NFL Week Nine

[derspiess]

That's it, Steelers.  Enjoy that big win.  Go out & get drunk tonight.  Keep celebrating all week, in fact

[Sophie Scholl]

Also, where's our resident Orton fanboy?  He's not making himself scarce because ol' Kyle f*cked his team over in the first half, is he?

No, I was at work.  I still maintain my support for the esteemed Mr. Orton.  Everyone has an off game.  He'll rebound.  I have faith.

[Strix]

Good game!

Too bad more Bronco fans couldn't be there. 

[derspiess]

Good game!

Too bad more Bronco fans couldn't be there. 

My buddy out in Denver was at the game & won't stop talking about them.  Best quote from him was:

"If NASCAR took a shit it would come out as Steelers fans."

I think the fat dude sitting in front of him wearing a Palumalo wig is what put him over the edge.

I may: drive up to The Pitt this weekend

[Ed Anger]

I may: drive up to The Pitt this weekend

Ugh. the Yinzer circle of hell.

[Berkut]

Go Bills!

:hurl:

[derspiess]

I may: drive up to The Pitt this weekend

Ugh. the Yinzer circle of hell.

Yeah, but last time I was up there the  Bungles won.  Turns out the wife has some stupid-ass fundraiser on Saturday that might derail our plans. 

[sbr]

Well, maybe next year the Ravens won't talk shit about the bad officiating.  The refs stick together, and won't let that shit slide.

That doesn't help at all, since they've been a marked team all season long--leading the league in pass interference penalties and total penalties overall--but they've got bigger problems to address for next year.

But, all things considered, the Bengals are simply dialed in this season.

I don't so much think that the Bengals are for real, as the Ravens are pretenders.  Their corners are bad, their pass rush anaemic and they have the worst kicker in NFL history.  Missing Ngata today didn't help them, but the Ravens have been exposed as a second-tier team.

Have you seen the Bengals' remaining schedule?

Sun 11/15     Pittsburgh Steelers at Pittsburgh     1:00 pm
Sun 11/22    Oakland Raiders at Oakland    4:15 pm
Sun 11/29    Cleveland Browns Cleveland    1:00 pm
Sun 12/6    Detroit Lions Detroit    1:00 pm
Sun 12/13    Minnesota Vikings at Minnesota    1:00 pm
Sun 12/20    San Diego Chargers at San Diego    4:05 pm
Sun 12/27    Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City    1:00 pm
Sun 1/3    New York Jets at NY Jets    1:00 p

They have 10 wins damn near locked up already, and could very well get to 12 without too much trouble.

[Barrister]

Just for bluto:

The Crabtree Curse haunts San Fran
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Beware the Crabtree Curse! San Francisco opened the season 3-1, with its sole loss to powerhouse Minnesota on the game's final snap. Since signing Michael Crabtree, San Francisco has lost four straight -- the Niners just rolled over at home against the Titans, who came into the contest 1-6. Coach Mike Singletary had San Francisco's players buying into the notion that no one's bigger than the team. Then, suddenly, you can jerk San Francisco around all you want and get $17 million guaranteed as your reward. San Francisco management's cave-in to the me-first Crabtree triggered an instant losing streak, by communicating to other 49ers the message that the team-first stuff was always just empty talk. Caving in to Crabtree may cost the Niners their season.

Squared Sevens apologists have put word on the grapevine that team management should be praised because the contract Crabtree signed in early October was the same one offered before his nutty holdout began -- no added sweeteners were offered. So Crabtree shafts his team, and the team responds by not upping its offer -- talk about profiles in courage! Once training camp broke, San Francisco should have reduced its offer to Crabtree, since he was worth less at that point. A rookie who holds out is worth less every week; by season's start he is worth substantially less, since he becomes less likely to succeed as a pro, while projecting waves of negativity onto the team.

Yet Crabtree was allowed to take training camp and the first month of the season off, sitting on his couch -- and then he was given just as much money as he would have received had he reported on time and put in the work like everyone else. To boot, when he finally bothered to show up, Crabtree was treated by the Niners as a conquering hero. The result is four straight defeats for a team that previously looked primed for a playoff run. And don't tell me the Niners have offensive line injuries -- it's the NFL, everybody has injuries. Owing to a featherbed schedule -- only two of San Francisco's remaining eight opponents have a winning record -- this team still might stumble to a decent finish. But before Crabtree, Singletary did not tolerate excuses -- but suddenly the San Francisco franchise is all about excuses. Beware the Crabtree Curse!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/091110&sportCat=nfl

[katmai]

[CountDeMoney]

I was just watching one of my old Barney Miller episodes I had TiVO'd.

Chano:  "Do you know what the definition of 'anarchy' is?"
Yemana: "Yeah. It's where everybody runs around doing whatever they want.  Like the Jets."

[derspiess]

Have you seen the Bengals' remaining schedule?

Sun 11/15     Pittsburgh Steelers at Pittsburgh     1:00 pm
Sun 11/22    Oakland Raiders at Oakland    4:15 pm
Sun 11/29    Cleveland Browns Cleveland    1:00 pm
Sun 12/6    Detroit Lions Detroit    1:00 pm
Sun 12/13    Minnesota Vikings at Minnesota    1:00 pm
Sun 12/20    San Diego Chargers at San Diego    4:05 pm
Sun 12/27    Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City    1:00 pm
Sun 1/3    New York Jets at NY Jets    1:00 p

They have 10 wins damn near locked up already, and could very well get to 12 without too much trouble.

Given their established pattern thus far of winning the games they should lose & losing games they should win (with one lone exception, which was barely a win over Cleveland), I'm not comfortable about any of those games.

I'm happy with how things are for the Bungles, and I'm also happy I get to see Favre play one more time at PBS.  Hopefully the dude who stole the ball from him last time is ready if we need him again.