CH: “Just whacked back 4 White Castle burgers while staring at a dynamic Killah Hills 10304 roster (Chris’ fantasy basketball team). So ill.”
LH: “Working on the Week 6 post. Relatively ill.”
Heeeeeere we go…
FRESH TO DEATH
New Orleans Saints – Believe it or not, we’re most impressed by their offensive line. Best pass rush in the league didn’t touch Drew Brees once and if you give Brees time he’ll pick any defense apart.
Indianapolis Colts – They play the Rams this weekend. You heard it hear first…the Colts are going 6-0. Yeah, we said it.
New York Giants – That’s a shame.
Minnesota Vikings – Favre has never played on a team that started its season 6-0.
WORD
New England Patriots – The cylinders. They’re clicking. All of them.
Denver Broncos – Your AFC West Division Champions. Maybe that’s a little presumptuous, but the 3.5 game lead looks like a lot of ground for the Chargers to cover.
Baltimore Ravens – They’re still good. It’s bizarre, but the defense really is their problem. They’re still a few feet to the right and a routine Mark Clayton catch away from being a 5-1 team that has beaten the Patriots and the Vikings. How high would we be on them if that were the case?
Pittsburgh Steelers – Quietly tied for first in their division.
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WORD AND AIGHT
Atlanta Falcons – Both teams in the Bears vs. Falcons games were 1-loss teams chasing undefeated division leaders. Saints are clearly a juggernaut, but the Falcons are only a game back. Who knows? They might find themselves in a tie for the division if/when the Saints lose their first game.
Philadelphia Eagles – How does that happen? They made JaMarcus Russell look semi-competent.
Green Bay Packers – Even though it was a shutout, the Packers still have issues. Aaron Rodgers threw for 358 yards, but he still got hit more than he should have. They can’t keep letting that happen if they want to compete with good defensive squads.
Chicago Bears – They gave the game away. Would have been a nice win on their resume.
San Diego Chargers – Don’t think an 8-8 record is going to win the division 2 years in a row, guys.
San Francisco 49ers – Michael Crabtree might start next week against the Texans. Texans don’t have a great secondary. Throw him the ball and see what happens. Let’s find out how ready he is right now.
Cincinnati Bengals – Too many people heard they were good and it stopped being cool. How do they bounce back from this? Think about it. This is their first clear loss. And they lost Antwan Odom (tied for league lead with 8 sacks) for the year. Not a good Sunday for the Bengals (and we hear their Mondays are manic).
Dallas Cowboys – Miles Austin only caught 8 passes for 142 yards on his bye week.
Houston Texans – Win the next 4. Lose the next 4. We don’t care. But enough of this hovering around .500 routine you guys have been pulling the past few years.
AIGHT
New York Jets – They made the Bills’ Harvard quarterback look like a Yale quarterback. Not sure which loss is worse: the game or Kris Jenkins being out for the year. We’ve seen what’s happened to the Chargers defense since Jamal Williams went out. You can’t overstate how important that big body in the middle of the line is to the rest of the defense. Between the Jenkins loss and the (now playing like a) rookie QB, the Jets’ promising start may have a not so pretty finish.
Arizona Cardinals – They kind of looked like the team that went to the Super Bowl last year for the first time this season.
Jacksonville Jaguars – Overtime with the Rams? Come to play some weeks. Don’t show up others. Not the making of a real quality football team.
Seattle Seahawks – So much for the Seahawks’ sparkling home field record when Mama Hasselbeck is in attendance. They were undefeated before that beat down.
Carolina Panthers – Look what happens when you run the ball! “They should run the ball every down. No exceptions.” – TheHellerBoyz Week 1 Column.
Miami Dolphins – They’re coming off two straight wins and a bye week. They were the only team to put up a fight against the Colts. Let’s see what they do against the Saints. Maybe they can squeak out a moral victory.
Detroit Lions – We really hope Stafford’s knee is okay and he gets back on the field soon. Don’t want to push the start of something good back another season.
YOU’RE NOT GOOD
Tennessee Titans – We feel legitimately bad for Jeff Fisher, Keith Bulluck, and the other veterans who have made this franchise formidable through the years. They don’t deserve this.
Kansas City Chiefs – We see a glimmer of hope. A sign of life. The beginning of something not-horrible starting to come together. But they still suck.
Buffalo Bills – Teams have to give the Bills a LOT of chances before they can actually capitalize on one. Derek Anderson going 2/17 was not enough. Marky Mark’s five interceptions? Just right.
Washington Redskins – We think they’ll take away Jim Zorn’s parking space after this Monday night game vs. the Eagles.
Oakland Raiders – What if they randomly shocked the Jets in Oakland this Sunday? (Would it actually be that random??)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers – No weapons. No identity. No playmakers. Just, NO.
Cleveland Browns – Now that Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow are gone, do they have ONE good player on offense?? No, seriously…name one…we have to be missing somebody, right?
St. Louis Rams – This was their game. Stephen Jackson felt it. He was refusing to go down every time he touched the ball. It breaks your heart. Wish they had traded him before the deadline.