NFL Week 6: The Bills Could Not Pay Their Way To A Win

[Kinetic 0]

This makes two really bad losses for them in a row. Unfortunately, it looks like they might end up winning their division by default.

 

The NFC still isn't very good.

[Jaxxson Mayhem 0]

Holy fucking fuck.

 

Is it humanly possible for chris collinsworth to ride the patriots dick any more? More specifically, tom brady's dick. This is getting sickening. Just come out of the closet already chris. You can then openly enjoy your infatuation with tom brady.

[Slayer 0]

Speaking of riding, weren't you riding the Colts bandwagon pretty hard last January, Cowboy#s?

[Jaxxson Mayhem 0]

Speaking of riding, weren't you riding the Colts bandwagon pretty hard last January, Cowboy#s?

 

 

Nah. After Dallas was out, I had to cheer for the home team.

[cabbageboy 0]

As much as I want to look forward to an epic Indy/NE undefeated matchup in a few weeks I can't help but wonder if the Colts might go down at Jacksonville next week. The Jags are 4-1 with the 1 loss by 3 points and last year crushed the Colts in JAX.

 

Why were there so many jokes about Testaverde this week? I know he's old but it seemed like all the TV pundits went out of their way to poke fun at the Panthers for signing him.

[Guest TheJuice31]

Cleveland exposed the New England defense more so than Dallas did today. Outside of some sloppy tackling on Jones and Barber, they played just fine. Dallas came into this game as the top offense in the league, and really only pieced together three solid drives today. Giving up 20 points to the top offense is about on par with the points they've given up on average so far, and of course you expect Dallas to put up more points than a New York or a Cincinnati. The defensive TD for Dallas was the saving grace for that thing, because they were damn slow out of the gates and didn't really hit their stride until the end of the first half, which isn't really much of a surprise.

 

Dallas' defense was a bit misleading heading into this game, because while people threw around how neither Dallas or New England had played anyone record-wise, Dallas hadn't seen anything that even remotely resembles a solid offense, whereas Cincinnati and Cleveland both had top 10 scoring offenses heading into this game.

 

That thing is just a machine right now. The fact that they could roll the 3rd string RB out there and still not miss a beat...damn.

[hyperchord24 0]

That thing is just a machine right now. The fact that they could roll the 3rd string RB out there and still not miss a beat...damn.

I'm so sick of how good the Patriots are that I just want to give them the Super Bowl right now, and let everyone else play for 2nd place and play that game in February.

 

And fuck all these studs willing to take less money to play for them too.

[Boon 0]

Technically, the Pats could clinch their division on Nov 4th. Think about that for a second. God damn, the AFC East sucks.

[CanadianChris 0]

Technically, the Pats could clinch their division on Nov 4th. Think about that for a second. God damn, the AFC East sucks.

Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a team be five games up in the win column on everyone else in their division after week 6.

 

New England is going to have more wins than everyone else in their division combined by season's end. Book it.

[snuffbox 0]

Why were there so many jokes about Testaverde this week? I know he's old but it seemed like all the TV pundits went out of their way to poke fun at the Panthers for signing him.

 

Went against the conventional wisdom.

 

[NoCalMike 0]

As long as the Redskins beat the Cardinals next week and are 4-2 going into the following week playing the Patriots, I think Redskins/Patriots would be an interesting matchup.

 

No, I don't expect the Redskins to win, but they do have the #1 Defense in the league, and for two weeks in a row they pretty much shut down the #1 passing offenses in the league and it does seem the Pats use the Passing game to setup the running game. The Redskins offense is way too inconsistent and too mistake-prone to stick around with the Pats, but right now I'd say the Redskins Defense has the best chance to do any type of scheming against the Pats. They have depth in their secondary, and no one has been able to run on them yet. They are also causing turnovers which is a nice turnaround suprise coming off a horrid ratio in 2006.

 

Of course as a Skins fan, my heart will be rooting for the upset, but more importantly I am interested in the game as a measuring stick, for not only how good the Skins can play against THE ELITE team of the league, but also how for real the #1 Defense is.

[KingPK 0]

Speaking of video game football, there's no way in hell the Pats lose to anyone other than maybe Indy this year.

 

They play Miami in Miami next week (my birthday, no less) and I've learned to expect the unexpected when they go down there (like Brady thinking he can complete a pass from flat on his ass twice in one season).

[4hartthreat 0]

As long as the Redskins beat the Cardinals next week and are 4-2 going into the following week playing the Patriots, I think Redskins/Patriots would be an interesting matchup.

 

 

I think the interesting thing about this game is that it is the week before the Pats play the Colts. Do they get caught looking ahead?

[Boon 0]

Maybe the first half, but if it looks like Miami has any chance at winning by halftime, they'll wake up.

[2GOLD 0]

As long as the Redskins beat the Cardinals next week and are 4-2 going into the following week playing the Patriots, I think Redskins/Patriots would be an interesting matchup.

 

 

I think the interesting thing about this game is that it is the week before the Pats play the Colts. Do they get caught looking ahead?

 

Brady in Miami is usually a crap shoot like PK said. For some reason he ends up looking like a confused rookie down there in the second half of a football game. I had that as one of the games the Pats would be in the most trouble but the way the Miami defense looks this year, I am not sure even Brady screwing up could help the Dolphins win that game.

