By: Brian Waterkotte
Week 7
Hello, Im Brian, I’m 40 years old, and I’m an addict. It’s Week 6 of the 2011-12 NFL season.
The scene: I’m in my basement, I have three TVs on (AFC game on the right, NFC on the left, and the Red Zone in the middle). I’ve got my laptop on my desk with the dual monitor going so I have all 4 fantasy games at a glance. I’ve got my ice cold Heineken bottle on my right, and my cheese dip to my left. I’m ready baby! LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
Each week, I’ll watch all the games and hopefully have an interesting take on the things going on. I’ll let you be the judge of that. And I’m going to try to keep it to 1200 words. Without further ado...
The Bears in London look good, despite Jay Cutler’s 19.6 QB rating in the first half.
The TB Bucs haven’t run the ball in 17 straight plays. When did Mike Martz start calling plays for the Bucs?
What happened to the Redskins? They looked good in the beginning of the season. Is it Shannahan? Do players just stop believing in him? Maybe it was Olindo Mare’s 5 FGs that did it.
Fantasy or no fantasy, can you think of a game with less pizzazz than Cleveland vs. Seattle? I thought this was going to be dullsville when I saw it on the schedule. Then after using my smelling salts, I awoke to a 6-3 final. Wow. Three FGs. And I thought Dancing with the Stars was dull.
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Is that Detroit losing another game? That’s great news for us Bears fans. Mathews looked human, but somehow Megatron still looked like a super hero.
How is it that I have Felix Jones (out) and the guy I’m playing picks ahead of me on the waivers this week. He adds Demarco Murray before I can grab him, and Murray proceeds to break Emmit Smith’s single game rushing record? 30+ points! I don’t like you football gods.
Is Tim Tebow for real, or was that simply a colossal defensive collapse by Miami? I’m going with the latter.
Did anyone pick The Jets? San Diego has a 6 foot 5 weapon in Vincent Jackson, and he had ONE catch for 15 yards. I know Reevis is good, but ONE CATCH? My goodness. And has anyone seen Ryan Mathews? At least Antonio Gates has decided to play.
Guess who was playing Arian Foster today?? You guessed it. ME! Arian Foster and DeMarco Murray...I can’t be the only one with bad luck out there right?
Let’s talk briefly about Chris Johnson. He rushed 10 times for 18 yards vs. the Houston Texans today. Last Week Houston gave up more than 100 yards to Ray Rice. Don’t get me wrong, Ray Rice is a really good RB. But he’s supposed to be on-par with Chris Johnson. Granted, Ray Rice had 23 carries, but EIGHTEEN YEARS? 1.8 yards per carry. What the heck happened? Confidence gone? Scared to get hit for fear of losing that next giant payday? At this rate, people in Tennessee are going to be calling for his head very soon.
Rothlisberger had a heckuva day. 39 passing attempts. 361 yards and 3 TDs. Nice.
On the other hand...
13 rushing attempts for Rashard Mendenhall...for 32 yards. My goodness. As a Pittsburgh fan, I have to say I’m done with Mendenhall. This is not the first HORRIBLE game he’s put up. He’s had 4 games with UNDER 50 yards this season, and only ONE with more than 100 yards. He has 3 TDs this season, and he’s being stopped consistently by the likes of Seattle, Indy, Houston and now Arizona. I think I’m pulling the cord on the Mendenhall bandwagon. Ding. This is my stop.
Here I am, trying to enjoy my football Sunday, and the KC / Oak game comes on. This is an easy call. Oakland may struggle a bit, but KC can’t do ANYTHING on offense. I need to add a defense this weekend, so I’ll add Oakland. McFadden, DHB, and now Carson Palmer? This should be a route! 28-0 KC. WTF? McFadden gets hurt, the Oak QBs throw 6 ints...what a disaster. I’m glad I put 12 confidence points on this game. Kill me now.
Dallas looked good. But you heard my problem with this game. Other than that, it was as expected. Dallas in a romp.
How bad did I want Green Bay to lose? Man! I actually thought Minnesota might pull it off. How good does Aaron Rogers look (AGAIN!)? I was talking to a friend of mine, and he said Jay Cutler would be that good behind the GB line. I don’t know. at one point, maybe into the 3rd quarter, he was PERFECT! 13 attempts, and 13 completions. The one that ruined the streak hit James Jones in the hands and bounced off. I can’t believe Jay Cutler would look that good. No one would.
Indy won 62 - 7? My God! That’s just sick. Isn’t there an unwritten rule that you’re not supposed to run up the score on other professional coaches? I guess Sean Payton was pissed about his leg and decided to shove it up Indy’s rectum. I’m glad I passed on Brees this season. Jeez!
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