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This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close I: Eagles-Giants. Here's all you need to know about Mike McMahon: 1) He went to Rutgers; and 2) the Lions let him go. I'll let that sink in while you look at how awful he's been so far. Oh, a blocked punt. That hasn't happened to them yet, right? OK. Eli's looking kind of unremarkable again. OK, this Brandon Jacobs thing? It's not working out quite right. McMahon's picked it up here in the second half. TOUCHDOWN! Now they have to get the ball back... but not after a Giants score. Nice fakeout by Eli there. Oh well.
*crosses off Rams*
There was a Sage Rosenfels bandwagon? Have things gotten that bad down there? Well, when you get shut out by the Browns, I guess they have. How exactly did both teams come out of this game with quarterback controversies? Did anyone have the Browns winning four games this year? I didn't.
This should be interesting... the Bucs know how to keep Vick contained, but he seems to be making a concerted effort to at least try to throw down the field. Cadillac seems to be rolling again, which complicates matters. And the Falcons are in another early hole. Hey, a Michael Jenkins sighting! The Falcons were 11 of 17 on third down, blowing up the Bucs' 29% allowance rate or whatever it was. So what happened at the end? Vick lost the ball; did Dunn get tossed into him or something? Brooks didn't even know afterwards. "We're going to creep out of here very humbly."
Holy crap. Delhomme's like the Space Invaders turret but the whole front row's shooting back. Eight sacks? Really? How does that happen? Vasher's going to end up in the Pro Bowl if he keeps this up. That's one good team the Bears have beaten, which puts their total at... one. I'm willing to buy.
This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close II: Saints-Patriots.
No Ben, no Batch, no chance? "How do you keep ravens out of your backyard?" "Put up goal posts." Nice to see Maddox still sucking the big one. Y'know, Kordell Stewart is out there.
And the Colts and Bengals proceed to score more points in 20 minutes than the Steelers and Ravens scored in 70. Ah, there's the old Chad. Good on ya. What's interesting so far is that the Bengals have completely bottled up the Colts' pass rush. If only they hadn't settled for that one field goal. Are the Colts just pulling guys out of the stands and throwing touchdowns to them? Who are these people? I thought the kickoff after the Fletcher touchdown was a punt because I didn't see either the touchdown or the guy kick off afterwards. What's beautiful about the Colts is that they can do that, then come out in the second half and run the ball seven straight times. Onside kick time! The Bengals went the other way the first time; they have to do the same thing again, right? Because the Colts aren't lining up like they're expecting it.
I heard a nasty rumor that they're hanging up the powder blues for good. Deny this.
This Week's Game That Shouldn't Have Been This Close III: Seahawks-49ers. And yet...
Man, not only are the Texans bad, aside from the kickoff return, they're boring to watch. They're so boring they make the other team boring. I've never been so disinterested watching 45 points being scored in my life.
You can throw out the records when the Vikings and the Packers meet, and in this case, I think they'd both prefer it. Why aren't the Vikings covering Driver? Wait a second... a Vikings DB not named Sharper making an actual play? What's that about? Well, that was short-lived. The Vikings' offense has scored! Stop the presses!!! We've seen this ending before, haven't we?
FANTASY REPORT
aPa SmackDown! (6-5, W1): I needed the Vikings to keep Sakmon Gado out of the end zone Monday night, and they did, giving me a 60-56 win over the Dead Kennedys in a game I had to have. The Seagulls are currently 7th, six points behind our bitter rivals the Goat Boys of Iowa, who we meet next week.
JackSux (8-3, L2): You know the saying, "When you say you have two quarterbacks, it means you don't have any"? Well, this week I did the same thing as last week and made a last-minute switch from Trent Green to Mark Brunell and paid dearly for it. With Green, Droughns and Reggie Brown, I left 51 points on the bench. That's obscene.
RANKINGS
TOP 3:
1. Indianapolis (10-0) - The fireworks are back
2. Denver (8-2) - Broncos show no signs of slipping
3. Seattle (8-2) - Winning the ugly ones this time around
BOTTOM 3:
30. San Francisco (2-8) - When's The Original coming back?
31. Green Bay (2-8) - You can see the end from here
32. Houston (1-9) - Zzzzzzzzzzzz...
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