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 Anderson in '07.
-- With the first pick, in the 2008 draft, the Miami dolphins select… And if it’s the Rams, they damn well better trade the pick before their fans start calling for a new QB/RB/WR combo.
-- 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
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Just a random update...
So, a couple of life updates, and a couple observations from the first few weeks of the MLB season…
First, moving is tough. I have to be in Pittsburgh by May 10th, yet I still have nowhere guaranteed to live. I might be sleeping in the parking garage of my new office for the first few days. Pittsburgh isn’t too cold at night in May, is it?
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There are some things in life that you just can’t un-see. Driving through Brighton on my way to Anna’s Taqueria on Harvard Ave in Brookline this afternoon (probably the food I am going to miss the most when I move, by the way… Although the fact that there is no Dunkin’ Donuts for my morning coffee within 40 miles is wholly unacceptable), I drove past an overweight, out of shape, excessively hairy, 70-something-year-old man, driving a Vespa… wearing nothing but a loincloth, a shoulder-strap messenger’s bag, and a bike helmet. I shit you not. I nearly caused a four-car pileup trying to avert my eyes – I made the mistake of shutting them while still driving forward.
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Next, from among the ranks of the Blogdome... Dan Mega (is that really your last name bro? Just asking…) made one hell of a good argument in this post about revenue vs. payroll spending in the Major Leagues. Now obviously, there are adjustments to be made to the numbers. But when a team spends 30% of their revenue on team payroll alone… not counting Stadium costs, advertising, concessions, etc… there’s no way you can legitimately call them cheap. Nice investigative work there…
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I broke my toothbrush the other night in the middle of brushing my teeth. This is of no significance to anyone else on this planet other than me; I just thought it was odd. Seriously – how messed up is it that a toothbrush can just snap in half while in use? I suppose I should expect that from personal care items that I buy at the dollar store (two for a dollar, no less! Such a deal!). If this had happened ten years ago, Seinfeld could have easily dedicated two and a half episodes to it. I’m convinced of this.
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OK, onto sports related stuff (which is why I’m sure all four of you reading this page have come here in the first place).
The Red Sox are 11-5 after taking the first two of three from the Yankees (Bobby Abreu just flew out to end Game 2 about 90 seconds before I wrote this). The Dodgers are 12-5 to lead the National League, ½ game ahead of the Mets at 11-5. So I have to ask – which World Series would be more fun to watch? The 1986 rematch of Mets/Sox, or bringing the Dodgers into Fenway, meaning Derek Lowe, Nomar, and of course Grady Little would be back in Boston… for the opposing team? I fully understand that I’m assuming the Red Sox will advance through the American League and the rest of the playoffs… very big assumption, though they look pretty good now. Talk to me after the inevitable Manny/Drew/Schilling/Wakefield DL stints, and after the Yankees get Wang, Moose and probably Clemens back into their rotation… OK, I’m officially off the topic. Sorry ‘bout that.
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I’m dying with anticipation to see how a bunch of ping pong balls fall in the next few weeks. Seriously – how bad is the quality of the NBA when the biggest story in the league, during the postseason, is who is going to get the #1 overall pick in the draft? I honestly had to look up the 16 teams in the playoffs just to be able to talk coherently about the playoffs with some buddies the other night. Sick. I used to love basketball. Now, I’ll watch it if there’s no baseball, football, golf, poker, hockey, UFC, and even WWE on ahead of it. It’s sad. Though I absolutely love ABC’s HD coverage with the camera that hovers about 10 feet over the floor. That thing is outstanding.
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Now, the NFL Draft… I will probably sit in my room (wherever that happens to be…) and watch every pick, start to finish. I don’t know why, but I am fascinated by Mel Kiper’s ability to speak clearly and coherently about every pick. That, plus his hair has its own planetary system. Maybe that’s what keeps me mesmerized.
OK, I gotta go back to packing. Time to purge all my crap, cuz I don’t think everything’s fitting into my little semi-compact for the 8 hour drive…
Lata.
Labels: life, MLB, random, update
