Thursday, September 24, 2009

By The Pigskin of Our Teeth, Week 2: Home Crap Home

(post #400; retrospective in the works)

Signal Finder:
NO @ PHI, Xeves @ Real Madrid, Sporting Gijon @ Valencia, NE @ NYJ (end?), PIT @ CHI, BAL @ SD (end)

Dierdorf: “That's a handshake I want to see.” Also I don't know how much traction this has but Laurence Maroney kind of looks like a bust. (Jets 16, Patriots 9)

Kolb's looked good on this drive. Well, until that. That ball needed some more height on it. Don't do it, DeSean! Ah, geez. And that whole sequence gives the Saints the field position they need to do that, not that they need field position to strike that quickly. That's a good play right there and a good job of getting three out of what looked like a hopeless situation. Oh, this never ends well. That might be worth a challenge... or not. Whatever. Uh-oh. The wheels aren't off, but they may be coming loose. And that's how good Drew Brees is. Now the wheels are off. Like Aikman said, there was only one spot he could put that pass. Hmmm. That'll help. Do you kick a field goal here? I guess not. That'll be close and I expect Payton to challenge this also. Now do you go for two here? No. Now like Buck's describing here, this second challenge on the fumble is going to come down to some technical stuff that I'm not knowledgeable enough to figure out. Seriously, I can't tell. Is Reggie Bush not a running back anymore or something? OK, scratch that. Aikman's really ripping the Eagles' defense here. Not that it's undeserved, but I'm not sure he realizes that this just isn't the same defense. Well, this outcome wasn't all that surprising. (Saints 48, Eagles 22)

LA LIGAAAAAAAAA. I've never actually heard of Xeves. Oh, that's why – because they suck. (Real Madrid 5, Xeves 0)

And seriously, when you almost get outscored by REAL MADRID, you've got problems. Everyone involved with this farce should be ashamed of themselves. (Redskins 9, Rams 7)

Frank Gore may still be running. (49ers 23, Seahawks 10)

That screen to Hester was doomed from the start. Are the Steelers going for it here? Hey, The Other Adrian Peterson's getting some run here. Wow. Oh, that's Polamalu's backup that's shaken up after that sick hit on Olsen. Quick game so far. Cutler looks like an NFL quarterback this week. Reed... misses? Ouch. This Johnny Knox kid never came up when people were badmouthing the Bears' WRs. Reed missed again? What's up with that? Ball on the ground! Bears got lucky there that Olsen was on it. Gould up... it's GOOD! Didn't see this result coming. (Bears 17, Steelers 14)

Oh, Norv. A draw play right at an unblocked Ray Lewis? (Ravens 31, Chargers 26)

Welcome to Jerryworld! It is quite the edifice. Lot of star (sorry) power in that luxury box with Bush 43, Madden and Summerall. Nice throw, Tony! It's weird... in the aftermath of Adams tripping Tuck, I'm not sure if Michaels is trying to dance around calling him 'overrated' or what he's doing here. Wait a second... OMG the ball kicked off Witten's heel?! Now when did the whistle blow? I don't hear it there. Oh, well, at least it's Giants' ball. Touchdown? Touchdown! If Smith and Manningham can keep this up, the Giants suddenly become extremely dangerous. Unless, of course, they can't stop the run. How'd Aikman get out of the Lincoln Financial Field parking lot and to the airport in time to catch a plane to Dallas? He must have just arrived. Seriously, the Giants' run defense is shockingly awful right now. Oooohhhhh Steve Smith just faked Scandrick IN HALF. Man, Romo is sucking tonight. Seriously, can't we call them something besides “cage dancers”? Among other things, there's no cage. Here come the Giants... and Tynes barely makes it. What? THIS (almost) NEVER WORKS. See? “That oughta shut these people up.” (Giants 33, Cowboys 31)

There's your fireworks. That was Tiger, right? Have the Colts had the ball since halftime? Have the Colts had the ball at all? The Fasano and SPEED 2 near-misses were back-to-back, right? Hey, a Donald Brown sighting! The Dolphins have done just about everything right to stop the Colts... and they're going to lose because apparently the Colts don't need the ball for more than one minute at a time. “Garcon! Coffee!” The Dolphins' coaches could use some coffee right now. Do you see this clock management? That's somehow a fitting ending. The Colts' three touchdown drives: One, six, and four plays. (Colts 27, Dolphins 23)

FANTASY REPORT

aPa (2-0, W2): Brees got some help this week, as Andre Johnson, Dallas Clark and Ronnie Brown all broke 20 points and Willis McGahee added 18.5.

JackSux 6 (2-0, W2): Going against Drew Brees, on the other hand... not so much fun. I needed every point I got from my cavalcade of Colts on Monday night, as well as Sproles' 28.77, to beat Rob's brother.

Lincoln Continentals (2-0, W2): I appear to have played against someone who forgot to start a quarterback.

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