The NFL is Poop Week 2

Cheaters Do Prosper
Incredibly impressive performance by the New England Patriots. They beat the San Diego Chargers 38-14, exactly the same score by which they defeated the New York Jets in Week 1. But the Chargers are a much better team than the Jets, maybe the second best team in the NFL. They absolutely blitzed the Chargers, forcing 3 turnovers and leading 24-0 midway through the 2nd quarter. If the Patriots can keep up this high level of play there is no one who can beat them in the NFL this season.

Take a Seat Pretty Boy
Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson shocked the world throwing for 328 yards and 5 touchdowns to lead the Browns to a 51-45 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. I predicted the Browns would score 17 points tops. They scored three times that many and Anderson had an incredible game. Doesn't look like Brady Quinn will be getting in the game anytime soon.



Oh When the Saints
I'm starting to believe that last season's run to the NFC title game by the New Orleans Saints was a fluke. For two weeks now the Saints defense has been shown to be susceptible to the deep ball. Peyton Manning torched them, which is understandable but now Jeff Garcia burned them for 243 yards, on only 10 complete passes. He had completions of 33, 69, 41 (twice) and 24 yards. And midway through the third quarter they stopped running the ball. Also the Saints vaunted offense hasn't been able to do much either. Drew Brees padded his stats with about 100 meaningless yards, but he hasn't been able to get anything deep and Bush and McAllister haven't been able to get a good ground game going either. Every year teams we think are good turn out to be bad, the Saints might be that team.

Cheaters Do Prosper II
For the second straight week the Denver Broncos won a game on a last second field goal, this time they should have lost. As the Raiders' Sebastian Janikowski was getting set to attempt the game-winning field goal, the Broncos tried to call timeout to ice him. The whistle never blew though and the down was played and the kick was good. But an official said time had been called before the kick. Janikowski missed the second attempt and the Broncos won. This rule should be changed. On field goals you should have to call timeout before the ball is set, or at least before the ball is snapped.

Game of The Week
Cleveland Browns 51 Cincinnati Bengals 45
Just an amazing back and forth game in which neither team played any defense at all. Jamal Lewis had over 200 yards. Chad Johnson had over 200 yards. Chad Johnson, TJ Houshmandzadeh, Braylon Edwards and Joe Jurevicius all had 2 TDs. Carson Palmer had 400 yards and 6 TDs and he might have been outplayed. There were 12 touchdowns and 5 punts. In a span of 14 possessions starting in the first quarter and extending until the end of the 3rd, there were 11 scoring drives and 2 turnovers. This was a fun game to watch.

Game of Next Week
Dallas Cowboys at Chicago Bears
The Bears have drawn a tough early schedule and if they lose this game they will fall to 1-2. The Cowboys have scored 82 points in two games and even torched a pretty good Dolphins defense. But the Bears defense is even better. But Rex Grossman still hasn't played well and he needs a breakout week to keep the vultures at bay.

Cheerleader of the Week
Jessica Wanzie of the New England Patriots Cheerleaders
Jessica couldn't be any more girly. Her favorite TV shows are One Tree Hill and Friends. Her favorite actors are Julia Roberts and Leonardo DiCaprio and she loves Justin Timberlake. Even her dog is girly, a yorkiepoo named Molly.




A Brief Rant About the Redskins
Jason Campbell had his coming of age game on Monday Night against the Eagles. He started off a little rocky but he settled down later in the game. The game plan doesn't give him chances to complete a lot of passes (very few screens), but it does take advantage of his strong arm by throwing a lot of outs. He still is a little erratic with his deep ball as evidenced by the potential game-clincher he threw 10 yards over Santana Moss's head. But overall an excellent performance from Campbell.



The defense was also terrifying but effective. Employing a bend but don't break strategy the Redskins held the Eagles to four field goals, but no touchdowns. Through 2 games the Redskins have forced one turnover which was their big problem last year, lack of big plays on defense. But they did get one big play on defense against the Eagles. On fourth down late in the game rookie safety Laron Landry delivered a big hit on Kevin Curtis breaking up the catch and preserving the victory.



The Redskins next four games are against the Giants, Lions, Packers and Cardinals, all winnable games especially because only the Packers game is a road game.

If the Super Bowl Were Played Today
The New England Patriots would beat the Dallas Cowboys 38-14.
The Patriots just look unstoppable on offense. The Cowboys look like the class of the NFC, but 24 points seems just about right for this one.