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SD @ BUF -- I'm liking the probable return of Trent Edwards and hating the Chargers rush D: BILLS
NO @ CAR -- Panthers couldn't run on Tampa, but will be able to on New Orleans. Still, SAINTS
MIN @ CHI -- This shit's a toss-up. BEARS at home.
PIT @ CIN -- No Carson, no credibility. STEELERS
TEN @ KC -- Maybe just cause I want it to happen, but TITANS stay undefeated.
BAL @ MIA -- That smart defense wasn't so smart last week. DOLPHINS
SF @ NYG -- Eli's going to pout all week, and then come out and kick ass. GIANTS
DAL @ STL -- Last week was an abberation. Brad Johnson can probably beat St. Louis all by himself. COWBOYS
DET @ HOU -- Houston finally got a W. This will be their second. TEXANS
IND @ GB -- Guessing here. PACKERS
NYJ @ OAK -- Brett will have fun this week. JETS
CLE @ WAS -- Cleveland will continue to impress. BROWNS
SEA @ TB -- Seattle? Puh-lease. BUCS
DEN @ NE -- The best part of this game will be tight shots on Shanahan and Belichick. BRONCOS

SD @ BUF -- Last week I picked New England knowing that the Chargers would win if I picked against them, so Buffalo.
NO @ CAR -- Saints
MIN @ CHI -- Chicago
PIT @ CIN -- Cincy
TEN @ KC -- Tennnnn
BAL @ MIA -- Miamee
SF @ NYG -- Gints
DAL @ STL -- Cows
DET @ HOU -- Texasans
IND @ GB -- Indy
NYJ @ OAK -- Oakland
CLE @ WAS -- Warshington
SEA @ TB -- Pirates
DEN @ NE -- New England at home

SD @ BUF -- SD. Sorry bros.
NO @ CAR -- STS
MIN @ CHI -- CHI
PIT @ CIN -- PITTSBURGH
TEN @ KC -- Ten
BAL @ MIA -- MIA
SF @ NYG -- GIGANTESS
DAL @ STL -- RAMS CONTROVERSY
DET @ HOU -- TAXENS
IND @ GB -- INDY
NYJ @ OAK -- OAK Unconvincingly
CLE @ WAS -- WAS
SEA @ TB -- This is an awful game
DEN @ NE -- Denvor

SD @ BUF -- Bills
NO @ CAR -- Saints. Never convinced by the Panthers.
MIN @ CHI -- Vikes
PIT @ CIN -- Steelers
TEN @ KC -- Titans
BAL @ MIA -- Fins
SF @ NYG -- Jints
DAL @ STL -- 'Boys
DET @ HOU -- Texicans
IND @ GB -- Pack
NYJ @ OAK -- Raiders
CLE @ WAS -- Browns. That was a win to build off of.
SEA @ TB -- Bucs
DEN @ NE -- Broncos, unless Pats hire a new secondary by today.

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Jim Zorn produced another of those priceless visual moments that have become standard at his weekly news conferences. The Washington Redskins coach lifted his shoulders and began strutting in place - maybe a hint of a Michael Jackson moonwalk? - to emphasize his point. "I don't think we saw ourselves as an elite team, strutting ourselves, walking in and saying 'We are so awesome,'" Zorn said.

SD @ BUF -- Chargers
NO @ CAR -- Panthers
MIN @ CHI -- Bears Bears Bears
PIT @ CIN -- Steelers
TEN @ KC -- Titans
BAL @ MIA -- Baltimore
SF @ NYG -- Giants
DAL @ STL -- Cowboys
DET @ HOU -- Houston
IND @ GB -- Indy
NYJ @ OAK -- OAKLAND
CLE @ WAS -- Skins
SEA @ TB -- Bucs
DEN @ NE -- New England (really)

lol strutting ourselves

if denver beats the patriots will the sky officially have fallen?

What the hell was the Miami loss? A sunshower?

WHY I AM NOT DREADING SUNDAY: i think if Denver had played NE before the Bolts showed how easy it is to toss the ball over the their secondary then they would have won big just like SD did, but no way Bill lets that happen twice in a row. also, NE will probably be able to control the ball vs Broncos D much like they did vs the niners.

guys, how lovable is Jim Zorn? he is the complete inverse of jhoh harbls.

broncos really own the hell out of the pats in recent years, would be a scary game even if brady was playing imo

yeah i finally saw a jim zorn press conference and i want to give him a hug

really.

maybe it's just zorn's "thing," but he seems so earnest and to really love what he does. of course, he's only worked for dan snyder a short amount of time...

admittedly, it's a far cry from gibbs's bulldurhamisms to hip hip hooray.

Wow, Kitna going on IR if they can't trade him.
Lions are looking to spiral.

this was entertaining to read about Mr. ZORN

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/10/jim_zorns_worthless_tricks.html

also ZORN is kind of like KHAN so if you are ever unhappy with him (like, this weekend) you get to go ZOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRNNNN!!!

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/zorntwirl.jpg

can this pose be made into some kind of trophy

with the Kitna thing and the rumor about Jerry Jones' interest in Roy Williams, there is a very exciting possibility that the Lions could been even worse than they already are very soon.

also in this week's hearty LOLs something no one could have forseen

wow

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3642621

so, besides no romo, no felix jones and no (the safety) roy williams (still, right?); cowboys are now w/o starting corners and their defensive coordinator doesn't seem to have things figured out.

...oh, yeah and their punter's hurt and sam hurd's hurt.

how bad does this get? do they have to whup the rams to show they're not losing it or just merely win.

Marvin Lewis, RIP

SD @ BUF -- san diego (sorry horseshoe)
NO @ CAR -- panthers
MIN @ CHI -- oh god. i mean it's in chicago so i guess chicago but this game, bleeeeccch
PIT @ CIN -- the bengals are going to go 0-16
TEN @ KC -- titans.
BAL @ MIA -- baltimore
SF @ NYG -- haha giants, sorry sf that you are going to get the brunt of them being all bitchy and annoyed about their failgame
DAL @ STL -- hahahahahaa you know i have to go with dallas but last week was most certainly not an abhorration or whatever. and you guys know it. the rams are terrible though.
DET @ HOU -- DETROIT RAN OUT OF THEIR OWN END ZONE. houston
IND @ GB -- indy, why not
NYJ @ OAK -- ugh!!! christ on a bike fuck this game
CLE @ WAS -- washington.
SEA @ TB -- bucs
DEN @ NE -- denver, probably. i dont' care.

