I didn't do it after last week because I want to see how they react against an average-at-best team. I see Kitna's already thrown two interceptions in Jaguars territory. This Cowboys secondary is getting used and abused. When did Marcedes Lewis stop sucking? And has Garrard missed yet? (No.) Well, wait, this might be something. Kitna's actually completing consecutive passes to teammates. Nope, Austin was out of bounds there. Nice wheels, Jon. Nope, he didn't get in there either. What happened there? Oh. Kitna and Barber ran into each other on the handoff. And they're not going to get any points out of this and this game's probably over. crosses off Cowboys Is that a "Let's Go Rangers!" chant? That's gotta be a first for Texas. There's Garrard's first incompletion after 12 passes. And on the one after that he throws a touchdown. I'm watching this and I'm not enjoying this as much as I feel like I should, what with me hating the Cowboys and all. Because I know that theoretically they're supposed to be better than this, and knowing why they aren't just aggravates me as a sports fan and makes it less fun to watch them get beat down like this. I was struggling to articulate this until listening to Mike and Mike on Monday morning and Greenberg summed it up: "It's irritating watching them." (Jaguars 35, Cowboys 17)
So mercifully, Channel 3 sent us to this game and what I see stuns me. How is this game tied? Especially after Fitzpatrick threw a near-interception that it looked like Derrick Johnson was running the route on and just dropped. Then two plays later he chucks a wounded duck up there that falls right into Berry's hands. I am sad that I did not get to hear Gus Johnson call the game-winning field goal in overtime. Or even the two misses before it. (Chiefs 13, Bills 10, OT)
Fake punt! He's not gonna make it. Unless he is? challenge No, he's not. Nick Folk is back, ladies and gentlemen! Brick Hands Braylon appears to have resurfaced as well. I feel like what it is is that the Packers are playing better offense and defense than the Jets, but the Jets are defending well enough to keep things close. What, another simultaneous possession situation? How does that happen twice in one game? Seriously. And because Rex stupidly blew his second challenge the first time it happened, which was much more obviously an interception, the Jets can't challenge this one, either (and they probably would have lost anyway.) So when Rex called the fake punt in the first quarter, did he have a feeling in advance that points would be at a premium? Because if he did, pretty much nothing he did after that makes any sense in that context. I mean, his time management and use of challenges in this game was positively Martzian. God bless you if you made it all the way through this. Good job by the NFC to get one back, I guess. (Packers 9, Jets 0)
Wait, what? What happened to Donovan? Did that last sack take him out? Rex Grossman, ladies and gentlemen... Rex Grossman. game ends Wh... WHAT?!?!?!? Mike Shanahan's lost his fool mind. Did he say that he thought Rex Grossman was a better option to run the two-minute drill than McNabb? Did he actually say that? About Rex Grossman? Rex Grossman isn't a better option to mow my lawn!
Lost in all of this: It's the second straight year the Lions have beaten the Redskins. If only they could do it in Washington. (Lions 37, Redskins 25)
When did the 49ers even get Troy Smith? (49ers 24, Broncos 16)
One thing I'm not sure enough people are taking into account about the Vikings is that I can't think of a single player, besides Harvin or maybe AP with the ball protection, that's having as good a season as they had last year. For example, this offensive line. I mean, maybe try running Peterson to the left side of the line next time on the goal line, because going right hasn't worked all year. Favre's moving about as well as can be expected. It's almost halftime and we've heard Moss's name only twice or so since the game actually started, which is going to be a problem later. If I'm a future Vikings opponent, I'm throwing every wide receiver I have on every route possible against that Allen kid. Every time I see him, he's getting burned like toast in a frat house. WOODHEAD. Not Woodley or Woodhouse or anything other than that. By the way, that's Belichick sticking it to the Jets again: "You don't want him? Fine. We'll take him and make him our new Kevin Faulk." It's kind of crazy that the Vikings still have a real shot in this game. Oh, boy... it sure looked like Moss could have jumped for that one but he gave up on it after the flag came. Then Favre got drilled and they're showing him on the cart now and he looks completely out of it. Meanwhile, Tarvaris Jackson came in and threw a pass to the fullback in the flat and absolutely nobody on the Patriots saw him. He may not have been on the roster sheet. I'm not sure. The Vikings need to get the ball back but the Patriots aren't going to let them. This is that "four-minute drill" I seem to be hearing about nonstop these past couple weeks and the Pats are running the ball about as well as they've been all season. Is that a touchdown? Good thing he didn't land on his head. (Patriots 28, Vikings 18)
Seriously, is there a worse quarterback situation in the NFL than Arizona's? I imagine Matt Leinart's hanging out at Brian Cushing's place watching these highlights and saying, "See? This is what I'm talking about! Someone explain to me how they didn't think I could do better than that." Also, a week after making fun of Raheem Morris, I'm not so sure he's not right. (Buccaneers 38, Cardinals 35)
I will now rip myself off and reverse the placement of the Steelers in the following observation, which I made last year for a Steelers-Chargers Sunday night game: You know why the Saints won this game? Because they had to. (Saints 20, Steelers 10)
All right, whoever No. 26 is on the Texans — you know, the guy Peyton took out with a block on that sweet screen pass to Garcon in the second half — I don't think he can show his face in public anymore. (Colts 30, Texans 17)
FANTASY REPORT
aPa Whiskey (3-5, W1): Down a point going into Monday Night Football with Arian Foster against a team that's lost six in a row... yeah, I liked our chances, too.
JackSux 7 (3-5, W1): It's the second time through the schedule, and we scored about the same number of points we did in the first game against Dupin. The difference this time was that he scored 60 less. Now we've got ourselves a logjam with the top three teams at 5-3 and the bottom three at 3-5.
RANKINGS
TOP 4:
1. New England (6-1) — Well, would you look at this
2. Pittsburgh (5-2) — A bump in the road
3. Indianapolis (5-2) — Revenge is best served quickly
4. N.Y. Jets (5-2) — Shot themselves in multiple feet
BOTTOM 4:
29. Denver (2-6) — At least Tebow scored again
30. Dallas (1-6) — Can't even get the little things right
31. Carolina (1-6) — Q rating is in the toilet
32. Buffalo (0-7) — Literally threw away a shot at an upset
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