20+ Hours in America....
Rambling after week 1...
So here we are. It is that time of year where I get to stare at my blank computer screen and attempt to put together a few words that might help you, my readers, kill just a little of the time between NFL games. Quite a slate of games last weekend in the NFL starting with the Patriots and Raiders and ending with the Eagles and Falcons.
I began the NFL season on the road driving my sister to Denver for her new apartment/job. I figured we'd be somewhere around Des Moines by the time the game kicked off, but due to a flat tire on our trailer from Budget - BUDGET SUCKS - truck rental, we were delayed a couple hours just north of Hinckley. Yea, a couple hours. Just north of Hinckley. Fun. Anyways, since we were driving damn near straight through to Colorado, I did get to hear most of the Thursday night game.
The parts of the game that I did hear didn't include Corey Dillon doing anything. I was cool with that cause I was playing Wong, but I found out later that Dillon did show up. That was only the beginning of my team's horrible week 1. After stopping for food in York, Nebraska - look it up if you'd like, but it could also be described as "Middle of Nowhere, Nebraska" - our Budget - BUDGET SUCKS - rental truck's fuel pump crapped the bed. So, another 3 hour delay to get that fixed. Interesting to note that during that time, I was able to see that there are Cornhusker Logos/Schedules/Jerseys/etc. EVERYWHERE in the "Middle of Nowhere, Nebraska". I suppose I would cheer for a borderline national power college team too if the closest NFL franchises were the Vikings and Broncos.
Finally, we made it to Denver. I met up with Trush and got a tour of his jobsite where a couple of Denver fans had to make fun of the Vikings by saying, "Boy, they better not lose at home to the Bucs, don't ya know." I swear they said, "don't ya know" five or six times, I swear to god they did. I'd make fun of them here, but they were kinda right about the Vikes. We shoudn't have lost....and that brings me to that fun subject.
So, I fly back from Denver and stay with Smitty and Ben and watch the Vikes game on Sunday down in the cities. Really, if you think about it, Sunday morning on week 1 at about 10 am is just like Christmas morning. All the presents are still sitting there nice and shiny with their fancy wrapping paper and all the possibilities in the world. A couple hours later there's paper torn up all over, and the next thing you know there's money missing from the dresser and your daughter's knocked up. I've seen it a thousand times.
So we all know that the Vikings suck. Well, ok, all of us but Rico and Suomala since they are fortunate to have home teams that didn't get spanked....oh wait, yea, their teams suck too. So yea, the Vikings, Broncos and Cardinals all pretty much sucked that hind tit dry on Sunday. Vikings fans will have to get used to seeing Daunte look lost. Not just out of synch but totally lost. If you get a chance to see the replays....watch him roll out - he pretty much jogged as he was being chased. No wonder he kept getting hit and lost the ball. It was sad. He's fast, he's strong and he's a good quarterback, but I'm glad I don't have to sell that to anyone who has only seen his most recent game. I think the O-line could play better, but it's weak to put all the blame there. I don't know the answer, because if I did, I'm sure there would be a spot for me down in Tice's lame duck administration.
As far as other notes on the NFL.....
Larry Johnson - he supposedly beat on his girlfriend the night before the game, then went and pissed off every Priest Holmes owner out there on Sunday. Is this one of those cause/effect deals? If so, Larry Johnson is right on the way to being the next guy found hiding in his car trunk. Its been an interesting beginning to a sure to be highly marred career.
Sucks to be Javon Walker. Oh wait, greedy SOB....is it wrong to say he got what he had coming?
Mike - heck of a week. Let's see you keep it up and make a run at a playoff appearance.
Smitty - thanks buddy for keeping me company down in the 50's.
Juice - thanks for the MNF key-lime pie.
Bulldog Division - thanks for actually sitting under 0.500 for at least a week.
How about Randy Moss.....sure did make that Raiders offense pop. Lamont Jordan is gonna have a career year and get rich because of Randy's presence.
Are the Dolphins and 49ers for real? We'll see as the niners get the Eagles and the Dolphins take on the J....E....T.....S.
And on to the big finish.....gotta go with a solid WW quote....
President Bartlet - "It's nice when we can do something for prostitutes once in a while."
Need I say more?
BIGFFBL senior writer Jeremy Carlson sounds off whenever he feels like it on www.bigffbl.com