NFL Week 6!

[CRASHER]

Six weeks into the NFL season….and for once the trading deadline has MEANT something… some players have moved this year which is rare (I’d like to thank the Browns for making my money league team better…. Trading Harrison to the Eagles makes him Dr. McCoy’s backup, something I was looking to do, and no way was I getting Mike Bell anyway)….and the damn season is already 1/3 over…*sigh*…and at an AWFUL 39-37 this year… yeah play the Kurt Angle theme cause people should yell YOU SUCK at me too…..

Sunday Oct 17:

1pm:

Atlanta at Phily:

So the Mike Vick revenge game won’t have Vick in it… most likely…. Interesting…I’m not fully convinced the Falcons are this OMG OMG NFC Super-Team… beating the Eagles would make them so though….not to mention it would add to the schizophrenic meltdowns in Phily, we won with Vick… now we win with Kolb OMG WHO DO WE FRONT-RUN FOR!!!! I do like the Eagle personnel better I think they match up nicely against the softer Atlanta front…. And hell, the NFC is a big old sh!t stew ANYWAY, might as well root for more chaos right???

Winner: Eagles

Game Quality: ***

Seattle at Chicago:

Let’s see… Cutler’s playing… yeup… Seattle’s on the road…. Yep! This is a no-brainer!

Winner: Bears

Game Quality: * ¾

Browns at Steelers:

Oh man I was licking my chops for this game anyway… Big Ben comes back from his suspension (and isn’t it amazing how Big Ben is ACCUSED of something, and gets 4 games…. Brett Favre gets CAUGHT with his winkie in the cyber-land jar, and “well gee, we’ll look into it Brett” ….ah well I will get more into this later ….)….you get the QB back and an offense RARING to go…a defense that is still PIST from last year and the LOSS to Cleveland when last they played…. And if this isn’t piling it up enough… you’re throwing COLT McCOY to the fracking wolves to get digested like me in a long-distance relationship…. Holy sh!t this is gonna be ugly…. And I’m glad for it… the Steeler D is why I am dominating one of my leagues…..Over/Under on McCoy sacks and turnovers?? I’ll set it at 12!! BRING THE RAIN!!!!

Winner: Steelers

Game Quality: DUD

Lions at NY Giants:

You know… like I said before… watch the Lions win this game… Javid Best isn’t running up to his last name… Calvin Johnson is hurt….Shaun Hill is playing REALLY well (and if I gave a fvck about Pro Bowls I’d be calling for him to go… gee the 49ers could use a guy like… OOPS)….and the Giants look like world beaters again the last two weeks with two big wins in a row…. You know… if it wasn’t the Lions… but wait… maybe….could they…should I…..naaahhhh…. it’s STILL the Lions…*sigh*

Winner: Giants

Game Quality: **

Ravens at Patriots:

This game happened back in the playoffs… I’m still waiting for the Pats to get started in that one (though I did say the Ravens were gonna slaughter them….)…. This time I’m not so sure, it’s a different Pats TEAM this time (yeah that’s a shot at Moss), but I’m not sure it’s enough… especially with that crappy defense, and we know how ray Rice carves up Division I-AA team defenses…. The Ravens have really not gotten it all clicking on offense, though I am fascinated to see how the Pats do with Deion Branch and an old school classic Pats offense…. I don’t think it’s enough this week though…..

Winner: Ravens

Game Quality: *** ¼

Chargers at Rams:

San Diego still hasn’t won on the road have they??? (and Jesus that was that the ugliest game you’ve ever seen not called anti-football last week or WHAT??) And I looked it up, the Chargers are indeed 0-3 on the road… way to build a team oh Lord of No-Rings!! And add to that the Rams are 2-1 at home (I’m happy to see that city screwing other people’s hopes and dreams at least!)….I really have no clue how to make this game out, the Rams are doing more with less talent then anyone in football now… and the Chargers are doing less with more talent then anyone this side of Dallas….I don’t even want to use the “well the Chargers are too good to be 2-4” crap, because that sh!t don’t wash this year…. Alright… I’m going into Yahoo’s Pick ‘Em and changing my pics…. The SCEW JOB LIVES FOREVER!!!!

