Who'd Have Thought Before The Season (Part 2)...

[TheWiz]

- BUF would actually be jumping around at 4-0 after (hold your breath( taking down teams like SEA, OAK, and STL while barely beating OAK and JAX as well. Seriously, which team amongst them is a playoff club or close to it right now? SEA only failed to not lose by not playing.

- How wonderful CLE would look. Yeah. Most of you were riding Anderson's jock last year and even the incapable Quinn managed victory over the quickly dismantling CIN club. CLE, after being such a rising powerhouse last year...now a killer 1-3.

- Really...TEN is 4-0...how? Sure, CIn and HOU are bad clubs. But MIN and JAX were supposed solid divisional contenders on top of deep playoff contenders. I can't name most of their roster, Jeff Fisher could be up for coach of the year this year.

- At first I thought from the weak creole accent that someone told me that Fat Albert had gone down, then I learned it was Brandon Albert and with that KC's hope of passing OAK may have faltered and I'm willing to guess, the Edwards era in KC may not last much longer if they finish in the bottom of the barrel.

- How is ATL 2-2? Oh wait...Kc and DET...gotcha. Good luck the next 2 weeks...

- With surging 3-1 WAS up next before a 3-1 DAL club for STL...who wants to bet that Linehan isn't canned tomorrow for going 0-4 and a bye week ahead of them for a new coach to get settled?

[Hobbes2d]

- BUF would actually be jumping around at 4-0 after (hold your breath( taking down teams like SEA, OAK, and STL while barely beating OAK and JAX as well. Seriously, which team amongst them is a playoff club or close to it right now? SEA only failed to not lose by not playing.

- How wonderful CLE would look. Yeah. Most of you were riding Anderson's jock last year and even the incapable Quinn managed victory over the quickly dismantling CIN club. CLE, after being such a rising powerhouse last year...now a killer 1-3.

- Really...TEN is 4-0...how? Sure, CIn and HOU are bad clubs. But MIN and JAX were supposed solid divisional contenders on top of deep playoff contenders. I can't name most of their roster, Jeff Fisher could be up for coach of the year this year.

- At first I thought from the weak creole accent that someone told me that Fat Albert had gone down, then I learned it was Brandon Albert and with that KC's hope of passing OAK may have faltered and I'm willing to guess, the Edwards era in KC may not last much longer if they finish in the bottom of the barrel.

- How is ATL 2-2? Oh wait...Kc and DET...gotcha. Good luck the next 2 weeks...

- With surging 3-1 WAS up next before a 3-1 DAL club for STL...who wants to bet that Linehan isn't canned tomorrow for going 0-4 and a bye week ahead of them for a new coach to get settled?

This again?

Buffalo not surprising.

Cleveland not surprising. Their offensive problems are, but they had a terrible defense last year and its still terrible now.

Tennessee has a stellar defense, and did last year too. So yes they're 4-0. Not surprising.

[1st And 10]

Agreed.. I think Denver's offense wa spretty surprising until this week...

[TouchdownBuddha]

This one was kind of lame bud. I'm more surprised the Niners have won 2 games than any of those things.

[RedskinsFan86]

The thing with Tennessee is that their defense has been very good for awhile now, and often times Young would put them in sticky situations with careless turnovers or just very mediocre play when clutch play was needed. Without Young they're just playing smarter ball and not putting all the pressure on the defense to bail them out anymore.

[Sac-King_916]

i like seeing Cutler, Edwards, Campbell and Rivers rise to the top while watching others like Garrard, Anderson, and Palmer free fall to the bottom. interesting turn of events.

fixed.

[glassrose106]

The thing with Tennessee is that their defense has been very good for awhile now, and often times Young would put them in sticky situations with careless turnovers or just very mediocre play when clutch play was needed. Without Young they're just playing smarter ball and not putting all the pressure on the defense to bail them out anymore.

I agree.

[dhiLL]

the Edwards era in KC may not last much longer if they finish in the bottom of the barrel.


Why? They're clearly in rebuilding mode. I doubt they'd hold this season against him.

[verbicide]

stupid stupid message board http://www.antipope.org/charlie/gifs/shoot_kitten.jpg

[verbicide]

My post has vanished? Well I called the Browns sucking, never really rated Anderson and I expected Lewis to falter, although I've seen the Browns a couple of times this season now and I didn't realise quite how good Edwards is, when on form he has to be doubled. And the Bills I felt would do well, I didn't expect them to be ahead of the Pats, but then I didn't expect Brady to suffer a bad injury.

As for STL, I'm surprised that Linehan has lasted so long, it's one thing for your team to suck because of injury (they sucked before that but everyone gave them a free pass:banghead:), but when your star player and team leader is getting in your face on the sidelines, you're in trouble. They actually showed tonight they have some talent, their D got right in the Bills faces in the first 20 minutes of the game, they'll be disappointed they couldn't hold it up.

[TheWiz]

This again?

Buffalo not surprising.

Cleveland not surprising. Their offensive problems are, but they had a terrible defense last year and its still terrible now.

Tennessee has a stellar defense, and did last year too. So yes they're 4-0. Not surprising.

