No one corrected me last week when I said it was week 9. But now for the
real week nine recap...
THAT’S MY BOY! It appears as though Eli has shaken off his uncertainty and returned to my emotional, Super Bowl Champion QB! I couldn’t ask for more from my World Champion Boys in Blue! Eli Manning threw three touchdown passes, Brandon Jacobs rushed for 117 yards and one TD and the Giants Defense has, not one, not two, but three interceptions (all which lead to touchdowns)! The pictures from that game, need very little editing. Giants stomp on Dallas, 35-14.
It looked early on like it would be a week of Upset Specials, but in the end only two teams really blew it, and one of them was my survivor pick. (Thanks alot, Jacksonville!)
Jacksonville lost to the Cincinnati Bengals. Just when I had said their season had died, the Jaguars stepped in full of pity and lost the game by a two-point conversion. T.J. Houshmandzadeh said they were just playing to look respectable (makes it sting a little more, doesn’t it Jacksonville?), but Ocho Cinco showed up with two TDs and a kiss for his coach. 19-21, Bengals.
(not my best work, but making two straight men kiss is just as hard on photoshop as in real life.)
Next upset: The NY Jets over the Buffalo Bills. Just when people were talking about the playoffs, for the Bills. They fall victim, first last week to the Dolphins, and this week to Brett Fav-ruh and the Jets. Bills and Jets shared almost equal clock time and total yardage, so where did the Bills lose this game...stupid mistakes and three turnovers. 26-17, Bretts over Bills.
The Detroit Lions remain the leagues only winless team, for the same reason. Turnovers! It looks once again like they were finally going to take down their opponent, the Chicago Bears, who were forced to play Sexy Rexy after Kyle Orton was carted off the field, but Detroit blew it,as usual. After being booo’d by his own fans, the only way Grossman was going to pull off this win was if it was against Detroit.
Ohhhh, Cleveland Browns! You chanted, “OVER-RATED!” when the Giants defeated themselves on your turf. Eli Manning threw three interceptions and you laughed...what's funny is the number of interceptions Eli had that game also happens to be your total number of wins, this season...doesn’t seem like so many, anymore, does it? Despite 2 interceptions, the Ravens dominated the running game and the Browns, 37-27.
The Houston Texans have never won 4 straight games, EVER! They aren’t starting now. The Texans were forced to return to Sage Rosenfels after Schaub's knee swelled up. Three turnovers later, the Vikings pulled out a 28-21 victory. As much as I love making fun of the Texan’s “spice boy” the O-line could’ve helped him out, at least a little. You don’t want sporty spice out there trying to make plays without any protection. (You need TD’s not STDs)
The Titans keep their undefeated season in tact with a field goal in OT against the Pack, 16-19. The Packers and Aaron Rodgers out-played the Titans, but were another team to lose the game to stupid mistakes. Two turnovers by Green Bay and none by the Titans, allowed Tennessee to bring home another W.
When speaking of turnovers this week, Mark Bulger comes to mind. He had two interceptions to make 2 of 3 turnovers by the Rams and passed for 186 yards which was no match for old, Mr. Kurt Warner’s 342. Cards at a surprising, 5-3 dominated the Rams, 34-13.
Just when we thought Kansas City would rack up a second win, the Bucs came back to win by 3 in OT, 30-27. It appears as though KC went home at half time. 24 of their 27 points were scored before the 3rd quarter. It takes a hell of a half time talk, to blow a 14 point lead, and lose a game where you opponent had 4 turnovers, but the Chiefs showed us, they can lose under any condition. (Unless of course they are playing Jay Cutler!)
Speaking of Cutler, I know I said I forgave him, but I saw a golden opportunity to send him a little reminder with the Miami Dolphins this weekend and I think he got the message. Cutler appeared to fear the Miami defense carrying my, “don’t f*ck with me!’ message, as he threw 2 interceptions in his first 4 passes and another in the 4th quarter. The Dolphins scored 13 points off those turnovers and to send the message home, Joey Porter called his receivers soft and accused them of moping and crying. I think I even say Cutler crying, as he threw his towel at a ref for calling a very obvious pass interference on the offense or wasn’t it? Remember that, Cutler! You owe me $120K, next time they’ll break your knees!
Yea, I see you, Jay....but you can't see me!
Atlanta’s running and passing game were on target this week. I almost took them in my survivor pool and I am kicking myself now, because the Falcons reminded the Raiders why they aren’t wanted in LA. 24-0, Atlanta.
Someone ate their chunky soup this week, it was a pure passing game for McNabb and the Eagles who dominated the Seahawks, 26-7. It pains me to say good things about the Eagles, so lets move on.
It was a pretty boring game in Indianapolis, as the Colts made only two visits to the red zone and still beat the Patriots, 15-18. Specials teams wins games, but someone should have told New England you can’t rely solely on specials teams for the to be true. Field goals are only worth 3 points.