Winner: Rams

Game Quality: ** ½

Miami at Packers:

It’s funny how a week off to get healthy and a week for the other team to get UN-healthy can change things isn’t it?? Do the Packers have any tight ends left?? A-Rod, is he gonna play, or is it gonna be that Flynn guy… and if any team lives and dies on it’s QB, it’s the Colts, then the Packers….(it’s funny how some teams like the Packers always have a boat load of injuries isn’t it?? That seems to be bad coaching… and the Packers DO have a bad coach too….), I’m just gonna keep this simple… Miami’s healthy and good, the Packers aren’t….that should make this an easy one….

Winner: Miami

Game Quality: *** ½ (they both need this one….)

Saints at Tampa:

Wow, I was just talking about teams that are good but not healthy… Hi Saints!! And boy you know it’s a disaster when you job to Max Moon and the crappy Cardinals (though that hit on the QB scramble was the highlight of the week!), how the hell do you figure out the Saints when Arizona beat their faces in last week?? Add to that Tampa’s D looked pretty good (thanks to help from Carson Palmer there… I’ll get to him in the Jets comments)…I dunno…the Saints answer is Julius Jones?? Time to ask better questions boys…..

Winner: Tampa

Game Quality: *** (I’m betting on a wacky finish here)

Kansas City at Houston:

I seem to say this every year… but I DEFY you to figure out the damn Texicans… look at their wins, and their losses, there’s no logic in there at all…but then again we have the Chiefs here that may have just realized they were in over their heads with that loss to the Colts last week… there should be lots of offense in this one… both teams have good explosive young backs and interesting passing games… but the Texicans are better up front and Matt Schaub >>>>>>> Matt Cassel (but who isn’t??)…. This will be a fun affair with big plays all over…. But I’ll stick with the home cooking……

Winner: Houston

Game Quality: **** (WATCH THIS ONE!!!)

4pm:

NY Jets at Denver:

You know I’m starting to get what I call LCB-syndrome… that it feels like the world really is out to get you, lectures about professionalism at work (when my whole CAREER has been built on NOT being your “typical tech”….and well if the world is out to get me… Rangers/Ducks, Cup Finals…. Jets/Giants Super Bowl… go book ‘em ….with that in mind… one-dimensional offense…. Mediocre defense… and I swear Carson Palmer and Mark Sanchez have pulled a fast one on us ALL and swapped brains this year…. You got a better explanation for how sh!tty Palmer has been?? It’s gotta be some wacky USC-alum thing I swear….anyway, thank God I’ll be torturing myself with the Cowboys and we can stuff all the ignorants at the bar in a bathroom somewhere and use some explosives……

Winner: Jets

Game Quality: ** (this is cruelty to Kyle Orton!)

Oakland at 49ers:

Holy sh!t… gotta love it when I swore off picking EITHER team again this year… this SUCKS man!! Gotta say though it’s a TELLING sign when your coaching staff and players are so out of whack they make the RAIDERS look organized… yeah the Raiders folks….and then you give the oddsmakers some heavy mind-altering drugs and make the 9ers a SEVEN POINT FAVORITE?? HOW??? WHY??? HOLY sh!t!!! This world and universe is a very fracked place right now….I can’t do it but damn I’d love to have those points to hide behind… now watch the 49ers find a way this week, then again the best 49er QB is wearing a Lions jersey….this is a disaster in the making, but damn it will be fun to watch!

Winner: Raiders

Game Quality: ***

Dallas at Vikings:

SWEET ANTI-FOOTBALL!!!! (who knew by Week 6, I’d be declaring the Cowboys as anti-football right???)…. On one hand you have Dallas who has more yards in penalties then in rushing…. A good defense, but an absurd belief that turnovers don’t matter….on the other hand you have the train-wrecked Vikings, and their lil weasel coach, and washed up QB (and let’s be honest… he hurt his arm sending out porno texts to sideline reporters )….add in Randy Moss and that place is a mutiny waiting to happen of the level of the Love boat incident up there years ago!! This has all the makings of EPIC FAIL FOOTBALL at it’s FINEST!!! Oh thank God I can sit there and get drunk and pretend I never saw this…..

