Nfl Week 3!!!

[CRASHER]

OK, well an 8-8 week was not so good… but who REALLY saw theBengals winning?? CMON!!!! (20-12 on the season ain't so terrible anyway), ehain't got much to say… used it all in my "future endeavors" speech I give alltoo often… get to the games we must!!! (not to mention we have fvcking rookiebartenders to break in this week!)...I should keep tabs on my hazing of poor Megan this week

Sunday Sept 27:

Browns at Ravens:

Has Clevelandturned on Mangini yet?? Or are they just glad Drew Carey's not coaching theteam? Brady Quinn? HA!!! Typical Notre Dame BUST QB (with the exception ofMontana of COURSE)… and then you have a team that is just finding ways to winright now… given Norv Turner helped them greatly!!! But still the play HAD tobe made and it was…If anyone wants to make a case for the Browns here they needto stop using them in Madden '10! Steer clear of this one!!

Prediction: Ravens

Game Quality: *

Redskins at Detroit:

Oh god PLEASE let us get this on a TV Sunday!! PLEASE??? (Idon't give a sh!t about the fvcking Giants AND Jets being on at one becausesome Jews whined… CMONN TV!!) This game could be so awesomely bad we may talkabout it for DECADES ON END!!! The Redskins are a disaster and they could fireZorn if they blow this game… I seem to find this highly likely here… not thatthe Lions are an epic team but they won't lose them ALL again… and they gottawin somewhere… CMON STAFFORD!!!!

Prediction: Lions!!!!!

Game Quality: *** (I love nothing more then two BAD teams going at it!!)

Jaguars at Texans:

Well I've picked the Texicans to win once and they lost,then to lose once and they win… I really can't see how they blow THIS gamethough… Jacksonville just SUCKS, and I really can't make a good case for them …nosir… not no way…maybe with about 8-10 shots in me… but not till then… nosiirrr-eeee, I guess the Texcians are back on track after that Jets fiasco…. Ido feel bad for the Jags, but it doesn't get better this week

Prediction: Texans

Game Quality: **

Atlanta at New England:

The biggest forgotten game of the week here

I think the Pats are in a lot of trouble here... the passing game isoff (some of this is I am sure Tom Brady still even thinking a littleabout his knee and getting hurt again, hey he's human)... some of thisis bad protection... and some of this is the league figures you outwhen you do the same crap over and over again and don't adjust and useyour running game....the defense is spotty at BEST....but the good newsfor the Pats is that the Atlanta pass rush is not as good or gonna bein their face as much as Buffalo and the Jets were and if there everwas a break out week when the Pats were due to look like the Patsagain, this could be it.... on the other hand... Atlanta doesn't makemistakes and they can pound you like the Jets can....and a big part ofme wants to take the Falcons here... I really do....but I can't take itto go against the Patriots in New England ..... yet.... if the Patslose this game though, it's a MAJOR warning sign... this was a typicalmessage game two years ago where they'd stomp a mudhole and walk itdry.... this one's gonna be a nail biter though.....

Prediction: Patroits

Game Quality: *****

People who miss Michael Vick in attendance... ZERO (well wait... theyall might because the place should be filled with Pats fans...hrrrmmm)

Packers at Rams:

Talk about "just what the doctor ordered"… you sh!t the bedwith the Bengals.. and the football Gods throw ya a bone… 2-1 Packers… and playtheir defense this week, I got nothing else on this one… screw the Rams!

Prediction: Packers

Game Quality: *

NY Giants at Tampa:

Wow, another dud beatdown game… all I will say if thisabortion of a football game (and this isn't even a stem-cell one that has someuse to it)… I feel for Tampa they are that "good enough to lose" team… they'llkeep it close for like 3 quarters… but that's about it…..no contest here

Prediction: Giants

Game Quality: **

Titans at NY Jets:

