Monday Musings

After a long weekend of football, here are some thoughts:

1) Jets played well against the Patriots and deserved to win. They made half time adjustments that I didn't see New England making. Did NE go away from Welker in the second half or did the Jets change their coverage? I don't remember Welker being targeted much in the second half. Pats kept picking up 8 yards on first down, then next two downs throwing down field, incompletions, then 3 and out. Pick up a god damn first down and move the ball!

2) No one could be happier that the Vikings are 0-2. All the build up about Favre coming back and their recruitment of him. Good riddance.

3) Cowboys are 0-2 and the Buccaneers are 2-0. Two of the bigger surprises to me. I don't really have a routing interest either way here, but seeing as how the Cowboys were a trendy pick to make the super bowl and many predicted Tampa Bay to finish about 4-12....... It's early and things can, and will change, but it's still interesting.

4) My NFC Super Bowl pick, the Green Bay Packers, are off to a 2-0 start and travel to Chicago next Monday night for an interdivision match up against the 1-1 Bears. Packers had 2 home games to start but now it gets tougher as they go on the road.

5) QB controversy in Philly? Vick looked good yesterday throwing for 287 yards and 2 td's in the Eagles win over Detroit. When's Kolb coming back? I know Andy Reid has said Kolb will start when he gets back, but if he struggles early and the Eagles lose, you know the sports talk shows are going to be all over Reid. This might get interesting.

6) Is it Max Hall time in Arizona? Do you think Matt Leinert is pretty happy now that the Cardinals let him go? If they'd kept him as the starter, he'd be the scapegoat here. Now? This falls squarely on the shoulders of Ken Whisenhunt. Oakland comes to town next week and if by some chance the Raiders can pull out a win and Derek Anderson struggles, this franchise could drop real quick.

7)Bengals beating the Ravens? Surprised me needless to say. Didn't expect that.

8) Houston's 2-0. Are they legit this year? They've beaten Indy and Washington and have Dallas come to town next week. If they beat Dallas, they might make it to November 1st before losing a game (Monday night game at Indy). Schedule lines up pretty well for them. If they can stay healthy, they could make things interesting for the Colts in the AFC South.

Bill