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Ladies and Gentleman please gather 'round. Week 5 has gone by and even though the games are done, there is plenty to talk about and boy oh boy do we have a treat for you! Here to regale you with his brilliant take on the week's NFL action is the one, the only, Steeljake!!!
Hey, not to bad new guy, a bit over the top, but I like it...
Thanks everyone and welcome to the GBU for week 5. Every team has played at least 4 games now and we can sort of see who is done for and who still has a shot to be around come late January. Two more teams got off the snide this week, oddly enough when Carolina beat the Redskins they became the second team to end a losing streak against them, and the Browns won the battle for who could suck less, but only barely. The Phins took a step in the right direction as well, while the Chiefs, Rams and Bucs all kept their path true. We are down to 4 undefeated teams; the Saints were idle this week, the Giants and Vikings might as well have been and the Broncos squeaked one out against the Pats. The 'defeated' teams are down to just 3, but the Chiefs will have a shot as they get to play the Skins next.
The coaching carousel looks to be heating up with Jim Zorn leading the dead man's pool, followed closely by Tom Cable, Jack Del Rio and Dick Jauron. With Shannahan and Holmgren out there it could mean an early exit for more than one coach this season.
This was a strange week on many levels as the Bengals lead the AFC North, the Pats lost to Denver and the Cardinals won a game with a defensive stand. We have plenty of meat to get to, so let's set the table and get ready to eat!!!
- The Cincinnati Cardiac Cats (4-1)
I am well aware that the Panthers previously held this moniker, but with the Bengals having to win their last two games on a final drive in regulation or overtime I think they have earned it. Granted the Ravens did themselves no favors with 30 plus yards of penalties on the final drive, but a win is a win. Palmer again scrambled for a first down with the game on the line and then hit Andre Caldwell for the game winning TD. With first place in the AFC North theirs alone the Bengals look to have killed the Bungles.... for now.
- The Carolina Panthers (1-3)
Yah!!!!!!! You got a win... finally. It only took until week 5 and a game against the Redskins, wow. By the way, the Bengals stole your nickname. Have a nice day.
- The New York Football Giants (5-0)
Out of the 5 wins the G-men have, only one is against a team with a winning record and that team has only beaten teams that are winless. You know what all that means? Absolutely nothing. A great man, who was once the coach of this team, once said you are what your record says you are. In this case it means this team is one of the top 3 teams in the NFC and 2 games clear in the win column in their division. They face the Saints next in what will be a good measure of what they can actually do, but for now, they are 5-0.
- The Philadelphia Eagles (3-1)
Here is yet another team whose wins have all come against sub .500 teams, but their lone loss came against a team that is currently undefeated, though that game was played without their starting QB. Andy Reid, his mustache and the Green Machine carry a top 3 defense and a top 10 offense and with the Raiders and Skins up next they stand a good chance to get to 5-1 before they face the Blue Crew. Winning will keep the looming quarter back controversy quiet for now, but if this team should start to skid even in the slightest, look out McNasty.
- The Dallas Cowboys (3-2)
They almost did me proud and lost to the Chiefs, but thanks to some miscues by KC and Miles Austin going into beast mode (10 grabs for 250 yards and two TD's, including the game winner in OT) and making fantasy owners who didn't start him commit suicide, the Cowboys continued to be the school house bully. All three of their wins have come against teams that were winless at the time, but like I said before you are what you record says you are and this team is a half game behind the Iggles for 2nd in the NFC East. They carry this win into the bye week and waiting for them on the other side is the Falcons, who are not winless. This team is not as talented on paper in years past, but Romo is looking good enough with his second 300 plus yard game this year. Oddly enough, in both of his over 300 yard games, he has thrown zero int's, though the games were against the Bucs and Chiefs.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2)
After two straight losses dropped them to under .500, a few games against not so great teams is just what the doctor ordered. The Lions put up a good fight but the pass rush finally showed up and even though Calvin Johnson went out with an injury and it was C-pep they were chasing, a win is a win and 3 straight sacks to kill a potential game winning drive is what it is. The Steelers get the Browns next and with Polamalu returning maybe things can get back to a contender level before the Vikings come to town.
