's a throw that didn't need to be made. Seriously, Rex is outplaying him. Eli probably could've run that one in, but Mannings ... let's just say they've never made their money with their feet. I think that's a catch - I think it bounced up off of Toomer's hands. And I'm right. Did Eli win this game or did the Bears lose it? (Giants 21, Bears 16)

This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close: Luke McCown? Really? REALLY? (Buccaneers 27, Saints 23)

And when is the last time the McCown brothers both started an NFL game? Isn't that, like, the fifth sign or something? crosses off Broncos (Raiders 34, Broncos 20)

Which means the weather's also crappy in Pittsburgh. AGAIN. This Davenport situation bears watching. This situation with the sailing balls bears more immediate watching. I'm not sure Ben made it, and Al's callback to XL probably pissed Johnny off. This isn't be shocking - Ward's feasted on the Bengals for years. Man, Parker's having a rough night. Is this the same challenge still? Oh, it's a different one. Are there even any left? I wonder if Marvin's gonna make it. (Steelers 24, Bengals 10)

"Mobility like no other quarterback?" I don't know about that, Jaws. That touchdowns-to-possessions stat is just sick. Wow. No one's open. And you can't keep giving the Patriots opportunities. PROTECT THE FOOTBALL. THAT GOES FOR YOU, TOO. What was that Harrison-Billick foolishness? Two guys I can't stand. McGahee's running all over the Pats, which is... not completely uncharacteristic, but I haven't seen anyone do it as consistently as this. Of course, I'd feel better about this actually happening if Kyle Boller wasn't prominently involved. Seriously, of the quarterbacks left, he might be the least likely guy to pull it off. He's been good tonight, though, brief A.J. Feeley impression aside. Moss has to catch that one. The wind seems to have died down a bit. Are those flurries? I seriously had no idea Shula played. 21 picks? That's not bad. So much for the wind. What the ... the RAVENS called time out? And after all that, they let Brady run for it. INCOMP- D'OH!!! Are you surprised any more? I mean, really? 57 probably needs to get either pulled or tossed. I don't think they can overturn this. This is OBSCENE. And now the Ravens are just fucking up. How about a little urgency? KNOCK IT DOWN! "They ARE who we THOUGHT they were!" Yeah, better than you, right, Billick? (Patriots 27, Ravens 24)

FANTASY REPORT

aPaFL:CI (8-5, W1): Got a win over Butch that doesn't affect all that much, as I'm locked into the sixth seed and will face Drunk Polish Kickers in the first round of the playoffs.

JackSux 4 (6-7, W1): Beat Butch by about .5 when Stallworth didn't get enough catches for him to pass me. We're both in, but Gates and Charlie are out.

RANKINGS

TOP 3:
1. New England (12-0) - And they're luckier than you on top of it
2. Dallas (11-1) - It's high time NFL quarterbacks became chick magnets again
3. Indianapolis (10-2) - Slowly gathering strength

BOTTOM 3:
30. N.Y. Jets (3-9) - You beat down the worst team in the league. Good for you
31. Atlanta (3-9) - Petrino may move heaven and earth to get Brohm
32. Miami (0-12) - Brace yourselves. It's gonna happen


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