I hope Tim Tebow has a long career in the NFL. And I say this despite dropping him for Tarvaris Jackson in one league yesterday, having him take down one of my survivor pools (12 people left, $32K on the line) and not remotely sharing his religious or political views. Not only is he fun to watch, but if he succeeds it'll prove a lot of scouts and front office types wrong. Not that they haven't been proven wrong a thousand times already, but the assessments are particularly harsh - and certain - about Tebow.
The Jets defense is easily the best in the NFL, and I think they're the favorite right now in the AFC, especially with Mark Sanchez taking a step forward this year. The Steelers' D had a case before Joe Flacco drove 92 yards against them last night. The 49ers need to play better competition, though this week's game against the Giants should be a decent test. If I had to pick an AFC team to beat the Jets, it would probably be the Texans.
The Patriots' inability to stretch the field limits their ceiling.
Matt Moore could easily be this year's Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Peter Schoenke was right: Tarvaris Jackson is horrible.
The Cowboys passing offense is a huge disappointment given their personnel. Imagine if Dez Bryant, Miles Austin and Jason Witten were on the Patriots, Saints or Packers.
Do the Browns serve any function whatsoever? (This question stumped Jeff Erickson on the air today).
Normally, by midseason I don't put much stock in what happened during the season's first couple weeks. The Chiefs might make me rethink that.
Maybe Eli Manning was right. Manning has made quality players out of Victor Cruz and Jake Ballard this year, and beat the Pats in Foxborough without Ahmad Bradshaw, Hakeem Nicks and starting center David Baas.
Both Colquitts (Dustin and Britton) attempted passes Sunday. The former on a botched fake field goal, the latter on a muffed snap.
Graham Gano kicking a 59-yard field goal at the end of the first half was like Juan Pierre hitting a 500-foot home run.
Just as it was time to pick up Roy Helu, Jr. after Ryan Torain's breakout, it's time to pick up Daniel Thomas after Reggie Bush's. You always have to be a week or two early.
Why did the Seahawks sign Zach Miller to a 5-year $34 million deal if they were never going to throw to him? He's a poor man's DeAngelo Williams in that regard.
When did Philip Rivers turn into Jay Cutler?
If Peyton Manning is the MVP by subtraction, then Kenny Britt (two years running) is the runner up. The Titans are only marginally more relevant than the Browns now. The Redskins are halfway in between.
At one point during the fourth quarter of the early games, no contest was within 13 points. So I rooted for the Browns to get the backdoor cover (they failed), the Saints to get a final first down and run out the clock (they instead kicked a spread-covering FG), Tarvaris Jackson to salvage his miserable showing (he did not) and Steve Breaston to pad his stats in garbage time for my NFFC team (he did). (Unfortunately, that team was missing its first three picks - Jamaal Charles, Darren McFadden and Ahmad Bradshaw).
The Cardinals overtime touchdown capped a horrifying fantasy, ATS and survivor Sunday for me. When I saw it, I thought, "Of course." In real life I watched the Giants thrilling comeback which took the sting out of it slightly.