- The Minnesota Jared Allen's (5-0)
Nope, I sure didn't call them the Favre's or Peterson's this week. With two fumbles, one returned for a 52 yard touch down, and the way he basically hounded Kyle Boller all day Jared Allen gets the tag this week. The Vikings take their spotless record back home to face the Ravens next week and that will be a game of the week no doubt. Favre did throw a pick, but he also threw a td and walked away with 101.4 rating bringing his season numbers to 103 of 149 for 10,69 yards with 9 td's and just 2 int's. Not bad for a 40 year old that Green Bay wanted to step aside.
- Andre Johnson, beastly wide out on the Houston Texans
I don’t normally put teams that lose, or their players for that matter, in the good, but this play was just flat out nasty...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3VMXNXCHSs"]YouTube - Andre Johnson Vs Cardinals week 5[/ame]
The title of the video should have been 'How not to put a hit on a wide out, by Gerald Hayes."
- The Arizona Cardinals... Defense? (2-2)
OK, if I told you a game that the Cards were in came down to a goal line stand and one team stuffed the other on 4th and goal to win the game how many of you would actually believe that Arizona was the team that did the stuffing? Well, everyone except the homers should answer that anyway. With this win the Red Birds find themselves one game behind the 9ers for first, but San Francisco hasn't had their bye yet. Warner put up his 50th career 300 yard game and is the fastest QB to accomplish that feat. The Cards are still just who we all thought they were though; they rank 31st in rushing and 32nd against the pass and call even less running plays than the Patriots. Up next for Arizona is a rematch of the divisional round last year as they welcome the Panthers to the desert for a chance to improve on their pass defense.
- The Denver Broncos (5-0)
I, along with about 90% of the people who made pre-season predictions, have to find a good recipe for crow. I blasted this team and coach McDaniels for the way they handled the Culter situation and for whet I perceived as them ignoring their needs on defense. I have been wrong before, and while it is only week 5, I will say that I may not have ever been this far off in my time of being self important as far as the NFL goes. The defense ranks number 2 overall (5th against the pass and 6th versus the run) and is allowing just 8.6 points a game. They came from behind against the Patriots to win in overtime and previously disgruntled wide out Brandon Marshall is playing out of his mind and just crushing people. Kyle Orton has just one pick, and that was on a Hail Mary and was grabbed by Randy Moss, and is playing like an actual quarter back (the talking heads on ESPN compared him to a young Brady but I am not ready for that yet). Josh Mcdaniels may have over done the celebration, but they are 5-0 and you are what your record says you are.
- The Seattle Seahawks (2-3)
Maybe it was the return of Hasselbeck. Maybe it was the defense actually showing up. Maybe it was the Jags benching their top wide out. Maybe it was that Jacksonville just really sucks. Or maybe it was full back Owen Shmidt splitting his skull open in pre game intro's and scaring the daylights out of the Jacksonville players. Whatever it was, the end resutl was a beat down for the Jags and the second win of the year for an injury laden Seahawks team. How do you think Shmidt's 37 stitches will be worded on the injury report this week?
- The Indianapolis Peyton Manning's (5-0)
Why do I continue to call this team the Peyton’s you ask? Well, it is very simple actually. Mr. Manning is averaging 329 yards, 2.4 touchdowns and .8 int's (that point 8, as in eight-tenths) a game, which puts him on pace for 5,264 yards, 38 td's and 13 int's. To put this in perspective, his wide receivers corps, besides perennial all stars Dallas Clark and Reggie Wayne, include a former head waiter at Shula's and a rookie named after a dog, who spent two years after college getting doors slammed in his face before being drafted. The game plan is simple in Indianapolis; let Peyton put up big numbers and force the other team to keep up. No one in the NFL can survive a shoot out with Peyton and the Colts know this. Number 18 is such a beast behind center that not one but two of the Titans db's broke their own arms just to get out of the game. The Colts have a bye this week but waiting for them on the other side is the Rams. Can anyone say 6-0?