OK, now this pisses me off!!!! Because it's Rush-a-home-ahand the NFL screwed up the Jews go whining and get BOTHNY-geographically-confused-teams to play at ONE O'CLOCK!!?!?!?! fvck me silly,I am NOT putting up with the bar being all Giants and Jets games this Sunday…HELL fvckING NO!!!! (the NFL should have moved the Giants to 4pm, but whatever…and anyone who knows me I don't give a damn about my own religion so I'll bedamned if I respect anyone else's !!)… the Titans are a good, well coached andDESPERATE team right now… and the Jets are on a little house money here,starting out way better then could be expected (though playing the Pats now ismore a blessing then a worry for any team)… the Jets seem to be on the way to3-0, but I can't ignore the DESPERATION factor of Tennessee here… they can NOTgo 0-3, and I think you're going to get their very best game, while the Jetsmay have a touch of letdown and this is the first team that should be able toline up and stuff that Jet running game which is gonna be trouble for them thisyear….and be honest Jet fans you'd take 2-1 at THIS point

Prediction: Titans (but it will be a battle)

Game Quality: ***

Chiefs at Phily:

I didn't see second one of the Chiefs/Raiders game (hoorayfor a$hole fans taking SEVEN TVs last Sunday, unacceptable!!)… but they lostto the Raider… and yes Kevin Kolb sucks (why sign Garcia if you ain't gonnaPLAY HIM??), but even despite the QB the Eagles really have too much here…though Michael Vick is active… time to let the dawgs out!! If he throws 15-20passes he'll suck bad enough to give the Chiefs a chance here… I just don't seeit… too much Westbrook (how about getting him some damn touchdowns too??)… toomuch defense… and the Chiefs ain't at their level yet….

Prediction: Eagles

Game Quality: ** (should be an OK watch but not your focusgame at 1pm)

49ers at Vikings:

This all of a sudden became a BIG game… I love how the 49ersare playing… I wish he coached my team…. Guts… heart and running thefootball!!!! And then there's the Vikings and the Brett Fraud show gets it'sfirst real test… the 49ers will beat you up… pressure you and made things notso easy on the Vikings, I really wish I could see the Niners going into Minnyand winning (I admit openly I wanna see Favre fail miserably)… but home field,and that run defense is gonna be enough to derail the early sleeper team in theNFC this week, but it won't be easy

Prediction: Vikings

Game Quality: *** ¾ (LaflammeI want this and that Redskin/Lions game Sunday at 1!)

4pm:

Saints at Buffalo:

Oh man, I just do enjoy watching the Buffalo FAIL, and whotold who that Fred Jackson would be the starting back?? TOLD YOU!!!!!!! TheBills may try to keep this close since the Saints are "eh" at defense at best,but there's no way in the world the Bills are running with the best offense inthe league (well unless the football Gods drop twenty feet of snow on the fieldstarting NOW)… this should be a fun watch because the Saints are always a funwatch, and the Bills are darned entertaining!!

Prediction: Saints

Game Quality: ***

T.O.e Dropped passes: 5

Bears at Seattle:

Big game for both teams… the Bears looked BRUTAL on the roadin week one, and the Seahawks are looking like Seneca Wallace is gonna be theQB this week… don't get me wrong Seattle believes in the guy and he was ok lastyear until the whole offense was injured, they can still run the ball and theWRs will still get good plays…the question as it's gonna be every week… which JayCutler shows up??? I can see the noise and the crowd bothering Cutler some… andmaybe some of the pressure too.. I'd like to think Seattlehas some attitude this week after being thumped by the Niners, and it's alwayshard to beat Seattle in Seattle….

Prediction: Seattle

Game Quality: ***

Steelers at Bengals:

And damn just when you were saying… hey the 4pm games lookgood… here ya go .. the Bengals had their fluke last week… and the Steelershad their bump in the road (amazing how they can NOT run the ball anymore inPitt)… but it doesn't matter, the Steelers can win this one on defense alone…. Noway the Bengals do it twice in a row kids….

Prediction: Steelers

Game Quality: **

Denverat Raiders:

3-0 and first place Broncos?? The Age of Orton is truly hereafter all!!! Yeah the Raiders beat the Chiefs… with like 40 yards of offensealong the way … I can't even find something to make fun of in this game… I'm sure we'll watch it at 4pmonce all the scum gets the hell out of the bar!!!

