Week 7 Tuesday Afternoon Reserve Punter

I've seen commercials for the new DJ Hero video game coming out (or it's already out, I'm not sure). Apparently the game is surrounded around the idea of using a turntable rather than a guitar. Now, I'm wondering where my royalties are for this idea. Some of you may remember that I talked about a game like this almost a year ago. Well, not a year, but right after this Super Bowl. Is there no integrity anymore? Clearly the makers of Guitar Hero regularly read my blog and saw a brilliant idea and capitalized on it. I demand something in return! Fifty percent of the profit sounds fair.

On to the TARP

Week 7 Power Rankings

1.) New Orleans Saints

2.) Indy Colts

3.) Denver Broncos

4.) N.E. Patriots

5.) Pittsburgh Steelers

6.) Minny Vikings

7.) Cincy Bengals

8.) Atlanta Falcons

9.) Arizona Cardinals

10.)

Week 7 Thoughts I Think I Thought About Thinking

1.) Amazing performance by the Saints. I don't know how many teams make that comeback. The Jets blew out Oakland 38-0, but if the Radiers had been spotted a 24-3 lead after the first half, the Jets would not have been able to come back. Not many teams would, regardless of the opponent.

2.) The Dolphins are not bad, at all. They played well enough to beat both the Saints and the Colts. Both teams ended up taking advantage of tiny windows, but what Miami's done is still pretty impressive. I wouldn't want to go to Miami during this season. They're much better than 2-4.

3.) Is Eli Manning the only QB that openly points out the Mike by shouting "20's the Mike!"? Other QBs probably do it when setting their protection, but they probably have some code. It seems to me what the Cardinals did was have two possible blitzers. Whomever Manning pointed out would back out and the other would blitz. Don't know why it took so long for someone to use that strategy, but if the Giants don't do something to rectify this, it'll spell trouble.

4.) The Chargers, late in their game, had the ball first and goal at the seven. They handed it to LDT who ran it down to the two. Then on second, handed it to LDT who took it to the one. Then on third, handed it to LDT who got stuffed for no gain. Then on fourth, handed it to LDT who got stuffed again. Then every fantasy manager who drafted LDT over Chris Johnson proceeded to slitting their wrists.

5.) Terrible, terrible tripping call in the Steelers-Vikings game that nullified a late Vikings TD. Not sure what the ref was looking at, but whatever it was, it wasn't tripping. Also, for all the peeople who love to say how much of a "football player" Brett Favre is needs to see the lame effort he gave on a pick return. I've seen worse efforts, but not by a "football player". I don't think Eli Manning is a "football player". He's just a guy who plays football.

6.) Can someone explain to me why the only criticisms media types have black QBs is always mental? Either he doesn't study hard enough. Or he can't handle the complexities of the offensive system. Or they can't feel the pressure. It's never "Hey, that guy's just not that good." I don't care how much film JaMarcus Russell watches, that' s not going to keep him from overthrowing wide open WRs. Plus, I don't think his work ethic is the issue. He's always finding the open reciever, he's just missing him. Someone who doesn't study won't find the open reciever. If Jason Campbell was white, he'd be considered a game manager, but, somehow, there's no such thing as black game managers.

7.) Ridiculous play by Tony Romo. Avoided four potential sacks then found Crayton in the end zone. Can't teach that. Guess his leadership was fine on that play.

8.) Alex Smith sighting this weekend. The Niners aren't going anywhere with Shaun Hill this year. He's a good QB if you have a great defense. He won't win you games. So why not go to Smith? Chances are they won't go anywhere with Smith either, but he;s a former number one pick so give him one last shot. Find out what you have in him.

9.) In a span of a minute Tony Siragusa and Darryl Johnston messed up the names of two players on one play. James Harrison caught Adrian Peterson from behind. Siragusa said it was a good play by "James Harris" and Johnston said the "Adrian Peter" was looking for someplace to go. Guys, James Harris and Adrian Peter are their respective fathers. They James Harris-son and Adrian Peter-son. Okay? Man, these guys are the worst announcers in football. Somehow, the end up doing almost every Giants game.

