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MMQ: Monday Morning Quarterbacking
Dec. 17th, 2007 08:56 amWelcome to another edition of MMQ where I talk Sports especially football.
Feel Free to Skip if this topic has no meaning to you. I do understand. I watch Peter's eyes glaze over when I try to explain football to him. He's a baseball fan. He watches the Superbowl for the commercials.
The Jets loss to the Patriots comes down to who got it done and done well. Pats did and the Jets didn't. Until the Jets can tighten up both defense and offence, they are not going anywhere for a long time. You can't place yesterday's game on the Quarterback. Parts of it yes but overall no. He did what he was suppose to do now the other players have to get themselves where they are suppose to be. I do like that it was not the blow-out that everyone predicted. 20-10 is a respectable loss to the Pats.
Next the Patriots play the Dolphins who are coming in with a win. That's right the Dolphins won a game. Of course it was to the Ravens who haven't exactly been playing at the top of their game recently. But it seemed to me that the Ravens were expecting an easy win and a disheartened Dolphins team. They got an angry team that really did want it more. Well that and a couple of really lucky plays.
Cowboys and Packers are still battling it out for who is going to do what. The Cowboys loss was more them giving the game away rather than the Eagles winning the game. (Sorry Eagles fans). They had their chances and just couldn't capitalize.
Speaking of not capitalizing on opportunity, how about those Giants? It was the inability for the receivers to hang onto a ball that killed them. Eli got the ball there but the catch, or lack there of, was painful to watch. And Shockey is out for the rest of the season with a broken leg because Toomer rolled over on it? This team seems out to sabotage any chance they have at a playoff game.
The Cleveland Browns still have hope. Especially since the Steelers seem to want to hand the division to them. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
I am grateful that everything is not sorted out before we get to the end of the season.
Feel Free to Skip if this topic has no meaning to you. I do understand. I watch Peter's eyes glaze over when I try to explain football to him. He's a baseball fan. He watches the Superbowl for the commercials.
The Jets loss to the Patriots comes down to who got it done and done well. Pats did and the Jets didn't. Until the Jets can tighten up both defense and offence, they are not going anywhere for a long time. You can't place yesterday's game on the Quarterback. Parts of it yes but overall no. He did what he was suppose to do now the other players have to get themselves where they are suppose to be. I do like that it was not the blow-out that everyone predicted. 20-10 is a respectable loss to the Pats.
Next the Patriots play the Dolphins who are coming in with a win. That's right the Dolphins won a game. Of course it was to the Ravens who haven't exactly been playing at the top of their game recently. But it seemed to me that the Ravens were expecting an easy win and a disheartened Dolphins team. They got an angry team that really did want it more. Well that and a couple of really lucky plays.
Cowboys and Packers are still battling it out for who is going to do what. The Cowboys loss was more them giving the game away rather than the Eagles winning the game. (Sorry Eagles fans). They had their chances and just couldn't capitalize.
Speaking of not capitalizing on opportunity, how about those Giants? It was the inability for the receivers to hang onto a ball that killed them. Eli got the ball there but the catch, or lack there of, was painful to watch. And Shockey is out for the rest of the season with a broken leg because Toomer rolled over on it? This team seems out to sabotage any chance they have at a playoff game.
The Cleveland Browns still have hope. Especially since the Steelers seem to want to hand the division to them. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
I am grateful that everything is not sorted out before we get to the end of the season.