- The Miami Dolphins (2-3)
The Dolphins lost one Chad and are now winning with the other Chad, but it doesn’t matter who the QB is when you have Ronnie Brown and wildcat to count on. Against what was supposed to be a tough Jets defense the Phins ran the wildcat 16 times for 110 yards, including the game winning score. Chad Henne showed us that a quarter back not named Marino could throw it farther than 15 yards downfield in a Dolphins uniform and maybe now Tedd Ginn won't have to slow down to catch bombs. They are still one game below .500, but 2 in a row is just one game way from a streak and heading into the bye with a win is always better than a loss and having 2 weeks to stew over why you suck.
And now for a musical interlude...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4QQHyL-Wg"]YouTube - AC/DC For Those About To Rock - Moscow[/ame]
... And now back to our regularly scheduled tom-foolery.
- The Baltimore Ravens (3-2)
Last week it was fair to say that bad calls cost this team a win in New England, this week no one is too blame except for the undisciplined players on the defensive side of the ball. Ray Lewis, who claims to be all about the team, took a cheap shot at Ochocinco and helped to keep what turned out to be the game winning drive alive. The offense is clicking in Baltimore, but the defense looks to be slipping a bit. They gave up 24 to the Chiefs in week 1, then the pass D let Phillip Rivers pass for 400 yards. 26th against the pass is not what anyone would have expected out of this squad, maybe they miss Rex more than I thought. Whatever the reason, they need to get themselves under control quickly with the Vikings up next and the Broncos waiting for them on the other side of their week 7 bye.
- The Kansas City Chiefs (0-5)
The only reason this team stays out of the Ugly is how close they came to beating Dallas. Poor tackling cost them the game, but it is a step in the right direction that they were indeed in it at the end. While there are no moral victories in pro sports, this is as close as you can get.
- The San Fransico 49ers (3-2)
In terms of addicts and alcoholics, this is what is known as a relapse. Mental errors and horrid execution lead to a blow out loss to a good team that the 9ers should have been able to at least hang with. Singletary called time outs to make his team keep playing and as long as they are above .500 that will work, but if this team gets on a losing streaks the cry babies will come out in force. i am still on the band wagon though, especially since Singletary made Dre Bly apologize for being an idiot.
- The New England Patriots (3-2)
Bill said McDaniels was smarter than he was, and it looks like he was right, sort of. Tom Brady doing his best J-Russ impression didn't help any neither did a defense that allowed 90 and 98 yard drives in the fourth quarter. The Patriots trill cannot run the ball and for the first time since I can remember they failed to make half time adjustments when the other team did. The saddest part of all was watching Bellicheat look for McDaniels to shake his hand only to see him imitating Tiger Woods instead.
- The New York Jets (3-2)
All that talk from Rex lead his team to a 3-0 start, but it may have also lead them to a 2 game skid. It looks like this team started to read their own press clippings and forgot they had to work to be good. Ryan says he was embarrassed and he was the one to blame in press conference, this is coach speak for: "This team will practice harder than they ever have and if they ever play like this again I will start cutting people, and then I will release them too." The Bills are up next and if you think the Jets will look past them then you just don't know what a Ryan can do. I expect a bloody battle next week and we may even hear about a few bounties.
Now it's time to get to what we all want, the verbal brow beating of teams that we all know suck! Ladies and gentleman I give you the Ugly!!!
- The Browns @ The Bills; 6-3?!?!
I was not so unfortunate as to have to watch this game, thankfully, but I have seen the very short highlight clip. I know the Browns won, but Derek Anderson's stat line made me look twice. He had just 2 completions, which is only one more than the amount of interceptions he threw, on 17 passes and amassed a whopping 23 yards. Maybe there is hope for Russell after all. This game was beyond bad and the Bills should refund the tickets of everyone who actually went to this travis-sham-ockery of a game.
