So here we are at week 4 in the NFL. HOLY CRAP!! It just
started and it’s already 25% Complete!
* I plan to rave about the gross
unfairness of basketball and that stick ball thing they do in the summer having
WAY too many games and crowding out the glorious sport of football. But if I
don’t, know where I stand.
So I’m going back to week 3, some serious drama
there. And it was some serious drama at home that kept me from writing.
Actually it was starting a new job and realizing I didn’t know what I was
supposed to know and going back over the online class I took. But what does
this have to do with football? Also, giving my wife time to do her college
homework and try to keep my 2 sons from going stir crazy.
Week 3 – Select post picks4
So how about those Seahawks? And how about those
Ravens? (For week three I will forgo my
usual non mention of the Baltimore team in honor of Torry Smith, who lost his
little brother less than 24 hours before the game, and went out and played like
a champ. Hard to keep a dry eye there.)
But I digress. The real heroes of week 3 were the replacement refs. What
a story! I am convinced that the whole thing was an elaborate scheme cooked up
by the marketing team at NFL HQ to get even more ratings. Only it backfired. My
unofficial, not necessarily inside source at NFL HQ was mum on the subject. OK,
she was the receptionist, who found me amusing at first but after my 4th
call threatened to get a restraining order. But I could tell in the pregnant
silence after my question that she knew what I was talking about. So I’m
sticking with my story. So, now they are no more, although they received pay
for week 4 for not showing up, and the real refs, the ones we hated last year,
received a standing Ovation in some stadiums. Seriously, applauding the refs? What has this world come to.
So here we go
Packers @ Seahawks – my pick: Seattle actually, in a close
game. And not because I live in Washington
I didn’t see the last play. I was with my son at Applebees, trying to watch the game, while he kept asking me when the balloon man was coming to our table. So finally he comes and he’s really talented. He made a palm tree and a monkey climbing. I felt horrible, not having some cash to tip the guy. And then worse when the restaurant couldn’t take a tip from my card. And then I left and forgot about it until now. When I left the Packers were staging a comeback, just like I thought they might. Then the last pass… and the rest is history.
I didn’t see the last play. I was with my son at Applebees, trying to watch the game, while he kept asking me when the balloon man was coming to our table. So finally he comes and he’s really talented. He made a palm tree and a monkey climbing. I felt horrible, not having some cash to tip the guy. And then worse when the restaurant couldn’t take a tip from my card. And then I left and forgot about it until now. When I left the Packers were staging a comeback, just like I thought they might. Then the last pass… and the rest is history.
Patriots @ Ravens, who next week will be the team we do not
mention. My pick – Ravens.
Yep, Ravens. I figured they would be so hopping mad they would eat Mr Brady and his back up for lunch and win it 52-3. But that isn’t what happened. The Patriots were leading, giving me hope. And then I saw His Beautifulness get hit by a purple guy (lightly)and start lobbying for a flag, and then got one. And it hit me…. Tom Brady really is the pansy they say he is. Maybe I am a fool to follow this guy, root for him… maybe.
Yep, Ravens. I figured they would be so hopping mad they would eat Mr Brady and his back up for lunch and win it 52-3. But that isn’t what happened. The Patriots were leading, giving me hope. And then I saw His Beautifulness get hit by a purple guy (lightly)and start lobbying for a flag, and then got one. And it hit me…. Tom Brady really is the pansy they say he is. Maybe I am a fool to follow this guy, root for him… maybe.
49ers @ Vikings. My pick – Vikings, and not because they
actually won. I thought they might be for real. I live in WA, but was born in Portland, so really I can root for either the Niners or the Seahawks. And then there is that basketball team I SHOULD root for, and most times do.
Texans @ Broncos. My pick – whoever eventually won.
But I have to say, Mr Elway, what is the difference between losing with Manning and losing with Tebow? Hello? Nothing to say? I watched part of this, right after the ear thing with Matt Schaub, who is having a great year. The only thing is… dude, your image, WTH? First of all, grow the hair out, loosen up a bit. I mean, really, you could win it all this year, go on SNL and date supermodels and all that. Second, get a real QB number, something in the 2 digits. Yeah, there was Favre and Young and Aikman, but that era is fading. Go with 14 or 12. And then…. Dude change your name. Colt McCoy isn’t playing, that would be a good one. Or something tough, like, say, Chuck Dakota, or Dakota McCoy. Or maybe, just maybe, Brady Quinn. He isn’t playing now. Probably better to go with Quinn Brady though. So there it is Matt Schaub. Long hair, number 12 and Brady on your jersey… now you’re a stylin’ QB.
But I have to say, Mr Elway, what is the difference between losing with Manning and losing with Tebow? Hello? Nothing to say? I watched part of this, right after the ear thing with Matt Schaub, who is having a great year. The only thing is… dude, your image, WTH? First of all, grow the hair out, loosen up a bit. I mean, really, you could win it all this year, go on SNL and date supermodels and all that. Second, get a real QB number, something in the 2 digits. Yeah, there was Favre and Young and Aikman, but that era is fading. Go with 14 or 12. And then…. Dude change your name. Colt McCoy isn’t playing, that would be a good one. Or something tough, like, say, Chuck Dakota, or Dakota McCoy. Or maybe, just maybe, Brady Quinn. He isn’t playing now. Probably better to go with Quinn Brady though. So there it is Matt Schaub. Long hair, number 12 and Brady on your jersey… now you’re a stylin’ QB.