Prediction: Denver

Game Quality: **

Miamiat Chargers:

Good Lord how to read this game…. The Chargers are schizophrenicenough to abandon you after dinner then blame you for being pissed off about it…and the Dolphins just seem to be missing something… is it Chad?? I dunno…if Ted Ginn catches a pass on his fingers then none of this matters….you know…kinda like owning up to one's mistake in life (why the hell am I picking aMiami game to make the writing personal… oh yeah… I mentioned mental issues….)I'd love to pick the Chargers here and be done with it, but San Diego never likes to make it easy on themselves…and maybe I am fooling myself with the Dolphins.. kinda like some crazy women….naaahhh..stay the course Scott… stay the course…..

Prediction: Chargers

Game Quality: *** (should be interesting)

820pm:

Indy at Arizona:

Tonight's forecast… OFFENSE!!!! This should be a good ol'fashioned shootout…and when you look at it that way… the Cards are good at home… they have thebetter weapons, and really I am still not impressed with the Colts… they gotDOMINATED by Miami, and squeaked by the Colts… the smoke and mirrors ends thisSunday Night!

Prediction: Cardinals

Game Quality: ***** (the sparks should fly here more thenthe Facebook intervention that happened last Sunday!)

Monday Sept 28:

Carolina at Dallas:

Wow, the league's two most fvcked in the head QBs go head tohead!! OH BOY!!!!! Yes I'm down on the Cowboys again, and it's kinda like theDevils for me…. They can win all these crap games they want now… I NEED to seeRomo PLAY BIG IN THE BIG SPOT (again that goes for the prick in the goalie maskagain too… talk to me in April and May and shove the regular season statcompiling)… Jason Garrett still calls a football game like he has the "MaddenRewind" option… the only good news is Delhomme can go INT for INT with Romo andthis is NOT a big a game… so…..

Prediction: Dallas

Game Quality: *** ¾ (only for those within ear shot of me)

Power Rankings Week One:

NFC:

1. NY Gaints: Why fight it right??

2. Saints: Unstoppable??Possibly….

3. 49ers: Two quality wins already

4. Bears: big win, quality opponent

5. Falcons: Quietly 2-0 in the NFC…..

AFC:

1. NY Jets: (I feel so dirty) two quality wins andnone of the 2-0 teams look better

2. Ravens: That 4^th and 1 stop coulddefine the season…..

3. Pittsburgh:Still better then the other 2-0 teams…..

4. Houston:Back on track???

5. Colts: Still not impressed but they are 2-0……

Edited September 25, 2009 by CRASHER

[UnderDogX]

The only problem I have with the 'Boys analysis is the constant calling of the previous game as a "big" game as a knock on Romo....it never was before but has become one after the loss. Since when is a week 2 game ever a big game? Sure it was at home, sure it was a division opponent and yes IF December rolls around and we lose to the Gnats in the meadowlands and continue our atrocious winter record then revisionist history will rewrite this past week as a "big" game.

but you want a big game?...the Packers game 2 seasons ago...he showed up big in that game and it was for the lead in the NFC. Big game? How about the same season after the bye when the Cowboys faced each of the 3 division teams and won...or his first start at Carolina when our season looked lost? Now you take a look at the really big losses and you've got December for the past how many years? The Cowboys haven't had a winning December since before 2002 so you can't blame that on him. The Baltimore game last season? All looked well till our tissue paper D let the two big runs and in fact it was Romo that lead us back in that game. The Philly game? Please the entire team needed to be taken to the woodshed after that debacle. Now you can move on to the two playoff losses. Seattle slip...yeah so he botched a snap that he shouldn't have been holding. Everyone seems to forget two things, one he didn't have a turnover that game and two is that there was plenty of time left on the clock and our defense was in no way, shape, or form going to be able to hold them since Hasselbeck had shredded our secondary the entire game. And we move to the Giants game which would've been fine had Crayton not dropped the ball and stopped on his route. Sure Romo threw a pick (one turnover for the day) on a last ditch attempt to get the ball in the endzone...that's never happened to any QB unless they were just awful right? And lest we not forget the two minute drill Eli and co. ran before the half to tie it up. But of course since Romo plays D that was probably on him right?

