- I'd love to know who's doing great picking ATS this year, because that person must have serious insider information. I even managed to go 3-11 picking straight up this past week. That's about as bad as it gets.
- Buffalo's horrible defense coughed up another one, this time against the Jaguars. Ryan Fitzpatrick looked competent at QB for the Bills, guiding them to a 13-3 lead, but Buffalo in the end gave up 30 or more points for the 4th straight game. They're working hard on securing that #1 pick in next year's draft.
- Kansas City's coach, Todd Haley, is stupid. Really stupid. The Chiefs had to kick off to the Colts to start their game, but Haley thought it would be a good idea to onside kick instead. Nope, didn't work. Indy took advantage of the shortened field and scored on the 1st possession. The very next series, the Chiefs' 1st, ended with no points when they went for it on 4th and 2 from the Indy 8-yard line instead of taking the damn FG. Kids, this is called setting the tone for your team. When you go against the percentages right out of the gate, you tell your squad that you don't believe they can win the game playing straight up against the other team. Haley and KC just showed why they won't win consistently anytime soon--because with their gimmicks and "gutsy" calls, they display that they don't think they're ready.
- Carson Palmer continues to play erratically for the Cincinnati Bengals. His 3rd and final INT allowed Tampa Bay to drive for the game-winning FG and the road win. That wiped out even a turn-back-the-clock rushing day for Cin RB Cedric Benson. If getting Ced to run hard again ain't enough, what's left for the Bungles to do?
- You can't have much high of a panic level for Green Bay than where they are right now. They're behind the Bears in their division, they pulled defeat from the jaws of victory Sunday against Washington, and their star QB Aaron Rodgers got his head bounced. There were a lot of defensive injuries for the Packers coming into the game, and they incurred more during the contest. As a result, Donovan McNabb was able to hit some huge pass plays and lead the Redskins to the comeback win. Keep that in mind for the Pack in the future--it may not be the concussion to their signal caller that puts them in jeopardy for big losses, it may be the unraveling of their defense.
- I HATE SAM BRADFORD!!!
- And any true football fan had to hate the quality of QB play in the Carolina-Chicago debacle. All I took from this game is that Carolina has the worst offense in the league. Their highly rated rushing attack from last year has vanished, and none of their QBs could hit an ocean if they were throwing from the beach.
- Can it be this easy to beat the Houston Texans? After all the hype and early-season love, did the Giants show that you can handle Houston the same way that it's always been? New York took advantage of the Texans' atrocity of a secondary, then got to rush the passer because Houston had to throw to come back, allowing their ferocious front four to force turnovers on QB Matt Schaub and render him ineffective. Seems so simple after the fact.
- Both Baltimore and Denver had success in the air, Kyle Orton with another 300-yard passing day, and Joe Flacco going for 196 himself. What was the difference? The Ravens had a running game as a complement. They ran for 233 yards. Denver ran for 39. Ray Rice picked a good day to show up.
- My Cleveland Browns pick over the Atlanta Falcons had a chance, until the horror show that is Jake Delhomme doomed the Browns. Seneca Wallace was having a decent game at QB until he got knocked out of the game, forcing the Human Interception Machine, Delhomme, onto the field. The result: 13-23-97 yards, 2 INT. The rest is history. I'm having a hard time remembering this many quarterbacks in the league at one time who need to retire immediately--Delhomme, Todd Collins, Matt Moore, Derek Anderson, Alex Smith, maybe Carson Palmer and Brett Favre too. That's a lot of suck.
- And I won't put Arizona rookie QB Max Hall in that company after one game, but suffice to say that the Cardinals didn't beat the Saints thanks to his play. Yes, that was 17-27-168 and no TDs for the winning QB. And it's a comeback win credited to him too, because New Orleans was up 10 in the 2nd quarter and feeling pretty pretty good, I imagine. Then the goofiest shit started happening. Hall gets crucified on a scramble and fumbles, and the ball bounces right to an offensive lineman, who runs it in for a TD. Another Hall fumble was gathered by a lineman for a 10-yard gain. Saints RB Ladell Betts coughs up the ball a couple of times, once for a Cards defensive TD. Drew Brees throws a pick-6 trying to lead the game-winning drive for NO. Basically, all the bounces went the Cardinals' way. And that's why New Orleans outgained Arizona by 150 yards and lost by double digits. I wouldn't count on that happening again if I were Arizona.
- Yes, Vince Young, a.k.a. God, smote Jason and me for doubting Him. But the real story is, simply, the smarter, better-coached team won in the Titans-Cowboys game. The costly interceptions by QB Tony Romo, the idiotic penalties, the lack of calm and composure--this is the effort the Cowboys put forth coming off a bye?? I'm still predicting a Wade Phillips firing and Jerry Jones stepping in as head coach before the season's done.
- And speaking of bad coaching, oh, those Chargers special teams. What's special about two blocked punts in the 1st quarter? The Raiders took a 9-0 lead thanks to those blocks, but the better team rallied to go ahead in the 2nd half. But then someone came in at QB and led Oakland back into the lead. Someone talented. Someone impressive. Someone poised. Someone who fucking started the first couple of games before being benched for a journeyman who got knocked out of this game. Raiders coach Tom Cable was forced to go to Jason Campbell at QB after Bruce Gradkowski was injured. All Campbell did was go 13-18-159 and a TD. All Cable did was say after the game that Gradkowski was still his QB. Tom Cable has the IQ of an acorn.
- And Coach Psycho and his unprepared, undisciplined 49ers find another way to lose. Alex Smith looked so lost at QB for San Francisco that the crowd was chanting for David Carr, who couldn't play his way out of a paper bag in Houston ages ago. Nothing to see here. Move along.
- The Little Wrangler soared at times in his Monday night spotlight game, but ultimately failed. What I was struck by was Brett Favre's unending personal crusade to make people believe that he's a put-upon victim of circumstance who deserves pity. He deserves none, of course. His wife Deanna may deserve some pity if it turns out that she's blind and stupid, but I wouldn't be surprised if she knows that Favre fucks around and just lets him in order to keep reaping the benefits of being Mrs. Brett Favre. Brett started Monday by tearfully apologizing to his team, the Minnesota Vikings, for having the Jenn Sterger drama serve as a distraction for the past week. Um, where is his apology to Sterger for sexting her pics of his dick?!? I guess in his world, it's much more important to make amends with the guys for letting his sewage get in the way of their preparation. Then, during the game, he can't help but grab at his "injured" elbow every time a camera shows him close-up. Gotta make sure everyone remembers that he's playing hurt and really shouldn't be out here. Incredible. In a twisted way, I kinda respect Favre's ability to turn every single situation into a soap opera that tortures him and victimizes poor Brett. Of course, if I'm a teammate watching him jump up and down and celebrate his TD passes even though his team is losing, I really have to resist the urge to bodyslam the little turd. And I'll be glad to pick the underachieving Cowboys next week to knock Favre down to 1-4.
Jay 37-39, .487
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