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Sunday, October 01, 2006

Week 4 Reactions

It's official, the Miami Dolphins stink. I was willing to give them some leeway heading into this week, but a 17-15 loss to the Houston Texans officially ends all encouragement for Fins fans. The Texans ARE a bit improved under new coach Gary Kubiak, but there is no reason Miami and super overhyped QB Daunte Culpepper (MIA-QB) can only manage one TD against the Houston Texans. They even allowed No. 1 pick Mario Williams (HOU-DE) to get his first NFL sack! I was hoping to harp on his goose egg for months and the Fins ruined it. Thanks a lot guys.

(Unfortunately, all of this totally guarantees that the Dolphins will beat New England next weekend.)

PLAYER OF THE DAY: Plenty to choose from, but I'll go with Santana Moss (WAS-WR), who had just four catches, but three of them were TDs. He also had 138 receiving yards. The last TD was the game-winner in overtime of the 36-30 win over Jacksonville. Amazing that the Jags can look so good on D against Indy and then allow 36 to Washington. That's why football is so darn popular. Just when you think you have something figured out, everything changes again.

GOAT OF THE DAY: Kurt Warner (ARZ-QB). It was clear all week that the guy was playing for his job and hen he comes out and goes 11 for 20 for 128 yards and gets pulled for rookie Matt Leinart (ARZ-QB). Coach Dennis Green announced that Leinart will start next week. Nice knowing you, Kurt.

NICE TO SEE YOU, L.J.: Hey, Larry Johnson (KC-RB)! Good to have you back! It's nice to finally see the No. 1 pick (in most leagues) put together a strong performance (101 rushing yards, 41 receiving yards, two TDs) in a whipping of San Fran (41-0). Next week at Arizona should be more of the same.

SPEAKING OF THE CHIEFS: Who's playing better right now, former Dolphin Damon Huard (KC-QB) or Culpepper? I'm as shocked as you are. Anyway, Huard is playing great in place of Trent Green (KC-QB), whose expected to miss at least one more game after a concussion a few weeks back. Huard finished 18 for 23 for 208 yards and two TDs. Very efficient.

EVERY YEAR: It seems like we always get to the point where the Patriots look done and we just assume they are going to get killed only to have them come up with a big win against a top opponent. This week was no different as they put a hurtin' on the Bengals and Doug Gabriel (NE-WR) may just be a decent enough wide receiver now that he's been working with Tom Brady (NE-QB) for a few weeks. Oh, and Laurence Maroney (NE-RB) is incredible. May turn out to be the best back from this draft down the line.

TEAM DEFENSE THAT CARRIED/KILLED YOU: Let's see, all the Chiefs D did against the 49ers was: Post a shutout, allow only 165 yards of offense, score a defensive TD, make 2 INTs, record 4 sacks and recover 2 fumbles. Yeah, I hope you didn't play against them.

KICKER THAT CARRIED/KILLED YOU: I feel like Jeff Wilkins (STL-K) is getting this award a lot, but he had 4 FGs (three over 40 yards) and three extra points. Yeah, I hope you didn't play against him, either.

MONDAY, MONDAY
Green Bay at Philadelphia, ESPN, 8:30
While it's clear why this was scheduled for prime time (Favre vs. McNabb), the best thing about it is we can be pretty sure the game will be over by halftime, so only those fantasy owners worried about their matchups will have to stay up late tonight.

Anyway, I'm interested to see if rookie Greg Jennings (GB-WR) impressive run will continue. He's got a chance to post some impressive numbers for a first-year receiver and it seems like there's chemistry between he and Favre. Can he cut it on the big stage? You have to assume the Packers will be behind and throwing a lot (Although that's what I expected out of the Jets Sunday against Indy and BOY was I wrong).

posted by Jim Pignatiello at 10:11 PM  

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