Pretty Passes

Another Monday night, another fun game. This one featured the Jets and the Dolphins and their 2 young QBs. They combined to score 5 TDs just in the fourth quarter and there were many pretty long bombs from both. Chad Henne is not as highly rated as Mark "Sanchise", but he has a strong arm and throws a pretty ball. I am not sure how good he is gonna be, but he sure looks like the QB of the future for the Dolphins right now. Couple of weeks back I wrote about the Dolphins being completely incapable of big plays and that hurt them against the Colts though they ran the ball great. With Henne, the same team looks different. Henne has a live arm unlike Chad Pennington and with Ted Ginn Jr. lined up wide, they have a legitimate deep threat now. Both Henne and Sanchez threw several deep balls in this game and both looked good. It felt like this could be a rivalry in the future and I am glad the Dolphins won. I love their wildcat. Once again, it couldn't be stopped and the Jets defense got killed. The rookie QB on offense was least of their problem. It was their defense that got pummeled in this game.

Speaking of pretty passes, the Manning brothers threw several more this weekend. Another 300+ yards for the older one and a filthy 36 of 44 passing night. Eli pretty much had an off day playing the horrible Raiders. But one of his long passes to Steve Smith in this game was the best pass I have seen this year. Both the Mannings are undefeated and so are Vikings, Saints and the Denver Broncos. Unusually large number of undefeated teams right now and there are also many bad teams in the league. The bad teams this season look really horrible and thats probably why so many of the top teams are undefeated. The Bills, Browns, Chiefs, Raiders, Titans, Ram and the Bucs are all HORRIBLE! This list doesn't even include the Lions and thats how bad these teams are. The Lions at least show up and compete and give people good games these days. The Browns beat the Bills 6-3 last weekend and put everyone of us to sleep. But the top-line in the league is great right now and I can't wait for the Saints-Giants game next weekend. The winner of that game probably will be in the Super Bowl, but the Vikings are very much in the NFC mix as well. So are the Falcons. They looked great last weekend crushing the Niners 45-10.

The big game of the weekend was Broncos hosting the Patriots. Denver came up big and shocked the Pats. Kyle Orton actually threw for 330 yards and outplayed Tom Brady. Wes Welker had a good game, but Randy Moss was nowhere to be seen in this one. The Pats are nothing great this season and I think the hoody might have out-smarted himself with his roster moves in the off-season. Too many shake-ups on the defensive side and now Junior Seau is coming back from retirement for the third time. Even Brett Favre is saying "Come on!". Cincinnati shocked Baltimore and the Bengals are now leading the AFC north. Carson Palmer is driving them down the field in the clutch every week and they are for real, especially given Pittsburgh's inconsistency. As long as Palmer is healthy, they will only get better and more consistent and confident. Arizona won and are beginning to look good. So did Seattle with Hasselbeck coming back and throwing for 4 TDs. Cards should now have a shot at winning this division given the Niners shocking embarrassment against the Falcons. But I expect the NFC West to be a 3 team race all the way to the end. In the East, Donovan McNabb came back from his injury and won in style - his very first pass was a TD. The Cowboys on the other hand needed overtime to beat the lowly Chiefs. The Boys are in trouble.