Weekly Football Musings

It was another good football weekend. The Giants won. Whatever else happens, the Giants won so it was a good football weekend.

The G-Men are 9-4 and beat the 5-8 Eagles. The Eagles went into the game, a home game for them, as 3 point favorites. Most analysts predicted the Eagles to win and many said that they thought the Eagles were a better team than the Giants. The Eagles have played some solid games and really go look like a good, solid team. The Giants, on the other hand, often play ugly. The Eagles, however, when the game is on the line, have found ways to lose and the Giants keep finding ways to win. Indeed, they have lost four times, twice to Dallas, once to Green Bay, and once to the very hot Vikings. This was the year the ‘nice’ analysts said that if al went well, they would go 6-10. Many felt it would be worse and Coughlin would be a bitter memory. After the first two games of the season I wondered if they were ever gonig to win. They are now 9-4. They’ve done it playing ugly----but they’ve done it.

Speaking of the Vikings. They may be, right now, the best team in the NFC. I’m serious. Great run defense and a great running game. Their offensive line is excellent and a quarterback with great running backs and time can beat you and they are winning their games. Some division winner who plays them is going to regret it. The Vikings are the best dark horse in the NFC. Sniff. That means the Giants aren’t.

Tony Romo is getting on my nerves. He’s good, no doubt, but he’s annoying me. Of course, he does play for Dallas...

The University of Louisville’s Brian Brohm could end up in Atlanta playing for Bobby Petrino. I have no clue if he’d enjoy playing for Petrino again, or not. Of course no one would be delighted to play behind the Falcon’s offensive line. Michael Vick’s running ability spared them the harsh spotlight...

Speaking of Michael Vick. So sad. So much talent. So many opportunities and he blew it all with dog fighting and brutality...

The Colts are starting to get healthy again and they look really, really good. I can easily see them in the AFC Championship game. I can easily see them returning to the Super Bowl.

The Steelers Anthony Smith guaranteed that they Steelers would beat the Patriots. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Some guys need to learn that you play the game ON the field and not with your mouth. But, something else. Tom Brady torched the kid which was fine and well deserved. Then Brady had to go up to him and give him lip. More trash talking. I think of the great ones. Unitas wouldn’t have said a word, just torched the kid. Montana, same thing. Peyton, same thing. Tom, real stars don’t need to flap their jaws. Shut up and play.

The Colts-Ravens game. Wow. The Colts looked awesome. The Ravens are a team that LOVES to trash talk. Billick loves to trash talk. They need to learn to shut up and put their game on the field...

In Bears games they keep showing Lovie Smith standing on the sideline. He demeanor and facial expression are always the same. Happy Lovie, angry Lovie, indifferent Lovie, bored Lovie, excited Lovie, all look the same. They keep their cameras on him. What are they waiting for? An expression? Take a picture and just post the picture every so often and you’ll have the ranges of Lovie Smith emotions.

Now Tom Coughlin on the Giants. Lordy, the man looks like he’s going to have a stroke any moment. Brian Billick throws kisses to opposing defenders. They provide interesting sideline material if you can stand it. But Lovie Smith?

Speaking of Lovie Smith, the Bears were going to repeat this year. Losing your best defensive tackle, losing your best running back, and never having a quarterback tends to enable a team not to repeat. Devin Hester can kill you, but he’s about it right now. Almost no one is stupid enough to kick to Hester and they haven’t this year. That excludes the brainless, manly wonder on Denver, Todd Sauerbrun, of course.

I wonder if Sauerbrun decides to run for office how Oprah would feel about him?

I was watching the Saints play. Drew Brees is an excellent quarterback. The Chargers let him go in favor of Philip Rivers who they got from the Giants for Eli Manning. Manning can hurt you, but he can win games for you. Brees can win games for you, but Rivers doesn’t seem to be able to do that right now. I believe that the Chargers have made some huge mistakes in recent years and may have squandered Super Bowl chances. Maybe. LT is a great player and in his prime. But you do have to wonder.

Speaking of the Saints. Reggie Bush has been hurt most of this season and didn’t play that well. The Texans, however, are very happy with how that draft turned out and they certainly don’t look foolish at all. In watching the Texans play with Schaub and his back up, and watching David Carr play for Carolina, it makes you realize just how bad David Carr is.

Two teams might be competing for him next year. The Bears and the Ravens.

Actually, I wonder if Rex Grossman wouldn’t be better off elsewhere, different system, and a change of scenery. He has some flashes of capability and I think he does have zeal for the game. He may end up elsewhere and do well.