- The Washington Redskins (2-3)
This team is so bad that ownership has hired and offensive consultant to 'help' their head coach, who wasn't even notified of his hiring. 2 of their three losses came against team previous unable to get a win and nothing about any aspect of this team looks like a pro team. It would seem that the trading of draft picks to get washed up veterans has finally caught up to the Skins and unfortunately for Jim Zorn, it will cost him his job. The only question is how much longer he will have to wait to collect unemployment.
- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-5)
This team needs to just go ahead and go back to the crème-sicle uniforms that they originally had if they are going to suck this bad. I wonder what the odds are that two teams can go 0-16 in the same year...
- The St. Louis Rams (0-5)
This team is so bad that Rush Limbaugh looks like he could be their only hope. Steve Spagnuolo didn't think this team was that bad when he was hired in the off-season, but I am sure he knows it now. What was once the greatest show on turf has been reduced to a team that cannot even average a single touch down per game (6.8 is what they are at right now) and the defense is allowing just under 30. I know they say when you're at the bottom there is no where to go but up, but the sad truth is this might not be the bottom.
- The Tennessee Titans (0-5)
I think maybe I was wrong when I said this team wouldn’t miss Haynesworth, although the pass D is what is really letting them down. Last year this team had a top 5 defense and this year the pass D is 31st. Teams are forcing them into shoot outs and Collins inaccuracy is catching up to him. The cries for V.Y. are getting louder every day, but i seriously doubt he could do any better. This team won't go 0-16, at leats I don't think so anyway, but they will definitely have a top 5 draft pick.
- The Jacksonville Jaguars (2-3)
This team has no idea who they are and after they saw what Owen Shmidt was willing to do to himself they all got scared. Jack is done after this year and with waning attendance this team could be calling L.A. home next season. The get to play the Rams next, but they better hope they don't see blood before the kickoff again or it could be a long day.
That’s all I have time for this week. All comments Good, Bad and Ugly are welcome and can be sent here. You can also sign up for an email copy to be sent to you the moment that the GBU is published. As always, please remember that this is only my opinion and that and $147.89 will get you groceries from Wal-Mart that will last you one week. Look for the Game(s) of the Week feature which comes out on Thursday's and tune in next week when we will hear Mike Singletary say:
"Bye week? No, we will be playing a scrimmage this Sunday, days off are for winners."
Hey, not to bad new guy, a bit over the top, but I like it...
Thanks everyone and welcome to the GBU for week 5. Every team has played at least 4 games now and we can sort of see who is done for and who still has a shot to be around come late January. Two more teams got off the snide this week, oddly enough when Carolina beat the Redskins they became the second team to end a losing streak against them, and the Browns won the battle for who could suck less, but only barely. The Phins took a step in the right direction as well, while the Chiefs, Rams and Bucs all kept their path true. We are down to 4 undefeated teams; the Saints were idle this week, the Giants and Vikings might as well have been and the Broncos squeaked one out against the Pats. The 'defeated' teams are down to just 3, but the Chiefs will have a shot as they get to play the Skins next.
The coaching carousel looks to be heating up with Jim Zorn leading the dead man's pool, followed closely by Tom Cable, Jack Del Rio and Dick Jauron. With Shannahan and Holmgren out there it could mean an early exit for more than one coach this season.
This was a strange week on many levels as the Bengals lead the AFC North, the Pats lost to Denver and the Cardinals won a game with a defensive stand. We have plenty of meat to get to, so let's set the table and get ready to eat!!!
The Good
- The Cincinnati Cardiac Cats (4-1)
I am well aware that the Panthers previously held this moniker, but with the Bengals having to win their last two games on a final drive in regulation or overtime I think they have earned it. Granted the Ravens did themselves no favors with 30 plus yards of penalties on the final drive, but a win is a win. Palmer again scrambled for a first down with the game on the line and then hit Andre Caldwell for the game winning TD. With first place in the AFC North theirs alone the Bengals look to have killed the Bungles.... for now.
- The Carolina Panthers (1-3)
Yah!!!!!!! You got a win... finally. It only took until week 5 and a game against the Redskins, wow. By the way, the Bengals stole your nickname. Have a nice day.