Winner: A TIE!!! (NO ONE deserves to win!)

Game Quality: *** (one for each Moss TD)

8pm:

Colts at Redskins:

The Redskins have been a nifty team this year (helps to have a douche coach with a clue as opposed to a nice guy one without one….), they can sorta run the ball now with Torrain, and they’re gonna need to because the way you beat the Colts is with handoffs en masse…. But as nice a story as the Redskins have been… they still have no weapons at WR, the QB is meh… the defense plays tough, but the Colts find ways to beat you when you don’t out 7’s on the board…. And the Redskins don’t do that… it might be close, it might be nail biting… or it might look like the Chiefs did last week against them…. Either way….they ain’t winning….

Winner: Colts

Game Quality: ** (TWO Redskin games in primetime, WTF??)

Monday Oct 18:

Titans at Jaguars:

The Jaguars are on an unthinkable two game winning streak (but then again any team that played Buffalo the week before should have a W in the streak column….), the Titans come in after beating an equally unimpressive opponent… the Huggy-Bear Cowboys… yay…but still I don’t think the Jags are any good fluke win on the Colts and Buffalo beatdown aside….this game isn’t too exciting to watch unless you have some fantasy football issues…. And don’t we all….sh!t I might even pay attention to Monday Night raw this week….

Winner: Titans

Game Quality: ** ½

Week 3 NFL Power Rankings:

AFC:

• Steelers…. Hide your daughters, Big Ben’s back and ticking….
• Ravens….same old defense and Ray Rice treated the Broncos like a I-AA college defense (ok, so they are, so what??)
• Jets…ate up Favre like Rex’s post-game pizza-snack…
• Colts….still poking around, and still dangerous as hell……
• Chiefs…. 16-0?? HA!!! Still clicking…. Defense showed a LOT in losing effort

NFC:

• Atlanta… playing good but almost a “default” team, you name me ANYONE who looks like a world-beater in the NFC
• NY Giants… tells you how bad the NFC is, win 2 in a row and look like a Fracking World-Beater….the NFL is weird….
• Bears…. A win with Phil Collins at the helm is worth two in the bush??
• Redskins… are they good?? NO…does that matter in the NFC?? Not really
• Seattle… being on bye means you played better then 11 teams in the NFC!

[Colorado Rockies 1976]

Fair review on the Pats/Ravens matchup. I'm going to that one, but I fully expect any false hope I might have gotten from the 3-1 start to be completely eradicated by game's end. Flacco & Co. will eat this D alive...Ravens win by at least 14.

Edited October 16, 2010 by Colorado Rockies 1976

[nmigliore]

• Jets…ate up Favre like Rex’s post-game pizza-snack…
  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbCEOD0xbmM&feature=player_embedded

[CRASHER]

You know.... honestly I had NO CLUE he did that

[Jerrydevil]

Terrific win for the Patriots.

[Jerrydevil]

The refs missing offensive pass interference against Andre Johnson late in the Chiefs-Texans game was very unfortunate.

[CRASHER]

Soooo (wow it's quiet in here... Manta humbled, the Bills off.... the Jet chest bumping in its own thread, which I don't mind deal enough with it on Sundays )

What the frack do you do with the Cowboys at this point.... I gave up (openly) after week 2 anyway.... you CAN'T fire Wade NOW.....you'd have to promote from within, and that means you'd promote a guy who's fracked up 1/3 of the team and let him run the WHOLE thing (least they finally figured out, that Felix Jones is GOOD and they need use him more)......

the maddening part about this (and this goes for 49er, Saints, Packer, Viking, Eagle and Falcons too).... the NFC is so goddammed WEAK now, it really is anyone's game.....but what the hell do you do....the team has more yards in penalties then rushing....there's no control or sense of urgency.... I know in the off-season you back the truck up to Cowlher... or even Gruden.... but there's still 11 games to go NOW

