Week six is officially in the books. The Broncos, Colts, Saints, and Vikings all remain undefeated. The Bucs, Titans, and Rams all remain, well, defeated. The Redskins embarassed themselves again this week, losing to the Chiefs while only scoring six points. Whoever thinks that the Skins will be suddenly transformed into a competitive football team by taking play calling duties away from Jim Zorn and giving them to Sherm Lewis is kidding themselves. No way Zorn makes it through the bye week. I wonder how much those "Horny for Zorny" t-shirts are going for these days? Whose to blame in D.C? Daniel Snyder gets my vote. How lucky the Washington D.C, Baltimore metro area is to be blessed with Peter Angelos and Dan Snyder. I won't mention the Nationals ownership because, honestly, I don't consider the Nats to be a professional sports team. I don't think Zorn can be blamed for the Skins wretched performance so far this year. The only reason this guy is the head coach of this team is because, after he was hired as the teams new offensive coordinator, Snyder couldn't get a legitimate head coach to come and work for him. With no head coach in place, the job practically fell in Zorn's lap; a job that he was never qualified for in the first place. I feel sorry for the guy.
Nobody should be more embarassed than the lowly Titans. How does a team that was 13-3 a year ago, sporting the best record in football, open the season at 0-6? Not only did Tennessee lose on sunday, but Tom Brady treated their defense like a practice squad. Actually, I think that the Patriots practice squad would have put up a better fight than the Titans did. Giselle Bunchen and the Victoria Secret models could have at least stopped Brady once. Tommy Boy threw for over 300 yards while tossing six touchdowns. A huge game for Brady. The embarrasing part, he played for just over 30 minutes and then took a seat on the bench. I think CBS actually stopped showing the game and cut to the premiere of "Heidi", and nobody, not even in New England, noticed or cared.
Brett Favre closed his eyes and threw the ball as far as he could as the fourth quarter was winding down against the Ravens. Ravens defensive back Frank Walker was beaten so badly on the play that he actually tried to pull Sidney Rice's jersey off. Not only did Walker get called for pass interference, Rice still caught the ball. The Ravens secondary is in trouble. This came after the Vikings defense, holding a 17 point lead allowed the Ravens to pull ahead. Ray Rice scampered in for the go ahead touchdown as every player on the Vikings defense watched. I don't think anyone actually tried to tackle him. The Ravens made a last ditch effort though. Joe Flacco, who in my opinion is the best young quarterback in the league, marched the Ravens down the field, setting up Steven Hauschska for the game winner....wide left. Maybe the Ravens should have held on to Matt Stover, who coincidentally signed with the Colts last week. I wonder if anyone has heard from Walker or Hauschka today. Somebody should look into that, because I'm sure that Ray Lewis is none too happy about losing three straight games.
In other news, The Denver Broncos dominated the San Diego Chargers on Monday Night Football for all of the world to see. The Broncos defense has allowed ten points in the second half...all season. Amazing. Kyle Orton is beginning to look like an M.V.P candidate. The guy has thrown one pick all season (and that was a hail mary at the end of the half against New England that was picked by Randy Moss...hardly a turnover.) The guy just gets the job done. The Broncos have a bye week, followed by another tough game on the road in Baltimore. The Ravens are going to be hungry, and possibly looking for a new kicker and cornerback. Somebody take that knife out of Ray-Ray's hand please!
Here are my power rankings for week 6:
1. Indianapolis Colts (The Colts got healthier during the bye week while Peyton Manning still threw for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns.)
2. New Orleans saints (The Saints would be at number 1 after destroying the Giants, but I can't penalize the idle Colts.)
3. Denver Broncos (Still undefeated, and finally starting to get a little respect. A hungry, angry Ravens squad awaits the Broncos after their bye week.)
4. Minnesota Vikings (Brett Favre is carrying the Vikings offense. Spectacular feat for a 76 year old man. Minnesota's secondary is very suspect.)
5. New York Giants (The Giants ran into a buzz saw Sunday in New Orleans. Eli looked frustrated and flustered all day.)
6. New England Patriots (So, they not only put up 59 points, but completely dominated the Titans defensively.)
7. Atlanta Falcons (Matt Ryan continues to blossom into an outstanding quarterback. The addition of Tony Gonzales gives Atlanta a complete offense.)
