I think this week was the 'Week of the Injury' or the 'Week of Identity'. In many cases, teams were either getting hit hard with injuries, or they were finally realizing who they are.
In the NFL, coaches love to split up the season into quarters, and after this week most teams (aside from those who are on byes this week) will have reached the end of the first quarter.
After the end of the first quarter in the NFL season, most teams should have a good idea of where they stand in the league. You should be able to describe most teams in about six or seven words. For example, take the Oakland Raiders; Terrible quarterback, senile owner, above average talent. See how easy that is?
But some teams are still trying to find their identity, like Carolina. I have no idea what to think about this team. Here's a team that I knew would regress from last year's 12-4 season, but I can't really describe them. Honestly, I don't really think they can either and if a team doesn't know who they are, or does not have an identity, much like other businesses, they will fail.
Right now, there's quite a few failures out there.
Without futher delay, this week's preachment:
- I thought the Browns would put up a better fight against the Ravens, but I was wrong. The Ravens look like the best team in the NFL right now, even if two of those wins came against the Chiefs and the Browns.
- This year's most improbable 3-0 team has to be the New York Jets. At the beginning of the season, I don't think there was anyone out there (including the Jets) who thought they would be 3-0. Conversely, the Tennesee Titans are 0-3, and are better than their records suggests, but I dont think by much?
- Speaking of 3-0, the New York Giants rolled the Bucs to remain perfect, and Byron Leftwich has again lost a starting quarterback gig. No surprises there.
- Greg Jennings was found this past week after disappearing in Week Two without a single catch. I'm not sure what was more surprising, that or the fact that St. Louis scored 17 points.
- No McNabb? No Westbrook? No problem. I think Kansas City would have even lost to Penn State this week.
- What do the Patriots love to do? Take away your best weapon. In the passing game for the Falcons, that's Tony Gonzalez. The Pats held him in check and controlled most of the game. The Falcons were not able to get much pressure on the quarterback either, and when Brady gets 5 seconds to throw the ball, that's not a good thing.
- Damn Brett Favre and his comeback heroics! I was really ticked off when I saw that last play, and didn't need a replay to know that it was a touchdown. How sad is it that one of the most memorable moments in his career will be when he was wearing purple? My hate for him grows.
- Ok, so your starting running back is looking good in the fourth quarter, you're down by seven inside the goal-line, and you bring in your backup to run the ball? If you're Gary Kubiak, you have to leave Steve Slaton in the game to run that ball, or put the ball in the hands of Matt Schaub. What happens? Chris Brown fumbles at the goal-line. The Texans give me a headache.
- Finally the losing streak ends. I was really hoping it was going to continue, but then I became overwhlemed with 'I wonder if they will fire Zorn on the plane' thoughts. Then I realized that at this point in the season, while he is definitely on the hot seat, he wont get fired until the season is completely lost. Apaprently the Redskins still think that the season can be salvaged and that they can't axe him yet. I think losing to the Lions is good enough, but what do I know? On a side note, I think they are still partying in Detroit.
- Thank you New Orleans, thank you.
- While we're on thank you's, I'd like to thank Olindo Mare for his efforts this week. Also, I'd like to add that Jim Mora Jr's comments after the game - essentially tossing his kicker under the bus - were extremely classless. I'm sure the guy feels bad enough, and they make it seem like TJ's fumble or the other costly turnover they had didn't matter. Or the fact that they couldn't generate touchdowns inside the red zone. I'm starting to think that there's something there that explains why his old man didn't win anything as a coach either...
- Oh how the Steelers miss Troy Polamalu...
- I hate to see it happen due to an injury, but I told everyone that the Chad Henne era was about to begin in Miami. I feel really bad for Chad Pennington to be honest. I'm sure he'll become a really good coach or something though, because I think his playing days are over.
- I'm not going to go into too much depth here but JaMarcus Russell may be the worst top 10 pick of all time. He has actually managed to get worse in the last three years. It's disguting to watch him play, and I'm not even a Raiders fan. How do you toss for 61 yards? Also, how the hell are the Broncos 3-0?
- What can't you do in the first half of a game against a team like the Colts? How about two turnovers in the red zone? That game would have been 21-17 possibly at half-time, but instead, that game was over after two quarters. The Colts look good early on as per usual, and we'll see if they can keep it up. I'm thinking they will.
- After the Monday Night Football game, we know a couple things. One, the Coybows are a pretty good team and the Panthers aren't. Two, the Cowboys need to be a run first team with the runningbacks they have, which will make life easier on Tony Romo and provide more consistent production out of him. Three, the Panthers are officially in shambles, and are one of those teams who can't figure out their identity. Four, Wade Phillips is still an idiot. Five, Jerry Jones s a visionary for pretty much having the equivalent of cage dancers in the new stadium. Thank you, Jerry. Thank you.
- Deacon Touchback
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