Phearless Phred’s Comments Regarding Week 9 of the NFL Season
BEARS 6 – NINERS 10
Despite the “baseball score” Thursday night’s game was worth a watch. And, Jay Cutler with his FIVE interceptions, a league worst 17 in all, is looking more like Rex Grossman every day. How sweet was this win for Mike Singletary?
INJURIES
This is the time of year when injuries loom large for fantasy players. Some fine day some team will announce that OLB Joe Hardbody succumbed to injuries suffered when he drove his car over a cliff and his participation in the upcoming Sunday’s contest is “a game time decision.”
TV COVERAGE
The NFL Network (who says it’s not about money?) broadcasts all Thursday night games. This is their own game, Pro Football, and logic would dictate that their’s would be the best coverage ever. Not so boys and girls. The graphics showing the score less than half the time does not tell you the down or the yardage left for a first and, at least twice, they missed plays while airing the 9 commercials during a break in the action. Once they even forgot to inform us that a flag had been thrown until the referee was informing us of the infraction. The network broadcasts by FOX, NBC, and ESPN are far better and the NFL Network is light years behind CBS.
BIG SCREEN/HI DEF
The best reason to have a big screen and hi def is this weekend. Colts vs. Patriots and Steelers at Bengals.
BRADY
Tom is the only player in the league allowed to call his own penalties. Look for the league to give him his own yellow flag and thereby cut out the middleman.
OFF SHORE
Next season’s “off shore” game will be play not in the UK but in Afghanistan weather and Taliban permitting.
MIAMI 17 – NEW ENGLAND 27
The Fish ran the “wild pussy cat” to death and contributed in large measure to their lopsided loss. Did anybody really think Pats head coach Bellyache couldn’t figure out how to defend it? Remember the “run and shoot” or as Buddy Ryan called it “the duck and chuck.” It’s football and the reason Vince Lombardi was so good at it was his players knew how to BLOCK and TACKLE.
Halfway through the season and I can’t get serious this week.
Phred