Don't get me wrong, he's proven nothing of importance yet. He's shown flashes of greatness coupled with the boneheaded plays that remind us Ryan Leaf was a QB in the league....and when, thats right, when he proves he can play in the big games I hope that it at least shuts up the pessimistic fans up who will then proceed to move onto something else to complain about....

And trust me, I dig the reviews and how cool it is to throw these pop culture references and pepper the game breakdowns with references to abortion, AIDS, and Hitler...it does make good with the funny but the broken record with Romo is old and tired just about as much as complaining whether Clown is a true NFL fan or not has become. We get it, you don't like the guy but pick a new target....trust me there are many more on this Cowboys team...

.....back to the regularly scheduled program....

[MadDog2020]

Thank you greatly for picking San Diego Crash... you picking the Fins seems to be the kiss of death.

[MantaRay]

It's taken years, but Crasher is seeing the light:

2. Ravens: That 4th and 1 stop coulddefine the season

[CRASHER]

Thank you greatly for picking San Diego Crash... you picking the Fins seems to be the kiss of death.

Oh yeah I killed you guys last year

Did I not say that Chad would make them better then the Jets then???

You people are so what have you done for me lately!!!

[MadDog2020]

Oh yeah I killed you guys last year

Did I not say that Chad would make them better then the Jets then???

You people are so what have you done for me lately!!!

All I know is that whatever you say about the Dolphins lately, the opposite seems to come true. So please- just pick whoever our opponent is every week, until further notice. Thanks. -Fins Nation.

[CRASHER]

It's taken years, but Crasher is seeing the light:

2. Ravens: That 4th and 1 stop coulddefine the season

[MantaRay]

Just don't plan on it Dec 6th... I'm gonna be in Buffalo seeing the Devils, you would be most welcome indeed sir!

Noted with pleasure, sir.

[Colorado Rockies 1976]

What happened to the Pats-Falcons game?

Anyway, if NE loses this game, it could be a tough year. They're going to give up a lot of points this week (the 'D' is looking about how I thought they would: not good), and if Welker doesn't play the Pats could easily lose this one by double digits.

[CRASHER]

Ooooppppsssss!!!

Sorry, I hurried this to get to work, I will add it when I get back home...many apologies!!!!

What happened to the Pats-Falcons game?

Anyway, if NE loses this game, it could be a tough year. They're going to give up a lot of points this week (the 'D' is looking about how I thought they would: not good), and if Welker doesn't play the Pats could easily lose this one by double digits.

[nmigliore]

Crasher, man... that is a MAJOR let down. And to think you were always on top of the ball... tsk tsk.. We should let MantaRay write up these weekly game previews.

Edited September 25, 2009 by nmigliore

[CRASHER]

Atlanta at New England:

The biggest forgotten game of the week here

I think the Pats are in a lot of trouble here... the passing game isoff (some of this is I am sure Tom Brady still even thinking a littleabout his knee and getting hurt again, hey he's human)... some of thisis bad protection... and some of this is the league figures you outwhen you do the same crap over and over again and don't adjust and useyour running game....the defense is spotty at BEST....but the good newsfor the Pats is that the Atlanta pass rush is not as good or gonna bein their face as much as Buffalo and the Jets were and if there everwas a break out week when the Pats were due to look like the Patsagain, this could be it.... on the other hand... Atlanta doesn't makemistakes and they can pound you like the Jets can....and a big part ofme wants to take the Falcons here... I really do....but I can't take itto go against the Patriots in New England ..... yet.... if the Patslose this game though, it's a MAJOR warning sign... this was a typicalmessage game two years ago where they'd stomp a mudhole and walk itdry.... this one's gonna be a nail biter though.....

