A few observations, in no particular order:
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The Cowboys and Vikings win, which I guess means we can pencil them in as shoe-ins for the NFC Championship. I mean jeez- right up until Sunday everyone was getting their “Jerry Jones is about to clean-house” story into draft form. Ditto for the “Maybe Favre should have retired afterall” stories. Now, their 1-2 and everything is just fine. Sheesh.
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OK- Michael Vick played well again. So what. I mean, I guess if you’ve got to go to jail to finally figure out that you need to do a little more than show up on Sunday, so be it. As far as him actually being better than he was before, this one is going to take time.
First, let’s see if he’s still playing in December. He just got the starting job, he has yet to play the Cowboys, Texans, Colts and Titans to name a few. Let’s see if he still has triple-digit passer rating in December. A player just doesn’t, in an instant, become the best quarterback in the league. He earns it one week at a time. Vick doesn’t get an exemption, even if he has straightened out his act.
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Pittsburgh will not got undefeated. Anyone thinking that right now needs to put their terrible towel down and take a chill pill. New England couldn’t do it, and that team was better than this Pittsburgh team. I’ll predict right now that they lose Roethlisberger’s return game.
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Kansas City is not for real. Yet. They beat the Chargers , which isn’t looking like all that big a deal right now. Other than that, they beat Cleveland and San Francisco. This proves KC’s viability how exactly?
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I’m starting to really dislike the Jets. I mean, actually want to see them get beat and badly at that. This is a bad thing because typically, that means the team is very good. I used to feel like this about the Chicago Bulls and New England Patriots. It’s early, but in this case I’m going to begrudgingly agree with the consensus that this could be their year.
I’m glad to see LT playing well. He looks a lot like he did about 4 years ago when he was everybody’s fantasy league hero. When gambles like that pay dividends for teams, it’s a sign. Think Patriots and Corey Dillon, or Cowboys and Charles Haley.
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The Giants suck. Love it.
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The Pats are looking tired. They need a major infusion of youth. I think the Colts are in the same boat. It’s a long season and pride will only get them so far.
Mainly, the season is long, this is week 3.
Have patience.
The answers are coming.