Yeah, the abberation I referred to was a St. Louis win. Not the Dallas loss (that's becoming the norm).

i sort of want to write WHO FUCKING KNOWS for all of these but that would be tiresome, so i will just pick who i want to win for each:

SD @ BUF -- Buffalo buffalo buffalo
NO @ CAR -- Saints
MIN @ CHI -- Vikings
PIT @ CIN -- Steelers
TEN @ KC -- Chiefs, because of Herm
BAL @ MIA -- it is very hard for me to want either of these teams to win. it is a condundrum! Ravens, bc of Dan Marino
SF @ NYG -- Giants
DAL @ STL -- Rams
DET @ HOU -- haha Detroit
IND @ GB -- Colts
NYJ @ OAK -- Raiders
CLE @ WAS -- Browns, but i like both of these teams now. CHANGE YOUR NAME, DC TEAM!
SEA @ TB -- Bucs
DEN @ NE -- i hate both of these teams, but pats are afc east, so Broncos

that was sort of liberating. also i think it's what i do every week.

Did I miss the post where you explained why you hate Dan Marino? Because I thought that dude was unhateable.

Buffalo Bills fans that are older than, i dunno, 18? hate the Dolphins. it used to be a huge rivalry. i hate Dan Marino because he was such a fucking good quarterback and he played for the Dolphins. also, Jim Kelly never got any respect. i don't know, there is no reason to this kind of hatred.

i did feel bad for Marino when Boomer Esiason mocked him on CBS that one time.

i am also embarrassed about some incidents where Miami fans who traveled to Buffalo for Bills-Dolphins games got fucked up by degenerate Buffalonians when i was a little girl. but i still hate the dolphins.

I do know that Jim Kelly got respect from Eddie Van Halen. They were golf buddies.

that is information that i did not know, but that is completely unsurprising 2 me

also dan marino is a dude that schlepped for isotoner gloves and nutrasystem and was in a terribly dumb motion picture AND is the color of an oompa loompa, he is completely hateable. i mean half of y'all hate peyton manning for less than that.

tho yeah the boomer mocking him -- where the hell did he get off making fun of marino anyway? did he forget that he is boomer esiason?

HEY GUYS WANT SOME POT ROAST!!!

^^^ my dan marino impression

the dan marino nutrasystem ad makes me uncomfortable. actually, to the extent that i can separate him from the Dolphins, he makes me unfcomfortable in general. he seems uncomfortable.

he kinda looks like david hasselhoff, which i'm not sure if i like about him or not. i could go either way, depending on my mood.

I don't know if it's just a FL thing, but Marino does Courtesy Auto commercials down here (which is kind like a Carmax knockoff). They use the music from Ghostbusters and at the end of the commercial, the announcer guy says, "Tell 'em, Dan Marino." And then Marino talks about low prices and easy credit.

in ny there are ads right now for some local chevy dealer and at the end jeff gordon shows up and says "tell 'em jeff gordon sent ya" and it's like what the fuck. why?

apparently, some women find him attractive, which is mystifying to me. one time when i got in an argument with my friend about carson palmer + whether i should have a crush on him (wtf?) he called over the bartender who was female and she had no opinion on palmer but that dan marino is hot which threw both of us for a loop.

but she said that dan marino is hot, i mean

this is the best "nfl players schilling for a car dealership" ad ever made:

"Hey, Jeff Gordon sent me!"
"Okay, but we're still going to charge you the same price."

OMG I LOVE THAT

god i hate it when i go to football and my friends get into arguments with me about who i should find attractive. it's usually MALE FRIENDS who are doing this too which is like just be gay already! shut up and stop bothering me about whether or not you think jake delhomme looks like wilson from house (WHICH HE TOTALLY DOES FYI)

Deal for Roy Williams looks like it's going to go down. Dallas in GFIN mode.

there is a whole series of eastern motors commercials, all featuring redskins and ray lewis. and often a person called "chief zee" which was an old black dude wearing a v racist native american costume. i was wondering a bit ago: is your job still your credit at eastern motors in these difficult times, or are they regretting such a dumbass policy yet. who knows!

omg ally blowing my mind with delhomme=wilson. i will have to ponder that.

yeah, it was a dude who was trying to convince me about palmer. and it was because i think peyton is cuet which he could not abide. i think the lesson of that interaction is that attraction is subjective and watching football is a little gay.

jeff gordon loves NYC

their song is so good though (xpost this is about eastern motors)

srsly. That backing track is hot.

basically jeff gordon is hated by NASCAR fans because he has a residence in Manhattan

my parents had a friend who sold cars for John Elway's dealership in Denver and said it was miserable.

He has to be able to sub for Regis on short notice, people! xp

the whole nyc strawman seems to pop up mostly in nascar and salsa ads

haha pace commercials. NEW YORK CITY?

Yesterday I purchased a bag of Tim McGraw-branded jalapeno Fritos.

i just love the idea that nyc isn't just full of hispanics. i mean honestly guys.

http://www.spyshops.com/catalog/ArizonaIcedTeaDiversionSafe.jpg
^^made in new york

why can i not make polls. this is so fucking lame.

wait, up: new york strawman?

i actually am made a little uncomfortable by the nfl ad where they have the clip of the cowboy-cowboy fans making fun of the "new york" giants fans.

does anyone know what i'm talking about and not squirm a little at the characterization of new yorkers?

I think that's just an homage to City Slickers.

schef did you see the new easterns ads i posted on the rolling favorite player thread? they are even better

http://easternmotors.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-commercial.html

That's Cooley in the back seat, right? LOLASS

marino gets kidnapped in ace ventura WHILE DOING AN ISOTONERS COMMERCIAL

was in a terribly dumb motion picture

suggest ban. ace ventura is a klassic comedy

so, is marino the first in a long line of big time, soulless, douche quarterbacks? in a sense, the first modern qb?

Namath was the blueprint. Maybe Marino is the first consumer model.

nah, but i mean, even if namath was a jerkweed, he had a personality...y'know?

btw, re: easterns ad

cooley AND campbell in the backseat

i remember one pace ad where they were all like "new york city??!!" and then the implication was that they were gonna lynch the new york salsa dude.

The Cowboys will give up a first-round pick in 2009, plus a third- and sixth-rounder that year for Williams and a seventh-round pick in '09.

am i going crazy here or did the Lions just do something right?

it's gonna be funny when they pick a wr with that first round pick though

lol

i remember one pace ad where they were all like "new york city??!!" and then the implication was that they were gonna lynch the new york salsa dude.

― omar little, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 4:23 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Must've been the guy at the end saying "Get a rope!" that made that implication.

I'm sure they were just going to instruct him on how to wrangle a calf.

Obviously, a man not versed in the ways of picante sauce would be somewhat ignorant in the methods of bovine imprisonment.

Let's also not forget that Dan Marino never, EVER, made a mental error or threw a bad pass in his entire career. How you could tell this is because every time a ball went where a receiver was not Dan would point with the finger and his face would say: furious anger.

He was an amazing quarterback and douche.

Whereas every time Jim Kelly walked off the field after a failed 3rd down conversion he would pull off his chinstrap and look down and shake his head as if to say "I have let down my team and my coach and my fans but I will carry this burden and have steely resolve and convert the next one because my teammates and the people of Buffalo deserve it."

