No one but our favorite GM/Coach combo: Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson! While Brett Favre spent his bye week sunning on the beach of his swamp down in Mississippi, Aaron Rodgers was busy playing hard, but lofting ducks with his lame right shoulder. The Pack has fallen below .500, and while that may not be all Rodgers fault (Paging Ryan Grant! Paging Ryan Grant!), the media dogs have to be licking their chops while the Packers fans are definitely forming a posse to string up their front office. Their IQ this week sinks to 50, begging the question: what exactly do those to have in their heads? I don't know, but it doesn't smell real great.
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It's not related to anything, but I thought Simmons did a really nice job with this piece.
The ESPN AFC South blog has two Colts tidbits. The part on fixing the Colts offense is largely gibberish. Manning is fine. You can see it. The offensive line is really awful right now. If there were any other QB back there, people would see it immediately, but Peyton makes those guys look way better than they are.
FO's Walkthrough likes the Colts this weekend, but Dr. Z does not. That's sort of like Demond and me right now.
How do you beat the Tampa 2? One guy says run. That's a great idea, unless Warren Sapp is playing tackle. We had a guy like that for about 5 minutes one time and won the Super Bowl.
Phil B says the news on Hayden is ominous and that Phil Wheeler might start this weekend.
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Bash Simmons for being a Pats homer-Colts hater who doesn't know enough about the NFL to beat his wife picking against the spread (I have before and will again), but nobody can tell me he's not a great writer and an awesome read when he's on the right topics.
Shake, I beg to differ. I understand the leader of the Third Reich was a decent painter as well, but I won't go out of my way to verify that. If I read Simmons once more and find one more dollop of unjustified smugness, I might have to gouge out my eyes. A fate I'd rather avoid. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this point.
On another topic, I think I recognize that novelty-store fake doggie-doo--excellent photo choice.
Also, Favre was not sunning swampside--I'll have to find the link, but apparently he was turkey hunting in rural NJ (yes, there IS a rural NJ) and stuffed a dead animal in a teammate's locker. He's quite the jokester.
Oh, and with all the direct-snap foolishness going on (paging Bill Belichick--6 times in one game!?!?), I added a similar play to my second grader's flag football team "playbook." 3 passes, 2 runs, and the direct snap. They play a 5-man Tampa-2 D.
Hayden? Seriously? Looks like it's two snake-bitten seasons in a row for the Colts.
I don't know if you guys are South Park fans, but the South Park writers clearly liked the new Indiana Jones movie even less than you guys.
Mark Schlereth said there is no way Indy can beat Balt. He sees no way for the O-line to be able to block.
I won't say, "no way", but I'm also wondering how the O-line gets it done.
stan
I 100% agree, Stan. I don't like our chances. I'm betting on the 'Green Bay offense'. Forget wasting plays with the run, just drop back and throw and pray you hit enough plays to stay close.
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