Well we’re a quarter
way through the season and there always seems to be stuff we never saw coming
become reality. But there’s also stuff we kind of figured would still be there
(Cough* Cough*… Tony Romo). Overall, this season has been really exciting. There’s
been drama that the media loved (Aka replacement Refs). There were high scoring
games. There were games that will go down in infamy (Cough* Cough*… Replacement
Refs again…). But lastly we got our regular referees back into the game (Which
in two more weeks will be scolded as much as the replacements were). But by no
means would any of us have seen these things going into the season. I would put
money on it…
The
Minnesota Vikings are leading their Division: Who would have
guessed that Christian Ponder would be in the top five rated quarterbacks in
the league thus far, and that about eight-nine months after shredding up his
knee, All Day would be back almost at full speed. Well maybe you could have
called those, but I doubt it. The true key to their success has been the play
of their defense. They have played outstanding and kept them in games.
RGIII
is Playing at a Pro Bowl Level: after writing about
RGIII in my first blog entry I was going to hold back on writing about him
again, but he’s been that good. Not only did he beat the Saints (Granted they
have not looked good, but in week 1 the pressure was ridiculous on RGIII), but
he put his team in position to beat the Rams and Bengals in the final drive of
the games, that just came up short on penalties on Josh Morgan and Kyle
Shanahan. But then he goes out and dominates the Bucs by basically scoring two
rushing touchdowns, and then the defense lets the Bucs back in the game, only
to see RGIII construct another game winning drive (without the use of his
headset) and win another game on the road. RGIII has also only played one home
game out of four, which is usually disastrous to a rookie QB.
The
Arizona Cardinals are Undefeated?: The same Arizona
Cardinals, who could not pick a Quarterback until the last week of preseason,
and then subsequently lost that starting QB in the first week, only to go back
to Kevin Kolb, are 4-0? That just seems crazy to me, but they have won 11 out
of 13 games and have taken down teams like the Patriots and the Eagles, so they
have to have something good on that team. Again the defense in playing great
and they may have one of the breakout players in Patrick Peterson.
The
New Orleans Saints are Winless: Lead by a Hall of Fame
Quarterback, with weapons at every position on offense, including the biggest
mismatch player in Jimmy Graham, they have mustered up ZERO wins. Granted they
lost two very close games, but that is how close teams are in the NFL. The next
time someone says a Head Coach does not matter much in the NFL, show them this
year’s New Orleans Saints. Sean Payton was the backbone of this organization.
He is such a great play caller and is able to manage things well on the field;
it’s obvious that they miss him in that locker room.
This
year in the NFL is looking like it will be a good one. I’m looking forward to
seeing if any of these teams or players can sustain these numbers or are they
just another flash in the pan overreaction that seems to bite us all in the behind
every single year. What are your biggest surprises of this year in the NFL?
Quick hits-
Congratulations to the Washington Nationals on
winning the NL East. This is their first division title in a very long time and
it will be nice to see them in the playoffs and also congratulations to the
Baltimore Orioles for clinching a playoff spot for the first time in fifteen
years. Sports in the Beltway area are looking up. Dare is say Joe Flacco vs
RGIII Superbowl in the future??
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