Week One
Week 1 is in the books for this NFL season, and here are a couple of thoughts from our first weekend:
Trent Green’s career may be over. Yeeesh! That was an ugly shot he took to the head. It reminded me a lot of the first major Steve Young concussion. It should be interesting to see how the Chiefs’ offense works under Brodie Croyle. As of right now, I don’t like their odds.
Vernon Davis, aka ‘Man Child’, showed some glimpses as to his potential greatness. If he can become more consistent, I don’t see any reason that Alex Smith won’t improve exponentially this season. A great receiving tight end is essential for the development of a young qb, and Davis has the makings to be phenomenal.
Wow, the Packers suck. Brett Favre is going to have a terrible season, and that really pains me to say so. He’s been my favorite player since he first stepped into the starting lineup for the Packers. If Sterling Sharpe could have stayed healthy, Favre and Sharpe would have gone down as one of the greatest qb-receiver tandems in NFL history. Instead, Favre made due with the likes of Robert Brooks, a washed up Andre Rison, one-dimensional guys like Antonio Freeman and Don Beebe, and complete stiffs like Mark Chmura. Its ugly to watch now. But on the bright side, once Favre retires, I can retire from sports bigamy and throw myself whole-heartedly back onto the 49er bandwagon (if one even exists anymore). So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.
I would go on record and call the Packers the worst team in the league, but I’m 100% sure that honor goes to the Raiders. If I were Al Davis, I would fire the offensive coordinator, fire Art Shell, and release Aaron Brooks. Wait, let me rephrase that. If I were Al Davis, I NEVER would have signed Aaron Brooks, and I never would have re-hired Art and his coaching staff. Art took loaded Raiders’ rosters and created this mess. I guess people forget how much he set the franchise back the first time.
Also, why on earth are there still franchises that have dirt fields? Its completely preposterous. NFL franchises are worth over $500 million, and with all the mega corporations out there, I see no reason for a team to not have better facilities. At least the Oakland A’s have that ‘small market’ excuse. But the Raiders? The NFL has revenue sharing, and each team makes money hand over fist with their licensing agreements and network deals. The Raiders should get their own stadium; its pathetic.
College football sidebar: Ohio State’s offense is amazing. Can’t wait for WVU to get hosed in the BCS so I can watch Notre Dame’s offense try to keep pace with Ohio State’s for the national title. I don’t like either team, but man would that ever be a great game. Next year, I don’t see any reason why Texas won’t be the front runner for another national title. I don’t think they will be able to make it back to the top this year without a ton of help, but they’re still BCS bound after they win the Big XII.
WVU. Pitt is going to get the Big East bid.