/bills fan over 18

i just love the idea that nyc isn't just full of hispanics. i mean honestly guys.

http://vwt.d2g.com:8081/WestSideStory.jpg

yes, thank you, rogermexico, you put that much better than i did. some of these wounds run deep!

i too was deeply wounded by the unnecessary hostilities between the jets and the sharks

lol

Holy shit @ these eastern motors ads.

Being someone that grew up watching football in the 80s, I think Dan Marino was the best of that bunch. He didn't play on as good a clubs as Montana and he didn't have the athletic mojo like Elway, who was about impossible to sack as he could move around the pocket and make a play, but Marino could throw about the best deep ball ever. The dude could hit 40 yard spiral passes like a laser and got rid of the ball so quick. I went and saw the Colts (pre Peyton) play in person a few times oddly enough seemingly always the Dolphins and they would always get up on Miami only to have Marino beat them on the last minute or so.

My favorite local NFL add is that for the past couple of years Colt center Jeff Saturday has the 'Saturday' special, which is actually on Sundays at Penn Station subs. Those are the types of dudes who really need to get a couple of extra bucks.

hey guys i have a new nickname, it is 'Skinny'

Cowboys trade for Roy Williams is official. Can't wait to see how many points Houston is giving.

After the trade, Williams talked as if he had found a new mentor in Owens, whom he made clear was "the No. 1 guy."

"I've never had an older wide receiver to show me the way," Williams said.

...

The 26-year-old Williams said it was tough to leave Detroit but said he was ready "to see what the playoffs feel like." Detroit was 21-48 since Williams arrived as a rookie and never made the postseason.

If they can get along, they could be scary.

The shaolin and the wu-tang together...

Brad Johnson's got WEAPONS!

Unfortunately, there is no evidence that "the man who invented the checkdown" will be able to use them!

quite. beyond the fact that brad johnson doesn't exactly have what i'd call "a good arm," he's not such a mobile fellow, either.

Former MVP Shaun Alexander signs with Redskins
JOSEPH WHITE, Oct 14, 2008
Former league MVP Shaun Alexander signed with the Washington Redskins on Tuesday, part of a flurry of roster activity in which the team ditched its punter, shuffled its safeties and displayed coach Jim Zorn's strong ties to his Seattle Seahawks roots

i am cautiously optimistic that a well-rested shaun alexander could be effective for 8-12 carries a game.

Don't know if Shaun will play this Sunday, but anytime an all-pro running back (former or current) gets to play against the Browns run defense I start to get worried.

i look forward to shaun's eastern motors ad

The Eastern Motors jingle plays on the radio a lot in the DC market, in its first few years people would actually call and request it.

personal favorite w/ Lavar Arrington & Biz Markie

TONY ROMO CHOOSES TO PLAY

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80b9f6b6

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/tony_womo_out_three_to_four_weeks

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/2_3_miami_dolphins_enjoying

SD @ BUF -- i'm feeling the chargers on this though i think the bills could sneak a win
NO @ CAR -- saints will win this easily
MIN @ CHI -- chicago
PIT @ CIN -- lmbo, of course it's pitt
TEN @ KC -- tits
BAL @ MIA -- dolphins
SF @ NYG -- giants
DAL @ STL -- 'boys
DET @ HOU -- hous
IND @ GB -- indy
NYJ @ OAK -- brett
CLE @ WAS -- close one but i think cleveland might pull it off
SEA @ TB -- SEA
DEN @ NE -- shanahan is gonna pull some mojo on belichick again. DEN

SD @ BUF San Diego, call it a hunch
NO @ CAR Panthers. Saints haven't played well 2 weeks in a row this season and are 0-2 on the road
MIN @ CHI probabaly Chicago. they at least haven't been beating themselves.
PIT @ CIN without a full game from a fit Palmer Benglas have nothing in this game
TEN @ KC Nashville steamroller carries on for one more week
BAL @ MIA i think Miami might outfox Ravens on O and D
SF @ NYG NYG bounce back strongly. potential for lots of sacks.
DAL @ STL Cowboys win but remain looking creaky as STL makes a go of it
DET @ HOU Williams trade is basically an admission that this season is over. i think this team goes winless, you know.
IND @ GB i think Dungy worked out a gameplan to get them moving on O again last week and they will be a force again now
NYJ @ OAK Jets will make bunch of mistakes but not be punished
CLE @ WAS smart money says Browns crash back to earth. i hope not tho.
SEA @ TB Hawks lookin shabby
DEN @ NE i think NE controls this like the SF game and wins it close

SD @ BUF -- SD--overrated bills
NO @ CAR -- SAINTS clicking.
MIN @ CHI -- MUSTACHE
PIT @ CIN -- PIT
TEN @ KC -- TEN -- every state in Dixie needs a football team
BAL @ MIA -- fish
SF @ NYG -- NYG
DAL @ STL -- Rams 30-28
DET @ HOU -- DET
IND @ GB -- Big IND win.
NYJ @ OAK -- JETS
CLE @ WAS -- Native Americans...sorry browns
SEA @ TB -- Bucs
DEN @ NE -- Pats

SD @ BUF -- BILLS. Curse of the west coast teams coming to the east to play a one o'clock game.
NO @ CAR -- CAr
MIN @ CHI -- Chicago
PIT @ CIN -- Cincinnati
TEN @ KC -- Thumbtacks
BAL @ MIA -- Blatimore
SF @ NYG -- Hapless Giants rebound after devastating loss
DAL @ STL -- Dallas
DET @ HOU -- Houston
IND @ GB -- GreenBay
NYJ @ OAK -- Oakland played kinda tough in the beginning but are now like the Giants, a beaten fallen franchise
CLE @ WAS -- If you are picking Washington you have Dorito breath.
SEA @ TB -- tampa
DEN @ NE -- patriots

Mark Kotsay is no Brian Dawkins:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/images/10/17/mj_redsox.jpg

Oakland played kinda tough in the beginning but are now like the Giants, a beaten fallen franchise

I roffled a little in my mouth

It's all true!