10.) How messed up was this year's game in England? Not only is the team that's playing called the Patriots, representing everything from the Revolutionary War, but also they're the New England Patriots. So you're sending the New England Patriots to England? To point out that they're Old England? Good job there.

Limerick of the Week

As the World Series grows near

Yankee fans have nothing to fear

Yanks will run around the bases

As they bomb the Phills aces

And Philadelphia will begin to tear.

Peace

Week 6 Tuesday Afternoon Reserve Punter

I've always been fascinated with the desi music scene. I'm not as familiar with the current scene, but growing my sisters really loved this stuff. What always intrigued me was how they came up with singles. The famous songs came from hit numbers in the movies. The best thing about the songs was that the singers remained relatively unknown. Nobody knew who sang the song, but knew who danced on screen to them. Isn't that a bit backwards? The people who can't sing a note were more famous for the song than those who sang them. Part of the reason for this was that the singers were generally old and or unattractive. If that wasn't bad enough, the actors would also end up "performing" the songs in concerts!

Now I assume this has changed somewhat by now, but there's still something fishy going on. If, on PTV, you ever see a singer performing at a concert, they are never, never, actually singing. The art of lip synching has yet to be perfected over there. On problem is that they've not figured out that it'd be a good idea to record a different rendition of the song. Nope, they just play the studio version over the speakers. Noone sounds like that in reality. If that wasn't enough, the performers will regularly talk into their live mics to pump up the crowd. There's two issues there. First, they sound nothing like whomever is singing. More importantly though, they'll talk into the mic while they're supposed to be singing! Totally ruining the effect.

Okay, anyway on to the TARP

Week 6 Power Rankings

1.) New Orleans Saint

2.) Indy Colts

3.) Minny Vikings

4.) Denver Broncos

5.) New England Patriots

6.) Atlanta Falcons

7.) New York Giants

8.) Baltimore Ravens

9.) Chicago Bears

10.) S.D. Chargers

Week 6 Thoughts I Think I Thought About Thinking

1.) The Jets have forgotten that Mark Sanchez is a rookie QB. The key to winning with a rookie QB is to play good defense, run the ball, and be solid on special teams. The Jets can do all three. They need to ask Sanchez to manage the games, not win them. He may be able to carry the team somewhere down the line, but not now. He's a rookie. Give the Roethlisberegr/Flacco treatment.

2.) Down 45-0 nothing coming out of halftime, the Titans sent Collins in. Why? Did they think he had a shot to bring them back? It wasn't until 59-0 that they brought in Young. Why then? If you were going to bring Young in anyway, why not to start the second half? Moreover, if Young wasn't playable down 45-0 then he shouldn't be playable at 59-0. Make a stand on Young. Is he the QB of the future or not? If not, send him to Cleveland for Quinn. That way, both teams could take a crack at fixing QBs the other one grossly mismanaged.

3.) Joe Flacco was really impressive in the Ravens loss to the Vikings. Kept bringing them back in the fourth quarter. It was unfortunate though that they lost on a missed 44 yarder.

4.) Always fun to see a Bills kicker miss a field goal at the end of regulation wide right.

5.) I realize the Giants defense isn't a good as it played in the first five weeks, but it can't be as bad as it played on Sunday, can it? The commentators kept mentioning how they were banged up on defense. While that's true, there biggest losses on defense so far are DBs. The DBs weren't the most worrying part of the defense, Drew Brees had all day to throw. If the Giants can't get pressure with sending four or five, they're in some trouble.

6.) The Eagles ran the ball 14 times. In a close game. That they lost. To the Raiders.

7.) Dan Snyder is doing everything he can to get Jim Zorn to resign. Apparently they've a lot of money locked up on him and firing him will make them pay. SO they continue to humiliate him by giving more and more power to Sherm Lewis. It'll be interesting to see if Zorn cracks.

8.) The Rams will not go 0-16. I promise. I know I said that last year about the Lions, but it can't happen in back to back years!

9.) With all the bad quarterbacking going on, how is Jeff Garcia still available? Why wouldn't the Rams sign him? On top of that, how is David Carr a backup for the Giants? He could be starting for a handful of teams right now.

