This deserves it's own post...
After watching the beatdown yesterday that the Patriots handed to the Cowboys, I couldn't help but write something this morning. Let's start with... wow. I mean, wow. Aren't the Cowboys supposed to be one of the "elite" teams in the NFL? And what ever happened to the conventional thinking of "if you can stop the run, you should win the game"?
The Patriots ran for 75 total yards and one TD... and passed for 388 and five TDs en route to a 21-point blowout. If they're not the best team in the NFL in the past ten years, I don't know who is. They're on par with the last 49ers team to win the Super Bowl (1994/95), and the Broncos of '97 - Elway's first title team. Actually, not "on par". They're better. They're dominant on both sides of the ball - even in the defense allowed 21 points to the Cowboys offense (and 6 to the defense on the Brady fumble return).
They're now the highest scoring team in the league with 230, and have only allowed 92-total points through six games (no other team without a bye yet has allowed fewer than 100 - Baltimore).
I seriously can't wait for the last two big games - 11/4 at the Colts and 12/9 home for the Steelers. Armageddon in the RCA Dome, and if they're still undefeated by December, that Steelers game will be mayhem.
A couple other notes:
-- For those of you in the world who love to hate on the long line of Notre Dame QB busts, put a big smile on your faces. Is it just me, or is the Browns' QB situation eerily similar to the Chargers back in '04? Unproven starters looking like huge busts (Derek Anderson / Drew Brees), so the team makes a big draft-day trade to get their "QB of the future" (Phil Rivers / Brady Quinn). QBotF holds out for most of camp, forcing team to go with old formerly unproven starters, only to have a pretty decent run of big wins over bad teams, and steal a couple wins from mid-to-high level teams.
The ’04 Chargers came from relative obscurity to finish 12-4, make a serious playoff push and scare the living hell out of a lot of other teams in the NFL. The only thing that kept them from advancing probably to the AFC title game was Marty Schottenheimer & Nate Kaeding. Now, fear not AFC North fans, I'm not saying the Browns are making a playoff run this season, but it will be interesting to see how they handle the future QB situation with Derek Anderson's renaissance. Brady Quinn might not see the field without an injury to
-- With the first pick, in the 2008 draft, the
-- Tim Rattay vs. Vinny Testaverde in the desert. And people wonder why the NFC is considered an inferior conference?
-- I’m not feeling so good about the Diamondbacks in the World Series right now. And even worse about the Sox’ chances of winning it all – considering the Wild Card’s recent history in both leagues. Although I am making plans to be in Jacobs' Field for game five of the ALCS - regardless of the situation. I'll have pictures & hopefully a story (if not a live blog from the park).
Back tomorrow with Rants & Ranks.
Lata.
Labels: 2007, Best Ever?, Domination, NFL, Patriots, random, Wow
posted by Big D @ 8:41 AM
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