SD @ BUF -- Bills
NO @ CAR -- Saints, but that's 114% homerism talking.
MIN @ CHI -- Bearz
PIT @ CIN -- The Pitts
TEN @ KC -- zaftig naked ladies
BAL @ MIA -- Fins
SF @ NYG -- Giants
DAL @ STL -- cowboys are going to take a lot of pent up stuff out on these guys
DET @ HOU -- Houstons
IND @ GB -- Chargers
NYJ @ OAK -- jay ee tee ess jets jets jets jets
CLE @ WAS -- I guess I have Dorito breath
SEA @ TB -- bucs
DEN @ NE -- sure, I'll go along with the crowd, why not, Broncs by 7

SD @ BUF -- Interesting match up, but I still don't know enough about the Bills to pick them to win. I'll go the more known quantity with the Chargers.
NO @ CAR -- This could be a good game, but I think the Panthers have a more complete club.
MIN @ CHI -- The Bears are going to be pissed and I feel they could roll the Vikings.
PIT @ CIN -- The Bengals are a mess, the fans are revolting and their QB is broken. The Steelers will have it done by half time. Pretty sad.
TEN @ KC -- KC has got some issues other than just sucking. I don't think the Titans will get rattled by the noise and will just pound KC into the turf as they just play to win the game.
BAL @ MIA -- I tell you, B-more got burned on some deeep balls but the turnovers seem to be what sunk them. Miami is improved but I see this as pretty even as they got to run not throw through the Ravens D. It's a strech but I will go Ravens.
SF @ NYG -- Giants will bounce back, but I could see it being somewhat close.
DAL @ STL -- Brad Johnson is old as dirt, but maybe having him around will get the Cowboys back to just running the ball a bit more. They got plenty of tools. I can't see the Rams winning this one, but I hope they do as I always kind of liked Jim Haslett who got burned in so many games where they lost only in the way the Saints can lose games. My favorite being that one where the dude tossed the helmet on the last play of the game with a penalty being called and the other team got a second chance at the field goal...what a total Saints way to grasp defeat out of the jaws of victory.
DET @ HOU -- Houston has some decent players and might be a bit better than their record. Detroit is on the road, which means they are not going to win squat, so Texans it is.
IND @ GB -- I think the thing on the Colts offense last week is that Manning, Wayne and Harrison actually connected on the deep bombs. They have been throwing them up this year, but they have not been getting the completions. When the Colts are hitting on that deep stuff, especially early in the game, most clubs are in some deep trouble. Last time the Packers were in Indy, they tried the track meet and got rolled. I'm going Indy, as I don't think Green Bay can control the clock like J-ville (or really Minnesota) did to them on the ground. The loss to the Bears was a bit of a fluke as they gave up 9 points on an interception return and a safety. I'm going Colts.
NYJ @ OAK -- I'm going Jets. If you want to be a playoff team, they got to win these kind of games.
CLE @ WAS -- Redskins seem to be the better club, but who knows, some clubs look good for a month then turn to crud and vice versa. Maybe next month people will be all hot again on the Browns and think the Redskins are a fluke.
SEA @ TB -- FUGLY MATCHUP OF THE WEEK...Tampa is decent, Seattle is a wreck. I'll go Bucs.
DEN @ NE -- Hurm...this is a hard one to figure. NE is better on the defense and should be able to move the ball, but Denver seems to play them pretty good. I'm going NE, but I could see Denver winning if they hit up early and NE has to throw to keep up.

SD @ BUF -- chargers, barely
NO @ CAR -- carolina on the rebound
MIN @ CHI -- viqueens lose
PIT @ CIN -- steelers make chad johnson QQ moar
TEN @ KC -- chief wiggum is dead
BAL @ MIA -- FINNY GAMES
SF @ NYG -- Eli Revives
DAL @ STL -- no pacman, maybe no homo romo, 3rd string corners < DeMarcus Ware vs rams O line
DET @ HOU -- Oilers
IND @ GB -- Colts
NYJ @ OAK -- upset! durrrs
CLE @ WAS -- give it to skins, won't lose 2 in a row at home
SEA @ TB -- squawks walk the plank
DEN @ NE -- randy moss r.i.p.

SD @ BUF -- bills
NO @ CAR -- saints
MIN @ CHI -- Chi
PIT @ CIN -- steelers
TEN @ KC -- i feel bad for herm here
BAL @ MIA --ravens
SF @ NYG -- niners
DAL @ STL -- cowboys, but closer than you might think
DET @ HOU -- texans
IND @ GB -- Colts
NYJ @ OAK -- jets in a walk
CLE @ WAS -- skins
SEA @ TB -- weird game, bucs win
DEN @ NE --denver

SD @ BUF -- chargers (they are much better than their record indicates, right?)
NO @ CAR -- saints
MIN @ CHI -- minny
PIT @ CIN -- pitt
TEN @ KC -- titans (but make no mistake, the titans will be a victim of their own hype and lose to a very bad team. just not this week.)
BAL @ MIA -- dolphins
SF @ NYG -- giants
DAL @ STL -- cowboys
DET @ HOU -- texans
IND @ GB -- pack
NYJ @ OAK -- raiders (upset special of the week! new york only laying three is a total sucker bet)
CLE @ WAS -- skins (they'll do what the giants should've done all last monday and that's run run run.) :(
SEA @ TB -- bucs
DEN @ NE -- pats in another upset

snrub bizzarely not otm

yeah seriously

Bill Cowher sez even Joe the Plumber could beat Denver's pass defense.

also DC market is gonna get the Cowboys game first.. :(

"buffalo short circuits bolts trip east"

Fuck this, we got RAVENS and COWBOYS. COWBOYS?!?!?!? COWBOYS AT RAMS?!?!? FUUUUUUUUUUCCCKKKKK YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU

Cosign. I left to go run errands although if cowboys lose.. Eh I still don't wanna watch.

LOLBOYS 7 RAMS 21 nice first quarter

wtf is going on in that game?

oh fox is showing me wtf is going on in that game right now

Does anyone get the sense that the Rams players didn't like Scott Linehan.

hay burger king.

wtf?

--america

does anyone know if there's correlations across sports about midseason coaching change bounces? my understanding is there's usually no bounced in nfl.

haslett seems like the kind of guy that the rams could ride to the end of the year, but maybe his hard ass routine wears on guys?

His routine will work fine if they keep winning.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-FBN-Bills-Power-Outage.html

wtf, buffalo get your shit together

At the time of the delay, on-field officials addressed both teams at the line of scrimmage. Players from both teams then went to their respective sidelines. Some stretched, while others stood around talking with their helmets off. Lynch rode a stationary bike, while Bills quarterback Trent Edwards played catch with backup J.P. Losman.

they should have just hooked up a generator to marshawns bike i bet he coulda powered the stadium on beast mode

it's like a nightmare. it keeps getting worse and worse.

For a little while, they had the studio guys doing play by play. It was kinda fun! I love listening to Cowher and Sharpe malapropping.

Chargers can't get a pass rush on Edwards at all.

touchdown, beast mode

I mean, I'm pretty sure I would've gone for 2 there if I happened to be Dick Jauron.

^ too soon

haha STL 31 LOLBOYS 7

^^^ loving this

btw, what happened to tony "little fun" romo that backup for life brad is in?

