A lot of Survivors bit the dust this weekend; another crazy weekend with a lot of upsets. Atlanta, Jacksonville, Kansas City and New England all lost to inferior teams. And they were all legitimate survivor picks due to the late stage of the season. Had Baltimore and Indianapolis not won due to late field goal misses, the carnage might have been worse. The point is, this is a crazy year, and getting crazier each week.
You Think the NFC is Game?
The NFC is weak. The Bears are good but majorly flawed. I think New England, Denver, San Diego and Indianapolis could all beat the Bears. The next level in the NFC is New York and Seattle. Both teams are crippled by injuries right now but even healthy, they are inferior to the AFC powers. Three more NFC teams will have to make the playoffs, they will come from this group: Philadelphia, Dallas, Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans with Minnesota and St. Louis still within reach (I discount the 4-5 Packers and 9ers). Those teams are not good.
Game of the Week
San Diego 49 Cincinnati 41
Offense makes it fun. 90 points and 976 yards of offense. The Bengals blew a huge lead allowing 6 touchdowns in the second half. San Diego had 7 second half possessions excluding the final kneeldown. Early in the second half, they scored two touchdowns in two minutes to cut the lead to 7. Then they scored on the first play of the fourth quarter, forced a fumble and scored another touchdown 45 seconds into the fourth. That gave them a lead they would not give up. Bengals are in huge trouble.
Game to Watch
Chicago Bears at New York Jets
This isn't really a key game for either team. The Bears are almost definitely going to earn homefield for the NFC playoffs and the Jets are expected to lose this game, but their schedule is still easy enough to put them in the playoffs. A Jets win would keep the heat on New England in the AFC East race though. As an added bonus, this will be the Bears second straight visit to the Meadowlands...and Billy and I will be there, rooting for Da Bears.
Cheerleader of the Week
Molly of the Baltimore Ravens. Molly is a 39 year old cheerleader and mother of 5. She is also the trophy wife, I mean wife, of Mayo Shattuck, the CEO of Constellation Energy Group. Mayo was paid $4m last year and exercised options valued at $43.5m. But Molly is with him because he has a good heart, a warm smile and a winning personality.
Molly's hectic life as a cheerleader who is 15-20 years older than most of her squadmates was chronicled on "Inside the NFL." She is pretty hot for nearly 40 but she might not be up on a lot of the things the younger cheerleaders take for granted, like thong underwear, Brazilians and posting slutty pictures of yourself on MySpace.
A Brief Rant About the Redskins
This season is over. I'm glad Joe Gibbs has made the move to go with Jason Campbell. In four division games this year they have scored 2 offensive touchdowns. The fact is the offense wasn't working, but it's not for lack of weapons. The defense also sucks this year because once again the defensive line is horrible. It can't stop the run and it can't rush the passer. The linebackers are ok and the secondary is really good when healthy. Although Sean Taylor did get burned on the long touchdown to Dante Stallworth. The other two Eagles touchdowns were not the defenses fault; the fumble to Buckhalter and an INT return.
If the Super Bowl Were Played Today
Indianapolis 17 Chicago 13
I have a feeling these two teams are going to occupy these two spots for the rest of the season. And until Chicago shows me something I'll still have to pick the Colts to beat them. Even though I think they'll choke when we get there for real.
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