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Welcome everyone to Sports!. My name is Jon Foox. I like sports. I also like The Colonialist. Therefore, it only seemed natural that we team up and develop a sub-blog (sublog?) dedicated to sports updates, thoughts and the occasional amusing picture. I hope you enjoy it.
That said, I’ve been waiting a few weeks to write this first entry. I had a few ideas for a starter column. I was going to write about how Francisco Rodriguez is overrated and why he shouldn’t earn a bajillion dollars next year. I was going to write about why having the rights to Patrick Ewing Jr. will lead the Knicks to the Larry O’Brien trophy. But, after waiting a few weeks to get my assignment, I find myself typing this up during the start ofthe Colts/Bears Sunday night game… which can only mean that the sweet, sweet football season has begun, and that that is, of course, what I must write about.
I want to keep this fairly short, so before getting to my main point, I’ll just throw out a few succinct notes from today. First of all, the Steelers offensive line does not look like an issue at all, as they steamrolled the formidable Houston defense and blew them out 38-17. Similarly, the Eagles, who, to my understanding, have Hank Baskett, Freddie Mitchell’s ghost and a sandbag on the wide receiver depth chart, somehow managed to explode offensively. Part of it was Brian Westbrook having his traditionally dominant game, but I gotta hand it to McNabb and co.: they looked great. Similarly, an even worse team on paper, the Falcons, exploded for 34 points today. Of course, this may speak more about how bad the Rams and Lions defenses are (respectively), but you have to hand it to those offenses. Except maybe for the Falcons… I still think they’re going to win 3 games this year.
The biggest news, of course, is Tom Brady’s busted knee. Although I plan to be fairly objective, I can’t help but feel a sense of football karma after years of Rodney Harrison cheap shots. Maybe there is some merit to that whole Super Bowl hangover curse? Nevertheless, an injury is an injury, and you never really wish that on anyone. Karmic or not, several sources have reported that Brady is expected to be out for the season. And while there’s still an MRI scheduled for tomorrow, and the Patriots haven’t officially announced anything yet, it’s looking pretty bad for Mr. Brady and his Pats.
So where do the Patriots go from here? Matt Cassel did manage fairly well, going 13/18 for 152 yards and a TD in Brady’s absence. Chances are quite high that he’ll be next week’s starter. Of course, assuming that New England doesn’t make any roster moves in the next week, Sunday’s game at the Jets will be Cassel’s first starting job since he was in high school.
Realistically, you’d expect the Pats to make some sort of move. That move, though, probably won’t be down the depth chart. Cassel won the job over Matt Gutierez before the regular season began, who was signed as an undrafted free agent in May 2007 and has even less experience than Cassel himself. Onecan only imagine Vinny Testaverde resting on the edge of his sarcophagus, anxiously anticipating his Graham Bell Phone to ring tonight. Then there’s the recently retired Daunte Culpepper. Culpepper, since developing shoulder problems and being traded from Minnesota, has struggled to maintain any sort of starting role, going from Miami to Oakland to, finally, retirement. Still, he showed signs of life in his last few starts, and might be a candidate. There are also rumors that Chris Simms, he of ruptured spleen fame two years ago, will participate in a work out with the Patriots on Monday. Whatever the Pats end up doing, two things are sure: first, that the AFC East title is certainly in the Bills’ sights this season, and second, Wes Welker is sweating.
There’s plenty more to talk about, like the Panthers eschewing clock management and still defeating the Chargers, the Jaguars seemingly forgetting that there was a game today, and an alarmingly high number of
injuries this week. For now, though, having seen Kyle Orton bobble the 1stand 10 snap ruled dead because of a false start, I know that the 2008 football season has begun. Let us all rejoice! Sports!
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