Romo broke his finger last week.

whyisjplosmaninthegame.jpg

so what was the over/under on CHI/MIN? good laaawd

Hahahahaha Dallas! Maybe I will go to random shitty sports bar in the virginia burbs to see the end of this one. Wtf. Guess I am less embarrassed abt skins last week...

oh, i knew romo hurt his finger but i thought his commitment to having fun couldn't keep him out of a game?

wtf is siragusa smoking

"if the rams aren't careful they could lose this game"

haha i love when they show slo mo replays of blocked kicks and the camera always heads up towards the goalposts and then has to hastily backtrack like when you pretend to throw a ball and a dog runs after it for a second before realizing its not there

The announcers keep calling this a "classic trap game," as if the Chargers overlooked a 4-1 team on an away game.

Niners are sticking around against the Giants.

fox just switched from dallas/stl to nyg/sf >: (

and just when it looked like t.o. was on the cusp of blowing up at tony romo on the sidelines (btw t.o. tony romo broke his finger and isn't in the game)

bills!

BEAST MODE

Bears!

o sullivan looks like an old man

He is 5 months older than me apparently.

Fred Jackson: destroyer of clocks

Up the middle for a first down inside the Charger 20 with 2 minutes to go. Bolts are some beaten-ass motherfuckers.

i'm so mad that i have to watch the jets after this.

ok no one understands what happens when you take the ball out of the end zone anymore, do they. however, that was not a hilarious enough safety, you 9ers jerks.

Schef I was at a crappy restaurant @ ballston last night (house sitting, no food around, too tired to go anywhere good) and the bartender was talking abt detroit safety the most absurd play he ever saw.. I was like yeah but 76 yard field goal WTF

Wait did dallas get MORE kicks blocked today?

I mean, I'm pretty sure Tavaris Jackson could throw four picks.

ok can someone please tell me why minnesota's punter had one rush for 76 yds and a td? did they fake punt run? that game looked amazing.

hahahaha did you guys all like buffalo's plot to not know how to power their stadium so that the chargers were thrown off their game and we won?

(seriously, i was at the bar LOSING MY MIND during the first quarter when there was no satellitefeed. get yourself a public infrastructure project or some shit, buffalo.)

also i could watch the film of kawika mitchell lightly touching phillip rivers on the back and rivers obligingly letting the ball drop from his fingers on his second fumble about a million times. kawika mitchell! magic touch!

also Dallas lost to the Rams, apparently? i am filled with pure joy.

This raiders game is making me angry

ok no one understands what happens when you take the ball out of the end zone anymore, do they. however, that was not a hilarious enough safety, you 9ers jerks.

this was actually brainy play by that receiver, morgan or whoever. once it's back there it's either seven when a giant falls on it, two when you fall on it, or guaranteed two with no chance of seven if you just kick it out.

why minnesota's punter had one rush for 76 yds and a td

because he is a TROLL ROGUE obv

This raiders game is making me angry

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:59 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

HOU 21 DET 3 no paper bag is thick enough

because he is a TROLL ROGUE obv

haha

boy, uhh...romeo crennell is large.

chris kluwe MAH BWOY!!

There goes R.Bush for 3-4 weeks.

so, anybody know if ovechkin really is bananas for redskins football or somebody just keeps on giving him tix? he looks funny in the mock-old school leather helmet.

I know that ovechkin is really bananas... whether it's for football or not remains to be seen.

Anyone have the GB/Indy game? What is up w/that?!

tom that was a joke but thanks for quoting troy aikman's immediate explanation from the television!

this raiders game needs to stop happening soon. it is making me want to rip my own eyeballs out.

I am really sorry yall who have that Raiders game..

Not that Redskins are super exciting. We have learned so far that their new punter is pretty good. Because he's punted like 10 times.

he should do a fake punt run like that WoW dude.

haha btw for realz dick stockton made that "everyone's going out of their own endzone" joke and troy aikman literally said exactly what you said tom.

i just realized that you guys might've gotten a different game down there.

clinton!

Touchdown!

TANA!

OMFG FAKE PUNT RUSH IN JETS-RAIDERS GAME!!
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london fletcher ate his angry this morning.

wrt what's going on in indy-gb game, packers pass defense is pretty amazing.

lolfarve

epic brett favre classic style sack then interception -- raiders you are golden

i could watch that like 100 times and still laugh every time

romeo crennel is about to get the lifetime achievement Keep Choppin' Wood award. oh oops, anderson just got in. jesus.

CBS: "Let's see how that ball went right into the arms of Hall"

all it takes for the browns to succeed apparently is for me to not pay attention and make fun of them. brownie, let's make a deal.

haha ok did these color dudes actually just say that it was probably good the ball was intercepted because if it was incomplete they'd have to call favre for intentional grounding from how far away ANY LIVING JET IN THE WORLD was from the ball?

shitty goal-line play calling, shitty goal-line play calling, shitty goal-line play calling, OH WAIT EL TOMBOTO IS MAKING A JOEK ABT US!!! TOUCHDOWN GO FOR TWO WHEEEE WE'RE THE BROWNS

i mean it is true that no jet at all was anywhere near where favre decided that ball should go but i do question why all of the raiders were there, odd "we figure favre has eventually GOT to do this wacky thing" coverage scheme they have.

btw schef I thought earlier you were telling me that Troy Aikman was explaining on teevee that the vikings' punter is a Troll Rogue in WoW.

i think that kinda thing is more kornheiser's area

Damn, these Colts.

AGGGH ALL COACHES THAT TRY TO ICE KICKERS SHOULD BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY

wau, CBS switched from GB to the Jets-Raiders just in time.

fat fucks

WHY. WHY DID YOU DO THIS THING. WHY DID THIS GAME HAVE TO GO INTO OT. WHY. FUCK YOU BRING BACK LANE KIFFIN!!

oh god the horror of this game continuing this is so unfair

i hate you whoever the new coach of the raiders is.

browns back to normal.

oh great now we have to watch the goddamn raiders.

Phew! good lord Portis gets like 200 yards and then that. still I suppose all those goal line stops on defense left the browns with not a lot of time..

Oh god raiders jets is STILL not over?

well maybe people will finally stop this icing the kicker after today.

hahaha favre getting sacked is always funny

maybe this game will be a tie, guys

that is what i am expecting

lol @ Lendale White in post-game: "Somebody threw beer in my face, but it taste good."

Dudes Raiders could win right now with a 76 yard field goal.

WHO IS CALLING PLAYS FOR THE RAIDERS

acck @ al davis close up

What is this horrible ugly game these people are playing dressed like the raiders and the jets. halloween is still like two weeks off you terrible people.

this guy:
http://www.norcalblogs.com/commission/images/hobo.jpg

^^^ this guy is who is calling plays for the raiders

none of these ppl deserve to win a football game now or ever

yeah i am disgusted by these teams

Who is Lendale White that is hilarious re the beer.

