Wednesday, October 22, 2008

By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 7: Are You Ready For Some... Baseball?

Signal Finder: PIT @ CIN, SF @ NYG, NYJ @ OAK

Cedric Benson's starting? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. What a sorry state of affairs. Holy crap, Ward just punked that guy. Seems like every time you see Nate Washington he's catching a 40-plus-yard pass. Ah, that's more like it. (Steelers 38, Bengals 10)

This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close: Giants 29, 49ers 17

Admit it. You thought Brad Johnson was dead. Here's the thing: I still don't think Jim Haslett's a very good head coach, but the Rams should not have been as bad as they were the first month of the season. Jackson is shredding this defense. I wonder who regrets more the events that allowed him to end up with the Rams: the Cowboys (who traded down out of what everybody figured was his spot and went on to draft Julius Jones later) or the Bills (who traded up into this spot to take... J.P. Losman)? (Rams 34, Cowboys 14)

These two teams aren't supposed to play a game that ends up with this score. (Bears 48, Vikings 41)

Jets-Raiders, Channel 3? Really? Really? Favre is getting pounded. Ah, same old Raiders. There are flags all over this field. Sebastian Janikowski: still shaky after all these years. How many chances are the Jets gonna squander here? Favre hasn't thrown deep at all today, for one thing. Sweet Jebus, this game is horrible. You know what's strange? The stats say Thomas Jones rushed for 159 yards, but I don't remember seeing him once. I think at one point I actually wondered if he'd gotten hurt. Jay Feely from 52? I got doubts about this one. DINK. What. Are you kidding me. And he makes the re-kick. That'd be such a Raiders way to lose. Or tie. YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. Of course, he'll make this one. Told ya. (Raiders 16, Jets 13, OT)

Really, Who Gives A Rat's Ass?: Seriously, you know why Madden took this week off? Because he knew this game would suck. (Buccaneers 20, Seahawks 10)

That's quite the inauspicious start. You can see Cutler looking down at his hand like something's wrong. Looks like taking Pittman out was a bad move. Did he just fumble again? I can't figure out how a defense with this many good players on it can be so bad. Moss's attempt at a Lambeau Leap was... lacking. Seriously, this is a beatdown. Patrick Ramsey lives! The human leg's not supposed to bend like that. Who can figure out either of these teams. If I'm the Broncos, I sign this guy immediately. (Patriots 41, Broncos 7)

FANTASY REPORT

aPaFL (3-4, W1): Oh, look, I beat Charlie again, mostly because the Bears' defense and special teams went off.

JackSux 5 (4-3, L2): Great Cowboys debut, Roy Williams. I should cut him out of spite. Or on general principle. Willis McGahee sitting on my bench because I still thought he was 50/50 didn't help either.

RANKINGS
1. N.Y. Giants (5-1) - It was ugly, but so what?
2. Tennessee (6-0) - The tests are coming
3. Pittsburgh (5-1) - Who needs a first- or second-string running back, anyway?

30. Kansas City (1-5) - Len Dawson is two phone calls away
31. Detroit (0-6) - Does anyone care anymore?
32. Cincinnati (0-7) - In the stormy sea that is this NFL season, the Bengals sucking is like a lighthouse

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