Week 7
So many write ups, so little time. I want to start off this week's installment by properly ripping Vinny and the Jets. Vinny, you are horrible. And Herm, what the fuck goes on in that dense cranium of yours? I mean, how is this guy still the head coach? I can't recall anything intelligent every coming out of that moron's mouth. In fact, the only thing he's good at is saying dumb shit in press conferences. Oh here's one:
"I'll tell you right now, I'm going to make some mistakes...I'm not a genius. There are only a couple of coaches in this league that are geniuses, and I'm not one." - Jets Coach Herman Edwards
No shit sherlock. There's only one player on the field that can single handedly give the game away, so why put your team's hope in a doddering neanderthal on Monday Night? Have you heard the new joke? Vinny tried to commit suicide after monday night's game, but he sucks so bad he couldn't even do that. He tried to put the gun to his head but fumbled it and shot himself in the foot. Tits! I don't know how Jet fans can tolerate this. Wasn't it this asshole who blew it for your team in the '98 AFC Championship game? It's not all Vinny's fault, however. Pennington has not played a full season in his entire career. Nice. I thought I hated these guys but now there's no end to the fury. For those of you not in the know...my FF team was playing Atlanta's D last Monday night. I was up by 14 to start the game and the impossible happened. Vinny not only shit the bed but kind of rolled around in it, smearing it on himself. Then he started to eat it, and that's when I turned the TV off. I need a classic Fitzgerald tension breaker...
Here it goes
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHRRRRGGG
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Much better.
The good news this weekend was me going 1-0 and getting back to back write ups! That's right, back to back bitches. My Bears eeked one out over the Ravens, evening their mark at 3-3. Tampa had a by buy bye so I get in on a 1.000000000 winning percentage. Colin and Shawn went 1-1 while Sir Leonard of Herold had to sit and watch Zona shatter his hopes of a split.
What did we learn this weekend?
Lesson #1: Well the Bengals can't beat a team with a winning record. I thought for sure this would be Cinncy's day; I was way wrong. Pittsburgh played the daddy pimp once again and bitch slapped the Bengals on their own turf.
Lesson #2: You don't need positive yardage to score points! Miami had a scoring drive of minus -4 yards.
Lesson #3: Just because you score more points, it doesn't guarantee you a win. At 1-5, Green Bay has outscored it's opponents 144-118????
Lesson #4: LaVar Arrington really needs to be on the field. One week after watching from the sidelines, Arrington had a monster day vs (albeit the lowly) 49ers, leading the team in tackles. He also leads us into our next lesson...
Lesson #5: Don't trade your 2nd string quarterback just two weeks after you demoted him. Arrington clobbered Alex Smith last Sunday and since the all knowing front office traded Tim Rattay to Tampa Bay, the hopes of San Francisco's season lies with Ken "Good College Quarterback doesn't translate to good Pro Quarterback" Dorsey.
And now for the ba ba ba baggage:
Shawn
Buffalo (3-4-0) 17, Oakland (2-4-0) 38
Oakland finally got their heads out of their asses and fed the pig to LaMont Jordan all game long. Jordan had a fantasy dream game with 3 touchdowns and 122 yards. Oakland finally got to whoop dat ass as Buffalo was their first sub-elite opponent of the season. Apparently LaMont had a little chit chat with Norval during the week about his role in the offense or lack thereof. Well nice coaching Norval, I think you should let Moss call the offense next week. Wow and I just read this: Oakland scored more than 20 points for the first time this season. This is what we expected this season from the Raiders. Their small run versus sub standard teams continues this week when they travel to ***BAG MATCHUP*** Tennessee who just suffered an embarrasing loss at Arizona.
San Francisco (1-5-0) 17, Washington (4-2-0) 52
Bitch Slap du jour. Not much of a contest here. I've read stories about Colin's kids tag teaming Shawn's nuts but I didn't expect Colin to get in on the action. Brunell is en fuego! My boy Clinton had a huge breakout day. He had zero touchdowns going in but cartwheeled out with 3. So the skins break their little two game losing streak by thrashing the Niners, BFD. It's hard to applaud when you're going up against a team who threw for 54 yards passing...I don't care how good your defense is. Let's see how they do this week when they go to the Meadowlands. The Giants are hot I tell you.
Randie
Tampa Bay (5-1-0) bye
The Bucs had a successful bye week. They brought in some flash animators from ivillage who taught the players how to make really annoying web movies http://www.buccaneers.com/intro.aspx How can he have a hook on his foot? That's right, the Bucs get to try out their new offense on the Niners this week in the other bay area. Hopefully three years as a backup learning the system will help young Simms and perhaps answer the age old question of what is the proper way to groom a quarterback in the NFL.
Baltimore (2-4-0) 6, Chicago (3-3-0) 10
So was this the defensive battle we all expected or a deplorable performance from two of the leagues worst offenses? I though for sure this was going to be a field goal battle but Orton actually threw a touchdown pass. If Chicago could muster any kind of offense they'd be the killer team in a really weak NFC. Regardless, Chi-town's in a great spot heading to Detroit this weekend. They've already beat the crap out of the Lions this year and this time the winner will take the lead in the NFC Norris division.
Lenny
Tennessee (2-5-0) 10, Arizona (2-4-0)
How much does Lenny hate Arizona? It's bad enough we painted him up like a tranny turning tricks at ASU last year. Last Sunday we watched Arizona do to him what they couldn't do for him all of last year. It was actually a close game until a crazy tip-drill style interception return for a touchdown for 61 yards put the Cards up by 10 early in the 4th quarter. The Titans are feeling pretty awful about themselves right now as this was a game they certainly should have won. Scoring 10 points on 348 net yards is shameful. I guess we'll see how they rebound this week although it's not looking good for them...even at home.
Kansas City (4-2-0) 30, Miami (2-4-0) 20
In the Friday Night Special, all KC had to worry about was shaking off a bit of jet lag. It was the first time a team travelled and played in the same day. It obviously didn't bother them a bit. The Dolphins suffered their third loss in a row as the Chiefs went from the tarmac to the playing field and back to the airport without missing a beat.
Colin
San Francisco (1-5-0) 17, Washington (4-2-0) 52
Dude. I mean, someone in San Francisco must have really pissed off the football gods. No Alex Smith this week vs Tampa. I wonder if it will really make much of a difference?
Detroit (3-3-0) 13, Cleveland (2-4-0) 10
This game sucked. Cleveland plays Houston this week.
The End.
Randie