Well after a little atoning, fasting, hallucinating from fasting and talking to a pink elephant I'm back for a little NFL action. Great job by Publius on Monday and encourage all to check out MJ's baseball playoff preview. I think its good enough to be put behind an insider wall.
Anyway its the quarter point in the NFL season so I'm here to give out my report on the season so far. BLA-DOW !
Best Team: I probably have to give this as a toss-up between Chicago and Philly. Now by best team I'm not saying that one these teams is winning it all but given available data I have been impressed the most with these two. While Chicago hasn't exactly had a brutal schedule (the toughest a night game at home against a depleted West Coast team) the play of their lines leads me to believe this is a good team. Tommy Harris has my vote for defensive MVP. Philly has been a dominating team for 15 out of 16 quarters. Mcnabb is the best QB in the NFC according to the latest polling of me. Reid has the track record
Most Surprising (in a bad way): Miami. Culpepper stinks, blah, blah, blah. But who had Culpepper as worse than the last 3 Miami QBs: Gus Frerotte, Sage Rosenfels and Irwin R. Scheister. Poor Ronnie Brown is getting pulverized out there behind an offensive line thats on its back more than Lyndsey Lohan.
Most Surprising (in a good way): New Orleans Saints. Lets not mince words here, this was an awful awful team last year. But they got a home. They got a QB. They got hope (Reggie Bush). High on the surprise o'meter is the nearly completely new defense that is holding its own and Sean Payton utilizing his offensive skills. A coach drawing plays to the strength of his team? Yes I know its shocking.
Most Over-rated Team: Cobra Commander's Crew. I have to believe it. I just have to. San Diego has an open offense and marches down scores a touchdown. Charle "Pride of Akron" Frye zipped in two others. Mcnair meanwhile has enough energy to play well for only about 3 minutes per game (they happen to be the last 3 minutes but who's counting. So far Baltimore has amassed its 4-0 start against teams a combined 3-12. The Cupcake part of their schedule is coming to an end with a trip to Denver.
Team at .500 that teams should be wary of: Washington. Sigh. Washington. Al Saunders 700,000 page playbook is finally be digested or Clinton Portis is healthy. Whichever is the cause the Redskins offense is clicking and call it a hunch but I think the defense will get straightened out one of these days. If that happens the NFC East dog fight is going to get even uglier.
Things I'm Least Looking Forward To: In no particular order: T.O. against Philly news, Mcnabb reactions to Philly against T.O., Bill Parcells faked anger over being interviewed about Mcnabb's reaction to Philly against T.O., a roundtable discussion on ESPN about whether ESPN has too much coverage of T.O.'s reaction to Bill Parcell's reaction to Mcnabb's reaction to Philly against T.O.
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