Breaking Our Sheepish Silence

By Brett | Permalink | No Comments | November 1st, 2006 | Trackback

After we so boldly predicted that the Seahawks-Chiefs game would be a complete cluster last week, we decided to bury our head in the sand for a while. Actually, we’ve just been out of town on business and haven’t been able to give our little NFL blog it’s due respect over the last several days. We’re back now, and we’re willing to admit that we were wrong about the Seahawks-Chiefs match up, which turned out to be a really fun game to watch. The highlight of the game came in the 4th quarter when Chiefs DE Jared Allen intercepted a Seneca Wallace, only to have the ball ripped out of his hands by Deion Branch before falling out of bounds. This play reminded us of our first ever INT, which we promptly fumbled back to the other team after taking about three steps with the ball. They scored on the next play, we lost the game, and that play became the defining moment of my short, lackluster football career.

Anyway, here are some mid-week thoughts that are floating around in our head:

• Kansas City’s offense is starting to look more and more like it did when Dick Vermeil was there, minus the crying. This is a good thing for Chief’s fans and Larry Johnson’s fantasy owners. Damon Huard has been playing really well, and although Herm Edwards is publicly saying that Trent Green is his guy when he comes back, we’ve gotta believe that Green is going to be on a pretty short leash.
• Guess it’s time we should all admit that Reggie Bush is officially the 3rd best rookie RB this year, after Lawrence Maroney and Joseph Addai. Hell, we might even put Mike Bell in that group.
• We hear Brad Johnson is in danger of losing his starting job to Brooks Bollinger. The Vikings offense has been hideous this year, and Johnson had a terrible game against the Pats on Monday…but, Brooks Bollinger? Tough move to make for a team that has a great shot at a Wild Card berth.
• The Bears are 7-0. Assuming they beat Miami at home this weekend, four of their eight wins will have come against arguably the four worst teams in the league: Miami, San Francisco, Arizona, and Detroit.
• More Bears: Todd Johnson, filling in for injured SS Mike Brown, had an excellent outing in his first game as a starter, causing two fumbles and contributing five tackles. Brown is the Bears defensive leader, but if Johnson can continue to play like that, they may not miss him as much as they had thought they would.
• We’re stoked about the upcoming Pats-Colts tilt. How can you not be? Unfortunately, we’ll be out of town again for the next couple weeks, which is seriously going to skew our football viewing.

  We’ll be back tomorrow with some thoughts on Week 9….you know, because we’re getting really freaking good at picking the winners each. There’s a reason we don’t gamble.

  
  
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