Peter King says Cowboys are 10th best team!
1. Indianapolis (8-0). Any questions?
2. Denver (6-2). The schedule looks fairly kind in the near future, with Oakland on the road and a Merriman-less San Diego in Denver.
3. New England (6-2). Can't figure out whether the Pats are two or three. I think it's a coin-flip game between the Broncos and Patriots right now. But I'll give Denver the benefit of the doubt because of the 10-point win in Week 3.
4. Chicago (7-1). Until Rex Grossman learns to take care of the ball, this is not a Super Bowl team.
5. San Diego (6-2). The Chargers made it too tough a game with the Browns. Much too tough. But when you've got LaDanian Tomlinson to rescue you, you're always going to be in pretty good shape.
6. New York Giants (6-2). All the Giants do is win. They may not look pretty much of the time, but they've won five in a row by an average of 12 points. They were banged up Sunday, and they survived. Sometimes that's what you have to do in the NFL.
7. Baltimore (6-2). Brian Billick did some weird stuff on Sunday, like calling for two direct snaps to Mike Anderson with Steve McNair not even in the backfield. But whatever he has touched has turned to gold the last two weeks.
8. New Orleans (6-2). My first-half MVP is Drew Brees.
9. Kansas City (5-3). The way he's played the last three weeks, Larry Johnson is only slightly less valuable to the Chiefs than Peyton Manning is to the Colts.
10. Dallas (4-4). Someday this team will repay my faith in it. I'm just not sure when.
11. Carolina (4-4). Next four foes are all .500 or worse right now.
12. Atlanta (5-3). There was nothing surprising about what happened at Ford Field Sunday. The Falcons couldn't pressure the passer without John Abraham bearing in from the weakside.
13. Seattle (4-3). I am with Mike Holmgren on this one. Shaun Alexander was supposed to miss two weeks, maybe three. Tonight makes six, and there's no guarantee he'll play next week. This was supposed to be a tiny fracture in his foot. When did it become a chasm?
14. Jacksonville (5-3). Is there any doubt whatsoever that David Garrard should be the quarterback of this team? Maybe not forever, but certainly for now.
15. Philadelphia (4-4). Winning week for the Eagles, based on October history. They had a bye.
Quote of the Week
"It's an issue of personal health. I don't say that as though it's something that's irritating at all.''
-- Dallas owner Jerry Jones, on a Dallas Morning News report that Terrell Owens falls asleep in meetings regularly. ''It's nothing new for me to fall asleep in a meeting,'' Owens told the paper. He said he told the Cowboys when he signed in Dallas that he had a "sleeping problem.'' Though receivers coach Todd Haley was upset with Owens' sleeping habits, T.O. said, "Give me a little vet credit.''
And then the idiot, after scoring against Washington, lays down in the end zone, uses the ball as a pillow, and pretends to take a nap for four seconds. Unsportsmanlike conduct, 15 yards, assessed on the ensuing kickoff. It didn't end up hurting the Cowboys -- Washington did not score on its next possession -- but the look-at-me, stupidly selfish nature of Owens never ends. When will this man realize it's a team game, not boxing or tennis?
Then the two drops in the second half, one that would have gone for a touchdown. What a goofball. A goofball who hurt his team a lot more than helped over the weekend.
Hard to tell where to start here, but three points scream to be made:
1. If you're Jerry Jones, and Bill Parcells is your head coach, and you know Bill Parcells would be, shall we say, mildly peeved about Owens falling asleep in meeting, why in God's name would you come and say it's no big deal that your $8.3 million-a-year wide receiver is sleeping on the job? If I didn't know better, I would guess that Jones is undercutting Parcells' authority to discipline his players, and that is the first sign that Parcells will be on the first stagecoach out of Dodge come January.
2. Does Jerry Jones need to comment on every issue, particularly the controversial ones, with the Cowboys? Does the man ever say, "No comment?'' Doesn't he know that sometimes it's best to make yourself scarce?
