Monday, November 5, 2007

Never Mind The Colts-Pats ... What a Week 9!

This was a wild Week 9 in the NFL.  Wild!

*Okay, the Pats beat the Colts, meaning that New England still roams with a 9-0 record and has won AT Indianapolis and AT Dallas ... the two "other" best teams in the NFL.  Looks like 16-0 is a possibility. 

*Two records were broken in the Chargers-Vikings game.  First one was the Bolts' Antonio Cromartie returning a missed FG attempt for a 109 yard TD.  There can never be a longer play in NFL history ... unless they screw with the field.  And that was about 109 yards, 2 feet and 11 inches.  Dude caught the thing as it went just inches from hitting the crossbar. 

Next one was the 296 rushing yards from Adrian Peterson ... an NFL record.  He's only really been named the absolute starter for three weeks or so and he's already breaking NFL records.  He has played just 8 NFL games and is already over 1,000 yards!

*Do you want an NFL quarterback?  Wait.  Look at the top passers of yesterday:  Tony Romo, Matt Hasselbeck, Tom Brady, Brett Favre and Jon Kitna.  All weren't really big time draft picks.  Drew Brees trumped them all ... but was a free agent because the Chargers dealt for high pick Philip Rivers.

*The Bengals are sitting at 2-6.  Who woulda thunk it?  Or that Chad Johnson's mouth would've led him to getting smacked by an opposing safety?  Okay, that was a bit more expected.

*The NFC flexed their muscle this week.  The Vikings crushed the Chargers; Packers slid by the Chiefs;  The Lions blew out the Broncos; Saints rolled over the Jaguars.  All those were matchups against teams fighting for playoff berths ... and the AFC's best shot was the Amazin' Browns popping Seattle in overtime.

*Speaking of the Browns, they are 5-3.  Yes ... they are 5-3!

*The Redskins won their 2nd overtime game this season.  The wins:  over the Dolphins and Jets ... a combined 1-16.  Still, they are 5-3 and entering a huge NFC East weekend.  The five wins match Washington's total from last year.

*We all have confirmation that David Carr sucks.  Steve Smith fantasy owners might go over to Carr's home and talk him into a GQ career.  I mean, dude spends more time with his hair and tidy gloves than he does seeing what's going on.  Since Vinny Testerverde isn't playing ... see what Drew Bledsoe, Jeff George, Tim Couch or John Elway are doing.

*It was interesting that the week that had the battle of the unbeatens also featured a bye for both of the league's winless teams.

*Every week goes by and Marty Schottenheimer's free agency value goes up.  Good call San Diego in canning him and bringing Norv Turner in.  The Chargers gave up over 550 yards to a team that was quarterbacked by Tavares Jackson and Brooks Bollinger yesterday and had a rookie running back. 

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