Lol commentators - 'he was too deep to try a safety blitz!' 'Then why try it?' 'I HAVE NO IDEA!'

i feel like god is punishing us all

THANK CHRIST THIS IS OVER

lol thunderfoot

Hehe OK that was totally awesome

http://www.thunderfootrocks.com/

APT

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JWGWG9YEL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

OK is NBC sunday night football using KMFDM music now?

crennell can maybe boast a successful icing of shaun "shazzam" suisham at the end of the 1st half in the bronws-skins game. so, waste a timeout...it just MIGHT work!

wait, is tonight's game seriously SEA @ TB? who approved this shit??

i know. i think i'm only going to make it to the half.

+Collinsworth is subbing for Madden. ugh.

lol madden was like seahawks at tampa, huh? fuck this shit!

kind of amused at NBC trying to hype it up

I live 2.5 hours away from Tampa and I don't even give a shit.

has jeff garcia always had this david eckstein max-effort delivery or is it new?

haha i love when they show slo mo replays of blocked kicks and the camera always heads up towards the goalposts and then has to hastily backtrack like when you pretend to throw a ball and a dog runs after it for a second before realizing its not there
― max, Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:26 PM (Yesterday)

This is pretty much my favorite thing in the whole world btw

Ok I do not love it when it looks like some dude might have broken his neck and they replay THAT in slow motion.

Luckily Hilliard got up after that hit.. ugh

lolref

Ok tampa bay, logo is tacky, font on team name @ endzone turf is tacky, that pirate ship thing near the field that fires cannons whenever they put points on the board is unbelievably tacky and awful

the hilliard hit was unwatchable

Yeah.. I wasn't trying to watch it, saw the replay not knowing that was what happened.

ugh who approved this "saved by zero" commercial that is on 100000000000000x on sundays!

the giant pirate ship in the stadium is unbelievably gay, yes

tho there is a part of me that wishes the rest of the nfl would camp it up like that every now and then

Bucs already had excellent camp and then they had to do some godawful xtreme sports redesign. However it would be kind of cool if the pirate ship shot .. I dunno slime like on nickelodeon or something

how can they even be the buccaneers when there is already a raiders?

this game literally put me to sleep.

Seattle may be shut out.

tho there is a part of me that wishes the rest of the nfl would camp it up like that every now and then

― ಥ﹏ಥ (cankles), Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:42 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

If only they allowed proper touchdown dances

i hate those press conference coors light commercials, but the 'shirts with random triangles' bit is p hilar to me

Blast!

guys. derek anderson must never step foot behind center again.

also. worst play calling I've ever seen as a Browns fan.

Winslow wants to be traded- according the 11 o'clock news. Hopefully someone cares.

tampa bay slime pirates cuts too close to the bone

was the browns play calling SO bad? seems they probably would've won had edwards not dropped most things thrown his way. i do question them conmsistently callign swing passes when anderson inexplicably has not yet masteed that facet of the game.

ovechkin and nicklas backstrom at skins-browns

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/zornson%20001.jpg

http://nmsn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8694746/Sunday-Scoops:-Is-Favre-guilty-of-insider-trading?

lesson: do not take b. favre's phone calls or you will lose the game. he has bad advices.

so, i didn't watch the vikings-bears game, but apparently kyle orton is for real? this is such a weird season.

^^ more support for the hypothesis that the way to get the best out of a young QB is to hand him a clipboard for a couple of years

b-but korton (not fixing that) started 16 games his rookie year!!

he was sensational against the falcons, but that's a really bad defense - that said, i think ort's http://bestmessageboardever.com/uploads/monthly_09_2007/post-1452-1189460592.jpg

ade i have been meaning to ask you what that picture means forever. am i an idiot?

4 eels

for realz!

it's one of those things i persist in using even tho i'm the only one who it cracks up

ahahahahaha not the only one!

that's what eels look like?

small saltwater ones yeah
freshwater eels are difft lookin'

http://www.islandgazette.net/photo/pictures/images5-11-2005/Page-14B-Green-Moray-Eel.jpg

this is a big fuckoff moray eel
they got like barracuda-class terrifying mouths

ugh what the fuck those are some ugly things.

yeah they basically the polar opposite of sand cats as far as animals go

eel faces are awesome
http://www.underwatertimes.com/news2/moray_eel_big.jpg

Not so awesome:
http://www.eleutheraliving.com/newspix/May2005/eel_face.jpg.jpg

someone's got the eel face!

http://sportsreport.freedomblogging.com/files/2007/12/rivers1214.jpg

is that richie incognito's girl eating that eel?

http://www.underwatertimes.com/news2/moray_eel_big.jpg
YOU BETTA ASK SOMEBODDDDDAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!

lol, good call on rivers. Dude's face is so ODD.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7247503617243483579
^"Virtual Dive"

lol mike ditka is consumed with fury over jay cutler telling the sporting news he has a stronger arm than john elway. "having a strong arm doesn't equal a strong brain!"

also apparently mike nolan is fired? about to be fired?

RIP well-dressed coach.

Yeah, fired says espn.

So.. New England. here we go

Did anyone else see the for-real-we're-serious yahoo news story about how Mike Ditka could've changed the face of western civilization had he run as a Republican in the Illinois 2004 Senate race?

See? We could all easily be electing Cruz Bustamante for president this year.

okay, "Ebenezer Ekuban" is an amazing name.

loooooool Broncos

mike shanahan is going to have to choke some bitches

uh, absolutely.

the ditka story is preposterous.

Jeez. Now if only they could get it in the end zone..
Free Randy Moss

Yeah Ditka story is a joke

Wau were they talking abt NE having fun at practice? That team has fun?.. Did Belichick find out?

no, actually brett favre called them up and gave them some tips from his "funbook."

Is Favre really doing that? I read about it.. What a dick move.

Ok clearly no one watching this but - Champ Bailey - how did Washington let him go?

woooooow broncos be melting down. i think mike shanahan's going to explode.

it's not like portis has been disappointing for yall

Ah I see they got Portis. Uh guess I was tuned out that season..

dudes, Matt Cassel. gaaaah what 5 sacks?!

it was pretty unusual in that it was a direct player-for-player swap, iirc - portis hasn't been as good in wash as he was in denver, not by a long shot (back to back seasons of 1500 yards, ~15 TDs, 5.5 YPC, unbelievable stuff), but i still think of it as a win-win trade, he's been real consistent and he's still only 27, which is sorta amazing to me, it feels like he's been around FOREVER

No doubt, as a Skins fan feel like I've been watching him for I dunno 7 seasons or so.

Ok can I add Welker to favorite players list? That guy.

RANDY MOSS

btw EAT SHIT DENVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12-4 BABY IT BEGINS TONIGHT!!!

Hahaha I hope so. Can't help but think Brady would've put up 50 points on these guys by now.

BenJarvus Green-Ellis 8 41

^^yesssssss

All the dudes on Pats blog are gonna be like yeah I said Cassel should be the starter, nevermind last week when they were losing their shit like why did Belichick write off the season with this guy.

