We didn't pick up any ground on each other this week after going 1-1-1 in our three versus games, but we did manage to pad our season stats and percentages with dual 8-4-1's.
Some thoughts on the weekends action:
- We predicted that Pittsburgh would cover, even though there was NO WAY Big Ben would throw another six touchdowns. Well, he did do just that en route to a drubbing of the Ravens on Sunday Night. I still have a hard time believing in this Steeler team, the same team that almost lost to the Browns twice (still losing one) and losing to Tampa Fucking Bay. I'll chalk this up as a hot team peaking waaaayyyyy too soon.
- The Patriots predictably throttled the Broncos Sunday afternoon, making me wonder how in the hell Denver was FAVORED going in to the game? We wondered about this during the live show Saturday night, and I'm still wondering.
- As long as Andy Dalton is at the helm for the Bengals, BOTH teams are in the game!
- The Vikings are not impressive at 4-5. but they are sporting an underestimated defense and Teddy Bridgewater looks exactly like a rookie QB should: great in flashes, and hideous in others. This isn't a team destined for greatness this season, but they have proven tough at home as well as tough against inferior opponents. They could play spoiler if a team takes them lightly.
- Speaking of taking lightly, how about the San Francisco 49ers shitting the bed at home against the Rams? It doesn't matter to me if Kaepernick crossed the goal line or not on the final, ill-fated snap of a 13-10 loss, there was no reason the Niners should have been in a position to lose this game at all. Sure, it will be easy to second guess not kicking a field goal to send the game to overtime, but all that is secondary to how shitty the Niners played the entire game. It took a penalty assisted drive to even get them in position for the goal line attempts, and instead of taking the gift and playing the extra period, Coach Insane thought he'd channel Riverboat Ron and lost. Badly.
- We might make fun of how fiery and passionatey guys like Brandon Marshall and Dez Bryant can be at time, but you know what? The New York Giants could use a couple guys like that. The offensive effort the Giants put forth on Monday Night was an insult to both offense and effort. The Giant receivers dropped everything in sight in the first half, while the defense did its best to keep the Colts in shouting distance. I can't but help wonder if the Giants fans are as sick of the "aw-shucks" face Eli Manning seems to permanently be wearing as I am? The team needs a leader, and it is clearing lacking one.
- If Chip Kelly can get the Eagles wins, and to the postseason, with Mark "Total Fraud" Sanchez running his high octane offense, then start fitting Kelly for his HOF jacket.
- Tony Romo might have earned himself a couple of pity MVP votes after seeing the Cowboys offense under Brandon Weeden. Jerry Jones must be wishing he had Kyle Orton back.
- Despite Dres best efforts, the Arizona Cardinals just keep winning. Sure, they beat a hapless Cowboys offense that didn't score its first offensive touchdown until garbage time, but this is what good teams do. We'll see if Dre qualifies the Cards as a good, maybe even very good, team yet.
- Looks like my call about the Chargers feeling like Paper Champions was way off. After losing 37-0 at Miami, they don't feel like paper champions, they are.
- Brian Hoyer has the Browns 5-3, and they won two of three in this recent stretch of very winnable games. So why does this weeks matchup at Cincinnati feel like his Waterloo?
We'll spend 45 seconds talking about Thursdays game and the rest of the hour recapping Week 9 tonight at 9pm on the IMLD podcast.
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