8. Pittsburgh Steelers (Getting Polamalu back in the secondary, and the emergence of Rashard Mendenhall has the Steelers looking like the champs once again.)
9. Chicago Bears (After a shaky week 1, Jay Cutler is playing Pro-Bowl caliber football.)
10. Cinncinati Bengals (Losing Antwan Odom for the year is a crushing blow to the stout Bengals D.)
Nobody should be more embarassed than the lowly Titans. How does a team that was 13-3 a year ago, sporting the best record in football, open the season at 0-6? Not only did Tennessee lose on sunday, but Tom Brady treated their defense like a practice squad. Actually, I think that the Patriots practice squad would have put up a better fight than the Titans did. Giselle Bunchen and the Victoria Secret models could have at least stopped Brady once. Tommy Boy threw for over 300 yards while tossing six touchdowns. A huge game for Brady. The embarrasing part, he played for just over 30 minutes and then took a seat on the bench. I think CBS actually stopped showing the game and cut to the premiere of "Heidi", and nobody, not even in New England, noticed or cared.
Brett Favre closed his eyes and threw the ball as far as he could as the fourth quarter was winding down against the Ravens. Ravens defensive back Frank Walker was beaten so badly on the play that he actually tried to pull Sidney Rice's jersey off. Not only did Walker get called for pass interference, Rice still caught the ball. The Ravens secondary is in trouble. This came after the Vikings defense, holding a 17 point lead allowed the Ravens to pull ahead. Ray Rice scampered in for the go ahead touchdown as every player on the Vikings defense watched. I don't think anyone actually tried to tackle him. The Ravens made a last ditch effort though. Joe Flacco, who in my opinion is the best young quarterback in the league, marched the Ravens down the field, setting up Steven Hauschska for the game winner....wide left. Maybe the Ravens should have held on to Matt Stover, who coincidentally signed with the Colts last week. I wonder if anyone has heard from Walker or Hauschka today. Somebody should look into that, because I'm sure that Ray Lewis is none too happy about losing three straight games.
In other news, The Denver Broncos dominated the San Diego Chargers on Monday Night Football for all of the world to see. The Broncos defense has allowed ten points in the second half...all season. Amazing. Kyle Orton is beginning to look like an M.V.P candidate. The guy has thrown one pick all season (and that was a hail mary at the end of the half against New England that was picked by Randy Moss...hardly a turnover.) The guy just gets the job done. The Broncos have a bye week, followed by another tough game on the road in Baltimore. The Ravens are going to be hungry, and possibly looking for a new kicker and cornerback. Somebody take that knife out of Ray-Ray's hand please!
Here are my power rankings for week 6:
1. Indianapolis Colts (The Colts got healthier during the bye week while Peyton Manning still threw for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns.)
2. New Orleans saints (The Saints would be at number 1 after destroying the Giants, but I can't penalize the idle Colts.)
3. Denver Broncos (Still undefeated, and finally starting to get a little respect. A hungry, angry Ravens squad awaits the Broncos after their bye week.)
4. Minnesota Vikings (Brett Favre is carrying the Vikings offense. Spectacular feat for a 76 year old man. Minnesota's secondary is very suspect.)
5. New York Giants (The Giants ran into a buzz saw Sunday in New Orleans. Eli looked frustrated and flustered all day.)
6. New England Patriots (So, they not only put up 59 points, but completely dominated the Titans defensively.)
7. Atlanta Falcons (Matt Ryan continues to blossom into an outstanding quarterback. The addition of Tony Gonzales gives Atlanta a complete offense.)
8. Pittsburgh Steelers (Getting Polamalu back in the secondary, and the emergence of Rashard Mendenhall has the Steelers looking like the champs once again.)
9. Chicago Bears (After a shaky week 1, Jay Cutler is playing Pro-Bowl caliber football.)
10. Cinncinati Bengals (Losing Antwan Odom for the year is a crushing blow to the stout Bengals D.)
Actually, the Junkies were just discussing this morning what new clever T-shirts they could make with an anti- Dan Snyder theme... the Horny for Zorny T-shirts were once a hit, but not so much anymore. Ugh, the winter is going to be dreadful without a football team to root for...
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