October 28, 2011

NFL Winners & Losers: Week 8

Here's episode 2 of the Casual Football Talk podcast! Press play and enjoy while we all rejoice this is the last Sunday will have to see those pink eye sores littering football fields... well, at least until next season. Sigh.




DeMarco Murray's monster game last Sunday was awesome and could end up catapulting us like Miles Austin's monster game in 2009. Here's a few reasons why it won't:
  1. It was against the Rams.
  2. On the 2 biggest carries of his career the week against the Patriots he ran for -2 and -1 yards.
  3. It was against the Rams.
Anyway, did you know that Andy Reid is 12-0 in games after the bye week? That sounds bad for my Cowboys...until you factor in that teams have sucked after the bye week this season. For whatever reason, teams are just 3-9 after their bye week in 2011. Of course, if anyone was gonna defy that stat, it'd be the team that's been 12-0 against it.

Damn, I just shitted on my own point.

Fuck all that though, did you see what Broward County's own Asante Samuel said about Philly's front office?? That's never a good sign, so I'm still taking Dallas, baby! Cowboys winners, Eagles losers.


In the Tom Brady era, the Pats are 6-2 against the Steelers overall and 4-1 in Pittsburgh. That, of course, includes last year's 39-26 shellacking in Week 10. Patriots winners, Steelers losers.

Welp, so much for that "Wow, maybe Rex Grossman was right when he said the Skins could win the NFC East" sentiment. That thought is more done than Donovan McNabb as a starting QB. Bills winners, Redskins losers.

Why aren't football teams smart? Wouldn't the logical thing to do be letting Kyle Orton start and Tim Tebow finish? Tebow was fantastic in the last 5 minutes last week, but for the other 55 minutes he was awful. (Trust me, I was forced to watch that bullshit.) Let the competent QB play the bulk of the game and then big in the winner as your closer. That wouldn't work? Oh well, I got Detroit anyway. Lions winners, Broncows losers.

I know the Jaguars took out the Ravens Monday night, but I'm fairly positive Houston wins this game. Texans winners, Jaguars losers.

Welp, looks like Cam Newton is going to get his first back-to-back wins in the NFL. Congrats. Panthers winners, Vikings losers.

Peyton Hillis should be back for this game, but unfortunately for the Browns are the Browns. 49ers winners, Browns losers.

I hate both of these teams, but the Chiefs can't beat the Chargers, right? Well, I mean they can because they did it last year (also on Monday night in KC actually), but we don't think they can do it again though, right? Right?? I hope not because I'm talking the ol' fuck ass Bolts. Chargers winners, Chiefs losers.

Poor Dolphins players, they already stink, but could their front office be sucking for Luck any more blatantly? It just so happens that "Gator Day" fell on the same day Tim Tebow was coming to town? Word? And even besides that, UF isn't even in South Florida, it's way up in Gainesville. Miami should be the last Florida NFL team having Gator Day since they're easily the furthest from the school. Oh yeah, and then there's the small fact that UM is right down the street. Supreme suckage for Luckage. Giants winners, Dolphins losers.

The Bengals have been quite impressive this season, but for no other reason besides the game being in Seattle, I'm taking Seattle. Seahawks winners, Bengals losers.

What's the Saints' deal? What were they trying to prove against the lowly Colts that they needed to run up the score like that? And more importantly, where was that shit against Tampa Bay when I picked them to win a week prior?? Whatever, we'll see how much they run the score up on the also winless Rams. Saints winners, Rams losers.

Poor Colts, what the Saints did to them last Sunday night was rude and uncalled for. I want to pick them here "just cause" but my brain won't let me. Titans winners, Colts losers.

I'm still not positive what exactly happened to the Ravens on Monday against the Jaguars, but I doubt they will allow a 2nd 1-win team get #2 in back-to-back weeks. Ravens winners, Cardinals losers.

This Week:
7-6 (.538)
Last Week: 7-6 (.538)
Season:
69-47 (.594)