View Finder: CHW @ CLE, STL @ NYG, SD @ NE (middle), PHI @ WSH, PHI @ KC
The winner of the inaugural Fred Taylor Memorial "Offense Gets Its Licks Back" Award: Kevin Jones. Hey, a Michael Pittman sighting. Hold everything; the Lions are coming. Touchdown! What? WHAT? Holy Christ, the Lions got jobbed. He was in. That wasn't even close. Before everybody gets all giddy, the Bucs' schedule? Heavily back-loaded.
Vinatieri MISSED? All right, I'm gonna say it: something's gone awry here. It's like the Chargers have a magnet or something on the spot where Harrison would normally be. Tomlinson continues to run wild. When did it change from "Foxboro" to "Foxborough"? When did that happen? I haven't seen Brady look this off since the Miami Monday Night game last year, and we all know how that turned out. Wow. This was just an ass-kicking. Remember when the Pats were shut out in the season opener against the Bills the week after they cut Milloy? This was worse. Marty: "At what point in time are you pushed over the edge because you can't go on replacing good players forever?"
IT LIVES! IT LIVES! THE COLTS' OFFENSE LIVES!!! [/Frankenstein]
I don't remember even the '86 Giants being able to just put up points in bunches like this. See, the tricky thing about the double reverse is, you have to make sure that the ball gets into someebody's hands. What we have here are two teams that are clearly going to struggle stopping people. This kid Eli? I think he's gonna be all right.
Is anyone else wondering why the Seahawks didn't try to get closer?
There've been, like, three AFC late games all season so far. What must it have been like to be Anthony Wright here, to look across the field and actually see a quarterback more overmatched than you?
This Week It Sucks To Be: 1. Brooks Bollinger; 2. Charles Rogers; 3. The poor bastard on the Bucs who Jones plowed over; 4. In any way associated with the Packers; 5. The 49ers after the first eight minutes.
Speaking of inauspicious starts, if you ever want to see everything go wrong for a team in the first 20 minutes of a football game, just watch the Eagles here. Hey, look, T.O.'s open. There's no better way to potentially turn a game around than running an interception back for a touchdown. And there's no better way to piss all that momentum away by allowing the ensuing kickoff to be returned for a touchdown. Can we put out an APB on Brian Westbrook? Hey, look, T.O.'s open. Really? The Chiefs have never blown a 17-point halftime lead? That's a long time considering they were an AFL franchise. Hey, look, T.O.'s open. It was absolutely comical how often that happened. Did they forget who he was? Can we put out an APB on Tony Gonzalez? That settles it; Donovan should never be healthy again. Dawkins said "They don't score on us again" and they damn near pulled it off. You're going to think I'm crazy as an Eagles fan for saying this, but this should never have happened.
"...the Georgia Dome fans gasping when they realized who was injured." The Hawks could only dream of such a response. Did Culpepper just get sacked again?
Cowboys, Raiders. Cowboys, Raiders. Lethal injection, the chair. Lethal injection, the chair.
I predict this game will do irreparable damage to U.S./Mexican relations. The Cardinals have never seen a crowd like this. ¡PROTEJA EL BALOMPIÉ! COMPRENDE? It's a statement of something when Neil Rackers is easily the best player on the field. I can't remember a more roundabout way to get to 21 points. I have to question Nolan bringing in The Original Alex Smith at this point in the game. All this talk about a quarterback controversy in Arizona? Stop it. Just stop it.
Well. That's the opposite of what the Packers needed. Again, where the hell is Ahman Green? Did Martin actually catch that? Then Ferguson got the ball taken out of his hands. That's where Ken Lucas ended up? (Not that I cared; I just found it odd.) Foster dragged that guy further than he dragged Simoneau in the NFC title game three years ago. I thought he was the speed back. I guess Good Brett escaped his chains and got out to the field for the second half. We've seen this movie before, haven't we? And look -- there's a conveniently placed "Brett Favre On Monday Night Football" highlights package! Didn't this happen about 29 hours ago? Oh, wait, never mind. Was this the alternate ending of the Eagles-Chiefs game and nobody told us?
FANTASY REPORT
aPa SmackDown! (2-2, W1): The Colts' passing game finally came alive, and new QB Mark Brunell actually didn't suck out loud and I beat Charlie fairly easily. The search for another running back continues in earnest.
JackSux (4-0, W4): This is eerily similar to the tSC league last year. I'm just rolling over people. This week's big performers were the Falcons' defense and Tomlinson, of course. I need a quarterback for next week against Rob since Pennington was my backup, but there aren't any good matchups out there for the available candidates.
RANKINGS
TOP 3:
1. Indianapolis - And there are the rest of the cylinders
2. Philadelphia - That doesn't happen at Arrowhead
3. (tie) San Diego - That doesn't happen at Foxboro(-ugh)
3. (tie) Cincinnati - Now it starts to get tough
BOTTOM 3:
30. San Francisco - One less place to seek asylum
31. Houston - So much for that
32. Green Bay - Is it 1985 again?
3 comments:
Fun hypothetical of the year: assuming the Chargers have Gates at the beginning of the season and win the first two games, would they be the best team in the league?
That's a great question -- I'm not sure they win in Denver anyway (they never win in Denver and Marty would burn the city to the ground if he had his druthers), but hypothetically, I'd have to at least consider it. (What the Colts have done has been completely unexpected.)
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