Tough day for the Manning brothers today as together they managed to accumulate a pair of losses and six interceptions. While this sort of character is highly unexpected from the greatPeyton–throwing at least two interceptions in three consecutive weeks–it’s not all that surprising hearing the news from Eli, as he has thrown the most interceptions out of anyquarterback in NFL history in the past four and a half years. Yea, usually stats are supposed to be impressive, but that one there is quite viscous–and not in a good way. Looks like Archie might have to pull his sons aside and give them a few pointers.
Yes the Broncos lost in an upset against the Rams, but a few other upsets occurred as well, with the Texans somehow managing to stifle the overconfident Browns to an unexpected six points, the Buccaneers smashing a Redskin’s team even with their starting quarterback–albeitunder performing starting quarterback–back behind center, and Philadelphia being throttled by ared hot Green Bay team. Yea, so much for the Mark Sanchez hype…
Before I spoil all the goodies for you this fantastic Sunday evening, lets discuss this weeks shockers, bombshells and guzzle all that down with a brief recap of today’s NFL performances.
#1) Bombshells
As far as bombshells go, it doesn’t get much worse than the Philadelphia Eagles’ disgusting performance against the Green Bay Parkers. I don’t know whats worse, the fact that their defense allowed a whopping 53 points or the fact that Mark Sanchez threw two interceptions. Now, granted, I know this is Mark Sanchez where talking about here, not Nick Foles, not Michael Vick, but Marky Mark himself–and all in all his 26/44 for 346 yards and two touchdowns and two pic wasn’t as bad as we all expected.
But still, did you see him behind center today? One would have thought someone would have laced his hands with I can’t believe its not butter, as for some reason he had trouble holding on to the ball. Nevertheless, the Eagles got stomped, and the Packers are establishing their dominance and are in the mix for the NFC’s scariest team, scoring 50 plus points in two consecutive weeks. If that isn’t scary, then I don’t know what is.
#2) Shockers
The Browns have been so unbelievably bad over the past couple of decades, that, even as aSeahawks fan, it has been a bit refreshing observing them rekindle their flame in the NFL. Now, there unimpressive loss against a Texans team with a losing record may not in itself derail the franchises hopes of living up to this years hype, but I can estimate that it will certainly leave a lasting impact on the games that follow. With Bryan Hoyer launching for over 50 pass attempts and completing less than 50% of his balls, you can bet that Cleveland fans might start beckoning for Johnny football.
With that said, even though the though the Texans don’t have the best record in the world, they still manage to wield a fair amount of talent both offensively and defensively. And seeing as lately J.J. Watt has been exploding on both offense and defense, catching his fourth touch down pass of the year (the most from any defensive lineman since 1948) he should be regarded as the ring master of any incoming riches the Texans accrue. The guy is unbelievable: A touchdown catch, a sack, a force fumble and a recovered fumble all in one game is certainly cause for a celebration (for Texans fans at least) as they’ve got themselves one fine player.
#3) Recap
As mid-season has swept by, the playoff picture is starting to breed some interesting competitors: The Texans hit 500 in their win over the Browns, the Rams are looking to win the season out after there stunner against the Broncos, and the Cardinals are spreading there wings and heading south of there competition, looking to roost comfortably in that number one spot in the NFC. Needless to say, things are getting quite interesting.
Cam Newton and the Panthers are continuing to demonstrate their weaknesses, racking up the losses week after week after week after week; the Bears are looking to rejuvenate their season after their must win game against the Vikings, Jay Cutler launching a few bombs to his star receivers like the gunslinger he is; the Seahawks fell short to the Chiefs, breaking there 3 game win streak in a rather tasteless fashion; Cincinnati overcame the Saints, stamping Drew Brees and the Saints to a mere 10 points; Washington got obliterated, RG 3 looking more like a rookie than the highly touted starter he’s made out to be; San Diego managed to barely overcome Oakland in a close one; and last but not least–the Lions’ Megatron was contained by that suddenly scary Cardinals defense, falling short to Carson Palmer and the bright red.
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