 

 

[Mike wanna be 0]

I'd have to look up his stats against other teams, but is it possible it's the heat & whatnot of Miami, considering he played at Michigan and now spends 8 games in New England, one in Buffalo and one in Jersey?

[Guest Gym Class Fallout]

Let's give a big TSM welcome to Dusty Baker, everybody.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Apparently the Dallas Cowboys Media Relations Staff has taken "freedom of the press" to whole new levels by allowing a complete clown access to Sunday's post-game press conferences.

 

Using a tone and syntax reminiscent of old Movietone newsreel audio, the quetionable questioner was allowed to act goofy to not only head coach Bill Belichick but also Tom Brady, meaning no one in Big D had the brains to bounce the bozo after his first unprofessional, embarrassing and attention-grabbing line of questioning. True, it's only a post-game press conference, but some level of decorum and professionalism should be expected. A circus atmosphere is not what the NFL is looking for, we are certain.

 

At least one member of the Boston media was stunned by the pathetic excuse for a sports journalist and wondered to Shots, "You'd think he'd have his credential revoked, right?"

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At 1:56 – 2:06 of audio:

 

Bozo: "Champ, Champ Talk about your Beantown offense in the second half. They treated the boys from Big D like a couple of flapper girls who were a little loopy on the old gin and juice."

 

Belichick: "Next. . ."(Smirks). 0218770002.jpg

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At 3:00 – 3:18 of audio:

 

Bozo: "Champ, Champ, Champ talk about the touchdown pass to Dontel Stallworth it looked like you two were doing the Jitterbug while the Dallas secondary was doing the Charleston."

 

Brady: "Is that right? I don’t know what the hell that means but, it was great route and it’s easy to throw it when he’s that wide open. Great question."

 

. . .A brief discussion of the bizarre Belichick moment is found here.

 

UPDATE (10/18/07, 1:40 p.m. EST) - It appears the bozo in question is a recurring character from SportsRadio 1310 AM/104.1 FM The Ticket in Dallas, which is, incredibly the Cowboys flagship station. They've had their bozo do the same to thing to various athletes with various levels of success.

 

And trust us, it's not that we don't appreciate humor. It's just that this is idiocy and completely out of line for a post-game press conference. If it's so funny, why isn't 1920s Reporter Guy (as he's called) approaching Terrell Owens in the same manner? Because T.O. would knock his head off? Oh, then by all means, try it.

 

The stunt would be funny if it were a minor league team and a student radio station. But it's the NFL's mighty Cowboys and their flagship station.

 

Stay classy, Dallas, indeed.

 

. . . With all our new friends in Dallas getting into our commenting section, we've had to shut down the feature for today. Thanks for reading Shots and come back soon.

[Guest Gym Class Fallout]

Dallas doesn't respect postgame press conferences.

[Kinetic 0]

1920's Reporter Guy replaces Keith Olbermann on the NBC pregame show next year. Book it.

 

And I guess no one watched the MNF game tonight.

[MFer 0]

I watched the game, mainly to see if the Giants D would get me my 6 fantasy points for the win.

 

Of course, fantasy talk here is forbidden, so it doesn't really matter.

[Ripper 0]

I watched and realized how horrible the commentary is.

 

Watch as they blame the offensive line and the recivers for Joey Harrington playing like shit.

 

"Thats 6 drops!!"

 

No. There were two drops in the game. The others were horrible passes.

 

The crowd was chanting for Chris Redman.

 

But according to the commentary it was everyones fault except Joey Harrington.

 

 

[Mike wanna be 0]

What's the deal with Marvin Harrison? Is he turning into a Williams sister that goes out there hurt, stinks, and then continues to go out there hurt instead of taking the necessary break to recover?

[MFer 0]

Also...

 

"You can't talk about the 2007 Atlanta Falcons without the name Michael Vick."

 

Ya think?

[Ripper 0]

Oh you most definately can. They haven't mentioned him since week one on the local broadcast.

 

Of course, ESPN talks about him the entire 3rd fucking quarter.

[dh86 0]

I watched and realized how horrible the commentary is.

 

Watch as they blame the offensive line and the recivers for Joey Harrington playing like shit.

 

"Thats 6 drops!!"

 

No. There were two drops in the game. The others were horrible passes.

 

The crowd was chanting for Chris Redman.

 

But according to the commentary it was everyones fault except Joey Harrington.

 

The more things change, they stay the same...I had to deal with 4 seasons of "give joey weapons"

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

Worst starting QB I ever saw not named Rex.

[Kinetic 0]

Rob Johnson, anyone?

[cabbageboy 0]

Why not start Redman then? Could he possibly do worse than what the Falcons are doing now?

[Ripper 0]

No, he could not.

 

It has to be frustrating for the offensive line and the recievers to be taking all that critisim for this game. They did a good job of protecting Harrington and the recievers ran good, smart routes while Joey was throwing the ball all over the place.

 

You can't hold the ball for 3 hours in the pocket and not expect to get pressure on you.

 

I wish he who will not be named had this kind of protection...

 

*sigh*