2. Denver (6-2). The schedule looks fairly kind in the near future, with Oakland on the road and a Merriman-less San Diego in Denver.
3. New England (6-2). Can't figure out whether the Pats are two or three. I think it's a coin-flip game between the Broncos and Patriots right now. But I'll give Denver the benefit of the doubt because of the 10-point win in Week 3.
4. Chicago (7-1). Until Rex Grossman learns to take care of the ball, this is not a Super Bowl team.
5. San Diego (6-2). The Chargers made it too tough a game with the Browns. Much too tough. But when you've got LaDanian Tomlinson to rescue you, you're always going to be in pretty good shape.
6. New York Giants (6-2). All the Giants do is win. They may not look pretty much of the time, but they've won five in a row by an average of 12 points. They were banged up Sunday, and they survived. Sometimes that's what you have to do in the NFL.
7. Baltimore (6-2). Brian Billick did some weird stuff on Sunday, like calling for two direct snaps to Mike Anderson with Steve McNair not even in the backfield. But whatever he has touched has turned to gold the last two weeks.
8. New Orleans (6-2). My first-half MVP is Drew Brees.
9. Kansas City (5-3). The way he's played the last three weeks, Larry Johnson is only slightly less valuable to the Chiefs than Peyton Manning is to the Colts.
10. Dallas (4-4). Someday this team will repay my faith in it. I'm just not sure when.
11. Carolina (4-4). Next four foes are all .500 or worse right now.
12. Atlanta (5-3). There was nothing surprising about what happened at Ford Field Sunday. The Falcons couldn't pressure the passer without John Abraham bearing in from the weakside.
13. Seattle (4-3). I am with Mike Holmgren on this one. Shaun Alexander was supposed to miss two weeks, maybe three. Tonight makes six, and there's no guarantee he'll play next week. This was supposed to be a tiny fracture in his foot. When did it become a chasm?
14. Jacksonville (5-3). Is there any doubt whatsoever that David Garrard should be the quarterback of this team? Maybe not forever, but certainly for now.
15. Philadelphia (4-4). Winning week for the Eagles, based on October history. They had a bye.
Quote of the Week
"It's an issue of personal health. I don't say that as though it's something that's irritating at all.''
-- Dallas owner Jerry Jones, on a Dallas Morning News report that Terrell Owens falls asleep in meetings regularly. ''It's nothing new for me to fall asleep in a meeting,'' Owens told the paper. He said he told the Cowboys when he signed in Dallas that he had a "sleeping problem.'' Though receivers coach Todd Haley was upset with Owens' sleeping habits, T.O. said, "Give me a little vet credit.''
And then the idiot, after scoring against Washington, lays down in the end zone, uses the ball as a pillow, and pretends to take a nap for four seconds. Unsportsmanlike conduct, 15 yards, assessed on the ensuing kickoff. It didn't end up hurting the Cowboys -- Washington did not score on its next possession -- but the look-at-me, stupidly selfish nature of Owens never ends. When will this man realize it's a team game, not boxing or tennis?
Then the two drops in the second half, one that would have gone for a touchdown. What a goofball. A goofball who hurt his team a lot more than helped over the weekend.
Hard to tell where to start here, but three points scream to be made:
1. If you're Jerry Jones, and Bill Parcells is your head coach, and you know Bill Parcells would be, shall we say, mildly peeved about Owens falling asleep in meeting, why in God's name would you come and say it's no big deal that your $8.3 million-a-year wide receiver is sleeping on the job? If I didn't know better, I would guess that Jones is undercutting Parcells' authority to discipline his players, and that is the first sign that Parcells will be on the first stagecoach out of Dodge come January.
2. Does Jerry Jones need to comment on every issue, particularly the controversial ones, with the Cowboys? Does the man ever say, "No comment?'' Doesn't he know that sometimes it's best to make yourself scarce?
posted by The Gryphon at 10:33 PM
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