Glenn Stants

NFC EAST
Re-Cap week-3

  I have to start my week-3 re-cap with, how about them Cowboys?  A great start to the season with 3-0 record for the first time since 1999.  Tony Romo is making the Cowboys as legit a contender since the Emmit Smith, Troy Aikman days and everyone is taking notice again.  Beating a Bears team 34-10 makes people listen and take notice.  TE Jason Witten has Jay Novacek written all over him and RB Marion Barber III is bringing back a legit running game to Dallas.  If the Cowboys stay healthy, all I can say is look out.

  Not sure what to say about those Eagle uniforms but if it brings out a win, than keep wearing them.  Maybe Brian Westbrook should not practise every week as he had a great day with the Eagle A-team showing up as the Eagles beat up on the Detroit Lions.  Westbrook did leave in the 3rd quarter but says he wants to play this week.  Kevin Curtis became Donovan McNabb’s best friend in hauling in 221 tards receiving and 3 TD’s.

  The interdivision match-up of the N.Y. Giants and Washington Redskins had the Giants showing some poise in a comeback victory by defeatting the Redskins for the Giants first victory of the season.  Plexico Burress had another great day as the Burress and Manning show hopefully starts to produce more consistently week in and out.  Newly acquired Giant RB Reuben Droughns stats were 3 carries, 3 yards and 2 TD’s.  The Redskins are maturing with Jason Campbell at the helm and Antwaan Randle El, Clinton Portis and even Mike Sellers 6′3″, 245lbs makes third downs much more attainable, much like Mike Alstott during his glory years in Tampa Bay. 

  St. Louis (0-3) goes into Dallas (3-0) and I see no reason why Monday this will not say St. Louis (0-4) and Dallas (4-0).  RB Steven Jackson for St. Louis will not play.  The Cowboys will look to pad up their league best 116 points in what should be a practise session for the Cowboys.

  The Sunday late game has a interdivision match-up with the Eagles heading to the Meadowlands to play the Giants.  I keep asking myself which team will show up and I don’t have an answer.  This game has either excitement or head to bed early written all over it.  I would like to lean towards the excitement phrase.  Both teams are 1-2 and the playoffs will be hard to reach for the losing team making this a key game for both squads.  Eagle running back Westbrook will be a game time decision and Manning and Buress will certainly test the Eagle secondary in what should make this contest quite interesting.

  The Redskins have a bye this week which might give them some extra time to see what jersey they will wear in week-5, all I can say is yikes…

Glenn Stants 
 

Chris Lee

My predictions for this Sunday’s games

Oakland at Miami

REVENGE???

Daunte Culpepper will get the start this week with Josh McCown out with a broken toe on his left foot.   I still believe Miami’s defense will come out strong and win the game for the Dolphins.  According to Joey Porter “we will win this game”,  you know the Dolphins are fired up and are going to bring the best effort of the season on Sunday.  I expect a close game here with Miami winning by a FG, possibly in OT.

NY JETS AT BUFFALO

Although Chad Pennington has been limited in practice this week with a sore ankle, he is expected to play on Sunday.  The Jets have almost every edge in matchups for this game and should win this one by at least 7.

NEW ENGLAND AT CINCINNATI

Monday night looks to be a Patriots romp over the Bengals.  At this point the Bengals should keep there offense on the field all game.  They probably would do better than the way the defense has been playing.  The Pats offense is too much to handle and will come away with an easy victory here and cover the spread without any problems. 

Enough said

Chris  

Kevin Lee

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Not to anyones surprise, the NFL season has produced many storylines in only three weeks of action. As there are every year, some teams exceed expectations while others fail miserably in living up to expectations.

Look no further than the Green Bay Packers when it comes to a huge surprise. Even Brett Favre said it himself, he never thought his team would be 3-0 to start the season. But this is when having a great scouting staff and strong management pays off. You can’t throw away draft picks for the sake of taking a chance on a player, are you listening Mike Shannahan in Denver? Please tell us all why you wasted a 3rd round pick on Maurice Clarett a few years ago. Anyways, I digress. Bottom line is, solid free agent signings and great drafting will go a long way to determining your success on the field. Now, just think if Randy Moss had of signed in Green Bay, how much better would they be?

Are the Dallas Cowboys a surprise at 3-0? Not really but they have been a great 2nd half team through the early part of the season. The biggest surprise with the Cowboys is how well their defense has played. It is still early but it seems that Wade Phillips 3-4 scheme is holding up quite well. What many fans are wondering is when will Terrell Owens implode? Well, if they keep on winning, it should keep T.O. a happy camper!

When it comes to early season disappointments the New Orleans Saints are the runaway winners. There are many aspects to consider when considering the quick derailment of the Saints. First off, they are playing a much tougher schedule than last year. When you finish with the second best record in the NFC last year, it means more difficult games. Secondly, the Saints are not going to sneak up on anyone this year unlike last year. For some reason, the Saints caught alot of breaks last year but it has been the absolute opposite to start the season and it got alot worse when RB Deuce McAllister went down with a season ending knee injury on Monday night. The Saints defense is one of the worst in the league and QB Drew Brees has not received much protection from his offensive line. RB Reggie Bush has been average at best and needs to be alot better if his team is going to make a push for a potential wildcard berth. But for now, they will take their first win!

Last but not least are the San Diego Chargers. They have lost as many games in the first three games of the season, two, which they lost all of last season going 14-2. RB LaDainian Tomlinson has yet to find his game and QB Phillip Rivers is still only in his second year as a starter while leaning this game. The Chargers defense has not lived up to its pre-season billing and head coach Norv Turner continues to run a clubhouse atmosphere as he has done at his many coaching stops in the NFL. Lucky for the Chargers, their division counterparts are average at best with the likes of Kansas City and Oakland kicking around. Even the Denver Broncos who sit at 2-1 have all sorts of defensive problems. This division is going to come down to who improves the most over the next few weeks and can take a stranglehold on the division lead.

So even with the season only three weeks old, some teams are close to hitting the panic button, wouldn’t you say?

Back tomorrow with a college football round-up!

Kev,

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