Week 8 Awards
Wow You Guys Suck: San Francisco 49ers, Alright you knew that the 49ers were going to lose and that the Bears were looking to come back strong after the poor showing in the Desert, but 41-0 at halftime? Now that is pathetic. Runners Up: Eagles where was the offense this week, Arizona might as well hand Denny his walking papers today no point in forcing him to endure beatdowns the rest of the season.
Cough Cough Cough: Three Day Old Cheeseburger, How many people figured that Big Ben would through the first half of the season be by far the worst Quarterback in the league. He's played worse than Carr or Pennington maybe even Charlie Frye. Honestly I avoided putting the Steelers in the You Suck category because really Big Ben lost these game solely. This might be the biggest example ever of how one player could lose a football game.Runners Up: Chad Pennington played absolutely positively terrible against the Browns, David Carr did a solid job of scoring tds for the Titans.
This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: NFL Administration, Either don't let information about positive tests leak or make sure you don't turn into the MLB about suspension appeals. In a game against a solid Rams team Shawne Merriman was a huge difference maker with 3 sacks. If I was a Rams fan I'd be pretty pissed off. Runner Up: Bill Cowher you really should have started Batch this week after Big Ben's concussion hang over, Reggie Bush who just like every other RB in history who was given the opportunity to throw the Halfback option decided it was a good idea to throw into double coverage.
The Shocker: Oakland Raiders, It's pretty shocking when come Monday morning you look at a teams offensive stats and see that they had zero absolutely no production and yet won the game by a full touchdown. The Steelers are sunk they aren't going 8-1 down the stretch. Runners Up: Tony Romo's play and leadership in helping the Cowboys blow out the Panthers in the 4th quarter was very surprising, New England Patriots who at no point in time last night looked like they were going to lose.
The Pimp: Michael Vick, If this guy can go out there and be as efficient with the ball as he was this week with 290+ yards and 3 tds with no INTs then forget about it. While I'm not going to proclaim Vick as a sure thing to repeat this from week to week, the Falcons certainly look very good right now and should be the favorites to take the south. Runners Up: Reggie Wayne certainly had an enjoyable day with 3 tds in Denver, Larry Johnson was given the ball on practically ever down in their effort to beat the Madden Cursed Seahawks.
You Got JAKKED UP: Chad Johnson, Sure it was a late hit and completely not part of the play but Chad got crushed by the Falcons safety when he wasn't looking.
My Fantasy MVP: Michael Vick, I picked him up on the waiver wire earlier this year to be my backup to the wonderful Daunte Culpepper well Culpepper flamed out and I thought I was in big trouble, well the last two weeks of Vick putting up 30+ points certainly makes me feel more comfortable going down the fantasy stretch.
New York Jets MVP: Justin Miller, Really the only spark that the Jets had this weekend came from Justin's kickoff return. The Jets played very poorly throughout the game and have an incredibly difficult time in getting any push on the defensive line, but Miller kept them in the game with his return and if the ref wasn't blind the game would have been tied up with a minute remaining.
My Picks
My Picks: 6-8
Preseason Picks: 6-8
Picks Vs. Spread: 6-8
Ugh well that was an absolutely miserable week of pick em games. That's disgraceful that I couldn't even go .500 without the spread.
Week 8 Extra Quick Notes
~I really would like to know the last time a team won when they completed 5 or less passes during the course of the game. The Raiders had a total of 98 yards on offense and had 5 completions but still won because Big Ben was that bad.
~I would like to give an apology to Bill Parcells for even remotely questioning his decision making.
~This summed up the Giants game, I was in the car listening to the fan on my ride home monday and Chris Carlin who hosts a Giants show before going to break said this, "Coming up next we will talk to Jeff Feagles, Giants punter, who played a big part in yesterdays game." And the Giants were the team that scored 17 points, damn was that game boring.
~To top that off the other games I was able to watch on Sunday the Jets Browns and even worse Jax Eagles were just as boring and/or frustrating.
~Ocho Cinco did score finally, but his team lost and he didn't have a huge day either.
~How many receivers are going to drop huge balls, whether it be Keyshawn or any receiver on the Bucs, it seemed like no receiver wanted to catch passes this weekend.
~So anyone still questioning the Patriots as one of the best teams in the league, they're going to knock off the Colts at home and have homefield advantage, its inevitable. The reasons the Pats weren't stellar last year was because their whole team was injured.
~Ok lets establish this, the Jets are not a very good team, to say the should have gone into Cleveland and blown them out is stupid, the Jets don't have the talent to blow anyone out. Sure they should have beaten the Browns but why would you be surprised they didn't? In addition to rationalize and say that I shouldn't be upset with that horrible call because quote "The Jets didn't deserve to win the game." is the stupidest BS I've ever heard. They tied the game with a minute left, whether they played like crap for the first three quarters or not they should have had an opportunity in OT to win the game and that was stolen from them, so don't try to give me the deserve to win BS.
~Jacksonville is by far the hardest team to read in the NFL one week they'll go out and look absolutely terrible and then the next week they'll go out and shutdown one of the most explosive offenses in the leage. Go figure.
~Go to Drew Bledsoe's journal about Tony Homo.