CLE had a terrible defense last year...but they also made moves to vastly improve their DL situation before the season. Robaire Smith could've been had for at least the same price as the underperforming Sooaga as a LDE and a DT for us. Leonard may yet be even better as a space hogger than both our NTs and Shaun Rogers is quite a capable penetrator in his own right when healthy. They have as many pieces as we do but injuries have done no service. A near loss to PIT and a bigger loss to BAL signify this fact but clearly, their offensive weapons peaked last year.

i like seeing Cutler, Edwards, and Rivers rise to the top while watching others like Garrard, Anderson, and Palmer free fall to the bottom. interesting turn of events.

Garrard had a freakish year but yet, one wouldn't expect the year he's had thus far and as for Palmer, he has shown he can dominate as a passer. Anderson meanwhile was a fluke, Garrard may yet be but he may yet fuel a 2nd half resurgence.

This one was kind of lame bud. I'm more surprised the Niners have won 2 games than any of those things.

I wasn't going for impact. Heck, I'm writing while on the move, don't expect The Oddysey in terms of revelations.

Why? They're clearly in rebuilding mode. I doubt they'd hold this season against him.

As if that was a reason to ever not fire a coach? Edwards has been around for a while. He shouldn't be in a rebuilding mode...when did they ever challenge! Coaches who have minimal playoff appearance don't get rebuilding excuses. Since '03 they've appeared twice in the playoffs, losing each time and continually lost more each year since 2005. Coaches don't get a "We're rebuilding" excuse unless you've either got a success record elsewhere as a SB-level coach or you have attained a conference champ contender-level as a current team before needing to rebuild. e.g. If Mike Nolan said he was rebuilding this year he'd get canned on the spot.

[Ness]

Oh geez I remember all the "can we trade for Derek Anderson" threads last year. Even though he faded down the stretch and is taking off right where he left. Looks like teams have finally figured him out. What a joke. This is why you wait until you know someone isn't a one year wonder. But of course people will never learn.

[RedskinsFan86]

Favre is so good he turned the curse on Rodgers. :drive: fitting that if one person was going to be able to not just break the Madden curse, but in fact relay it over to the guy replacing him on his old team, it'd be Brett Favre

[L-Smoove]

Derek Anderson wasnt THAT great last season, and as a browns fan, i was hoping and praying that he would have been traded for some defensive help. Especially after the cincy game last year i figured he was gunna be shipped away...

Its k tho 4 games dont make a season.

[Hobbes2d]

The thing with Tennessee is that their defense has been very good for awhile now, and often times Young would put them in sticky situations with careless turnovers or just very mediocre play when clutch play was needed. Without Young they're just playing smarter ball and not putting all the pressure on the defense to bail them out anymore.

They made the playoffs with Young around last year though. It's not like Kerry Collins is any better. Don't worry he'll have a 5 INT game soon enough. They win by pounding the rock and playing smashmouth, suffocating defense.

[BrentJones84]

- BUF would actually be jumping around at 4-0 after (hold your breath( taking down teams like SEA, OAK, and STL while barely beating OAK and JAX as well. Seriously, which team amongst them is a playoff club or close to it right now? SEA only failed to not lose by not playing.

- How wonderful CLE would look. Yeah. Most of you were riding Anderson's jock last year and even the incapable Quinn managed victory over the quickly dismantling CIN club. CLE, after being such a rising powerhouse last year...now a killer 1-3.

- Really...TEN is 4-0...how? Sure, CIn and HOU are bad clubs. But MIN and JAX were supposed solid divisional contenders on top of deep playoff contenders. I can't name most of their roster, Jeff Fisher could be up for coach of the year this year.

- At first I thought from the weak creole accent that someone told me that Fat Albert had gone down, then I learned it was Brandon Albert and with that KC's hope of passing OAK may have faltered and I'm willing to guess, the Edwards era in KC may not last much longer if they finish in the bottom of the barrel.

- How is ATL 2-2? Oh wait...Kc and DET...gotcha. Good luck the next 2 weeks...

- With surging 3-1 WAS up next before a 3-1 DAL club for STL...who wants to bet that Linehan isn't canned tomorrow for going 0-4 and a bye week ahead of them for a new coach to get settled?

Titans being 4-0 is a bit surprising.

Everything else, not a surprise.

Especially the Browns; no surprise there at all.

[dhiLL]

As if that was a reason to ever not fire a coach? Edwards has been around for a while. He shouldn't be in a rebuilding mode...when did they ever challenge! Coaches who have minimal playoff appearance don't get rebuilding excuses. Since '03 they've appeared twice in the playoffs, losing each time and continually lost more each year since 2005. Coaches don't get a "We're rebuilding" excuse unless you've either got a success record elsewhere as a SB-level coach or you have attained a conference champ contender-level as a current team before needing to rebuild. e.g. If Mike Nolan said he was rebuilding this year he'd get canned on the spot.

Good point, but I still see him getting at least one more season after this one.

[ozzcows]

The real shocker is the dolphins killing the pats at home. Try doing that in madden. The game will f'n spark and explode before it lets you do that.