Prediction: Patroits

Game Quality: *****

People who miss Michael Vick in attendance... ZERO (well wait... theyall might because the place should be filled with Pats fans...hrrrmmm)

[LOTCB]

Some quick thoughts and predictions:

Jets over Titans: Sorry for Jeff Fisher, but his team will come out bloodied up by the juggernaut known as Mark Sanchez and the 'Organized Chaos' of the Jets...

Watch out for Miami and Carolina this week...these will be 2 desperate teams on Sunday, two teams with high expectations for 2009...Chargers and Cowboys, take notice...

The Niners get no respect yet really, but I am looking forward to this game against the Vikings to see what the Niners are really made of. Tell me, who would NOT want to play for a guy like Singletary? I sure would.

UPSET OF THE WEEK:

Call me nuts but I like Buffalo over New Orleans. I still do not trust the Saints defense, and in recent memory, Drew Brees and co have struggled against the Tampa 2, which is precisely what the Bills play. Plus, I can see the Bills scoring in the mid 30's.

Edited September 25, 2009 by LOTCB

[CRASHER]

The Niners get no respect yet really, but I am looking forward to this game against the Vikings to see what the Niners are really made of. Tell me, who would NOT want to play for a guy like Singletary? I sure would.

I think I just gave them plenty of respect there sir

[MantaRay]

The problem with the PATS is NOT their passing game, its there running game or lack there of. All the hype about Brady being rushed and hurried last week is very, very overstated as Moss dogged a deepball, Galloway looked like TO the way he dropped three passes IN HIS HANDS, and no Welker.

Is the O-Line that bad all of a sudden they can't run block??

[NJDevs4978]

What happened to the Pats-Falcons game?

lol I thought I was going crazy, I read it this morning and couldn't remember seeing NE-Atl but didn't have any time to check. I agree it is high time the Pats try and run the ball a little, especially with the 90 running backs they have on the roster but maybe they're still going bombs away to try and get Brady back in a groove.

Officially no Tomlinson again this week fwiw.

[CRASHER]

No McNabb either... probably Hasselbeck too

[devilsrule33]

Panthers-Cowboys! Delhomme-Romo! Start thinking about it!

[CRASHER]

Panthers-Cowboys! Delhomme-Romo! Start thinking about it!

No

i want to enjoy my weekend!!

I'll have it on the little TV when Heroes is on!

[Prucenterrules]

Patriots need to start playing well this week.

[nmigliore]

lets go jets. lendale white is fat and soft (and hes done nothing for my fantasy team thus far).

Edited September 26, 2009 by nmigliore

[Neutral Zone Trap]

lets go jets. lendale white is fat and soft (and hes done nothing for my fantasy team thus far).

I remember him when he was in college at USC. Supposedly a short yardage/goaline guy, like a power runner (but not for distance)

With Kerry Collins ( ex-Giant)at QB for the Titans, the Jets have added incentive to put a beating on the Oilers, oops, I mean Tennessee.

[Neutral Zone Trap]

Patriots need to start playing well this week.

No they don't, they need to fade into oblivion whence they came, then all the frontrunners/bandwagoners will disappear (some from this board too)

Notice how "all of a sudden" a lot of people are "lifelong" Steelers fans I abhor BIRGing "fans"

[MadDog2020]

No they don't, they need to fade into oblivion whence they came, then all the frontrunners/bandwagoners will disappear (some from this board too)

Notice how "all of a sudden" a lot of people are "lifelong" Steelers fans I abhor BIRGing "fans"

This.

[MadDog2020]

lol I thought I was going crazy, I read it this morning and couldn't remember seeing NE-Atl but didn't have any time to check. I agree it is high time the Pats try and run the ball a little, especially with the 90 running backs they have on the roster but maybe they're still going bombs away to try and get Brady back in a groove.

Officially no Tomlinson again this week fwiw.

San Diego is banged up... besides Tomlinson, Nick Hardwick, their center, one of their starting guards, and Jamaal Williams, their starting NT, are all out. Merriman is also limited with a groin injury. I expect to pound the rock down their throats with Williams gone.