V, as in Volek, stands for Victory: AKA Thoughts on an NFL Weekend
Seahawks vs. Packers
Funnest Guy to watch: Brett Favre, of course.
The Redemptive theme of the weekend: Seahawks up 14-0 after young Packer Running Back Grant's two fumbles....then 200 plus yards rushing and several touchdowns.
The Highlight that will be the most overplayed on television and still can't be too overplayed: Favre's falling to the ground pitch-pass for a first down on a third down for yet another G.B. score. They scored TD's on six consecutive drives.
The Abominable Snow Man: Seattle coach, and ex-GB Packer coach, Mike Holmgren. Did Mike Holmgren move at all during the game? I'm surprised he could move after being covered by six-feet of snow on the top of his cap...actually I think he was trying to cover up the Seahawk logo. He may have been wishing to be buried in Lambeau. I don't know how many more chances he will get with this Seahawk team to be in this position again.
My Guarantee: Packers win next week against the G-men.
Wouldn't it be cool: I love snow football games. Could it be that next week we will have two snow bowls? That would be cool, literally. Wait: that may be the only way the Pat's can lose, and we don't want that.
Jaguars vs. Patriots
Nicest guy in the playoffs: David Garrard. This man had a foot of his intestine removed, and never stops smiling. He seems like a humble and quiet, yet vigilant leader.
Nice guys throw the same amount of interceptions in the playoffs as their entire regular season: Yes, D-Gar did this, 3 during the season 3 in the playoffs.
How did the other "nice" guy do: Um...he threw two incompletions the entire game. That darn Wes Welker could have made it only one incompletion. 26-28, 3 TD's, 0 INT's. This leads me to this question...
The Question: Joe Montana who? This is from a Joe Montana fanatic.
A scary fact: The Patriots really have a running game, 5.5 yards a carry on 23 carries from Maroney.
Chargers vs. Colts
Biggest disappointment: There will be no Pats vs. Patriots. This is sad. This is one of the greatest rivalries in sports history and its a shame it won't happen.
Favorite moment: Billy Volek led his team to victory while the cocky Philip Rivers taunted the Indianapolis fans and nursed his poor little foot. This was wonderful. I love watching a backup QB come in and lead his team to victory; and watching the starter, who in my view, will never lead his team to an NFL championship, stand on the sideline.
Another favorite moment: Watching Nate Kaeding miss a playoff field goal. It is always enjoyable in the playoffs to watch a field goal kicker who looks like he's in high-school kick like he in fact is in high school.
Worst call this weekend: The holding call against SD on Cromartie's interception of Peyton Manning returned for a TD.
Willow Ufgood moment: Sproles is small and very, very swift.
Final thoughts: Did I mention that Billy Volek is clutch: Volek stands for Victory.
Giants vs. Cowboys
Biggest surprise: Eli Manning has gone farther in the playoffs then his big brother.
Biggest surprise 2: Why has Eli Manning looked unbeatable the last several weeks, even when one of them was in a loss to the unloseable Patriots.
Good, but not good enough: Romo couldn't quite pull it off. Big numbers mean nothing when you are not clutch. This is what separates the winners from the losers. Romo will have plenty of time to spend Rom-ancing Jessica Simpson. MTV, can we do a reality show next year with T.O., Romo, and Jessica during the season?
Best quote of the playoffs so far: "We hope T.O. has his popcorn ready so maybe he and Crayton can sit in his home theater and watch us next week." Michael Strahan
MTP of the playoffs (Most Tearful Player): T.O. crying in defense of his QB after the game.
2 comments:
I guess it's easy to hate when you don't actually have a team that you follow on a regular basis and have nothing to lose!
How is the most exciting game of the weekend the most disappointing? Yes, I would have loved to have watched the Colts/Pats again, but the Bolts earned their spot next weekend.
BTW, Rivers hurt his knee, not his foot. And don't ignore his 133.2 passer rating yesterday. But yeah, I could have gone without the taunting.
We both have nothing to lose :) Fans are simply fans with nothing to lose except emotional energy on whatever team they choose to like: be it choose to like till they die or choose to like differently every year.
The emotive energy is the joy of fan-dom, I believe, this can take place regardless of the time commitment of the fan. I'm a fan of the game, and I think think this doesn't lessen the intensity of my fan-hood.
As you know I like players not teams. I know this really bothers those who value being permanent fans of a particular team. However, if players makeup teams could not permanent devotion to particular players be at root be the same fan value as to a team?
Maybe. Maybe not...
I found all the games exciting!
Thanks for the correction on the part of the body injured. I found that writing on sports is difficult cause you have to check spellings of names, injury reports, and several stats in order to not sound like an idiot, because when you get a tiny fact wrong the fans notice and then destroy your entire article. HA! This exact issue went through my mind as I was writing. I give more props to sports columnists. It can't be easy. Cheers to Easterbrook and King. I remain unpublished for a reason ;)
My dislike of Rivers is completely arbitrary and founded on nothing except unexplained emotional animosity, kind of like my love affair with Tom Brady except the opposite. I know neither of them but love to love one and hate to hate another. Hmmm sounds like the sovereign freedom of the fan.
I love you. Isn't sports fun!
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