Sunday, November 04, 2007
What a Day!
Some thoughts from today's football action:
1. Adrian Peterson is a freak.
2. Brett Favre is good again, Packers 7-1
3. Did Detroit really win again?
4. Dallas is by far the class of the NFC.
5. New England at Indy was one amazing football game.
1) Peterson broke the all time single game rushing record with a 296 yard break out game. Well, I guess it isn't a breakout since he had a 200 yarder earlier in the season. Regardless, this kid's numbers are already good enough for Rookie of the Year. Over 1,000 rushing yards in just 8 NFL games is absolutely incredible. This kid has become an instant stud, too bad his team doesn't have a QB.
2 and 4) Who would have thought that the two best teams in the NFC would be the 7-1 Green Bay Packers and the 7-1 Dallas Cowboys? Maybe you would have thought Dallas, but certainly not Green Bay. And what the hell happened to Philly? Romo went crazy on them after getting a contract extension last week. I can see these teams playing each other in the NFC title game if Favre and Romo both stay healthy.
3) Maybe Jon Kitna is not as dumb as we thought when he predicted 10 wins. Though, I suppose he was really saying they would be disappointed if they did not win 10 games, which of course is understandable since 10 wins in the NFC is probably a playoff spot, and you always want to make the playoffs. Tell you what though, 6-2 is no fluke, no matter who is on your schedule. You can only play who's there anyway.
5) The Patriots and Colts gave viewers one of the best games in NFL history. Neither team was able to dominate the other. Just when you thought one team would break away, the defenses stiffened up and wouldn't allow it. Adam Vinatieri missed his first ever FG in a dome, and Peyton Manning blew it at the end while Tom Brady drove his team down the field for two touchdowns late in the game to win it 24-20. Oh and I will add that the referees in this game were absolutely terrible. Of course I didn't notice any calls that went NE's way that shouldn't have, but I did see 3 terrible calls. Two pass interference calls that shouldn't have been called, and one that should have. Whatever, at least Tommy was able to overcome Peyton's paying off of the officials. It is expected that these teams will meet again this year, and we shall see who prevails at that time.
In the end it was a great day in the NFL and hopefully tomorrow's Monday Night game is a thriller as well.
1. Adrian Peterson is a freak.
2. Brett Favre is good again, Packers 7-1
3. Did Detroit really win again?
4. Dallas is by far the class of the NFC.
5. New England at Indy was one amazing football game.
1) Peterson broke the all time single game rushing record with a 296 yard break out game. Well, I guess it isn't a breakout since he had a 200 yarder earlier in the season. Regardless, this kid's numbers are already good enough for Rookie of the Year. Over 1,000 rushing yards in just 8 NFL games is absolutely incredible. This kid has become an instant stud, too bad his team doesn't have a QB.
2 and 4) Who would have thought that the two best teams in the NFC would be the 7-1 Green Bay Packers and the 7-1 Dallas Cowboys? Maybe you would have thought Dallas, but certainly not Green Bay. And what the hell happened to Philly? Romo went crazy on them after getting a contract extension last week. I can see these teams playing each other in the NFC title game if Favre and Romo both stay healthy.
3) Maybe Jon Kitna is not as dumb as we thought when he predicted 10 wins. Though, I suppose he was really saying they would be disappointed if they did not win 10 games, which of course is understandable since 10 wins in the NFC is probably a playoff spot, and you always want to make the playoffs. Tell you what though, 6-2 is no fluke, no matter who is on your schedule. You can only play who's there anyway.
5) The Patriots and Colts gave viewers one of the best games in NFL history. Neither team was able to dominate the other. Just when you thought one team would break away, the defenses stiffened up and wouldn't allow it. Adam Vinatieri missed his first ever FG in a dome, and Peyton Manning blew it at the end while Tom Brady drove his team down the field for two touchdowns late in the game to win it 24-20. Oh and I will add that the referees in this game were absolutely terrible. Of course I didn't notice any calls that went NE's way that shouldn't have, but I did see 3 terrible calls. Two pass interference calls that shouldn't have been called, and one that should have. Whatever, at least Tommy was able to overcome Peyton's paying off of the officials. It is expected that these teams will meet again this year, and we shall see who prevails at that time.
In the end it was a great day in the NFL and hopefully tomorrow's Monday Night game is a thriller as well.
3 Comments:
Ravi,
The Pats/Colts game was good but I would hardly go for: "one of the best games in NFL history". I do have to say that if the Pats didn't lose that one, I can't see them losing another game this season.
Except if my Giants get in the way...go big blue!
And how about a 109-yard-TD? The guy had to jump in the endzone just to keep it inbounds and then took it to the house. Amazing play. Randy Moss' catch wasn't bad either...
I probably should have quoted the best game in NFL history part... only problem is everyone said it.
It was an extremely hyped game and I would say it lived up to the hype, even though neither team played its best game -- though thats probably a result of the defenses.
I forgot to mention:
three 100+ yard TD returns
a 94 yard return
a 296 yard rusher
a 196 yard rusher
a 5 TD passer (monday)
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