Admittedly and regrettably, today had less than nine hours of football due mainly to schoolwork. However, I have still seen enough for a decent set of observations, especially since it is highly doubtful I will be able to do so for the next two weeks due to the Chagim. Today, I watched most of Cowboys-Buccaneers, as well as Eagles-Cardinals and am in the process of watching Patriots-Ravens.
-I will lead off with a general Fantasy announcement: It really, really screws up rooting priorities. While I always root for the Giants regardless of fantasy, and against the Eagles and Cowboys, I am in a very interesting position regarding the current Sunday Night game. I am simultaneously rooting for Brandon Lloyd, Rob Gronkowski, and the Ravens Defense, while rooting against Stevan Ridley in one league but for him in another. Oy. What this means is that I need the Patriots to pass a lot, but only to score if it is Gronk or Lloyd. Very twisted scenario there. Tomorrow night I get to root for Aaron Rodgers, Cedric Benson, and Randall Cobb, but against Jordy Nelson and Mason Crosby. The Packers will hopefully score in very precise, helpful manners. Sigh...
- Now, to get everything else in in a hopefully chronological manner. I believe that the Giants broke the Buccaneers. Whatever made them tick for the first week and a half has clearly been shattered by the awesome that is the Giants. Hopefully, they can rebound to beat the Redskins next week.
- Speaking of which, RGIII is legit. However, and I say this having only watched replays and seeing the box score, it seems like the Skins are starting to have issues with giving up long plays. The first one to AJ Green was a trick play, but it was something like three long touchdowns on the day. That is bad. Jest bad.
- Back on to the Bucs game, it seems Schiano still isn't cowed by all the media pressure, and finished an awful loss to the Cowboys by attacking the kneel down twice in a row. While I appreciate your wanting to win the game, not giving up, etc., this is not college, and you should be man enough to learn not to do that. Just take the loss like a man. Really, nobody will think any worse of you. If Tampa does that next week as well, it will be a Chazaka, and they will then have to do it every game, whether they win or not. Maybe it will curse them and they won't win until Schiano is gone. I am making this up, but he really should stop, even if just from a player safety standpoint.
- Three overtime games today, and apparently epic finishes to a bunch of other ones. And I was on Dallas-Tampa... Detroit is a concern now, what with Stafford hurting his shoulder for like the 70th time in 4 seasons. Shaun Hill shall rise again! Bright spot for them, though- at least they had a 100 yard back for the first time in a bit. They may be 2-1, but the Jest still suck, and got really super lucky with Carpenter having a total off-day.
- Zona! Dominant win over Philly, who is about as good as everyone thinks they are, except the Eagles themselves. Thankfully, it wasn't the Browns nor were the rep refs screwing the ravens this week, so Philly finally got its first loss, though its third deserved one. I hate them. Truly disgusting franchise. Kudos to Zona for tenderizing Vick, who has something like 11 turnovers already. And many more! Giants get them next week. Hopefully, both teams will play as they are (Giants dominantly win), but in a division all bets are off. Not that I will be able to watch. Succot. Will go rewind on it if they win. Which they should.
- Incidentally, do not pick anyone in a division game if you are playing in a survival league. I know a guy who picked Indy this week. They were coming off an evidently good win, and were playing Jacksonville, but no. Don't pick in a division game. Maybe if it is like Niners-Rams, but I still wouldn't.
- Also, there is a statistic somewhere out there I would really like to see. Are replacement refs overturning a higher percentage of calls on coaches challenges this season than the regular refs usually do? Twice during Dallas-Tampa, Romo fumbled, both of which were only called so after Schiano challenged. However, on both of them, while watching the instant replay, I declared that neither were fumbles. While I rarely complain about a Dallas turnover, I did not think that either were fumbles, and I am inclined to stand by that. There was another overturned call in Cardinals-Eagles, something to do with a two yard catch on third down that wasn't questionable on the refs part, but rather on Wisenhunt's. He was totally right about it not being a catch, but was it worth it for the two yards? That is why he is coaching and I am not. Finally, an Anquan Boldin catch was overturned and ruled a first down, even after the commentators clearly explained why it wasn't. They could well have been wrong, but still. I have yet to see a call upheld this season, at least as far as I can remember. Are these rep refs so intimidated/scared that they are overturning everything on grounds that the coaches must know better or wouldn't challenge? Maybe they just want to be cool. At any rate, a stat I would really like to see. These rep refs really suck and I am so ready to see them go.
- The Ravens kicker is Justin Tucker. That's just annoying. Does he think he is a better #91 on the Giants than Justin Tuck? If so, he should just challenge him to a test of Justin Tuck-ness. My money is on Justin Tuckest, however. He has definitely got what it takes.
Think that's all I got. I will see all four of you who read this in three weeks, in NFL week 6. Meantime, enjoy your viewing.
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