Ankles are a Bitch

Unfortunately I couldn't find a
picture of Jason pissed off

This weekend's games were stunning. That's about as simple as I can say it. It actually started on Thursday night when Eli Manning and the Giants destroyed the Redskins. It's crazy to think of how bad this team was just two weeks ago when they fell to 0-2. Now they've reeled off two wins and analysts are starting to say the Giants are back. This is extremely frustrating for me, not because I dislike the Giants, but because I love seeing the Eli face. It reminds me of a young Jason Kamrowski (owner of Multiple Scoregasms) when he would be losing a game in Madden. Yeah I just called you out buddy, what are you gonna do about it? I don't know if I've ever laughed harder in my life than the times Jason would be losing in Madden and would just lose him mind, yelling at the TV, chewing out every single animated player on screen, and being grumpy afterward. #Bahring













Another surprise this week was the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints both losing in games they should have won. The Falcons went up against an impressive first start of Teddy Bridgewater. The Vikings did a great job developing a game plan for him to help take the pressure off, especially those short passes to Jaruis Wright. For you Vikings fans there is one possible problem here, Bridgewater sprained his ankle and the man, myth, and legend Christian Ponder stepped in. The glorious Ponder may end up having to start against the Packers this Thursday night and I think we all now how good that will go for him. When it comes to the Saints losing in Dallas, it wasn't that they lost but how they lost. They were smoked in Jerryworld. The game was over by halftime which I don't know if I've ever seen happen to the Saints since the Drew Brees era started. Here's a fun fact, the Saints and the Buccaneers have the same record. Yeah the same team that got beat 56-14 last Thursday has the same record as many people's NFC favorites. By the way the ending to the Steelers / Bucs game yesterday was crazy, I would say it was the biggest "upset" (I don't really like to use this word for NFL games but I didn't know how else to say it) of the year so far in the NFL. Anyway after yesterday, it just solidified my thought that both the Falcons and the Saints simply can't win on the road. For whatever reason, neither team looks the same when they are away from their dome sweet dome.

Now I have to talk a little about my favorite game of the weekend, the Packers huge win at Chicago. After last week, it seemed like most people were saying that the Packers aren't that good this year and that it is the Bears and Lions division. Well hold that thought! Yesterday the Packers showed why they are still the team to beat in the NFC North (you can argue this all you want). Rodgers was playing like his usual self and well, Jay Cutler was playing like his usual self. Cutler had a couple of nice touchdown throws like he usually does, and a couple of interceptions like he usually does. You could make a case that the second one was on Marshall and you'd probably be right, but the first one was definitely a bad decision by Cutler. Tramon Williams was shaded inside to cover the slant route and Cutler still tried to force the ball to his receiver which led to the tip and the interception by Clay Matthews. Like I said after week 1, until Chicago has a different quarterback under center they will not be playing late in January. One other thing I saw in this game was poor clock management by Mark Trestman. With a minute left in the first half he decided to run the ball twice, wasting a timeout the first time and wasting about 15 seconds before the next snap the second time. This lead to the time running out on the last play of the half when Martellus Bennett was stopped short of the endzone. That play changed the entire game and gave the Packers the upper hand with having the lead and getting the ball to start the second half.

There were a couple other things that happened this weekend that caught my attention, one of which was the fact that Derrick Carr hurt his ankle. This means the pick 6 machine, Matt Schaub, may have a starting job again in two weeks when Oakland comes off their bye to play the Chargers. The other thing I noticed yesterday was that LeSean McCoy has been an after thought in the Eagles offense. The guy that was a number 1 pick in most fantasy drafts has not put up the stats people thought he would. I believe a lot of this has to do with the addition of  Darren Sporles to this offense. In the first two weeks of the season, McCoy was at least able to get involved in the passing game along with the running game to put together 115 and 102 total yards. However, he hasn't caught a pass the last two weeks and has only ran for a total of 39 yards. Just to put that into perspective, McCoy's yards per rush attempt or pass reception in the first two weeks was 4.25, the past two weeks it's been 1.3. For an Eagles offense that is supposed to be so explosive (although they didn't score a point offensively on Sunday) this is a troubling scenario for McCoy's fantasy owners, which in are league is the defending champion Rolling Meadows Mustangs.