[MantaRay]

Soooo (wow it's quiet in here... Manta humbled, the Bills off.... the Jet chest bumping in its own thread, which I don't mind deal enough with it on Sundays )

What the frack do you do with the Cowboys at this point.... I gave up (openly) after week 2 anyway.... you CAN'T fire Wade NOW.....you'd have to promote from within, and that means you'd promote a guy who's fracked up 1/3 of the team and let him run the WHOLE thing (least they finally figured out, that Felix Jones is GOOD and they need use him more)......

the maddening part about this (and this goes for 49er, Saints, Packer, Viking, Eagle and Falcons too).... the NFC is so goddammed WEAK now, it really is anyone's game.....but what the hell do you do....the team has more yards in penalties then rushing....there's no control or sense of urgency.... I know in the off-season you back the truck up to Cowlher... or even Gruden.... but there's still 11 games to go NOW

Humbled my Assets. Pissed is more like it. Genius Belichek may have profited from the bye week, but lets see how the Pat's do moving forward.

I thought the same as CR, that we would win by AT LEAST 14 points.

Didn't see the play calling but we are built to adjust accordingly to any defense based on the talent we have. Don't understand how we could have lost.

[CRASHER]

Humbled my Assets. Pissed is more like it. Genius Belichek may have profited from the bye week, but lets see how the Pat's do moving forward.

I thought the same as CR, that we would win by AT LEAST 14 points.

Didn't see the play calling but we are built to adjust accordingly to any defense based on the talent we have. Don't understand how we could have lost.

for YOU that's pretty humble

[overtime98]

Cowboys should bring in Favre next season. LMAO

[Jerrydevil]

Tom Brady on the Ravens: "They talk a lot for only beating us once in nine years."

[LOTCB]

The refs missing offensive pass interference against Andre Johnson late in the Chiefs-Texans game was very unfortunate.

You are right but that is what Randy Moss has done for years so the precedent was set for star WR's to get away with it....still bad though.

As for the Cowboys: What an absolute mess and right now i see zero reason why the Boys should keep Wade as of right now...even if Jerrah Jones still wants Garrett to be the guy, why not find out right NOW what he is as a HC? Get a sampling...because Cowher will be available in 2011 and Dallas needs to know what they got now...no need to wait.

Buffalo at Baltimore....Manta vs Clown...BRING IT!!! :lol: :lol:

[MantaRay]

Tom Brady on the Ravens: "They talk a lot for only beating us once in nine years."

Did he really say that????

I can't really argue with him though, although we did lose twice on bogus "roughing/touching Brady" calls.

Buffalo at Baltimore....Manta vs Clown...BRING IT!!! :lol: :lol:

Can't wait for that Crasher piece of journalism.

[Jerrydevil]

Did he really say that????

I can't really argue with him though, although we did lose twice on bogus "roughing/touching Brady" calls.

He said it during his Boston radio spot, in response to Terrell Suggs saying Brady "better hope he don't see us again."

[CRASHER]

Wow, you guys are writing trailer teases for me!!

I will play the bills/ravens game I'm on in madden, the results will amuse you

[nmigliore]

Cowboys should bring in Favre next season. LMAO

I don't get it. Is that supposed to be some joke about Romo being bad? Eli Manning's QB rating is actually slightly worse than Romo's this year, and its a bigger gap when you compare them career-wise... just sayin'.

But I guess Super Bowl rings and wins are the be-all-end-all indicator of a good QB.

Edited October 18, 2010 by nmigliore

[Colorado Rockies 1976]

Humbled my Assets. Pissed is more like it. Genius Belichek may have profited from the bye week, but lets see how the Pat's do moving forward.

I thought the same as CR, that we would win by AT LEAST 14 points.

Didn't see the play calling but we are built to adjust accordingly to any defense based on the talent we have. Don't understand how we could have lost.

