Cowboys thrashed without Romo, the Titans stay unbeaten, Ravens are placing bounties, and what's wrong with Peyton Manning? Answers enclosed.The Cowgirls are in trouble. Not only were they the second NFC East team to lose to what was thought to be one of the bottom feeders in league, they did it in astonishing fashion. Tony Romo, despite being labeled a little wuss by “Ironman” Brett Favre announced he will not return until after the bye. With the Bucs and Giants before the bye week, it looks like
I don’t know what’s worse about this game, the fact the Chargers defense continues to reach new levels of ineptitude, or the fact that LT’s recent performances could indicate signs of decline. Tomlinson has been dealing with the meanest toe injury in NFL history. With the added weight of the Chargers season on that big toe, don’t count on it healing any faster.
Has a toe ever gotten this much coverage? Do a Google search for “NFL toe” and once you get past all of the NFL toe rings, you’ll find a plethora of LT headlines; “LT: Toe Feeling Better and Better,” “The terror of Tomlinson’s toe,” “Tomlinson insists toe injury is healed,” and “Toe Still Hurting – Tomlinson Sits Out Practice.” Tomlinson’s ESPN news archive is one big toe update.
If I asked you which game would produce the least combined points this week, you probably would have picked this one. Instead two of the least exciting offenses in the league combine for 89 points.
How in the hell did this happen? Two end zone fumble recoveries, a blocked punt return, and five Viking turnovers would be enough to guarantee victory for any Prairie View A&M squad from 1989-98. A red hot Kyle Orton was just icing on the cake.
I find it really sad and disturbing that the Bengals are 0-7 on Marvin Lewis’ watch. What is it about coaches getting head coaching jobs and not being able to address areas that are supposed to be their specialties? Marvin Lewis, defensive mastermind can’t get the Bengals to tackle anyone, Brian Billick couldn’t get the Ravens to pass wind, and Romeo Crennel can’t get the Browns to stop North Carolina State University.
Hines Ward broke rookie Keith Rivers’ jaw in this game with what some Bengals believed to be a dirty hit. Leave it to the NFL’s only endorsed gang, the Baltimore Ravens, to enforce vigilante justice on behalf of all who Hines has wronged. Does it get any better than some good old-fashion Buddy Ryan-esque bounties floating around?
Lendale White and Chris Johnson put on a ground pounding exhibition against the “rebuilding” Chiefs. When is the last time you’ve seen two running backs eclipse 140 yards and average more than 8.0 ypc in the same game? Did they play corners at defensive tackle or something?
And how in the hell do you give up an 80 yard touchdown to Lendale White, his longest run since pee wee football? We’re talking about a total lack of effort by your entire organization if you let this happen. Even Breadtruck’s teammates were shocked no one caught him.
The Ravens really take it personal when someone tries to run the ball on them. 27 yards for Ronnie Brown, 25 for Chad Pennington, and 16 for Ricky Williams is not going to get it done.
It’s not surprising that Football’s “Bad Boys” beat the Dolphins to a pulp, however, am I the only one lobbying for some sort of UFC tournament involving all the NFL tough guys? How great would the ratings be for Ray Lewis v/s Joey Porter, Kellen Winslow, Jr. v/s Rodney Harrison, or Jamal Lewis v/s Travis Henry?
Good bounce back win for the G-men following the Monday night debacle in
Unfortunately, they still have two games against both the Eagles and Cowboys, and another against the Skins. As good as the Giants have looked the NFC East race is still up for grabs.
Meanwhile, the Mike Nolan firing was one of the fastest advancing stories in recent memory. At 6 o’clock on Monday, ESPN was reporting Nolan would be fired by the end of the week. By 7:30pm, reports surfaced the Nolan could be fired by the end of the night, as the parties were meeting in private. By 8pm, Nolan was out the door and Singletary was the new coach. Wonder if Nolan showed up in his Tom Landry suit and said, “be a man a say it to my face.” They did.
