Week Three Recap - The Demise of the AFC

Another interesting week in the NFL has passed with some excellent fodder for those of us who write about such things. The biggest story of the week is the demise of the anointed powerhouses of the AFC, the Pats, the Colts, and to a lesser extent, the Steelers. For you Charger homers I once again wonder just what I need to write about your beloved powder blues to convince even one of you to rebut my statements in this forum. Last week, I called the icon of Charger folklore, LT, a big pussy and not one of you could even take a few seconds to click the comment link and tell me that I am full of shit! I presume that by your silence, I must be right - LT is a pussy. What else could one conclude? The Charger "nation" is full of such weak knee'd, "Dancing with the Stars" loving, girly-men (and manly-women) that you would allow me to trash your team without a whimper! What is up with you losers? Still angry about your overall record against the Raiders (54-40)? Don't know how to type? I took a $5 bet with a Charger fan this week in which I agreed to the bet at the posted spread and the Charger fan in question ( I will spare him the indignity of posting his name here) wanted to shave a point off the spread! What? You Charger fans may think you are hot shit, but deep down, think about it, deep down you know that your team is a loser! Sure, the Raiders have sucked hard over the last 5 years, but at least we had some glory at some point in our history. You are so conditioned to constant failure that you simply have nothing to say - or are afraid to trade written barbs with me. The Formerly Great Patriots I am not sure if this is the right week to delcare this, but why not - the Pats are done! Bill "Viagra" Belichick has done miracles taking team after team deep into the playoffs. hell, his streak goes all the way back to when the Raiders were good. Remember the Tuck Rule play? For you younger Charger fans who think that they got the first bum call two weeks ago, that Patriot team was a good team that got lucky in a playoff game with a bad call from the zebras. They have had a dynasty that put them in the playoffs year after year. It does not hurt to have three truly lame teams in your division, but you have to hand it to them. When the Chargers thought Rodney was too old, they picked him up and he now has a lot of bling on his fingers that he never wound have got with the Dolts. Now, I will say it again, they are done. True, they won a shit load of games in a row but the last two regular season losses have come from none other than Miami! December 2006 and September 2008. Whoa! The big difference is that this last win had a few new features: - They got their asses kicked - in a big way - at home! - Their strategy of taking "veteran" (old) players and making them into stars has finally run its course - Cassell is not Brady - They got their asses kicked - in a big way - at home! I have another prediction - Randy Moss will start to piss and moan before Thanksgiving. This guy only puts out when there is something in it for him. Where I come from this sort of person hangs out on street corners..... Sorry Boss - your Pats are done! Colts and Steelers Ho Hum... These teams look so ordinary it is nearly funny. There is one thing that I share in common with Charger fans - I love to see anyone named Manning suffer. Well we have that joy now in Indy even though somebody needs to shove their knee up Eli's ass and soon! My sack abacus broke trying to keep up with Big Ben's trips to the turf and Peyton will be there soon. Did any of you see the video of the deflation of the old RCA Dome in Indianapolis? Well, as the dome goes, so does the team. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sFWoaR03pA&feature=related Chargers Hey! A win! The hapless Brett Farve really should have been reading my blog because if he had he would have hung it up in 2006 as I asked. Other than the early pick, Rivers actually looks competent. Too bad the rest of the team is a bit behind him. Combined with Brett throwing the ball regardless of whether or not someone in a green shirt is nearby, and a few good plays by Rivers, this was a good win - sorely needed! My concern here is that the Dolts still gave up a shitload of points to the hapless Jets. the Defensive Coaching gets to keep their jobs - for now..... Al Davis Must Die OK - I said it. I don't really mean that I want him to die, I just want him to get the fuck out of the way and let some people who are not suffering from dementia run the team! Kiffin may not be the best coach in the league, but he is not the problem here. Al is. The Raiders took the #3 team in the league (according to one ranking site) to the last play of the game on the road! They could have had a chance and the time management at the end of the game was stupifying. Also, the Raiders deployed the same "Prevent Victory" defense that the Chargers have perfected in the first two games of the year. Perhaps they were looking at too much Charger game tape! As you know, I have some sources close to the team. As it turns out, Kiffin and Al have spoken - this week. Al called Layne out on the failure to use the two time outs they had and according to this story Layne felt that they would not have mattered - the D could not stop them anyway. Dead Man Coaching! I respect Kiffin for sticking to his guns, but if this is true he is taking this to a point where the team suffers. It is time for him to go and I have it on inside info that it will happen after the SD game regardless of the outcome. Beers May of my long time readers will recall the many posts that I have made railing against the infusion of anything but beer in beer. Sorry - I like beer and not beer with shit in it! Well last Sunday I drove up to LA for my mother-in-law's birthday in LA (getting there early to watch the Raider game) and we had a BBQ. My kids grandma is a great person with a particular fault - she loves Bud Light Lime! Holy Crap Batman! Lime infused beer? As you know I feel that after trying Miller's version of this I could not conceive of Bud doing it as well. After a long day of familial duties and faced with a hot BBQ and some shitty Pacifico, I decided to try a BLL in the interest of journalistic experimentation. My verdict - it sucks. With that said, it sucks way less than the Miller adventure. You can barely taste the fake lime going down but it leaves quite the aftertaste,although less horrible than Miller's efforts. My suggestion to you idiots that like lime in your beer - take up wine coolers instead. I have one other beer thing to share with you and this is some advice that I got from my boss today and you all should think about what she offers here and take heed: If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00. With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left. If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have $44.00 left. If you had purchased United Airlines, you would have nothing left. But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling refund, you would have $214.00. Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. This is called the 401-Keg Plan There you have it!