<3 <3 <3 Randy Moss

man I hope Harrison is ok.

fuck harrison

not that i want him to be hurt (im not even watching the game) but on principle fuck him

of course Cassel can look fine when, oh i dunno, the Broncos turn the ball over 5+ times and Champ Bailey gets hurt

wow this new seth rogan movie looks like dogshit

ha jordan i was wondering if i was a sociopath because the crowd all got to its feet to cheer rodney harrison getting taken off on the cart and i was not even slightly moved.

randy moss is really adorable, though; they keep showing him grinning on the way to commercial.

srsly the funniest fucking thing ever about the pats losing was knowing that rodney harrison and junior seau were ;_; inside

losing the sb

breaking news: bill belichick is not tony kornheiser's best friend.

rodney harrison gets such a bad rap, it's criminal - seriously! he's the ultimate illustration of how media narratives craft the way we view players. marvin harrison is one of the more unpleasant ppl in the league, but he gets treated like he's the classiest guy in the world cuz he never talks and he hands the ball to the ref after TDs. tedi bruschi's a universally reviled sociopath who gets all kinds of slob-jobs by the press cuz he's a GRITTY WHITE GUY who plays with his kids or some shit. rodney's a really nice dude who's passionate and plays a position of which dirty play is expected and ENCOURAGED by coaches (the hard hitting safety), and honestly over the course of his career he is not a dirtier player than the likes of john lynch or ronnie lott.

What's the beef with Seau though? I was so amused last year after super bowl I HAVE STILL NOT GOTTEN OVER IT they interviewed Seau and he was like OH WELL I LOVE FOOTBALL

btw i <3 randy

i just think its funny that those old ass dudes were feeling totally entitled to the championship (esp seau) but then they didn't get it

Bruschi really? I never read much commentary abt that stuff until this year

i think i might be sleep-deprived but i sort of teared up at that vikings fan all kitted out in the stands to cheer for Randy.

that was amazing to me, because i'm pretty sure that guy has been a minnesota mainstay since the 90s, and i had NO IDEA he travelled on the road just to see randy. that delighted me too!!!

I heart randy moss too it was good to see that guy looking happy on the sideline. I hope he picks up a ring or two or three in the rest of his time in the league.. I guess viking dude goes to all his games. Wtf, but it is randy moss

daria i know a dude who knew bruschi in hs (lol) and he sez he was a fucking psycho - this is corroborated by the stuff a former pats beat writer said abt him earlier this year

SCHEF!!!!! Grab a bucket or a trash bag or something

Tedy Bruschi is much more popular with the fans than he is with his teammates. He isn't the team leader people think he is. Actually, Bruschi rarely talks to any of his teammates. He and Mike Vrabel used to be close but they rarely interact anymore either. Bruschi is just an unlikable person in general and I think his teammates know what's what and get sick of his act. He created an image that he presents to the public but his teammates know better. The real leaders of the Patriots are Tom Brady, Matt Light, Richard Seymour and the top guy, Rodney Harrison. Harrison is actually one of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet off the field, which is a total contrast to his sometimes dirty play on it.

The Bruschi shit is 10000% legit. He has been hated by EVERYONE since he was a kid. Coaches, class mates, teammates, family members. He was such a fucking asshole to his family that his parents rented out a duplex for him live in by himself when he was in high school just to get him out of their hair. When he was home from college he'd routinely show up to high school parties which more times than not ended with him beating the shit out of the person hosting the party for no real reason. Also, he MAY have fucked one of his second cousins while high.

i was thinking about this stuff yesterday when i was watching some highlights on nfl gameday - every once in a while you'll see these sideline shots of star players, usual diva receivers and whatnot, hollaring at coaches as if to underline what volatile crybabies these guys are, but i guarantee you pretty much every player goes through that during most games! everyone yells and cusses at each other, it's just the kind of environment it is, and it's almost never personal. cf. that clip of peyton calling saturday a motherfucker and going apeshit on him, to the point where tarik glenn had to escort him away from the o-linemen on the sideline

okay i am willing to believe rodney harrison is nice off the field but you can't take my brady and belichick hate away from me.

yeah after the cowboys got down 21-0 on sunday they started showing t.o. on the side lines every .056 seconds in an obvious effort to catch him strangling brad johnson or something but instead they caught him having a pretty reasonable looking conversation with romo

I'll say one thing, the Bears games have been some of the most fun to watch all year, even a couple of the nail biters that they have lost. They are going into a bye week at 4-3 which is way better than expected. Kyle Orton is starting to move from just functional QB play to looking pretty good, it is kind of crazy.

I don't know about Ronnie Lott being a dirty player, but he might have gotten fined in the current NFL, but I don't remember him getting in trouble back in those days. Rodney Harrison got busted for using performance enhancing drugs and has been fined a bunch for dirty hits like nearly double digits. John Lynch has been fined a couple of times big time and he nearly killed Dallas Clark a couple of years ago. Clark has had some problems with concussions pop up a couple of times since Lynch nearly beheaded him. Someone does that hit like Lynch today, they would toss him out for a month. I think Lynch got a huge fine, but I don't think he got kicked out of any games.

that's cool hs i wouldn't feel right living in a world where you didn't hate the pats - i mean i hate drew brees even though he is a delightfuln human being and a total dreamboat 2 boot

drew brees is a dreamboat.

none of these motherfuckers will say the Bills are the best team in the AFC because they are chickenshit.

also probably because they can only name two Buffalo Bills.

bills just smacked up the chargers who did the same to the pats and the jets! i think the answer is obvious

thank u j0rdan i think u make an excellent point!!!

none of these motherfuckers will say the Bills are the best team in the AFC because they are chickenshit.

you should be happy, look what happened to the NFC East after everybody was on our whole division's dick for four weeks.

that is also a good point. i just have to be in perpetual rodney dangerfield mode wrt the bills; it's in the contract.

"guys you better win your division in the nfc cause these old school east powerhouses are gonna drink your wildcard!! drink it up!! oh!!" THPBBBTPTPPHHBHTBPTPHPHBTPH

eh, i dont care what drugs anyone takes. merriman's ONE failed test was blown way outta proportion for instance (though it's much more serious in rod's case, cuz he left an actual paper trail). i'm not gonna say that rodney's not dirty, cuz he is, but when you think about the dirtiest players in the league it's always a.) safeties b.) o-linemen, because a certain degree of it is actually expected. maybe i'm over-rationalizing cuz i love rodney - okay i definately am - but at the same time i do think he gets singled out for it a lil too much. i also think there's different kinds of dirty, like the conrad dobler or romo type guys who are malicious and try to break guys' pinkie fingers at the bottom of a pile, and then there's the john lynches and rodney harrisons who are excessively rough and unsafe, but more as a product of adrenaline than sadism? idk, mb i'm fulla shit

bills in the superbowl this year I CAN FEEL IT U GUYS

i feel like they are what everyone expected the jags to be?