What a disastrous game for the Saints. Not only did the Panthers mop the floor with them, Bush lost his shoe and his meniscus and the Saints lost his services for the next 4 weeks and Shockey unsuccessfully returned from hernia surgery and will likely remain out this week.
To put the icing on a terrible week, Deuce McAllister and Will Smith tested positive for “water pills” and could both be facing four game suspensions. All of the sudden Pierre Thomas becomes fantasy stud numero uno.
In a game of dead beats, the Texans won their second straight (could have been three in a row minus Sage’s heroics in Indy) by holding on against a Lions team which is armed for the future, but totally unarmed and helpless for the present. The Texans showed balance and the Lions didn’t show up until late in the second quarter after spotting the Texans 21 points.
Am I the only one who looks at teams like the Lions and Bengals like the minor leagues? The first thing I thought when Calvin Johnson caught a 96 yard reception was, “I wonder when he becomes a free agent if he will value winning enough to walk away from this horrible franchise.”
Two points that must be made about this game for me to maintain any integrity as a low-life irrelevant blogger:
The first point is acknowledgement of the fact that Jamarcus Russell played a pretty good game. I’ve been riding this guy hard this entire year and I know a game manager when I see one. No turnovers, only one fumble which was recovered, and a decent completion percentage. Way to not lose a game Jamarcus!
Secondly, when you have Brett Favre you get two things: 1) You get a shot at winning games you wouldn’t usually win and making plays you normally wouldn’t make because of Favre’s gun slinging mentality and 2) You have a shot a losing games you wouldn’t normally lose and turning the ball over because of idiotic throws because of Favre’s gun slinging mentality. He’s the ultimate QB rollercoaster.
Talk about unexpected. Peyton hasn’t been playing his best, but he played absolutely despicable in this game. Mrs. Blickees summed it up best when she asked me what I wrote about this game, and suggested that the column read, “we sucked.”
When you play this bad against the Packers, they’ve proven they will take it to the house. Charles Woodson’s resurgence combined with ball hawking DBs like Nick Collins really make it a chore to pass against the guys.
What is wrong with the Colts? I hear rumblings that Manning isn’t healthy, but where were all these apologists last week when he was shredding the vaunted Ravens D up for 30+ points?
I guess rooting hard for a Redskin loss isn’t enough to put the Browns over the hump for the second straight week against an NFC East foe. Apparently the Eagles are actually going to have to beat someone to get back into this NFC East race. It would have been great to come back off of a bye only a game back from the Skins and a half game back of the Cowboys.
What is the over under on how much longer Derek Anderson remains the starter in
The ageless Jeff Garcia struck again in shredding the Seahawks D for 310 yards and a TD. Meanwhile the Seahawks started Seneca Wallace this week, their third starting QB in as many weeks.
The Seahawks leading receiver this week? Koren Robinson. Apparently I missed this resigning of the old NCSU stud wideout who’s struggled with substance abuse issues. Lets you know how thin the Hawks are at wide receiver doesn’t it?
New England Patriots 41,
If this was Tom Brady and Co. sitting at 4-2, I’d probably be a little nervous for the rest of the league. However, it’s Matt Cassel so its just a false alarm. With Cassel in as the starter and
The Broncos on the other hand who started the season strong are in an all out free fall. Brothers Champ and Boss bit the dust and Cutler suffered a minor injury. Turnovers have been the death of the Broncos the last couple of weeks and the entire team would benefit from sleeping with footballs every evening from here on out.
The Brandon Marshall, “Beastly Physicality Performance of the Week” Award
Stephen Jackson, RB,
25 carries, 160 yards, 3 TDs v. Cowboys
He’s started slow the last two seasons, but his release was perfectly timed with a Cowboys visit to
The Kurt Warner, “Too Hot to Handle, Too Cold to Hold” Award
(Given to the player that just can’t seem to hold on to the football)
Gus Frerotte, QB,
4 INTs
A craigslist ad for a QB would probably result in better prospects then the Vikings current roster.