Wow You Guys Suck: San Francisco 49ers, Alright you knew that the 49ers were going to lose and that the Bears were looking to come back strong after the poor showing in the Desert, but 41-0 at halftime? Now that is pathetic. Runners Up: Eagles where was the offense this week, Arizona might as well hand Denny his walking papers today no point in forcing him to endure beatdowns the rest of the season.
Cough Cough Cough: Three Day Old Cheeseburger, How many people figured that Big Ben would through the first half of the season be by far the worst Quarterback in the league. He's played worse than Carr or Pennington maybe even Charlie Frye. Honestly I avoided putting the Steelers in the You Suck category because really Big Ben lost these game solely. This might be the biggest example ever of how one player could lose a football game.Runners Up: Chad Pennington played absolutely positively terrible against the Browns, David Carr did a solid job of scoring tds for the Titans.
This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: NFL Administration, Either don't let information about positive tests leak or make sure you don't turn into the MLB about suspension appeals. In a game against a solid Rams team Shawne Merriman was a huge difference maker with 3 sacks. If I was a Rams fan I'd be pretty pissed off. Runner Up: Bill Cowher you really should have started Batch this week after Big Ben's concussion hang over, Reggie Bush who just like every other RB in history who was given the opportunity to throw the Halfback option decided it was a good idea to throw into double coverage.
The Shocker: Oakland Raiders, It's pretty shocking when come Monday morning you look at a teams offensive stats and see that they had zero absolutely no production and yet won the game by a full touchdown. The Steelers are sunk they aren't going 8-1 down the stretch. Runners Up: Tony Romo's play and leadership in helping the Cowboys blow out the Panthers in the 4th quarter was very surprising, New England Patriots who at no point in time last night looked like they were going to lose.
The Pimp: Michael Vick, If this guy can go out there and be as efficient with the ball as he was this week with 290+ yards and 3 tds with no INTs then forget about it. While I'm not going to proclaim Vick as a sure thing to repeat this from week to week, the Falcons certainly look very good right now and should be the favorites to take the south. Runners Up: Reggie Wayne certainly had an enjoyable day with 3 tds in Denver, Larry Johnson was given the ball on practically ever down in their effort to beat the Madden Cursed Seahawks.
You Got JAKKED UP: Chad Johnson, Sure it was a late hit and completely not part of the play but Chad got crushed by the Falcons safety when he wasn't looking.
My Fantasy MVP: Michael Vick, I picked him up on the waiver wire earlier this year to be my backup to the wonderful Daunte Culpepper well Culpepper flamed out and I thought I was in big trouble, well the last two weeks of Vick putting up 30+ points certainly makes me feel more comfortable going down the fantasy stretch.
New York Jets MVP: Justin Miller, Really the only spark that the Jets had this weekend came from Justin's kickoff return. The Jets played very poorly throughout the game and have an incredibly difficult time in getting any push on the defensive line, but Miller kept them in the game with his return and if the ref wasn't blind the game would have been tied up with a minute remaining.
My Picks
My Picks: 6-8
Preseason Picks: 6-8
Picks Vs. Spread: 6-8
Ugh well that was an absolutely miserable week of pick em games. That's disgraceful that I couldn't even go .500 without the spread.
Week 8 Extra Quick Notes
~I really would like to know the last time a team won when they completed 5 or less passes during the course of the game. The Raiders had a total of 98 yards on offense and had 5 completions but still won because Big Ben was that bad.
~I would like to give an apology to Bill Parcells for even remotely questioning his decision making.
~This summed up the Giants game, I was in the car listening to the fan on my ride home monday and Chris Carlin who hosts a Giants show before going to break said this, "Coming up next we will talk to Jeff Feagles, Giants punter, who played a big part in yesterdays game." And the Giants were the team that scored 17 points, damn was that game boring.
~To top that off the other games I was able to watch on Sunday the Jets Browns and even worse Jax Eagles were just as boring and/or frustrating.
~Ocho Cinco did score finally, but his team lost and he didn't have a huge day either.
~How many receivers are going to drop huge balls, whether it be Keyshawn or any receiver on the Bucs, it seemed like no receiver wanted to catch passes this weekend.
~So anyone still questioning the Patriots as one of the best teams in the league, they're going to knock off the Colts at home and have homefield advantage, its inevitable. The reasons the Pats weren't stellar last year was because their whole team was injured.
~Ok lets establish this, the Jets are not a very good team, to say the should have gone into Cleveland and blown them out is stupid, the Jets don't have the talent to blow anyone out. Sure they should have beaten the Browns but why would you be surprised they didn't? In addition to rationalize and say that I shouldn't be upset with that horrible call because quote "The Jets didn't deserve to win the game." is the stupidest BS I've ever heard. They tied the game with a minute left, whether they played like crap for the first three quarters or not they should have had an opportunity in OT to win the game and that was stolen from them, so don't try to give me the deserve to win BS.
~Jacksonville is by far the hardest team to read in the NFL one week they'll go out and look absolutely terrible and then the next week they'll go out and shutdown one of the most explosive offenses in the leage. Go figure.
~Go to Drew Bledsoe's journal about Tony Homo.
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