A Football Review

Now we are a few weeks into the NFL season and there have been plenty of interesting things that have happened. I don’t like to analyze stuff after the first two weeks, but I think as you get to weeks three and four you can start to see trends and really begin to see who the bad teams are. It is easier to figure out the bad teams and harder to separate the good teams form the mediocre. But anyway, here are some observations:

- Yes Mark Sanchez has played very well but the storyline for the Jets has to be their defense. What Rex Ryan is doing with that D is simply spectacular. I would say under Herm Edwards and Eric Mangini it was hard to figure out what the Jets identity was and I think that’s when coach’s fail. Well under Sexy Rexy it is aggressive, hard hitting defense with bravado. And that is what is leading this team right now.

- Speaking of New York teams, the Giants are a good team with tons of room for improvement, which should probably scare the rest of the NFC. The defense is still banged up, with our best CB not having played a down yet and a running game that has been inconsistent, never mind the fact that we are the worst red zone team in the NFL. All that being said, our QB has been sharp, we are 2-0 in our division, 2-0 on the road and 3-0 overall. Oh yeah, and Steve Smith is fast developing into a big time WR.

- You know who is a really good coach, Andy Reid. He will always have the Eagles in the hunt. He just won a game with Kevin Kolb as his QB, and handily I might add.

- The two most fun Division races to watch this season are going to be the NFC South (Falcons, Saints) and the NFC North (Packers, Bears, Vikings). The Saints are like a video game team on Offense and the Falcons are a very solid team. The Packers are explosive, the Bears are improving and the Vikings are a veteran team with a Hall of Fame QB and the best RB in the game

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- As the famous song Frosty the Snowman goes: There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found…
Well Brad Childress found an old purple hat and he put it on Favres head. There was still some magic in that thing yesterday. On their own 20, 1:29 to go and no timeouts, that’s the stuff legend is made off. The guy is great, still. Now, he may not be able to do it as consistently as he once did but that situation is exactly why they went out and got him. As good as AD is, he wasn’t on the field for most of that drive, but Favre was and he made the winning play.


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- While we are on the subject of GREAT Quarterback’s fucking Peyton Manning is re-god-damn-diculous!!!!!!! He should have to play with one arm tied behind his back or something. Nobody wins a Super Bowl on their own, so Peyton needs his defense to help, but if he wins another title or two he will go down as the greatest to ever play the position. Superlatives and statistics barely do him justice, just watch him play.


- The AFC South is so bad the Colts could have the Division wrapped up by Halloween.


- Here are the teams with little or no talent: Raiders, Chiefs, Rams, Buccaneers, Redskins and Browns. All those teams are jus awful, bad, terrible awful. The first coaching casualty of the season could be Jim Zorn of the Redskins.


- Congrats to the Detroit Lions. They aren’t all that bad, especially on offense, they do have some weapons. I like Matt Stafford in college and I think he is going to make a solid pro QB.


- The Bungles may be a little better than I gave them credit for, but I still struggle to wrap my mind around that concept because they are the Bungles.


- The QB in my opinion who is fast moving up the chart toward elite is Joe Flacco. That boy can play!