Pats' D got stronger as the game went on...this was their best effort of the season...the Dolphins and Henne imploded in their loss against the Pats...this was one win the Pats absolutely earned, and I couldn't have been more surprised by this outcome. I fully expected the Ravens to take this one.

The Pats schedule is rough for a while, and I still think this D can be had. Branch was a great pickup for this team at this time...Moss was the right guy in '07, but the Pats dumped a guy who clearly was becoming a problem for a guy who's been rejuvenated coming back.

Did three hours of tailgating and most of the fans I spoke to pretty much felt the same way I did...they thought Moss had run his course in NE.

Edited October 18, 2010 by Colorado Rockies 1976

[MantaRay]

Pats' D got stronger as the game went on...this was their best effort of the season...the Dolphins and Henne imploded in their loss against the Pats...this was one win the Pats absolutely earned, and I couldn't have been more surprised by this outcome. I fully expected the Ravens to take this one.

The Pats schedule is rough for a while, and I still think this D can be had. Branch was a great pickup for this team at this time...Moss was the right guy in '07, but the Pats dumped a guy who clearly was becoming a problem for a guy who's been rejuvenated coming back.

Did three hours of tailgating and most of the fans I spoke to pretty much felt the same way I did...they thought Moss had run his course in NE.

Hey CR,

Were we able to run on you guys? How did Flacco look?

[Colorado Rockies 1976]

Hey CR,

Were we able to run on you guys? How did Flacco look?

The Ravens ran for 99 yards on 34 carries (2.9 avg). The longest Raven run was only for 8 yards. The Pats did a good job here, and stuffed Flacco on 3rd and 1 at midfield on a key potential drive. Though they didn't completely stuff Rice (88 yds on 28 carries), they did a nice job neutralizing him.

Flacco looked very good for the first three quarters (he smartly picked on McCourty, who really is god-awful), but from the 4th quarter on the Pats' D really stepped it up...they really just clamped down. They started getting better pressure on Flacco and it showed.

[Hi, I'm VALUE!]

What the frack do you do with the Cowboys at this point.... I gave up (openly) after week 2 anyway.... you CAN'T fire Wade NOW.....you'd have to promote from within, and that means you'd promote a guy who's fracked up 1/3 of the team and let him run the WHOLE thing (least they finally figured out, that Felix Jones is GOOD and they need use him more)......

the maddening part about this (and this goes for 49er, Saints, Packer, Viking, Eagle and Falcons too).... the NFC is so goddammed WEAK now, it really is anyone's game.....but what the hell do you do....the team has more yards in penalties then rushing....there's no control or sense of urgency.... I know in the off-season you back the truck up to Cowlher... or even Gruden.... but there's still 11 games to go NOW

There is nothing to do. What this team needs is a disciplinarian to beat the snot out of this team. This entire wide receiver core should be running till they die after their second week in a row with a celebration penalty. There isn't one that's respected enough to matter. Short of Jones himself bringing the hammer down on some people no one in the organization can correct the problems this team has in 2010. The only real silver lining is that they really haven't started playing in the division yet...5-1 in the division, plus wins against the Lions and Jags, will make them 8-8 minimum team, which isn't awful considering the start. But the problem is that they match up horridly with the Giants and, to a lesser extent, the Redskins because of their sh!tty o-line play.

I'll be impressed with this team if it ends up in the playoffs, but you're talking a minimum of 8-3 with two vs Giants and two vs. Eagles still to go. Yeah, they won't be a one-loss team...I think they play Detroit, Green Bay, and Jacksonville, which are all winnable games...but this isn't a playoff team unless they magically learn some discipline, cut the penalties in half, and start winning trench battles.

[MantaRay]

The Ravens ran for 99 yards on 34 carries (2.9 avg). The longest Raven run was only for 8 yards. The Pats did a good job here, and stuffed Flacco on 3rd and 1 at midfield on a key potential drive. Though they didn't completely stuff Rice (88 yds on 28 carries), they did a nice job neutralizing him.

