Monday, November 07, 2005

Extra Points - November 7th, 2005

Ok, perhaps the best story of the weekend was the one where two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders (the TopCats) were arrested after an altercation, when another woman discovered the pair having a little "hey-hey-hey-hey" in the bathroom of a Banana Joe's in Tampa, FL.

Now, my initial reaction was "Wow...that's hot", especially after seeing the saucy dish on the left:















The sad part about this is that it ended in handcuffs, but not in a "sexy" way, but in the "Miranda rights" sense. That's the real tragedy in all this. We live in a society where these poor, young women were reduced to hiding their sexual activity in a bathroom stall, when that sort of thing should take place out in the open, preferably at the Mac Mansion.

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Speaking of the Mac Mansion, things are going pretty well for the now 6-2 Seattle Seahawks. Yesterday's win was expected, since Arizona hasn't quite gotten their act together yet. Another big game for Shaun Alexander, who ran for 173 and a pair of TDs, most of which in the second half. He left the game with 3:31 to play in the first half due to an "upset stomach", and when he returned, he said he felt lighter. Read into that what you will...

Oh, and I love karma. 2 years ago, the Seahawks took a chance on a little known DE named Chike Okeafor who wasn't get a lot of action on the free agent market. Okeafor ended up leading the team in sacks the last two seasons (8.5 in 2004) and then he spurned the Seahawks offer (5 years/$26M) to sign with the Arizona Cardinals, claiming that nobody in Seattle shared his passion to win.

Fast forward 8 months, and Okeafor has 3 sacks for the 2-6 Arizona Cardinals. The guy the Seahawks signed to replace Okeafor, Bryce Fisher, has 7 sacks for the 6-2 Seahawks. Karma's a bitch, eh Chike? Oh, and Fisher signed for less than half of what Okeafor turned down and is a Captain in the Washington Air National Guard. Sometimes nice guys don't finish last.

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Real Quick Recap of Sunday's Action

The most shocking aspect of this Sunday was my predictions: I went 9-3-1 yesterday, which is a minor miracle.

Oakland at Kansas City
I will never mock Dick Vermeil's emotional outbursts again. That took a lot of balls to go for the win instead of playing for the tie and overtime. Great call, Coach Vermeil.

Houston at Jacksonville I knew the Jags weren't covering that 13-point spread, but to almost lose to the Texans at home showed me that Jacksonville is still far away from being a dangerous team in the AFC. And yesterday was the first time I saw Dom Capers with his hat off, and it's clear that it's time for Houston owner Bob McNair to tell Dom to "comb over" so he can fire him.

Tennessee at Cleveland Steve McNair used to be able to win these games by himself. Without Eddie George, Derrick Mason and Drew Bennett, it's not going to happen for the Titans...Nice hit on Pacman Jones by Rueben Droughns. That was a "welcome to the NFL" type of thing.

Cincinnati at Baltimore It may have been caused by an injury to Anthony Wright, but good things don't usually happen when Kordell Stewart is seeing time at QB.

Carolina at Tampa Bay That's right, Cadillac, the NFL keeps playing in October and November. With Chris Simms at QB, the Bucs are going to sink like stone.

San Diego at NY Jets Did you see that move that LT put on Ty Law? As much as I like Shaun Alexander, Tomlinson is the best RB in the NFL. Kid can do it all.

Detroit at Minnesota After another Lions loss, CEO Bill Ford gave Matt Millen a 30-year contract extension. Honestly, everyone wonders what Mike Tice has to do to get fired, but what about Millen? The guy is given chance after chance to build a good team, and they've got nothing to show for it.

Atlanta at Miami Ron Mexico thinks that one decent game of sticking in the pocket and completing passes should be enough to silence his critics. Uh, not so fast, Mike.

NY Giants at San Francisco I'll come out and say this right now: San Francisco is closer to becoming a winning football team than Arizona is (and ever will be?).

Seattle at Arizona Nothing more about the Seahawks, don't worry. Hey Dennis Green, you're 8-16 as a head coach in the desert. All 8 of those wins are when you started Josh McCown. Do you need to know anything else?

Chicago at New Orleans 32,000 people in attendance, which tells me that Baton Rouge is not a viable alternative if the Superdome isn't ready in 2006. Just put this team in Los Angeles immediately. So you piss of New Orleans, big deal. Give them a Super Bowl every 3 years and be done with that city.

Pittsburgh at Green Bay When your RB is named Samkon Gado, it's not hard to find the reason you're 1-7. I really hope Favre doesn't allow his career to end like this.

Philadelphia at Washington He's the biggest distraction in the history of players distracting their teams from things, but it isn't entirely Owens fault that the Eagles are 4-4 right now. 26 carries for 45 yards, anyone? Bad run defense? There's a lot wrong with the Eagles, and not all of it is T.O.'s fault.

Fearless Monday Night Prediction

New England 31, Indianapolis 30

A late Adam Vinateiri field goal dashes Peyton Manning's hopes of an undefeated season. It's a good thing Kenny Chesney is nearby....











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