The Giants were off to a slow and sad start. Eli flew all the way to Indianapolis to get embarrassed by his big brother, 38-14. Eli also holds the record for most interceptions that are not the quarterback’s fault. Trust me, Eli made some poor decisions, but he has to hold the record for tipped passes falling into the wrong hands. Either way, it looks like the Giants have stepped it up and their feared defense is leading the way. They spanked, early Super Bowl favorites, Houston Texans, 34-10. Then went on to have 11 sacks against the Bears and despite NFL cracking down on dangerous hits, have taken out FIVE quarterbacks in SIX games without a single dirty hit.
Jay Cutler, Matt Moore, Todd Collins, Shaun Hill and most recently, Tony Romo, in a 41-35 victory over the Cowgirls. Making six straight wins over the Cowboys for the G-men.
The Giants D is going through QBs like Brett Favre goes through retirement speeches. Respect our defense or we will eat your QB, too!
So, how about them Cowgirls? I think I heard something about the Cowboys being NFC favorites earlier this season. Ha. With their current record at 1-5, anyone who picked the Cowboys should immediately go into hiding. But don’t worry, Wade Phillips says “the Cowboys are better than they appeared in the loss to the Giants” (and we all know he is a genius). Really Wade? What are you saving them for then? Let’s see them! Oh wait. That is really convenient to say now, right? Because you won’t be able to show us, without Tony Romo. The Giants were happy to line that excuse up for you! (Insert Cowboy’s fan whining about how they can’t win without Romo, even though they haven’t been winning WITH Romo, either)—what’s that Cowgirls fans? Huh? I can’t hear you back there in LAST PLACE! There is too much cheering going on up here in first!
The Eagles and Redskins are tied for second in the NFC East, and I don’t know how I feel about that. Watching McNabb play the Eagles was the ultimate conundrum for me. It was like choosing between heat rash and poison ivy. Either way, the end result is uncomfortable and unhappy. Life was so much easier when McNabb was an Eagle; all my distaste was neatly packed in one little team. Now, I don’t even know who the Eagles QB is...sometimes it’s Vick, sometimes it’s Kolb, then Vick, then Kolb. As soon as I get used to hating one quarterback, they put in another. MAKE A DECISION!
Speaking of decisions…the Bears are making decisions…poor ones! Just when I could use a McNabb loss, the Bears hand a win to the Redskins, wrapped all up in Jay Cutler with a Lovie Smith bow (Seriously, who names their kid, Lovie?). Sunday, Jay Cutler completed 4 beautiful passes to DeAngelo Hall…no, he wasn’t traded, THEY ARE NOT ON THE SAME TEAM! However, the Bears would have still won the game if good ol’ Lovie were paying attention, when Cutler fumbled AFTER he reached out and broke the plane of the end zone. The touchdown was ruled a fumble and the Redskins recovered. This is where you want to throw that little red flag…but nothing from the Bears so the Redskins went on to beat the Bears 17-14.
It appears the Cutler will continue to make the same poor decisions. In his post-game interview, Cutler said, "I've played against Hall before, there's no reason to shy away from him. That's hard for me to say throwing four picks to the guy but I still think if we had to play him tomorrow I'd go after him every time.'' YOU THREW 4 PICKS TO THE SAME GUY and given the chance, you’d do it again? Huh? Perhaps the Giants hit you in the head harder than you thought, Jay. Sit out a few more weeks.
And the poor decisions, didn’t stop there…what is with that multi-directional plaid shirt?
That picture doesn’t do it justice. I had to crop a video because no one wanted to photograph that mess. Perhaps he is getting tips from Tom Brady.
There is just no excuse for that suit and his hair looks like a cross between Jason Giambi’s greasy mullet and Justin Beibers helmet cut. I guess he’s going for a trailer park version of a teen pop star.
Despite the poor style choices, Brady and the Pats stand at 5-1. The question is, for how long. After trading away Randy Moss the Patriots squeaked by the Chargers this week, 20-23 and I am not sure they would have won, if the Chargers knew the rules of football. Any of them! San Diego receiver, Richard Goodman, put the ball on the ground to celebrate a big catch…which would have been okay, if he had been touched by any one of the Patriots. Knowing he needed to be touched in order to be down, the ball was scooped up by the Pats, as a fumble. Perhaps Goodman should sit down with Jacob Hester, who let an incomplete pass roll on the ground…again might have been okay, if that pass weren’t a lateral making the ball rolling around, free to be picked up by the Patriots. With all those mistakes, New England still only won by a missed 50-yard field goal. It looks like they miss Randy Moss…but they won’t have to for long. Next week, they pay him a visit at the Vikings.
I guess I can’t say Vikings without talking about Favre, since I’ve gotten emails asking how I feel about Favre’s latest scandal. As you all know, former Jets employee Jen Sterger says Brett Favre sent her inappropriate text messages, including a picture of little Favre. Favre admits to calling her, but refuses to comment on the picture messages. Hmmm…guilty much? Lucky for Favre, Sterger refuses to cooperate with the NFL investigation. So my question is, how will they identify these pictures messages as being Favre?
Can you hear Roger Goodell saying, “DROP’EM, FAVRE!...Yup, that’s him.”
Whether it is his ego, his reputation or his shoulder, something about Favre is injured every week. We are used to seeing Favre grab his arm and wince in pain, after an interception. He has done it after each one, as if to say “it wasn’t my fault- my arm hurts.” But at his age, we’ve gotta wonder if he’s still making excuses or if those old bones just can’t handle it anymore. Probably both. The Vikings (2-4) latest loss was a sweet victory for Green Bay. After walking on to Lambeau Field to chants of “Go Back Home!” Favre threw 3 interceptions and walked off the field with a 24-28 loss to the Packers (4-3) and apparently some fractures in his foot. He won’t practice this week (of course he wont!) but he may play on Sunday (of course he will). This convenient recovery makes me think Favre is still a big old faker (emphasis on the word old). But you can’t cover up this loss Favre because when asked about the loss, Childress had no problem saying, “It was Favre’s fault.” See what happens when you step on coach’s toes????
In other news, Super Bowl Champion, Drew Brees, threw four interceptions to the Browns. Yes, the CLEVELAND BROWNS! Two of those were for touchdowns by David Bowens, who in 12 years in the league has scored…2 touchdowns. Yup, those 2. He did have a blocked punt once, though. I can’t really explain what happened in the 30-17 win over the Saints (4-3) because the Browns (2-4) only have one other win against buddies Ocho-Cinco and Ocho-Uno in Cinicinatti who are also 2-4.
But the Browns victory over the Saints wasn’t the most shocking victory on Sunday. The Raiders beat the Broncos 59-14. Beating the Bronco’s (5-2) isn’t surprising, but the RAIDERS scored 59 points. Did they even score 59 points all last season? What about the last 2 seasons?
Despite getting destroyed by the Raiders, we didn’t see any Tim Tebow this week. Maybe next week, against the 49ers, who are a whopping 1-6. Although, Sunday after losing to the Panther (1-5), Singletary announced that he plans to take the 49ers to the playoffs this season. Usually, when a team is 1-6 and coming off a loss to a 1-5, I’d say he was crazy, but considering they play in the NFC West, it is quite possible!