Flacco looked very good for the first three quarters (he smartly picked on McCourty, who really is god-awful), but from the 4th quarter on the Pats' D really stepped it up...they really just clamped down. They started getting better pressure on Flacco and it showed.

Thanks! We have to step-up our pass protection if our running game stalls.

[CRASHER]

There is nothing to do. What this team needs is a disciplinarian to beat the snot out of this team. This entire wide receiver core should be running till they die after their second week in a row with a celebration penalty. There isn't one that's respected enough to matter. Short of Jones himself bringing the hammer down on some people no one in the organization can correct the problems this team has in 2010. The only real silver lining is that they really haven't started playing in the division yet...5-1 in the division, plus wins against the Lions and Jags, will make them 8-8 minimum team, which isn't awful considering the start. But the problem is that they match up horridly with the Giants and, to a lesser extent, the Redskins because of their sh!tty o-line play.

I'll be impressed with this team if it ends up in the playoffs, but you're talking a minimum of 8-3 with two vs Giants and two vs. Eagles still to go. Yeah, they won't be a one-loss team...I think they play Detroit, Green Bay, and Jacksonville, which are all winnable games...but this isn't a playoff team unless they magically learn some discipline, cut the penalties in half, and start winning trench battles.

It seems to be a step farther..... Felix Jones was apparently throwing up at halftime, being "tired" from all his work in the first half... how in the BLUE HELL is an NFL athlete IN A DOME (if it's September in Miami I get it).... tired AFTER A HALF???

That too comes back to the "coaches" getting a guy in fracking shape!!!!

I'll be furious if this team pulls a Bills and does just enough to make a run to keep the coaches here.....

it needs to END

[Hi, I'm VALUE!]

It seems to be a step farther..... Felix Jones was apparently throwing up at halftime, being "tired" from all his work in the first half... how in the BLUE HELL is an NFL athlete IN A DOME (if it's September in Miami I get it).... tired AFTER A HALF???

That too comes back to the "coaches" getting a guy in fracking shape!!!!

I'll be furious if this team pulls a Bills and does just enough to make a run to keep the coaches here.....

it needs to END

If he was puking from exhaustion, or if the conditions inside the dome were hot and disgusting, then yes that's disgraceful. The hell do the Cowboys run, Club Med with pads?

[CRASHER]

If he was puking from exhaustion, or if the conditions inside the dome were hot and disgusting, then yes that's disgraceful. The hell do the Cowboys run, Club Med with pads?

Damned if I know anymore.... 1-15 sounds REAL good now... let's go get that QB before Buffalo does

anyway... shifting gears..... hits to the head....I ask you... how does the NFL expect defensive players running at full speed be able to react when a guy slips, drops his head... whatever in an INSTANT, like they are mandating because of the Harrison hit on Massaquoi?? I get the fact that these guys are missiles and it's DANGEROUS... but um hello, isn't this why they make MILLIONS (and I never fault them for it).... they have so many goddamn rules out there now as IS... how the hell do you tackle someone anymore??? Maybe they need a rule like the NHL where you can't leave your feet (unless the guy is in the air too).....defensive players all over are concerned....

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/NFL-players-wondering-what-is-happening-to-their-game-102010

comments???

I'm sure Manta has something to say here

[MantaRay]

Damned if I know anymore.... 1-15 sounds REAL good now... let's go get that QB before Buffalo does

anyway... shifting gears..... hits to the head....I ask you... how does the NFL expect defensive players running at full speed be able to react when a guy slips, drops his head... whatever in an INSTANT, like they are mandating because of the Harrison hit on Massaquoi?? I get the fact that these guys are missiles and it's DANGEROUS... but um hello, isn't this why they make MILLIONS (and I never fault them for it).... they have so many goddamn rules out there now as IS... how the hell do you tackle someone anymore??? Maybe they need a rule like the NHL where you can't leave your feet (unless the guy is in the air too).....defensive players all over are concerned....

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/NFL-players-wondering-what-is-happening-to-their-game-102010

comments???

I'm sure Manta has something to say here

Yes, I am still disappointed we cut Harrison.