Every Monday, our very own DLamp will be taking a look at what just happened the day before in the NFL, and looking ahead to the Monday night game(s).
I’m really excited for next week’s slate of games. Who’s playing? Couldn’t tell you at this point, haven’t looked at the schedule yet (I usually do that on Tuesday when I start tinkering with my fantasy teams for that weekend). Then what am I so excited about?
Simple: Drinking!
Week 5 will mark the first week that I have nothing to do that night. That means I can get as blitzed as I want starting at 10am.
Now before you start in with all that talk about my “problem” and “addiction” (shut it, mom!) let me point out that football and drinking go hand and hand. Why do you think they run so many beer ads during the games? It’s because you’re supposed to be drinking while watching the NFL. Anyone that tells you differently is a holocaust denier.
But that’s next week. Let’s stop looking ahead and start looking back at the week that was The NFL Week 4!
Has Kerry Collins gone back to drinking?
Did he ever stop? If he did, then he’ll need to start up again with the way the Titans are playing. It’s gotten so bad they’re talking about trotting Vince Young out there again. Vince Young, people! Everyone is so shocked that last year’s team with the best record is still winless this year, but on a deeper level it makes a lot of sense. Their defense was obviously going to take a step back after losing both it’s brains (coordinator Jim Schwartz) and it’s braun (Albert Haynesworth). And eventually Kerry Collins was going to start playing like the Kerry Collins he’s been for his entire career: turnover prone.
Who is going to win the Super Bowl?
I don’t know exactly who, but I doubt it will be any of the 5 still undefeated teams (New York, New Orleans, Indy, and Denver). It just seems like it’s always some team that flys under the radar by being unspectacular in the regular season and sneaking up on people come the playoffs. Of this year’s candidates for that distinction, two went head to head this week when Baltimore visited New England. We (and, yes, I’m including myself in the umbrella of ‘media’) get so busy talking about what teams can’t do, that we forget about what teams like Bal and NE can do: beat any other team in the league on any given Sunday. Unlike, say the Browns.
Who farted?
No one, actually. What you smell is the Buffalo Bills offense. I don’t understand it. This is a unit (heh, ‘unit’!) that should be so much better than it is. They have a good running game with Freddy Jackson and Marshawn Lynch, a serviceable QB in Trent Edwards, and two big playmakers catching passes in TO and Lee Evans. So with all those pieces not being able to produce really this season, who does the blame fall to? Head coach Dick Jauron. Let this be a lesson to anyone who thinks about firing their coordinators right before the season starts. I would not be surprised if it’s not Zorn or some other widely talked about firing that happens before the halfway point of the season, but Jauron instead.
Remember Vernon Gholston?
Don’t feel bad if you answered ‘no’ to that question. You’re not in the minority. Gholston was taken 6th overall by the jets just two years ago and has yet to make any sort of impact. The Jets defense has been superb this year and I was thinking during their game this week about how much better they could be if they’re top 10 pick from a couple years ago was contributing anything more than 7 tackles. 7 tackles is a bad game for Patrick Willis.
How did the Raiders win a game?
I still can’t figure that one out. The game they won (against the Chiefs) they were outgained 409 to 166. Time of possession was 38 to 21 (in the Chiefs favor, obviously). They passed for under 100 yards, which is becoming quite the trend. This team is terrible! We were actually applauding when we saw on the CBS ticker that Russell had hit 100 yards passing. Just pathetic. How Davis and Russell can both justify their continued existence in the NFL is beyond me.
Fantasy Question of the Week
Do I run out and pick up Massaquoi (8 catches, 148 yards) right now?
Not so fast, skippy. I’m never a fan of picking up a receiver after he comes out of nowhere for a big game. It just means he can just as easily disappear into the shadows of fantasy irrelevance and you’re stuck with a goose egg on game day. Yes, every once in a while you will miss out on a Mike Sims-Walker type of game, but I’ll take missing those huge/unexepcted games in exchange for consistency from my roster.
Un-Perfect Season Watch ‘09!
Each week we will hilight the lowliest of the NFL landscape. Why? Because it’s fun to laugh and point at other people’s misfortune.
Un-unbeaten teams: Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Bucs, Tennessee Titans
Monday Night Sneak (Preview) Attack
GB @ Min – Not only is this the most hyped game ever, but it’s also the first week that I’m not super confident in my pick. Most weeks I’m solid as a rock in my decision, but I can’t stop wavering on this one. I think both of these teams are very good, and think this is going to be a very closely contested game. At the end of the day, I’m going to give the edger, however slight it may be, to the team with the better defense and running game: the Vikings.
2009 Sneak attack record: 4-0