Week 7 recap

9-4 this week, 49-21 on the year.

I guess we'll start with Jacksonville's loss to Houston. What the hell? I've been sucking Jaguar cock all season so far and then they roll over to the fucking Texans? I mean, I know they're not quite the league joke they were last year (that honor goes to Oakland or possibly Arizona) but they're still not very good. They're certainly not 27 to 7 good, nor is Jacksonville that bad.

Next, the Falcons. Did I call it or did I call it? Pittsburgh can start chowing down on their French cries now that Roflberger's concussed. If he's not legally retarded at this point, I'll be very surprised. I bet his MRIs look like brain scans of methamphetamine addicts. I know it's tough to live up to a 15-0 season, but honestly Pittsburgh (and bandwagon fans): Roethlisberger will never be as good as he was, and he wasn't very good to begin with.

Oakland put up 22 points to Arizona's 9. The debate on which team is the flat-out worst in the NFL begins in earnest with this game. I mean, obviously Oakland is terrible, but remember that Arizona blew a 20-point lead against the Bears last week. I'll grant that it's not hard to lose to the Bears, but to put up 20 early and then blow the game is pretty fucking bad, and it's not an isolated incident. The season's almost half-over so there's still time for one of these teams to ultimately prove they're the worst in the NFL.

On to Seattle: If I genuinely believed in the Madden curse, I'd have a lot of evidence to back me up. First the cover-boy goes down and now their QB is out with a sprained knee. Maybe it's the Superbowl loser curse, though. Either way, the Seahawks are fucked for 3 weeks or so.

And on to the Monday Night Football game that just ended. Drew Bledsoe will follow in TO's footsteps this week with a suicide attempt after being benched for Tony Romo after the half. I'm not sure I agree with Bill Parcell's decision, frankly. Bledsoe was taking shots, yes, but that's the O-line's fault. If you watch replays of the sacks, the defense was coming across the line almost entirely unblocked. No QB in the league is going to be able to do anything with a porous O-line. Romo is, of course, far more mobile than Bledose, but Romo is essentially a rookie (4 years in the league but had only thrown 2 passes in his career) and was making rookie mistakes. The Cowboys are in a tough position, obviously, but Parcells fucked up by taking Bledsoe out. At this point he's moved all-in on an untested QB and can't go back to Bledsoe without looking like a jackoff. Romo better pan out or else all Dallas will have to look forward to is a chance at drafting Brady Quinn.

And last but certainly not least, how 'bout them Buccaneers? Jon Gruden's got to have some sort of pact with the devil to have the motivational skills he's got. And Matt Bryant must have liquid nitrogen in his veins. I mean, imagine that sideline conversation:

"30 seconds left and the game's on the line. Bryant, think you can boot the second-longest field goal in the history of football for the win?"
"You got it, coach."

And then (and this is the best part) he did. The NFC South got their licks in early, which might turn out to be a good thing. The Bucs are waking up and if Ronde Barber can prod the rest of the D into making plays, look the fuck out. The only major bummer was the 5 or 6 whiffed tackles on that Brian Westbrook play, but fuck it. 62 yards, baby.