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| A Word from The Writer: The Monday Analysis - 29 August 2005 One more week of preseason until the live show. And the Patriots look ready. Packers Hand over Lambeau to New England Titletown, Wisconsin knows when to give up its crown and hand it to New England. Tom Brady never played at Lambeau before Friday night's third preseason lopped-sided victory, 27-3, and may want to go back for seconds. Brady was 12-21 for 127 yards and 1 TD. Corey Dillon looked even better at 14 carries for 70 yards and 2 TDs. The Defense held what is supposed to be a good offense (actually the offense needs to hold everything together since the Packers Defense stinks) to three points in the second quarter. "Overall, we gave a little bit more of a competitive effort than we did the other two games," head coach Bill Belichick said after the game. "Some of the things we had problems with the first two weeks I thought we did a little better." Then he reminded us: "We're under two weeks now." The Season starts on September 9th in Gillette Stadium. Patriots Notes The Patriots traded an undisclosed draft pick to the Browns for WR Andre Davis... League Notes All teams must trim their training camp rosters to 65 players by August 30th...Reports indicate that Denver will release RB Maurice Clarett during their first round of cuts...Eli Manning has a bruised elbow, and will not play Preseason Game 4 against New England but is expected to start the season opener against Arizona...Steelers RB Jerome Bettis injured his calf against the Redskins, however, Pittsburgh is not updating his condition...Chicago named QB Kyle Orton the starter and demoted Chad Hutchinson out of the rotation...The Eagles lifted the franchise tag for DT Corey Simon, making him an unrestricted free agent...Viking center Matt Birk will have surgery to repair a torn left labrum in his hip, and is expected to miss three months...Miami came to terms with first round pick RB Ronnie Brown, and he has joining Dolphins training camp...The Packers reached a deal with TE Bubba Franks for a long-term contract....The Titans finally came to terms with their first round pick Adam "Pac Man" Jones for a five-year deal...The Jaguars released former first round pick Troy Edwards...Browns running back Lee Suggs injured his right ankle, and his return is unknown... Kimmi's Corner Ok, yet another new feature (that may or may not last). Some of you may not be aware of this, but my wife Kim is pretty on top of the league, and seems to know more than the so-called experts. In this space, we'll hear her random thoughts and suggests on - and to - the league over the course of an NFL week. Brace yourselves, boys and girls, she's more brutal than I am! The Quote: "Eli Manning's yellow (to face the New England Defense in Preseason Game 4 on Thursday. Manning is scheduled to miss the game, but start against Arizona in the season opener). Bruised elbow my foot. He's yella! He saw what they did to his brother (Peyton Manning of the Colts who is 0-7 in Foxboro) and he's too much of a wimp to go in there and face us! Yella, I say." I don't make this stuff up, guys. You should hear her thoughts on Warren Sapp. No love for the Mannings at Heise Manor, that's for sure. Signs of the Apocalypse This is a picture of "born-again" Deion Sanders early in his NFL/MLB career. Notice the cool dollar sign jewelry.
Coming Next Week: League Predictions, Final Cuts Top Ten List of the Week 1. The French are something else. L'Euippe, a French sporting magazine with financial interests in the Tour de France, claim they have proof Lance Armstrong used EPO, a banned substance in the 1999 race. EPO, by the way, if also used to treat cancer patients. They claim to have all the samples, and that Armstrong's B Sample (Not even the A Sample mind you) tested positive. EPO was not detectable until 2001 in urine samples. Furthermore, this wing-nut Tour Director is saying Armstrong has "some explaining to do." So, how does one go about laying claim to seven year old drug samples? Because, I'd like to get a hold of Ricky Williams urine samples from 1996, just to see if he was smoking dope in college. While we're at it, I want to give every French Frog an IQ test, because I am so convinced they're all stupid. And people complain about the Patriot Act? The French are still trying to get Armstrong, they just can not believe he actually trains hard. What kind of person would just go after another like this to try and destroy their life? I just don't get it, but there again, I don't get those French. They are so bent out of shape an American - a Texan no less - is kicking their asses in their own sport, they are so egotistical and arrogant, they can't just chalk it up to the fact that they suck. Hey France, the next time a country invades you, we're going to let them. Have a nice life, you assholes.2. The Patriots Defense finally looked like the Patriots Defense on Friday night. And Ellis Hobbs is looking better and better - and the celebrations have eased, too. 3. Julius Jones of the Cowboys is a star in the making. Dallas has found their next Emmitt. 4. Maurice Clarett is the dumbest SOB in the league. Clarett, for those who do not know, had a great freshman season at Ohio State, and wanted to enter the draft immediately following, however, NFL regulations state no one may be drafted until they are three years removed from high school. That's why Juniors appear in the draft, never players younger. Clarett sued the NFL all the way tot he Supreme Court, lost, and was finally draft (far too high) as the final pick of the Third Round, the last pick of Day 1. Clarett has not played in nearly 900 days. Had he just returned to Ohio, and played like a normal person, he'd had been picked in the first round, and maybe not be cut this week. Idiot. 5. This brings me to another point, more like a pet peeve of mine. Players who major in Football in college are fools (for more on this, see Andy Katzenmoyer, former Ohio State standout and New England Patriots pre-Super Bowls). There will be life after the games, I guarantee it, and if you're not prepared - or willing to take advantage of a free drive to a top-notch school, you deserve back in the slums in which you came from. 6. Hey Red Sox, how about another fool-hardy concert at Fenway to screw up the field? How about U2 next time since all you do is host crappy, over-rated bands, some has beens, and never will bes? They can launch their Pop Up Fly Ball Tour from left-center field. 7. The more I see Corey Dillon run, the more I wish we had him years ago. Cinci wasted his time. 8. The Eagles say Terrell Owens "tweaked" his groin during the preseason game with Cinci. Now I know T.O. is a pain in the butt, however, Andy Reid does not need to spell it out for us. 9. This Hurricane Katrina is going to sink New Orleans. The Saints might want to consider moving to LA this year. 10. Just 10 Days until the Kick Off Weekend! 29 August 2005 |
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