- The New York Football Giants (5-0)
Out of the 5 wins the G-men have, only one is against a team with a winning record and that team has only beaten teams that are winless. You know what all that means? Absolutely nothing. A great man, who was once the coach of this team, once said you are what your record says you are. In this case it means this team is one of the top 3 teams in the NFC and 2 games clear in the win column in their division. They face the Saints next in what will be a good measure of what they can actually do, but for now, they are 5-0.
- The Philadelphia Eagles (3-1)
Here is yet another team whose wins have all come against sub .500 teams, but their lone loss came against a team that is currently undefeated, though that game was played without their starting QB. Andy Reid, his mustache and the Green Machine carry a top 3 defense and a top 10 offense and with the Raiders and Skins up next they stand a good chance to get to 5-1 before they face the Blue Crew. Winning will keep the looming quarter back controversy quiet for now, but if this team should start to skid even in the slightest, look out McNasty.
- The Dallas Cowboys (3-2)
They almost did me proud and lost to the Chiefs, but thanks to some miscues by KC and Miles Austin going into beast mode (10 grabs for 250 yards and two TD's, including the game winner in OT) and making fantasy owners who didn't start him commit suicide, the Cowboys continued to be the school house bully. All three of their wins have come against teams that were winless at the time, but like I said before you are what you record says you are and this team is a half game behind the Iggles for 2nd in the NFC East. They carry this win into the bye week and waiting for them on the other side is the Falcons, who are not winless. This team is not as talented on paper in years past, but Romo is looking good enough with his second 300 plus yard game this year. Oddly enough, in both of his over 300 yard games, he has thrown zero int's, though the games were against the Bucs and Chiefs.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2)
After two straight losses dropped them to under .500, a few games against not so great teams is just what the doctor ordered. The Lions put up a good fight but the pass rush finally showed up and even though Calvin Johnson went out with an injury and it was C-pep they were chasing, a win is a win and 3 straight sacks to kill a potential game winning drive is what it is. The Steelers get the Browns next and with Polamalu returning maybe things can get back to a contender level before the Vikings come to town.
- The Minnesota Jared Allen's (5-0)
Nope, I sure didn't call them the Favre's or Peterson's this week. With two fumbles, one returned for a 52 yard touch down, and the way he basically hounded Kyle Boller all day Jared Allen gets the tag this week. The Vikings take their spotless record back home to face the Ravens next week and that will be a game of the week no doubt. Favre did throw a pick, but he also threw a td and walked away with 101.4 rating bringing his season numbers to 103 of 149 for 10,69 yards with 9 td's and just 2 int's. Not bad for a 40 year old that Green Bay wanted to step aside.
- Andre Johnson, beastly wide out on the Houston Texans
I don’t normally put teams that lose, or their players for that matter, in the good, but this play was just flat out nasty...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3VMXNXCHSs"]YouTube - Andre Johnson Vs Cardinals week 5[/ame]
The title of the video should have been 'How not to put a hit on a wide out, by Gerald Hayes."
- The Arizona Cardinals... Defense? (2-2)
OK, if I told you a game that the Cards were in came down to a goal line stand and one team stuffed the other on 4th and goal to win the game how many of you would actually believe that Arizona was the team that did the stuffing? Well, everyone except the homers should answer that anyway. With this win the Red Birds find themselves one game behind the 9ers for first, but San Francisco hasn't had their bye yet. Warner put up his 50th career 300 yard game and is the fastest QB to accomplish that feat. The Cards are still just who we all thought they were though; they rank 31st in rushing and 32nd against the pass and call even less running plays than the Patriots. Up next for Arizona is a rematch of the divisional round last year as they welcome the Panthers to the desert for a chance to improve on their pass defense.
