November 04, 2011

NFL Winners & Losers: Week 9

Last week I mentioned that teams were 3-9 in games after their bye week in 2011, so of course teams went 5-1 last weekend. Awesome. Fucking awesome. Here's this week's Casual Football Talk with me and Tye.


Remember when the Steelers were 2-2 and all the "I can't wait to overreact to everything to fill up air time" talking heads were wondering if it was over for them. Fast forward 4 weeks later and the 6-2 and people are back to putting them in the Super Bowl. You gotta love these "analysts."

Anyway, while the Steelers were manhandling the Patriots last week, the Ravens were struggling to put away the Cardinals at home. I sense revenge for Week 1 on the horizon. Steelers winners, Ravens losers.

The Pats don't lose many games back to back, and it definitely doesn't help the Giants cause that Ahmad Bradshaw broke his foot last week. Patriots winners, Giants losers.

The Jets are 4-0 at home and 0-3 on the road. The Bills are also 4-0 at home and return to Buffalo for the first time in nearly a month. I have a feeling the home team will remain undefeated in this series. Bills winners, Jets losers.

Phail Rivers strikes again. I'm convinced the only reason he's sucked so much ass this season is because I drafted him in fantasy. Regardless, good thing his name isn't Tony Romo because with the way he's played, he'd definitely be branded a choke artist by nonsensical NFL talking heads. Packers winners, Chargers losers.

Didn't these guys just play each other like 4 days ago? Either way, karma bit the Saints square in the ass last week in St. Louis for the way they ran the score up on the Colts the week prior. How awesome was that? Regardless, I don't see the Bucs sweeping the season series, so I gotta take New Orleans. Saints winners, Buccaneers losers.

Congrats to the Eagles, they needed that win last Sunday a lot more than we did, especially since it's only a matter of time before they're ravished by injuries. Eagles winners, Bears losers.

In 1992, the Cowboys went to Philadelphia and got killed, 31-7. One week later, they beat the Seahawks down 27-0 at home, won 4 more games straight, and went on to win the Super Bowl.

Also, in Week 1, the Steelers got killed by the Ravens 35-7; the next week they beat the Seahawks 24-0 at home. I'm starting to sense a theme here and I like it. Cowboys winners, Seahawks losers.

The Titans have struggled to move the ball since Kenny Britt and Chris Johnson went on IR. What, Chris Johnson isn't on IR?! Well did he die? No? You say he's played in every game? Wow, I'm absolutely stunned by this news.

Either way, the Bengals lock it down defensively, so back to .500 Tennessee shall go. Bengals winners, Titans losers.

I'm not totally convinced the Broncos actually want Tim Tebow to succeed, but I don't see why they can't beat Kyle "I should've been aborted" and Carson Palmer. Broncos winners, Raiders losers.

Can you believe the 49ers are about to be 7-1 after Sunday? Insanity! 49ers winners, Redskins losers.

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...Texans winners, Browns losers.

I know the Chiefs have won 4 games in a row, but they still suck. They beat the Vikings with McNabb starting, the Colts, the Raiders with Boller/Palmer and no DMc, and Monday they beat the Chargers because Phail Rivers fumble the center exchange. Now they play the Dolphins. After they win this game, they will officially be the least impressive looking 5-3 team, maybe all-time. Chiefs winners, Dolphins losers.

The Colts have the edge in the suck for Luck competition and I don't see them losing ground this week. Falcons winners, Colts losers.

As if this game didn't suck enough already because of the 2 teams playing, now the QB match-up is likely to be A.J. Feeley vs. John Skelton. Yikes! Rams winners, Cardinals winners.

This Week: 8-6 (.571)
Last Week: 7-6 (.538)
Season: 77-53 (.592)