Eagles @ Cardinals. My pick – Eagles. Seriously, the
Cardinals?
Well, I guess they won, and at home. "Right now we're with Michael. We'll evaluate it as we go," said Andy Reid after the game, about his QB. And I got to thinking, say they bench him? Who is the backup? Nick Foles, who is that? I say…. Bring McNabb back. And here’s why. My first girlfriend and I had a dramatic break up. And I learned there was someone else. And she went back to him…. Sort of. And then… well, yeah, I was the someone else. But I knew the deal. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. And I was OK with it. So I think he will come back. In fact I predict it.
Well, I guess they won, and at home. "Right now we're with Michael. We'll evaluate it as we go," said Andy Reid after the game, about his QB. And I got to thinking, say they bench him? Who is the backup? Nick Foles, who is that? I say…. Bring McNabb back. And here’s why. My first girlfriend and I had a dramatic break up. And I learned there was someone else. And she went back to him…. Sort of. And then… well, yeah, I was the someone else. But I knew the deal. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. And I was OK with it. So I think he will come back. In fact I predict it.
Steelers @ Raiders. My pick – duh! Raiders stink, right?
Wrong. Although this loss was way less emotional than the 1978 AFC Championship loss to the Raiders. I cried, I was 15, it seemed the thing to do. And I hated the Raiders for years. 2 anyway, until my Steelers went back. But it got me thinking of another team I just hated, with a passion. The 90s era Cowboys, who robbed my Niners of 2 Super Bowls, maybe 3. Who didn’t love Joe Montana? Seriously. And he was hurt for a long time. But the final game of the 1992 season he was back, and they let him play in a game against the Lions Ibelieve, at home. There he was, Super Joe, back on the field, throwing TDs. The only problem was that his backup was the MVP that year, and rumors were that Joe was done in SF. But rumors are just rumors, he’s Joe f@$%ing Montana after all. So they have home field, and the MVP back up barely beats the Redskins, then they host this upstart bunch of morons who fired Tom Landry, and the bastards actually have the audacity to be leading the game late into it. The backup isn’t doing all that hot, they want to get to the Super Bowl right? What would you do? What would anyone do? Joe f@$%ing Montana is over there warming a bench. But they never put him in…. never. What was the dialogue like? Who made the call? There had to be somebody at Candlestick who remembered number 16 andhis 4 Super Bowl Rings.
SCREWED UP SF EXECUTIVE: This doesn’t look good.
HOPEFUL SF EXECUTIVE: Young isn’t cutting it. What about Joe?
SCREWED UP SF EXECUTIVE: We have to keep Steve in. We’re trading Joe remember. Steve is the MVP.
HOPEFUL SF EXECUTIVE: Not today we’re not. We’re losing this game, but there’s time left. Tell them to send Joe in.
SCREWED UP SF EXECUTIVE: blah blah, corporate eanings, salary cap, blah blah, Steve Young blah blah future
HOPEFUL SF EXECUTIVE: he’s Joe f@$%ing Montana!
SCREWED UP SF EXECUTIVE: blah blah future, Kansas City, blah blah retire his number. Good for the company, blah blah
HOPEFUL SF EXECUTIVE: But, sir, he’s Joe f@$%ing Montana!
You get the picture, and this was way funnier in my head, before I wrote it… So, enough of Week 3.
Wrong. Although this loss was way less emotional than the 1978 AFC Championship loss to the Raiders. I cried, I was 15, it seemed the thing to do. And I hated the Raiders for years. 2 anyway, until my Steelers went back. But it got me thinking of another team I just hated, with a passion. The 90s era Cowboys, who robbed my Niners of 2 Super Bowls, maybe 3. Who didn’t love Joe Montana? Seriously. And he was hurt for a long time. But the final game of the 1992 season he was back, and they let him play in a game against the Lions Ibelieve, at home. There he was, Super Joe, back on the field, throwing TDs. The only problem was that his backup was the MVP that year, and rumors were that Joe was done in SF. But rumors are just rumors, he’s Joe f@$%ing Montana after all. So they have home field, and the MVP back up barely beats the Redskins, then they host this upstart bunch of morons who fired Tom Landry, and the bastards actually have the audacity to be leading the game late into it. The backup isn’t doing all that hot, they want to get to the Super Bowl right? What would you do? What would anyone do? Joe f@$%ing Montana is over there warming a bench. But they never put him in…. never. What was the dialogue like? Who made the call? There had to be somebody at Candlestick who remembered number 16 andhis 4 Super Bowl Rings.
SCREWED UP SF EXECUTIVE: This doesn’t look good.
HOPEFUL SF EXECUTIVE: Young isn’t cutting it. What about Joe?
SCREWED UP SF EXECUTIVE: We have to keep Steve in. We’re trading Joe remember. Steve is the MVP.
HOPEFUL SF EXECUTIVE: Not today we’re not. We’re losing this game, but there’s time left. Tell them to send Joe in.
SCREWED UP SF EXECUTIVE: blah blah, corporate eanings, salary cap, blah blah, Steve Young blah blah future
HOPEFUL SF EXECUTIVE: he’s Joe f@$%ing Montana!
SCREWED UP SF EXECUTIVE: blah blah future, Kansas City, blah blah retire his number. Good for the company, blah blah
HOPEFUL SF EXECUTIVE: But, sir, he’s Joe f@$%ing Montana!
You get the picture, and this was way funnier in my head, before I wrote it… So, enough of Week 3.