Week 8 Thoughts
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:45 pm
Some random thoughts and observations with every game except one in the books for Week 8:
No Sunday Night Football sucks. Just wanted to say that before I went any further.
Brett Favre 2. Ted Thompson 0.
I like Aaron Rodgers just fine but watching how good Favre was last season before he got hurt and how good he is now, I'm struggling to see how Thompson kicking him out the door was the smart decision for the Packers to make. Maybe I'm missing something? Is it the losing record the team has had since Favre left? Should I be more excited about that? Is it the fact that two teams got better with Favre and the Packers have gotten worse without him? Is that something Thompson wants people to appreciate? If so, well done Ted.
Anyone else vote that Chris Johnson and Maurice Jones-Drew should be allowed to keep playing? That was a lot of fun.
What wasn't fun was watching David Garrard set the quarterback position back several decades. He looked worse than John Krasinski in "Leatherheads." And yes, I say that as a very bitter Mike Sims-Walker owner. Two receptions for Sims-Walker? Against the 32nd-ranked pass defense in the NFL? Seriously?
Hey look, Terrell Owens can score a touchdown.
So much for Beanie Wells breaking out.
The Giants are a mess with a capital M.
Don't look now but the Cowboys are back. Think Tony Romo's confidence is soaring thanks to Miles Austin? Me too.
I'm always amazed whenever Zach Miller catches a pass for the Raiders. It's not that he isn't talented. He's very talented. It's just that he's the only player defenses have to worry about in the Oakland passing game. If I was an opposing coordinator, I would put all seven secondary players on him and dare JaMarcus Russell to complete a pass to someone else. I'm willing to bet he'd throw an incomplete pass at least 50 percent of the time.
There's the Kyle Orton I remember from Chicago. I knew he'd show up sooner or later.
Speaking of the Bears, Jay Cutler did a great impression of Kyle Orton against the Browns. That was a defense ripe for the taking and he looked God awful for most of the game.
Mike Sims-Walker had only two receptions today against the worst pass defense in the NFL. I had to type that a second time because I still can't believe it happened.
Vince Young threw for as many TD passes today as Jay Cutler and Joe Flacco combined. I'm pretty sure we all saw that coming.
I think Ted Ginn just took another kickoff back for a touchdown.
I think we're getting very near the time when the Colts just abandon the run completely. They aren't very good at it.
Spencer Havner? Seriously?
[ November 01, 2009, 07:45 PM: Message edited by: Tom Kessenich ]
No Sunday Night Football sucks. Just wanted to say that before I went any further.
Brett Favre 2. Ted Thompson 0.
I like Aaron Rodgers just fine but watching how good Favre was last season before he got hurt and how good he is now, I'm struggling to see how Thompson kicking him out the door was the smart decision for the Packers to make. Maybe I'm missing something? Is it the losing record the team has had since Favre left? Should I be more excited about that? Is it the fact that two teams got better with Favre and the Packers have gotten worse without him? Is that something Thompson wants people to appreciate? If so, well done Ted.
Anyone else vote that Chris Johnson and Maurice Jones-Drew should be allowed to keep playing? That was a lot of fun.
What wasn't fun was watching David Garrard set the quarterback position back several decades. He looked worse than John Krasinski in "Leatherheads." And yes, I say that as a very bitter Mike Sims-Walker owner. Two receptions for Sims-Walker? Against the 32nd-ranked pass defense in the NFL? Seriously?
Hey look, Terrell Owens can score a touchdown.
So much for Beanie Wells breaking out.
The Giants are a mess with a capital M.
Don't look now but the Cowboys are back. Think Tony Romo's confidence is soaring thanks to Miles Austin? Me too.
I'm always amazed whenever Zach Miller catches a pass for the Raiders. It's not that he isn't talented. He's very talented. It's just that he's the only player defenses have to worry about in the Oakland passing game. If I was an opposing coordinator, I would put all seven secondary players on him and dare JaMarcus Russell to complete a pass to someone else. I'm willing to bet he'd throw an incomplete pass at least 50 percent of the time.
There's the Kyle Orton I remember from Chicago. I knew he'd show up sooner or later.
Speaking of the Bears, Jay Cutler did a great impression of Kyle Orton against the Browns. That was a defense ripe for the taking and he looked God awful for most of the game.
Mike Sims-Walker had only two receptions today against the worst pass defense in the NFL. I had to type that a second time because I still can't believe it happened.
Vince Young threw for as many TD passes today as Jay Cutler and Joe Flacco combined. I'm pretty sure we all saw that coming.
I think Ted Ginn just took another kickoff back for a touchdown.
I think we're getting very near the time when the Colts just abandon the run completely. They aren't very good at it.
Spencer Havner? Seriously?
[ November 01, 2009, 07:45 PM: Message edited by: Tom Kessenich ]