Con Air Grounded

Photo edit by me.

Everyone knows Cincy's D can't stop anyone. So it's no surprise KC put up 27 on them. What is a bit of a surprise is that coming off a bye week, Cincy couldn't do anything on offense, which was supposed to be their forte.



The Bungles get to play the lowly Jets next week in a game that might have high draft pick implications before coming to Pittsburgh. We can only hope that the feud between Johnson and Palmer gets worse next week. Then we might only have to worry about stopping Housh.

Other Divisional News

The Ravens beat the winless Rams on the strength of 5 field goals. Not being able to get the ball in the end zone will hurt Baltimore down the line.

The Browns beat the winless Dolphins. Derek Anderson and Cleo Lemon put up some numbers. Who? Yeah, these guys are starting in front of Brady Quinn and John Beck, both top 50 draft picks last year.

Debate Central

Who is the worst team in football?

Miami (0-6)--As bad as they are, they could finish 2nd in the division. Buffalo and the Jets are just as bad. The season is over. Beck needs to play.

St. Louis (0-6)--With Bulger going down, they're in the market for a QB, WR and an O-line in the off-season. Another Orlando Pace-esque pick at the top of the draft is likely. However, as bad as they are, they're only 3 games out of 1st place. With Leinart and Warner hurt in Arizona and Seattle's struggles, the winner of this division might not be above .500 this year. But it won't be St. Louis.

Atlanta (1-4)--They finally got a solid, go-to reciever but they lost their QB. Losing doesn't hurt Bobby Petrino, it just brings Brian Brohm closer to wearing red and black again in the pros. Will be picking in the Top 5 in April.

New Orleans (1-4)--They lost their running game, which was the heart of the team. Without the run support, the passing game hasn't been as prolific. In a division with Atlanta and where Vinny Interceptaverde is starting in Carolina, they could turn things around and end up around or over .500.

Buffalo (1-4)--They're not as bad as their record shows. They could have beaten the Broncos and should have beaten Dallas. They'll probably end up finishing 2nd in the worst division in football (minus New England).

NY Jets (1-5)--Another bad team from the AFC East with QB issues. They have solid recievers and a decent pair of running backs. The O-line needs some help and they need a QB. They have the 29th ranked offense and 28th ranked defense. Not a winning combination.

Cincinnati (1-4)--Of the seven teams with 0 or 1 win, the Bungles have the most internal turmoil. Chad Johnson causes havoc, players get arrested and the team lacks discipline. They're heading for another selection at the top of the draft unless they turn things around quickly. And a win against the Jets next week doesn't count.

Survey says....St. Louis is the worst team in football, followed closely by Miami, Atlanta and the Jets.

Personal News

GREs went well this weekend, so now I have to start working on grad school applications. My Senior Comprehensive Project is due in 1 month.

Con Air takes off

In the more interesting of the two Monday Night games, the Bungals beat up (literally) the Ravens.

One Ravens fan is happy about all the injuries.

In other news, Led Zeppelin announced a reunion concert. Wow. Amazing.

Additionally, check out my prediction from the first post on this blog about the Cleveland game. Not bad.

Game 1: Sept 9 @ Cleveland (1pm)So we almost lost to Cleveland on the road
last year. And Willie Parker romped all over them in a -300 degrees game in
Pittsburgh. No amount of alcohol could numb you from that type of cold, it was
just freezing. So what's the verdict? Well...let's look and see how the Steelers
have come out of the gate in previous seasons. In spite of losing all 4
preseason games in 2006, they came out with a solid thwomping of the Miami
Dolphins. In 2005 they gave up a touchdown on the opening drive to Tennessee
then scored 34 unanswered points. In 2004, in a game that was about the inverse
temperature of the last home game against Cleveland, Tommy Maddox lead the
Steelers to a 24-21 victory over Oakland in the last game he ever won as a
Steelers starting QB. So what's to look forward to? Pittsburgh will lose the
toss, Cleveland will get the ball first and score on the opening drive.
Cleveland 7-0. Pittsburgh will fight back with some big catches by Heath Miller
and Hines Ward, capping off a touchdown drive with a long pass to Santonio
Holmes to pick up this season where he left off last season. 7-7. From there,
Cleveland will run around like a bunch of dogs chasing their tails and
Pittsburgh will be able to drive back down I-79 with pride. Steelers win.
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Troy Smith repeats his NC Performance

The Giants downed the Ravens 13-12 tonight. Troy Smith played the last quarter and didn't do a whole lot. He got sacked a few times, didn't show much ability to throw on the run and pulled a Ryan Leaf-esque spike of the ball as time ran out. Not that it would have mattered, he had been sacked on the play before on the 7 yard line for an 18-yard loss.

As for the game, the only touchdown of the game was scored by the Giants. The Ravens kicked four field goals.


The game was plagued by laundry on the field and injuries.

The refs were a little trigger-happy tonight.

I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but when Al Michaels says "Baltimore" it really sounds like he's saying "Voldemort".

Yeah, I can see it.
Credit me if you want to use the image. Thanks.

In other news, after some long and grueling html coding work, I added the Steelers schedule to the left-side of the blog. Links to the recaps of each game will be added to the schedule as soon as I write them.