Quick Thoughts

by Fahey on Nov 19, 2008 8:00 PM EST Comment 11 comments

Pacman Jones has been reinstated, but won't be allowed to return until Dec. 7 ... when the Cowboys face Pittsburgh. Last time we had a similar situation as this, with Ricky Williams, the D knocked him right back out of the lineup. Here's hoping for a repeat.

I've thought long and hard about the season, and clearly I'd like Pittsburgh to win the Super Bowl. However, if that doesn't happen option two on my wishlist is for the Titans to go undefeated all the way. Just think about how much that would piss off the Colts and the Patriots ... with all the hype they get year after year about going undefeated, and with last year especially in mind ... if the Titans were to go straight through without a defeat it would end the yearly countdown, and it'd knock all the hyperbolic statements about the Pats right out of the media's lexicon. When the Pats or Colts are 10 - 0 everyone's jibber-jabbering about their chances ... the Titans are 10 - 0 and everyone's talking about who's gonna beat 'em. The TVs love the sexy teams; it'd be nice to see a physical, smashmouth, running team with a great D do it first. Or second ... the same way the 72 Dolphins did.

Of course I'd really prefer them to be undefeated and suffer their first loss to Pittsburgh, but as said ... this is option two if my first wish-of-a-scenario doesn't come to fruition.

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Might be tough to do unless Jones plays special teams..

It’s going to look suspicious if Timmons sneaks off the bench when his offense is on the feild and takes a running leap to land cleats first on Pac’s back when he is down on the ground.

by robert ethan on Nov 19, 2008 8:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hines

57 Varieties is the only player who will have a shot to take PacMan out. With HInes, you never know…

by CarlWeathersMustache on Nov 19, 2008 8:59 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Who cares if he’s in? Pac Man is a mediocre player at best.

by archon095 on Nov 19, 2008 9:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

He certainly isn't impressive on or off the field.....

perhaps he needs more cherries.

by shleeve on Nov 20, 2008 2:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Titans and Giants epiphany

The Titans are the 2004 Steelers. They run the ball well and stubbornly, play good defense and get pretty good play out of their QB. They win 10+ games in a row, although at times it looks like they might run out of steam.

The Giants are the 2001-2004 Patriots. They often look beatable, but rarely lose. They seem to get lucky, but at least part of that luck is steady play, waiting for opponents to mess up. They seem to have holes, but they always seem to do just enough to cover up those holes. They needed special teams breakdowns to beat the Steelers.

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by BadMaafala on Nov 20, 2008 10:16 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

A win is “all that counts”, but I have been pretty happy to see our team be in every game, unlike our brethren in the AFC north who have lost two games pretty spectacularly.

by steelguy99 on Nov 20, 2008 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

true enough

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by BadMaafala on Nov 20, 2008 12:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Good Analogy….Lendale “Fat-ass” White is like a poorman’s version of Bettis and Chris Johnson is the young upsart Willie Parker. Kerry “Old as Balls” Collins is playing conservative ball, but can get the job done like Ben Could. Both Collins and Ben took over for struggling quarterbacks who were injured early in the season and even when they were heathly the Collins and Ben both kept their jobs.

The Giants do have the ability espicially lately to plug in players no matter who gets injuried, IE: Shokey being replaced by Boss, Strahan replaced by a stellar core of young players, and Tiki being replaced by Bradshaw, Ward, and Jacobs. That was a key strength of that Patriots Dynasty.

We can beat both those teams, and hopefully we WILL do so when it counts.

by frankrmineo on Nov 20, 2008 12:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Agree with your wish

I have always liked Jeff Fisher and consider him a smarter Cougher (a compliment). His teams play Steeler football. The matchup with them this year is going to be (another) war, especially if anything is left on the line

by rushthequarterback on Nov 20, 2008 1:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs