Signal Finder: PHI @ WSH, DAL @ NE, HOU @ BAL
It's Week 6 and this is pretty much it. How did we get here, exactly? OK, so because of the roughing the passer flag, none of that happened? Cool. That means I don't have to try to describe it. Coaches have to hate these fourth-and-short situations just inside the opponents' 40 because none of the options are ideal. You just have to hope you're right. Like that right there. Touchdown! Sure, let's get another one, why not? No? Yeah, he didn't make it. Let's try again. That's better. It's taken the Redskins an entire half to put together a drive. Donte Stallworth's still alive? These red-zone giveaways have been happening way too often. And yet it feels like each team should have about 10 more points than they do. Vick looked like he was trying to shake something out of his head after that hit, which concerns me. Here's Vince Young! Back to pass... oops. Everything about that looked bad. Kurt Coleman strikes again? Ladies and gentlemen... Rex Grossman. Me, on Facebook last week: "Eagles are 1-4. Giants just lost at home to Seattle. Cowboys can't be trusted. Did Rex Grossman know something the rest of the world didn't?" Yes. And that something is, he's still a bad quarterback. JOHN BECK LIVES. Well, at least he's not throwing it to the opposition. That's a step up at this point. This is the third decent drive the Redskins have had all game and Beck fumbled in the middle of it. And there's the four-wide quarterback draw that Shanahan's been running for 20 years. I don't think I've ever seen it not work. Not blowing this would be nice. Now the Redskins can't stop the run. Seal it up! caps pen, puts away (Eagles 20, Redskins 13)
Wait, the Bengals are 4-2? What the hell? (Bengals 27, Colts 17)
This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close: I know it was 24-3. I know the line was 14 points, which equals about 32 in college. But how wasn't this worse? The Packers must have called off the dogs at halftime or something because considering the Rams' weaknesses (pass protection, awful secondary, no WRs) this could have easily gotten to 44. (Packers 24, Rams 3)
Apparently postgame handshakes are Serious Business in the Schwartz household. (49ers 25, Lions 19)
Whoa, Brady got intercepted? That doesn't happen. Man, we got defense all over the place here. Wait, what? They called roughing the passer on that? Look, I'm the last person to wax apoplectic about how quarterbacks are treated on the field these days, but we can close the Best Actor: Drama Emmy vote right now, because Tom Brady just locked it up. This is... closer than I was expecting. Awful sack for Romo to take there. The Cowboys really needed a touchdown there and they didn't get it. What the... Two Pats turnovers on consecutive drives? That doesn't happen either. The Cowboys really needed a touchdown there and they didn't get it. Why? Because he's still Tom Brady. And that's how he rolls. Look, I get why Garrett's getting killed for going conservative near the end and allowing Brady to get the ball back, but if he takes the wraps off and Romo throws another game-losing interception, he gets killed for that, too. He can't win. And that's why those two red-zone field goals killed them in the end. (Patriots 20, Cowboys 16)
Afterwards, Jay Cutler was as shocked as everyone else was that teams still kick to Devin Hester. Though I can't imagine they still do it on purpose — Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was on Dan LeBatard's new show and said that in their second meeting last year, he had been trying to kick it out of bounds away from Hester and it worked — except for the one time it didn't. Meanwhile, did we see Donovan McNabb's last pass? The Vikings aren't good, aren't going to do anything this year, and when you make the move to the overdrafted first-round pick (I say that even though I do like Ponder), it's just tough to go back. (Bears 39, Vikings 10)
My God, this game is ponderous. I'd be falling asleep if the pain I'm feeling from watching this wasn't so overwhelming. Plus so many things are blowing my mind. Why is Matt Moore throwing at Darrelle Revis at every given opportunity? Why can't the Jets run the ball anymore? Why are the Dolphins being outscored by the Panthers — the Florida Panthers? And is Matt Leinart watching this game and throwing up in his mouth? ("I don't want to talk about it.") I need answers to these questions but I'm not sure I want them. (Jets 24, Dolphins 6)
FANTASY REPORT
aPa2011 (2-4, L1): Three points. That's all I needed from Dustin Keller, Jets. You couldn't even manage that against the worst team in the league?
JackSux 10 (6-0, W6): Another week, another win. This time over Rob.
KeyStar V (4-2, L1): Got caught in quarterback limbo and might be in it again as new acquisition Sam Bradford is hurt and questionable. 20 points from Billy Cundiff (!) kept things close.
DellSux BQBFL (1-5, L5): My quarterbacks are too good. Jason Campbell going down briefly gave me some hope before the Raiders got desperate and paid too much for Carson Palmer (more on that next week).
RANKINGS
TOP 4:
1. Green Bay (6-0) — It won't always be this easy, will it?
2. New England (5-1) — Textbook narrow escape
3. San Francisco (5-1) — Starting to look legit
4. New Orleans (4-2) — Not a good day when your own coach is the week's second-worst injury
BOTTOM 4:
29. Minnesota (1-5) — The future may have begun
30. St. Louis (0-5) — Lucky to have survived
31. Indianapolis (0-6) — Hanging tough, if nothing else
32. Miami (0-6) — Seriously, what was that?
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