jesse
@ September 15, 2009


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Some quick hits on week one before we get to the rankings.

Pittsburgh, New England, and Indianapolis won their games by a combined 6 points.

Buffalo, Tampa Bay, and Kansas City all fired their offensive coordinators the last week of the preseason. All three teams lost.

Jay Cutler's Chicago Bears are 0-1. Kyle Orton's Denver Broncos are 1-0. Jay Cutler's career record is now 17-21. Kyle Orton's career record is now 22-12. At some point this starts meaning something, right?

Is it too late for me to change my sleeper pick from the Bears to the Jets? It is? Shoot.
 

Rank (LW) Team Record Comments
1 (1) 1-0 The Steelers headline a top five filled with teams that got a good scare in their first game. Such as...
2 (2) 1-0 If the Bills didn't try to run that last kickoff back...
3 (6) 1-0 Welcome back, Osi Umenyiora.
4 (3) 1-0 If Michael Vick isn't waiting in the wings, does Donovan "Mr. Glass" McNabb rush back from the broken ribs to try and play this upcoming weekend? I doubt it. Get that QB controversy machine revved up!
5 (4) 1-0 Hey, Colts, you only won by two. You know Marvin Harrison is still a free agent looking for work, right?
6 (5) 1-0 In case you didn't notice, that was Darren Sproles, not Ladanian Tomlinson, taking the carries on that final drive for the Chargers.
7 (9) 1-0 Joe Flacco looks to me like the real deal.
8 (11) 1-0 Terrell who? Jessica wha? The Cowboys looked formidable in their opening game dismantling of Tampa Bay.
9 (12) 1-0 Being a successful quarterback with Adrian Peterson on your team is like successfully starring in a porn with Jenna Jameson in her prime: just try not to make an ass out of yourself and let her do her thing, nobody is watching you anyway.
10 (20) 1-0 Yeah, they won, but Aaron Rodgers and the vaunted Packer offense looked downright inept for most of this game.
11 (10) 0-1 A tough loss in Pittsburgh in overtime. Kerry Collins can be forgiven a poor game against a stout defense, but I still think Vince Young will be starting before the year is over.
12 (17) 1-0 No, seriously: can somebody explain to me why Kansas City let Tony Gonzalez go?
13 (18) 1-0 I'm already declaring this race over: the Seahawks are winning the NFC West.
14 (14) 0-1 Are they better than I thought, or are the Colts worse than I thought?
15 (22) 1-0 New coach Rex Ryan's defense looked stout, and Mark Sanchez looks like the real deal.
16 (23) 1-0 The offense picked up right where it left off last year. Now let's see what they do against a team not on a 18 game losing streak.
17 (29) 1-0 If you are a Niners fan, you have to be happy with what new coach Mike Singletary has done since he took over the team. Also, you probably get back in your time machine, Marty McFly.
18 (8) 0-1 So, um, about last week, when I said Jay Cutler would turn the Bears into a championship contender, and that you should mark my words? Uh, yeah. Cutler and his 4 interceptions aren't making me look like a genius right now.
19 (7) 0-1 Paging Matt Leinart... Matt Leinart, please report to the coaches office... Matt Leinart...
20 (28) 1-0 You needed a miracle play to beat the Bengals. Congratulations. You won't lose all 16 games.
21 (24) 0-1 For $100 million dollars, Haynesworth made 4 tackles, and the Giants ran for 103 yards. And Jason Campbell is still your quarterback.
22 (16) 0-1 The phrase you are searching for is "regression to the mean." Look it up.
23 (15) 0-1 Last year, the Texans offense averaged 28 points at home. This week, the offense scored 0 points at home.
24 (13) 0-1 Jake Delhomme has now thrown 9 interceptions in his last 2 games.
24 (19) 0-1 Looked like they might pull out the upset until the fourth quarter, when it all went wrong. This team could still make some noise when Cassell comes back.
25 (21) 0-1 I guess the offensive coordinator wasn't the problem after all. In fact, the teams that fired their coordinators in the preseason went 0-3 opening week.
27 (25) 0-1 Yeah, they put a scare into New England. But just like great teams always find a way to win, this team keeps finding new and exciting ways to lose.
28 (26) 0-1 Speaking of exciting ways to lose...
29 (27) 0-1 Good thing Eric Mangini kept his starting quarterback under wraps all week. Brilliant strategy! It made such a difference in the game. You mean their opponents had to gameplan for both Brady Quinn AND Derek Anderson?? Wow. He's such an amazing coach. A genius, really. A Mangenius.
30 (31) 0-1 When teams consistently find ways to lose winnable games, the blame is on the coach.
31 (30) 0-1 They would be in last place, except...
32 (32) 0-18 The Lions have now lost 18 games in a row.

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McNabb wants to play because he knows that Kevin Kolb is a stiff who has no business playing in the NFL. Vick is going to take some time to get into game shape, and at his best he wasn't half the QB that Donovan is.

The Garcia signing should give the Iggles a fighting chance for the next few weeks, even if it means that Hank Baskett had to get cut.

Why so much Jason Campbell hate? This is the second week in a row you've called him out. He may not be a superstar, but he's not the Skins' Achilles heel either.

On the other hand, Albert Haynesworth I agree with. I like to call him Albert Haynesworth-somewhat-less-than-100-million-dollars. It's very clever, right?

If you watched the Skins game this week, then you must have seen the play where Jason Campbell scrambled down field, got past the line of scrimmage, got 3 full yards past the line of scrimmage, at which point he decided to throw the ball. And then, not only was he throwing an illegal forward pass 3 yards down the field, but he got INTERCEPTED. The Redskins have had a good defense and good running game for the last few years, but can't do anything because their quarterback is Jason Campbell. That's where they should have spent their money, instead of $100 million on a guy who is incredibly fat and will not feel the need to work hard anymore once he's got that huge contract. Huge fat guys are not known for their hard work.

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