- The Denver Broncos (5-0)
I, along with about 90% of the people who made pre-season predictions, have to find a good recipe for crow. I blasted this team and coach McDaniels for the way they handled the Culter situation and for whet I perceived as them ignoring their needs on defense. I have been wrong before, and while it is only week 5, I will say that I may not have ever been this far off in my time of being self important as far as the NFL goes. The defense ranks number 2 overall (5th against the pass and 6th versus the run) and is allowing just 8.6 points a game. They came from behind against the Patriots to win in overtime and previously disgruntled wide out Brandon Marshall is playing out of his mind and just crushing people. Kyle Orton has just one pick, and that was on a Hail Mary and was grabbed by Randy Moss, and is playing like an actual quarter back (the talking heads on ESPN compared him to a young Brady but I am not ready for that yet). Josh Mcdaniels may have over done the celebration, but they are 5-0 and you are what your record says you are.
- The Seattle Seahawks (2-3)
Maybe it was the return of Hasselbeck. Maybe it was the defense actually showing up. Maybe it was the Jags benching their top wide out. Maybe it was that Jacksonville just really sucks. Or maybe it was full back Owen Shmidt splitting his skull open in pre game intro's and scaring the daylights out of the Jacksonville players. Whatever it was, the end resutl was a beat down for the Jags and the second win of the year for an injury laden Seahawks team. How do you think Shmidt's 37 stitches will be worded on the injury report this week?
- The Indianapolis Peyton Manning's (5-0)
Why do I continue to call this team the Peyton’s you ask? Well, it is very simple actually. Mr. Manning is averaging 329 yards, 2.4 touchdowns and .8 int's (that point 8, as in eight-tenths) a game, which puts him on pace for 5,264 yards, 38 td's and 13 int's. To put this in perspective, his wide receivers corps, besides perennial all stars Dallas Clark and Reggie Wayne, include a former head waiter at Shula's and a rookie named after a dog, who spent two years after college getting doors slammed in his face before being drafted. The game plan is simple in Indianapolis; let Peyton put up big numbers and force the other team to keep up. No one in the NFL can survive a shoot out with Peyton and the Colts know this. Number 18 is such a beast behind center that not one but two of the Titans db's broke their own arms just to get out of the game. The Colts have a bye this week but waiting for them on the other side is the Rams. Can anyone say 6-0?
- The Miami Dolphins (2-3)
The Dolphins lost one Chad and are now winning with the other Chad, but it doesn’t matter who the QB is when you have Ronnie Brown and wildcat to count on. Against what was supposed to be a tough Jets defense the Phins ran the wildcat 16 times for 110 yards, including the game winning score. Chad Henne showed us that a quarter back not named Marino could throw it farther than 15 yards downfield in a Dolphins uniform and maybe now Tedd Ginn won't have to slow down to catch bombs. They are still one game below .500, but 2 in a row is just one game way from a streak and heading into the bye with a win is always better than a loss and having 2 weeks to stew over why you suck.
And now for a musical interlude...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4QQHyL-Wg"]YouTube - AC/DC For Those About To Rock - Moscow[/ame]
... And now back to our regularly scheduled tom-foolery.
The Bad
- The Baltimore Ravens (3-2)
Last week it was fair to say that bad calls cost this team a win in New England, this week no one is too blame except for the undisciplined players on the defensive side of the ball. Ray Lewis, who claims to be all about the team, took a cheap shot at Ochocinco and helped to keep what turned out to be the game winning drive alive. The offense is clicking in Baltimore, but the defense looks to be slipping a bit. They gave up 24 to the Chiefs in week 1, then the pass D let Phillip Rivers pass for 400 yards. 26th against the pass is not what anyone would have expected out of this squad, maybe they miss Rex more than I thought. Whatever the reason, they need to get themselves under control quickly with the Vikings up next and the Broncos waiting for them on the other side of their week 7 bye.
- The Kansas City Chiefs (0-5)
The only reason this team stays out of the Ugly is how close they came to beating Dallas. Poor tackling cost them the game, but it is a step in the right direction that they were indeed in it at the end. While there are no moral victories in pro sports, this is as close as you can get.
- The San Fransico 49ers (3-2)
In terms of addicts and alcoholics, this is what is known as a relapse. Mental errors and horrid execution lead to a blow out loss to a good team that the 9ers should have been able to at least hang with. Singletary called time outs to make his team keep playing and as long as they are above .500 that will work, but if this team gets on a losing streaks the cry babies will come out in force. i am still on the band wagon though, especially since Singletary made Dre Bly apologize for being an idiot.
