Lovey Dovey is a bitch...

Maybe we could just make a blanket statement: "every opposing coach is a bitch." And next week, "the bye week is a bitch."

There are a couple games I really want to see this week. I'd love to see the Bills end the Pats streak and repeat the 31-0 blowout they had last year. I hope the Packers get knocked off by the Giants in another high scoring game. Indy/Jax, Jets/Miami Atlanta/Carolina could all make for some good games. This would be a good week to have NFL Sunday ticket.

Potential for a number of upsets this week, IMO. 14 games with 10 home teams listed as underdogs. Dolphins, Bears, Browns, Bills, Texans, Jaguars, Cardinals, Buccaneers, Chargers and 49ers are all at home at underdogs according to the oddsmakers. In the age of parity, you gotta figure a number of these home dogs will win outright.

Big shouts to the homeboy MDPHL for venturing to Chico to watch the iggs and da bear....

As with tradition, face paint pictures to come eek! eek! eek! :cool:

Boy, these Jacksonville Jaguars are for real! They've just come from behind in the 4th quarter to tie Manning and company 17-17.

Dear Cyd,

How did that Chicago pick work out for you?

Do some better research. My mom can do better.

With Love,

The City of Brotherly Love

Dear PCC,

HAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA

Joe Gibbs sucks ass, you guys suck ass.

PF

During the halftime report on CBS's coverage of the Jets-Dolphins game (oh those were my teams as a little boy) I saw the most curious NFL commercial where a coach and a player are participants in "The Newlywed Game" and are rather enjoying playing a married couple. What's going on here?

There have been a couple of those commercials. Very odd. I think they're for the NFL network.

From Cyd's Fag Five: Yeah. It means you suck so far.

If it weren't for the penalties the Eagles kept taking they'd have won by 28 or more. Yeesh. If the pre-bye letdown still results in a 10-point win, though, I'll take it.

Read Brent's piece on the funny and incredibly homoerotic ESPN segment on centers and QBs.

Brent's recap is delicious. I wish I had seen that, very funny. I think we can even applaud
ESPN and the players for doing this sort of work because in the long run it helps the cause of breaking stereotype.

Well, one team scored 31 points, but it wasn't the Bills.

Of course, the Pats didn't end up sending a key defensive player to the Bills 4-5 days before this game either, so they had that going for them, which was nice .

Whoo-hoo Patriots! Let's make it 19 next week!

Well a few of those home dogs I talked about did pull off the upset. Texans, Cardinals, Chargers and Browns all won outright. Granted the Brownies were playing the Redskins (who are actually playing like a Brownies troop), so count that as half. And the Jags and Bills had the Colts and Pats scared for a bit.

I hate this effin' NFL TV contract. Here in NY, they are required to cut away from a game if the Jets or Giants are about to start. So after spending much of the afternoon watching the Bills stay neck and neck with the Pats, CBS announces that because of contarctual obligations, blah, blah, blah, we will now join the start of the Jets-Dolphins AFTER THESE MESSAGES!!! Are you f**king kidding me! It's bad enough that they're going to cut away from this still-in-doubt game so we can muddle throught he opening series of the other game, but we have to sit through commercials first! Ugh!

My fantasy team kicked ass this week, well unless Tony Gonzalez can score 45 points for my opponent. Of course I was aided by my opponent's genius GM skills by having Michael Pittman start over Tiki Barber. Makes Terry Donohue look like the Guru of GMs! I won't tell you who that opponent is, but some hints.

1. He's originally from LA but moved to NYC almost a year ago.

2. He's one of the co-founders/owners of Outsports. Thankfully he does a better job running Outsports than his Fantasy Football team. Though now I am beginning to wonder if the other guy isn't the brains behind the operation and this guy is the eye candy.

3. His team plays more like a bunch of Charisse's rather than Luckman's. wink

[ October 04, 2004, 10:33 AM: Message edited by: George_vikingfan ]

It was great to see the Tampa Bay fans cheer John Lynch as he left the field yesterday. He looked like there were tears as he went into the tunnel....

Yes it was! Actually it was kind of funny, as they introduced all the other Denver players at the beginning of the game, as normal there were light boos, then when they introduced Lynch the applause was even alot more than I expected. There were even a few times he made a tackle and was cheered.

Well I'm pleased as punch that my Bolts are 2-2 after beating the (McNair less) Titans 38-17, despite only having the ball 22 minutes. Of course the rest of the season will be adventure. Aside from LT (now the career Charger rushing leader) and Antonio Gates, you never know who of the offensive skill players will show up any given week.

One positive, in comparison to the last 2 years is that the OL hasn't been already decimated, if Oben, Goff, Fonoti, Hardwick, and Olivea stay intact, and the offense (FIFTH in the NFL in PPG) as a whole keeps improving 7-8 wins might not be out of reach.

And next week San Diego is beaking out the powder blues for Jacksonville's visit.

Other league notes: Ed Donatell has the widest smile in Atlanta these days. While his former team (Green Bay) is at 1-3 after giving up 400 yards to the Giants, Donatell has the Falcons flying high at 4-0 with a play-making defense.

Something funny happened on the way to 3-13 for the Giants. With virtual disaster looming for them, while the other 3 teams in the division made what seemed to be upgrades, New York has let out a cry of "don't forget about us". Kurt Warner's re-found his accuracy, Tiki Barber's leading the league in rushing, and the defense is finding it's bite. Win in Dallas on Sunday, and the words "playoffs" may not be met with laughter.

Aside from the Giants and Chargers, Arizona is also making themselves a tough out. The Cards could just as easily be sitting at 3-1 right now. To keep progressing a win Sunday in San Fran is a must. To become winners you gotta learn how to win the games you should.

[ October 04, 2004, 03:16 PM: Message edited by: DeepRivers ]

Would the Giants have won if Favre played the entire game yesterday? I tend to doubt it. And their schedule is potentially rough. 8 of their remaining 12 games are against teams that currently have winning records. I don't think the Giants can keep it up.

So is he back yet? We need a report pronto! wink