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[Mouah91]

Wow, it was hard but they made it. Now we're 4-1 but 3rd of the NFC East !!!

[Bert Jan]

WOW!
Thats all I can say after this weekend.
Who would have ever thought Miami would beat San Diego? I certainly didn't.
And the Falcons beating the Packers. Great. I like to see Matt Ryan play.
Really happy with the Broncos win! They better prepare hard for next week when they face the Jags.

[Bert Jan]

Wow, a week is over already again! Not many GREAT matchups but some interesting ones. I am looking forward to the Broncos vs the Jaguars.

My picks for the week:
Chicago, Miami, Indianapolis, Minnesota, New Orleans, NY Jets, Carolina, Washington, Denver, Dallas, Philly, Green Bay, New England and NY Giants.

Sorry, im too busy to write it all out nice like usually.

By the way, you all heard about the Tony Gonzalez trade rumors? You think he will be traded before the deadline tuesday? And if yes, whereto?

[Mouah91]

What a surprising week !!!

The Chargers are still alive while the Patriots struggle a lot this season.

Tampa, New Orleans, and Indiana finally runs on all cylinders !!!


The rise and fall of NFC East: after being impressive during first weeks, both Dallas and Washington lost this sunday. If Giants wins tonight, they will become serious contender for division title.

[Bert Jan]

It's been a while since my last post here..I have to say..i've been pretty shocked by Denver's D in the last few weeks.... I am literally praying for some good signs this week when we play the Dolphins, but I fear the worst now Champ is out....

However, I am looking forward to see Ryan Torain play....our rookie from Arizona State....maybe we finally found a new franchise RB? I dont know, but I hope so.....


As for the other teams...as I follow all the news around the league....gotta say, some pretty interesting results... totally didnt expect this winning streak from the Titans for example....but it's good to see so many changes in the standings.... No New England or Dallas on top of their division is a pretty weird sight...but I like the fact that some other teams are getting a chance.. I just hope the Broncos can keep their place on top of the AFC West....

[Bert Jan]

Well..it's about half time now for the first few games of the afternoon, and what a surprises...I'd never expected KC to do so well against Tampa, and what about Detroit and Chicago. Everything can still turn around, but pretty impressive so far...


By the way, on a sidenote, here is an interesting fact I just read on NFL.com...

On the Sunday before Election Day, football and politics mix. Over time, there has been no more accurate gauge as to who will win the presidential election than the Washington Redskins’ performance in their final home game before the election.

Any time the Redskins won their final home game before the presidential election between 1936 and 2000, the incumbent party retained control of the White House. A Redskins home loss meant the election went to the party that was not in power.

Now there was one exception, in 2004, when Washington lost at home against Green Bay and George W. Bush and the Republicans retained control of the White House.

So when the Redskins play the Steelers in Washington on Monday night, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama should be rooting for Pittsburgh and Republican presidential candidate John McCain should be rooting for Washington.

[sjmike]

How about them Raiders!! Looking good, putting up less than 80 yards of total offense and getting shut out. Even the winless Lions looked better than we did.

[Bert Jan]

Damn yeah..I know what u mean... although Raiders r in the same div as Denver, I did hope they'd have a better season than this. I guess it will be 'yet another' rebuild year for them... sad tho....


I was so mad yesterday.... Cutler throwing interceptions 3 times. Only 12 rushing plays?? Incredible.... This time the D was doing well...it's just that the offense lost the ball and left them in terrible field position....

So far this season has been nothing but surprises for me. Who had expected Titans to go 7-0? And yesterday's OT win of TB over KC... I expected that to be a blowout game for TB. Cinci's win over Jacksonville....Detroit ALMOST beating the Bears.... too many surprises..but I guess that keeps it interesting...

[sjmike]

Sad thing is that if we could of won, it would have put us in 2nd place in the division. One game behind the hated Broncos.

[Bert Jan]

Hehe yeah... AFC West is just such a weak division, nothing is locked up yet...

Anyway..do u watch college football too? I just finished watching Texas - Texas Tech...what an awesome way to end that game...