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Early Exit
First of all, let us bow our heads in remembrance of the dearly departed 2005 Boston Red Sox. We hardly knew ye, but we did know that Edgar Renteria was a colossal waste of money and no one seemed much interested in defending last year's World Series title. May the Yankees find a fate as cruel and swift as ye.
NE at ATL: Not only is Michael Vick hurt (and an immobile Michael Vick is probably better off on the bench, since he has absolutely no accuracy in the pocket), but Brady got the team all fired up on Wednesday. It will be an uneven season for the champs, but this is an up week. NE
MIA at BUF: Are the Bills really bad enough to lose to the Dolphins, who everyone expected to be the laughingstock of the league? It looks that way. MIA
CHI at CLE: Shudder. CLE
BAL at DET: Double Shudder. BAL
NO at GB: Sweet merciful crap. GB... Wait a minute, did I read that Najeh Davenport is starting at RB? NO
SEA at STL: The saddest part of all is that these are the best two teams in their division. This should be a heated rivalry, with tempers running high and a both teams getting up for the game. Unfortunately if you combine both coaches, you get Jon Gruden. Tony Dungy at best. STL
TB at NYJ: The Buccaneers may be overrated, but the Jets seem to be having one of those seasons, reminiscent of when Boomer Esiason was still there. TB
TEN at HOU: Both of these teams suck, the difference is that one of them had to fly to another time zone to suck. HOU
IND at SF: The ESPN headline for this game is "Colts have too many weapons for 49ers". Really? You think so? And how about that Colts defense? They've really had to struggle to shut down the high-octane Titans, Browns, and Ravens. If the NFL wants to award them home-field in the playoffs, why not just do that instead of making people pay money to see these scrimmage games every week? IND
PHI at DAL: The Eagles, meanwhile, couldn't possibly have a hard schedule, since they play in the NFC. PHI
WAS at DEN: The sad thing is, the Broncos will be 4-1 when they win this game, and everyone will be all surprised when they don't make the playoffs or lose in the first round again. DEN
CAR at AZ: I feel bad for Kurt Warner, who got upstaged by Josh McCown last week. With any other coach, last week's performance would have earned McCown the starting job for the rest of the season (even though it was against lowly San Fran). With Dennis Green, it may earn him the starting job for the next quarter or two. CAR
CIN at JAX: Those much-hyped bengals have beaten Cleveland, Minnesota, the Bears, and Houston. Not exactly the last 4 Super Bowl winners or anything. I'm sure Lucas will call this one too, but Upset Special anyway. JAX
PIT at SD: Let's see: Pittsburgh is coming off a bye, San Diego is coming off an emotional win against the defending champions. What usually happens in these situations? PIT
Comments
Nashville and Houston are in the same time zone, but they both suck.
Thank god the Yanks are out. I hope the White Sux are next.
Posted by: Rob LeGrand at October 11, 2005 9:47 PM
Damn you Chris, finishing one game ahead of me...
Posted by: Brian at October 14, 2005 3:34 PM
You're right Rob, that just seems so wrong. The central time zone is just massive, and I'm finally getting to the point where it seems more normal to me than the eastern. It's only taken 7 years.
Posted by: Chris Hill Festival at October 14, 2005 9:03 PM
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