- The New England Patriots (3-2)
Bill said McDaniels was smarter than he was, and it looks like he was right, sort of. Tom Brady doing his best J-Russ impression didn't help any neither did a defense that allowed 90 and 98 yard drives in the fourth quarter. The Patriots trill cannot run the ball and for the first time since I can remember they failed to make half time adjustments when the other team did. The saddest part of all was watching Bellicheat look for McDaniels to shake his hand only to see him imitating Tiger Woods instead.
- The New York Jets (3-2)
All that talk from Rex lead his team to a 3-0 start, but it may have also lead them to a 2 game skid. It looks like this team started to read their own press clippings and forgot they had to work to be good. Ryan says he was embarrassed and he was the one to blame in press conference, this is coach speak for: "This team will practice harder than they ever have and if they ever play like this again I will start cutting people, and then I will release them too." The Bills are up next and if you think the Jets will look past them then you just don't know what a Ryan can do. I expect a bloody battle next week and we may even hear about a few bounties.
Now it's time to get to what we all want, the verbal brow beating of teams that we all know suck! Ladies and gentleman I give you the Ugly!!!
The Ugly
- The Browns @ The Bills; 6-3?!?!
I was not so unfortunate as to have to watch this game, thankfully, but I have seen the very short highlight clip. I know the Browns won, but Derek Anderson's stat line made me look twice. He had just 2 completions, which is only one more than the amount of interceptions he threw, on 17 passes and amassed a whopping 23 yards. Maybe there is hope for Russell after all. This game was beyond bad and the Bills should refund the tickets of everyone who actually went to this travis-sham-ockery of a game.
- The Washington Redskins (2-3)
This team is so bad that ownership has hired and offensive consultant to 'help' their head coach, who wasn't even notified of his hiring. 2 of their three losses came against team previous unable to get a win and nothing about any aspect of this team looks like a pro team. It would seem that the trading of draft picks to get washed up veterans has finally caught up to the Skins and unfortunately for Jim Zorn, it will cost him his job. The only question is how much longer he will have to wait to collect unemployment.
- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-5)
This team needs to just go ahead and go back to the crème-sicle uniforms that they originally had if they are going to suck this bad. I wonder what the odds are that two teams can go 0-16 in the same year...
- The St. Louis Rams (0-5)
This team is so bad that Rush Limbaugh looks like he could be their only hope. Steve Spagnuolo didn't think this team was that bad when he was hired in the off-season, but I am sure he knows it now. What was once the greatest show on turf has been reduced to a team that cannot even average a single touch down per game (6.8 is what they are at right now) and the defense is allowing just under 30. I know they say when you're at the bottom there is no where to go but up, but the sad truth is this might not be the bottom.
- The Tennessee Titans (0-5)
I think maybe I was wrong when I said this team wouldn’t miss Haynesworth, although the pass D is what is really letting them down. Last year this team had a top 5 defense and this year the pass D is 31st. Teams are forcing them into shoot outs and Collins inaccuracy is catching up to him. The cries for V.Y. are getting louder every day, but i seriously doubt he could do any better. This team won't go 0-16, at leats I don't think so anyway, but they will definitely have a top 5 draft pick.
- The Jacksonville Jaguars (2-3)
This team has no idea who they are and after they saw what Owen Shmidt was willing to do to himself they all got scared. Jack is done after this year and with waning attendance this team could be calling L.A. home next season. The get to play the Rams next, but they better hope they don't see blood before the kickoff again or it could be a long day.
That’s all I have time for this week. All comments Good, Bad and Ugly are welcome and can be sent here. You can also sign up for an email copy to be sent to you the moment that the GBU is published. As always, please remember that this is only my opinion and that and $147.89 will get you groceries from Wal-Mart that will last you one week. Look for the Game(s) of the Week feature which comes out on Thursday's and tune in next week when we will hear Mike Singletary say:
"Bye week? No, we will be playing a scrimmage this Sunday, days off are for winners."
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