Tennessee Titans, eat your heart out.
Following a crazy Sunday of football, each week we will recap all of the games, with the usually less than expert analysis. Recap is after the jump.
Green Bay 31, San Diego 24
Brett Favre threw for 369 yards and 3 TD’s helping the Packers go to 3-0 for the first time since Brett Favre was good. He also tied the career TD mark set by some sloutch named Dan Marino, and had a chance to break the record late in the fourth quarter, but the Pack ran it in, knowing if the runner was stopped the clock would continue running. This evokes memories of last season, when the same Chargers that were on the field against GB were playing against KC. Already up big, they ran up the score simply to get LDT his single season record. Note to Marty Schotenhimer, Cam Cameron, and LDT….the truely great players are not only good athletes, they are also classy people. Does anybody else think that the Chargers are better than their 1-2 record?
New Jersey (AFC) 31, Miami 28
Ronnie Brown’s breakout preformance was impressive (and about time), but it wasn’t enough to hold back Chad Pennington and the high flying Jets. It also helps when your back-up running back returns a kick 98 yards for a TD, but whos counting anyways? Miami has decided that it would go bizzaro this season, and its defence would be terrible instead of its offence. Then again, it doesn’t help when Zach Thomas has a concussion and Jason Taylor is chasing Peyton Manning though hotel hallways.
Philadelphia 56, Detroit 21
Kevin Curtis is the alpha, and Fernando Bryant is the Omega. Which means that the alpha is good for 221 yards and 3 tds, while the Omega is good for special teams duty next week. Donovan Mcnabb shut up critics and annoying fans for at least one week, putting up his best numbers since before his freak injury last season. Chunky Soap lovers rejoiced, as Mcnabb did look noticably more mobile and accurate with the absence of that bulky knee brace he has been wearing. This just in, Detroit still be lucky to win 5 games….nothing has really changed since the preseason.
Pittsburg 37, San Francisco 16
Pittsburg’s defence was the story of the game, holding stud Frank Gore to 39 yards, and getting a pick-6 off of Alex Smith. Add an Allen Rossum 98 yard kick return TD, and you’ve got an old school Steeler beat down. For all of the hell Rex Grossman has taken this season, would Bears fans really want Alex Smith instead? Smith looked lost yet again, and one would wonder how long the SF faithful will tolerate his subpar play.
New England 38, Buffalo 7
Nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills. Unfortunately wagon laps don’t translate into football wins, as New England does what it always does…scores 38 points, gets Randy Moss the damn ball, and shuts down the other team. Bright spot for Bills fans, Trent Edwards looks like the real deal, and the injury to Losman might be the Bledsoe/Brady injury Buffalo has been waiting for.
Tampa Bay 24, St Louis 3
Marc Bulger decided that he would do his best David Carr impression this season, and continued his pinball duties at QB. Tampa’s defence, angry that the rest of the league uses their name when running the cover-2 now, held St Louis to only 3-12 on third down, and picked of Bulger 3 times.
Baltimore 26, Arizona 23
Kurt Warner replaced an ineffective Matt Lienart, and played like his wife was going to beat him up again if he sucked. To little too late however, as a late Matt Stover figgie won the game for the Ravens. Hey everybody! Hows that preseason Super Bowl sleeper pick working out for you?!?!
Indianapolis 30, Houston 24
Typical Indy…Peyton, Addai, Clark, Wayne, Harrison, Wayne… Houston had to go to Running Back By Commitee after Ahman Green got hurt on the first play of the game, luckily they have 26 running backs on the roster, so it all works out.
Kansas City 13, Minnesota 10
Kelly Holcomb and the Vikings, Damon Huard and the Chiefs….THE NFL ON CBS!!! Phil Simms is beating his head againt the wall seeing that…
Oakland 26, Cleveland 24
Your typical two retards in a pillow fight. 2005 Lamont Jordan is nice to see. 2003 Jamal Lewis was nowhere to be found this week.
Jacksonville 23, Denver 14
Too much is being said already about how Jack Del Rio finally got the offence going. He ran the ball 47 times because Champ Bailey, Dre Bly, and John Lynch play for the other team. I want to know why the hell he even passed 14 times??? Mojo with another disappointing game…he is quickly falling into the “Just Friends Zone” with fantasy owners….they used to love him, but now - lets just be friends, Ok?
Seattle 24, Cincinnati 21
You mean Seattle didn’t put up 70?? I totally expected a Tecmo Bowl game to break out. (Visions of the Tecmo Bowl coin toss…and Hasselbeck grunting in a NES voice that he wants the ball and he’s going to score) Attempted to place a call to field reporters at the stadium….evidently Quest Field IS that damned loud. Those fans are who we thought they were, and we need to crown their asses loudest fans in the league by FAR.
New Jersey (NFC) 24, Washington 17
Washington was dissapointing, the Giants were inconsistant…. haven’t we been saying this for about 8 years?!? Although, who had the dog winning outright on the road here? (not that anybody gambles outside of Vegas)
Carolina 27, Atlanta 20
Looks like due to injury we will be having a QB change next week. Oh and Delhomme got hurt too. David Carr played well replacing Jake Delhomme, and due to a freak brain injury to Joey Harrington, we may see Byron Leftwich sooner than later. (disclaimer: brain injury occured 6 years ago) Deshaun Foster was the star here, picking up 122 and a TD.
Dallas 34, Chicago 10
Rex Grossman DID look as bad as his critics say he is last night, and even Lovie Smith can’t ignore his play much longer. Rexy was sacked 3 times and picked off thrice, one of those for the game clinching pick-6. Terrel Owens was an absolute beast against a good, but depleted, Chicago defence, catching 8 balls for 145 yards. Chicago was in the Super Bowl last year. Remember.