you can't see it but i am beaming at you guys

I don't know, I just couldn't go and say Rodney Harrison is getting a bum rap on being a dirty player. You might as well come back and say Bill Romanowski was just misunderstood, cause Harrison is just a few rungs down the ladder from that freak at least in his on the field actions. I'll give that Harrison might not eat babies for lunch or anything. Albert Haynesworth seems like a big puppy in interviews and he stomped on a guys head without a helmet a couple of years ago, so anything is possible.

i was still clinging to indy as the afc fav up until yesterday, but getting cornholed by the injury-laden packers is pretty dire stuff. tennessee and pittsburglars are the only other ones i can still take seriously imo

i am worried about tennessee, but i think we can beat pittsburgh!

you're right earl, he doesn't get a bad rap re: his dirtiness - he deserves it. I DONT KNOW WHAT I EVEN MEAN ANYMORE

i am pleased to know that tedy bruschi basically does eat babies for lunch, at least.

bill belichick almost smiled at this press conference!

omg he smiled again he is totally freaking me out! it is not a good look on him.

I dunno why fans like us gonna act surprise when we find out our FOOTBAWL GYROS are actually DICKS and PRICKS, since that is pretty much what most if not all of them were in high school and college?

I mean this whole "lol the manning brothers are just big nerdy dorks!" yeah fuckin' right just because they can't dress themselves

HATE THE PLAYER LOVE THE GAME

listen peyton manning is charming and delightful!

he will whisk me out of my mundane existence to his palatial estate in...indianapolis...

yea but i bet when peyton yells his teammates know it's out of love whereas bruschi is just a dbag

I'M CALLING IT - Bills come unstuck once the divisional games hit for them and NE wins AFC East. i am going to bookmark this post to c&p at the end of the regular season. feel free to do the same.

oh i'm bookmarking it *shakes fist*

Colts O-line is a problem. They cannot run the ball, which they have always been able to do, even the couple of years they were not that great with Manning. The thing that is hurting them is that they have also given up 3 TDs (two on interceptions, 1 on a fumble and a safety equality -23 points) on offense. Early in Mannings career, that was a big problem. Manning throwing TDs to the other team probably cost Mora his job, as I swear Peyton threw like 5 or 6 TDs to the opposition in Jimbos last year as coach. It isn't Dungy's Buc defense, it isn't made to get a small lead and hold it. I think for the most part Indy's D they have done as well as can be expected and kept them in the game. If Manning gets The Colts a TD instead of having an INT go back for 6, the game is a 3 point game, that play was a 14 point turn around alone. That same kind of play pretty much cost them the Bears game too. I could still see them making the playoffs and considering how evened out everything is right now, the team hot going into December might win it all.

OMG RANDY IN PRESS CONFERENCE IS SO HAPPY!

I have no idea who is going to win it all this year, nearly half way through the season, I think it is really wide open.

jow flaccow

I was thinking abt it earliwr and came up with bills in superbowl actually. Dunno though we never get their games in dc.

I don't get why brady is so hateable but uh I think he is super cute can't help it. Interesting re bruschi had no idea..

Yay RANDY MOSS

i would be astonished if the colts missed the playoffs, if only because i cant even remember the last time that happened. even if they lose the division, the WC competition isn't exactly stellar. otm about o-line trubblez tho

re: superbowl, i sorta just have a FEELING about pittsburgh this year, even with that atrocious o-line and the dying running backs. otherwise yea, who the hell knows

jay cutler is a funny-looking kid

Hmmm yeah but wasn't pitt only putting up like 10 points a game early on? Srsly I have no idea what to think now, would like to see a bills game.. Is Tennessee overrated? Don't get their games either..

the point is it is week eight and as far as we can tell nobody has played anybody good yet, we only know that the bengals and the chiefs suck.

also the seahawks

the point is that there is nobody good. there's a bunch of teams and then there are the lions and the bengals and whoever else.

daria, the Bills have a pretty soft schedule, to the extent that that means anything this year. but they have beaten the Jags and the Chargers and Trent Edwards is having a good year.

cutler's resemblance to harland williams is chilling

http://www.superiorpics.com/hs/harland_williams/main1.jpg

also the seahawksREALLY SUCK

some reporter is talking to tedy bruschi on tv right now and all i can think is cousin-fucker!

b-but korton (not fixing that) started 16 games his rookie year!!

ha yes and look how that turned out!

i just have to be in perpetual rodney dangerfield mode wrt the bills; it's in the contract.

Chris Berman has your back.

i know; i love him!

lol run away with me when you finish up at peyton's indianapolis pleasure dome

ps also you are right Titans are scarier than anyone else in AFC right now. it's also impossible to tell how soft the schedule is or ain't right now. shit the RAMS vistory is starting to look like quality, and the division is starting to look like arguably the toughest in the league.

Thing about Buffalo (in addition to that as a fan your heart knows they will brake it and is just waiting for how), and why everyone's still all hem haw wrt them is they're a 5-1 team with no identity. They're not smash-mouth; they don't put on an airshow; they're not a Bryce Paup Years defensive strangling squad. They just execute every phase of the game really, like, super-competently and have a grebt punter and really seem like a TEAM in a way that totally includes Turk Schonert and Perry Fewell and are basically what Dick Jauron would be if Dick Jauron was a football team.

Which it's weird not to be laughing at him but is kind of the mark of the great ones.

i also think there's different kinds of dirty, like the conrad dobler or romo type guys who are malicious and try to break guys' pinkie fingers at the bottom of a pile, and then there's the john lynches and rodney harrisons who are excessively rough and unsafe, but more as a product of adrenaline than sadism? idk, mb i'm fulla shit

not fulla shit this is bigtime otm

bills v. g-men again?

i'll be curious to see what the steelers do against the nfc east. a good test for all parties involved, i reckon.

re: portis, above

if he stays relatively healthy this year, he should take sole possession of number 2 for all time running yards by a washington running back and would probably pass riggo next year.

btw, betts is top 10!

so what are the odds on harrison just retiring? i mean the dude has been in the league about 800 years now.

Man, I really really like Welker. Dude got me fifty bucks by running hard!

Welker is the king of getting the extra 2-3 yards he needs for a first down.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/10/jim_zorns_symphonic_masterpiec.html

Zorn's wife, Joy, plays the viola. Zorn, as you may have heard, is always anxious to learn new skills. So around Christmas time in the late '70s, he decided that he could certainly pick up something so simple as the viola.

(Bog interruption: I asked Clinton Portis if he plays any instruments, and he scoffed, like I was a fool. "Saxophone," he said. "I'm (bleeping) Luther Vandross." Just passing it along. Back to Zorn.)

"I thought I'd be a little smart-aleck and I said, 'I can play this thing, there's only four strings, " the coach said after today's practice. "And I'm left-handed, so I played it left-handed, [even though] it's strung for a right-handed person, and I started learning."