I think that’s supposed to continue through the end of the week. And I just checked weather.com, and its going to be pristine all weekend. Perfect football weather.

I will say this about last year’s opener: we looked great, but Cleveland also looked terrible. This game we just flat out dominated, and the Texans’ average game just wasn’t up to par. I think the Texans and Browns are actually similar teams. Decent QB, a few dominant receivers, a few great players on defense, but not much else. Other than Williams, we weren’t scared by anyone on their defense. That role may shift to Rogers this week, but the fact is one guy can’t beat you. He played great against Dallas, but they still dominated the defense. On offense, the only guy I’m worried about is Winslow. Edwards is good, but Talyor can run with him, and his hands are only marginally worse. We’re going to need to keep Timmons/Troy on Winslow all day.

We can’t overlook the game, but you don’t see teams overlooking divisional opponents very often.

I hate the Patriots and I would like to win at all costs. Brady is a ratbastard in my book – and I will take a W any way I can get it. I prefer any advantage that I can get – injuries included. I also don’t respect the organization – they are a bunch of cheating tricksters – instant karma man – it’s gonna get ya.

the fun is in beating the other guy, when the other guy is at the top of his game, not in seeing him get hurt.

It’d be nice if our O-line dominated too. Against dallas it looked like the browns rushed only 3 a lot, which was just a huge joke. When they rushed 4 they still usually got manhandled.

Romo was finishing sudoku puzzles before throwing the ball. Even though the receivers were usually well covered because the browns didn’t send anyone up front, he just had to be patient and wait, and he did.

The Browns’ secondary was actually not the wak link at all. It was their linebackers. That was one of the worst performances of a LBing crew I’ve ever seen, perhaps the worst. Rogers played amazingly. Corners will get beat, that happens. But the LBs were allowed to run free, and they wiffed on tackles. Andre Davis dropped an interception that hit him in the chest on our 5 yard line (if he catches that, Cowboys score 21 all game).

Now, I’m not saying the Browns weren’t dominated, they were. But anyone who watched that game and thinks the secondary was the problem wasn’t paying attention. I’m inconsolable about the regressions of Wimbley and Jackson. They’re supposed to be our Timmons and Woodley, but a year further along. Props to the Steelers for knowing how to draft 3-4 LBs.

but I wouldn’t be surprised if they still won their division or at least made the playoffs. Love him or hate him, Belichick has whatever players he has ready play against whoever they play on Sunday. They still have Moss and Welker, and if Cassel doesn’t know their system by now, he never will. It’s a long season, and they may be even more motivated to do whatever it takes to win since they’re no longer favored to go 16-0. They could win the division as a scrappy 10-6 team no one really wants to play in the playoffs, like they did in 2001 before Brady was that great. It really depends on how well they respond to his absence.

Something else to keep in mind: we watched them beat a crappy Chiefs team this week while Matt Cassel put up a 116 QB rating and their top 2 backs ran for 5ypc. Honestly, with the exception of a few games, their schedule doesn’t get much harder. It’s very possible that they, the Bills, and the Jets all make the playoffs. Those teams have easier schedules and could be better than the Browns, Texans, Titans, and Jags.

I definately think Vince Young is garbage on the NFL level. His athleticism is neutralized – and without that he is just a below average passer. Kerry Collins is the man – once he quit riding bicycles drunk things really turned around for him.

I don’t think Palmer has ever recovered from his Von Oelhoffen. I know I didn’t. At some point he should fall out of the ‘top 3’ conversation they like to have (Brady, Roethlisberger, Brees).

I think the Eagles are legit – they always play pretty tough – they picked up Samuel so that will let Jim Johnson run his brand of D where they leave the CBs alone. Westbrook is a dual threat stud. It all depends if Donavon can stay healthy – plus Desean should have a nice year.

I think they’ll be good, but not as good as the scored looked. The defense is what was truly impressive. They bottled up Jackson and kept Bulger from beating them. McNabb took some pretty serious gambles with the ball, and his WR’s made great adjustments against a bad secondary. If he plays like that against Dallas or Washington, he’s going to throw some picks. The offense should still be pretty good, though, and the D is good enough to cover for an occasional int. They have a good, balanced team and will give us a very tough game in a few weeks.

is a solid team, and they destroyed a very bad rams
Since their NFC title game runs, they having fielded tough teams that have been competitive (when healthy), I’d like to see them hit the cowboys and giants and I’d think they can at that

as for the bengals and palmer, I didn’t see that game, I did read some accounts of the game that mentioned he looks like he gave up, on the team, on football, on winning- maybe that’s on him, but the organization is in shambles and continues to be, and that comes from ownership down

I definitely think the titans are a better team without vince, he’s the rex grossman of that team. It was a bad draft pick, and because he was taken high, given money, and the team won his rookie year, it will be difficult to simply dump him. But if they could dump mcnair with such poor class- a guy who earned his stripes playing much better ball than young ever has, I don’t see why they can’t similarly toss young out.