The Good
It’s scary but the NY Giants actually look better this year than they did last year. At 4-0, they look like they are getting better and better every week. Eli Manning (so far) looks to be taking the lead in the “which Manning is better?” debate. Stay tuned…..The other lone remaining undefeated team in the NFL, The Tennessee Titans at 5-0, somehow keep finding ways to win. They gave Baltimore its second consecutive heart breaking loss in the final moments of the game. Baltimore outplayed and physically beat up the Steelers and Titans but managed to lose both games…..The Redskins have played some serious football the last few weeks (4 weeks to be exact). They have beaten the Cowboys and the Eagles in consecutive weeks. That is no small task this year. The NFC East arguably has the top four NFC teams in the conference with the Giants, Cowboys, Redskins, and the Eagles…..The Buffalo Bills lost for the first time this season and did so embarrassingly. They got whipped by Arizona 41-17. I think that says more about how good Arizona is at home more so than how good or bad the Bills are. Buffalo is certainly not as good as their 4-1 record though…..Expectedly, the Cowboys walked all over the Bengals to go to 4-1. They played uninspired football minus one huge TD combo of Romo to TO. It doesn’t take much to beat the Bengals.
The Bad
The Bungals are a sad bunch. You can see how frustrated they are with finger pointing and yelling at one another during the game. Palmer is underachieving big time, missing wide open receivers by 10 yards. There is one way out of this for this group, start over. Gotta clean out the roster and bring in new coaching. This combo is a disaster…..Bad teams find a way to lose. If you don’t believe me, ask the Houston Texans, who put a whipping on the Colts only to give the game away with 2 consecutive fumbles in the final minutes of the 4th quarter…..Man, how things have changed in Seattle. The one time perennial contender is quickly becoming irrelevant. I think Mike Holmgren is leaving the team one year too late. Things look pretty bad going forward for this organization…..I’m not going to waste time writing more about the Detroit Lions and the KC Chiefs. Both franchises are several free agency periods and drafts from becoming possibly relevant again.
Fantasy football and Fun with numbers:
Mystery QB 1- 1032 yds, 6 TDs, 1 Int
Mystery QB 2- 1031 yds, 5 Tds, 5 Int
QB 1, well that’s Eli Manning’s numbers through 4 games this season. QB 2, that’s Peyton Manning’s numbers through 4 games.
Mystery RB 1- 331 Yds, 3.7 YPC, 4 TDs
Mystery RB 2- 286 Yds, 4.9, 6 TDs
RB1, that’s LaDainian Tomlinson’s numbers through 5 games this season. RB 2, that’s Ronnie Brown’s numbers through 4 games played this season.
I can go on and on with examples, but the point I’m trying to make is once the season starts in fantasy football, it doesn’t matter where a guy is drafted once you take the name away. Take away a guy’s name and look at the numbers. It doesn’t matter if you drafted the guy in round 1 or round 10. Play your best players according to how they are playing from week to week. You could put yourself in a hole that you can’t dig yourself out of waiting for a big name guy to produce just because you picked him in round 1 or 2. In football it just doesn’t work that way. Once the season starts, throw the draft position and name in the trash and play your guys that have produced.
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The giants seem to be for real as long as Plaxico Burress decides to fess up to what ever he did. The guy needs to stop making lame excuses on why he didn't show up for 2 days to work. "I had to take my 1 year old to school". Really? How lame is that? Give me the truth, not a 9 year old's 'my dog ate the homework" junk. He really could put a damper on what seems to be a great season ahead. I honestly thought htey would be hurting from losing Usi and Strahan.
The nfc East is a beast, nuff said...well, actually the Redsking don't scare me, it's that they haven't had any turnovers yet. And we all know how much it matters, ask my 49ers who could've been 4-1 instead of 2-3.
Bengals are truly the saddest waste of talent I have ever seen, it's really unbearable to watch. Why put a Cowboys game on T.V. if they play those teams? Oh, wait, because it's the damn Cowboys. Lions, Chiefs and Rams...good luck.
As far as Fantasy football is concerned, I won my first game since joining my buddies keeper league last year...yes, I said last year. I am now 1-17. Ouch! But I have a great young team, in 2 years I should have a winner.
Jeff
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