10.) LDT showing signs of life. Who knew? I was getting ready to cut him in my fantasy league. I guess I'll hold off on that.

Limrick of the Week

Here is the mighty NFC East

Some call it the NFC Beast

But after Sunday' s games

I'm filled with shames

Guess I'll call it the NFC Least.

Till next week

Peace

Week 5 Tuesday Afternoon Reserve Punter

Got a question about sunglasses etiquette. Alright, you leave home in the morning when it's sunny out. So you put on your shades and go out for the day. Fine. Later that day, when you're about to head home it's totally overcast. It's dark.

So the problem with sunglasses is that you need to walk a fine. Shades can either look cool or make you look like a jerk. Outside on a sunny day: cool. Indoors: idiot. But, what am I supposed to do when the day becomes overcast? You've no place to put your shades. What do you do? Can you wear your sunglasses? Or do you like an idiot?

Anyway, on to the TARP

Week 5 Power Rankings

1.) Indy Colts
2.) N.O. Saints
3.) Minny Vikings
4.) Denver Broncos
5.) New York Giants
6.) Chicago Bears
7.) Cincy Bengals
8.) Pittsburgh Steelers
9.) Philly Eagles
10.) New York Jets

Week 5 Thoughts I Think I Thought About Thinking

1.) Peyton Manning is playing the position of quarterback better than I've ever seen it played. I've seen Elway, Favre, Aikman, Marino, Young, Brady, but what Manning's doing is ridiculous.

2.) JaMarcus Russell is playing the position of quarterback as bad as I've ever seen it played. I've seen Dave Brown, Danny Kannell, Kent Graham and those were just the Giants. Have seen the Detmers, Aaron Brooks, Ryan Leaf, Akili Smith, Jim Druckenmiller, among many others. At least Russell makes me feel that I', al,ost as good as a starting NFL QB.

3.) Disappointing performance by the Jets defense. To be fair, it was only one game, but it was a division rival. It was really surprising because the Ravens shut down the Wildcat last year, but the Dolphins Wildcatted the Jets to death. In the fourth quarter the Jets D was scored on more times than [Censored ].

4.) The Broncos are for real. Not only have they go 5-0, not only did they beat the Pats, but they did so while paarading around in those hideous uniforms. Those were the things things on a football field since LT bent Theisman's leg the wrong way.

5.) The Niners were surprisingly undisicplined against the Falcons. Blown coverages all over the place. They were forced to burn a timeout because Coffee didn't realize that the wideout hadn't scored so wasn't on the field. Then there was Dre Bly, who started celebrating his pick wile returning a pick and was tackled and fumbeled away the ball. Atrocious.

6.) If Matt Hasselbeck can stay healthy, the West race could be very interesting. More importantly, how come I didn't get the memo that Matt Hasselbeck should now be referred to as Matthew? On that subject, when did Knoshon Moreno change his last name to Marino?

7.) It's a start, but the Cowboys should not be too excited about their overtime win against Kansas City. A great team sometimes edges a terrible team, but the Cowboys are not a great team and would not have been taking the Chiefs lightly. So what we saw with Dallas is probably what we'll get all year.

8.) Breylon Edwards will be a help to the Jets. I think he's going to have a renewed vigor and he might cut down on some of his drops eventually. Still Chad Henne outplayed Mark Sanchez.

9.) Terrible job by the Texans. Down by seven with third and goal at the two. They run two plays. Fine, but you can't run any play, let alone those who decide the game, without Andre Johnson on the field. There is no offensive situation in which your best offensive player shouldn't be on the field. Okay, you take your best offensive player off the field, but you also take the second best offensive player off the field too? There's absolutely no circumstance in which your best two offensive players shouldn't be in the offensive lineup. None. At least make the defense think about Johnson. Who's calling these plays?

10.) Excited about the Giants visiting the Superdome this week. We're going to learn a lot about the NFC Postseason this weekend.

Limrick of the Week

I decided that this was so special it only deserved to be in this spot"

I'd rather be driven in a hearse
Than watch the Brown-Bills curse
Their offenses blew
Defenses suck too
Still the Broncos unis were worse

AIght till next week...

Peace

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