Monday's Football Musings

Monday’s Football Musings.

Okay, first the Giants game.

The new stadium for the Cowboys is really big. Really big. Pardon me if I say this, but having scantily clad go-go dancers in a football stadium is repulsive. The Cowboys have them.

The game was a great game because, as so often happens in the NFL, it was not as predicted.

The Giants were going to run the ball at will because the Cowboys couldn’t stop the run, and Eli Manning would not be able to pass because he’d be harassed by a huge pass rush and didn’t have any receivers. The Giants couldn’t run and the Cowboys couldn’t stop the pass.

The Cowboys, on the other hand, weren’t going to be able to run because of the Giants front seven but could pass because the Giants have so many injuries in their secondary. Of course, the Cowboys ran wild and couldn’t pass to save their lives.

Jerry Jones left, gray faced and angry because the Giants won. And every Giants fan will tell you that just having that experience made them happy. It was, a great game, however, and one heck of a way to open a stadium.

The Ravens and Chargers game was a good game. Whoever called that draw play at the end of the game, on 4th day, should be tarred and feathered. Bad, bad play call.

Jay Cutler played a really fine game against the Steelers. The Steelers could not run again which bodes poorly for them. It is hard to say about the Bears. Cutler does not have the same supporting cast on offense that he had in Denver, but he made the plays he needed to make.

The Bills look like they are for real. The AFC East is going to be competitive. I’m not sure about the Patriots. They have not looked great this season, but they have a lot of talent. The Jets looked good and Sanchez has had a great two game career thus far. The Jets defense, however, is their best weapon. The Dolphins, which won the division last year, look like the weakest team.

The Saints look great. Really great. They shredded the Eagles defense. Shredded them. The Eagles have a really fine defense and, wow. Drew Brees might be the best quarterback in the game right now, and that is saying something.

The Vikings have looked good. But. Here’s the problem right now for the Vikings. They have not had tough opponents. They had two opponents, the Browns and the Lions, who played them tough, but they are not really good teams. We won’t know about the Vikings until they play someone tough.

Random observations:

Brady Quinn, I don’t think, has the ‘stuff’ to be a great NFL quarterback. I’m not sure he’s the answer for the Browns.

Eli Manning is a really good player. I’m not sure where he ranks in this league, but he knows how to win and comes up with good drives at critical times. His big contract does not seem to faze him a whole lot. The Manning are class people.

John Fox in North Carolina seems to have hooked his future to the Jake Delhomme star. A star that is aged and falling. Rapidly...

Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay has one heck of an arm and can fire a pass on the line as well as anyone. He looks like he’ll be a great quarterback for a long time. The Packers, however, need to learn to protect him. No one can survive the pounding he’s taking.

Adrian Peterson is amazing. He was stopped on a play and he turned and went in a different direction. Very impressive player.

The Giants showed the NFL on how to deal with Tom Brady. Blitz the daylights out of the Patriots. Brady, with time, is awesome and has great down field receivers. If he doesn’t have the time to get the ball down field to Moss, he becomes a lot more average. The Jets followed that plan and won. I’m not a Jets fan, but that was impressive.