Power Rankings - Week 5 - Updated
by peytonsthebest on Oct 6, 2009 4:47 PM EDT
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Average Ranking: 2.647
What If Sports ranks us 2nd (+1) Win % of 77.9
Fox Sports keeps us in 3rd (nc): WHAT A SURPRISE: The consensus was that WR Anthony Gonzalez would be the guy to make up for the void of future Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison in this lineup. When Lil' Gonzo suffered a season-ending injury in Week 1, Indy fans got nervous. Season-ending? Really? And you guys actually get paid for that kind of cracker jack reporting? I had to re-read that line a few times, I thought I was just high on cold meds...
ESPN moves us up to 1st (+1): Back to prime time Sunday in Nashville, where a shaky secondary awaits Peyton Manning. (Kuharsky) Read on down for the comment regarding the Pats, it's priceless.
Associated Content keeps us in 5th (nc): Denver has moved into #4
Walter Football ranks us 3rd (+2): Nothing I write about the Colts can beat Chris Berman's comments about them:
"They have a waiter... a dog... and a color." Classic Berman (referring to Pierre Garcon, Austin Collie and Donald Brown). Makes me miss the old NFL Primetime that much more. Don't worry; there will be another NFL Primetime/anti-ESPN rant on my NFL Picks page this week.
PFW ranks us 3rd (+2): Pup receivers Collie, Garcon both showing some bite.
Vic Carucci at NFL.com ranks us 2nd (+1): The way the Colts' offense is rolling, the only thing that looks capable of stopping it is the NFL schedule, which gives this team a bye in Week 6. Regarding our QB (who's #1): Seattle coach Jim Mora put it best when he said his team "played greatness" Sunday. Regarding D-Free (who's #5): Apparently, he didn't get the message that he was supposed to miss two weeks with a quadriceps injury. Seattle's Seneca Wallace sure wishes he did. He overlooked Mathis, which is a shame, imo. And, finally some love for our coach (who's #2): So much for all of those concerns about a first-year coach being able to replace the legendary Tony Dungy.
Pete Prisco at CBS ranks us 2nd (nc): They are quietly off to a fantastic start. Peyton Manning has thrown for more than 300 yards in four games to open the season. And the defense is playing well with the lead. Those pass rushers are good. I like the quietly part.
Peter King @ SI drops us to 3rd (-1): The art of the strip-sack aided and abetted the Colts once more. Robert Mathis told me it's something defensive line coach John Teerlinck has the Colts work on every day during practice, in almost all pass-rush drills. The Colts are riding a more aggressive defensive front to a good two-way team right now.
Sporting News ranks us 2nd (nc): It would be any wide receiver's dream to play with Peyton Manning.
The National Football Post ranks us 3rd (+1): Peyton Manning has thrown for over 300 yards in every game to start the season, and he looks to be playing the best football of his career. Boy, these guys don't miss anything. So much for "the beginning of the end", "the window closing" and "the decline" to quote a few msm iggits.
Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports ranks us 4th (+2): Is Robert Mathis(notes) the NFL’s most underrated defensive end? Um, yes. Duh. I still don't get Philly being ranked higher than us.
WEEI of Boston ranks us 2nd (+1): Peyton Manning and the Colts offense are at the top of almost every offensive statistic possible. They rank first in passing yards, passing touchdowns and receiving yards. The Colts are firing on all cylinders.
[UPDATE)
Don Banks @ SI ranks us 3rd (+1): Peyton Manning hasn't lost in his past 13 regular-season games. His little brother, Eli, is 4-0 this season with the Giants. And two of Archie Manning's three old teams, the Saints and Vikings, are also 4-0 and sit atop the NFC South and NFC North, respectively. It must be good to be a Manning about now.
NBC Sports (PFT) ranks us 2nd (nc): If Peyton Manning misses any time, the Colts could be sliding through the top twenty quickly. Ya think?!??!?
CHFF ranks us 3rd (+2): Last week: 34-17 win vs. Seattle. Colts DEs Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis each have five sacks this year. Since the start of 2004, the less-heralded Mathis has more sacks (55-51) and forced fumbles (30-23).
USA Today ranks us 2nd (+1): Too early to think Peyton Manning might with fourth MVP award?
Note: NFL.com hasn't changed their "expert" rankings from last week. When they do, I'll throw them up, so to speak.
GO COLTS!!
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Stampede Blue's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Stampede Blue's writers or editors.
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Wait a second here......
ESPN is the only place to rank us 1st? That can’t be right. Couldn’t be. ESPN could never recognize the Colts’ greatness while everyone else has the Colts 2nd or 3rd.
It’s not possible.
By the way, good job as usual, peytonsthebest! I always wait for this post.
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by Cassieper on Oct 6, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You're most welcome.
Re: ESPN – yeah, I’m stumped on that one. Twilight Zone?
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Oct 6, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought about that,
but then realized that I’ve used that reference way too much recently.
Ooooooooohhhhhh, we must be in “The Zone.” Quadruple bonus points to anyone who can figure out what TV show I’m referencing here, and it’s not The Twilight Zone, although this was a hilarious parody of it.
I can also give a clue if you’re all stumped.
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by Cassieper on Oct 6, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's the Clue?
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At the beginning of every episode
featuring “The Zone,” the narrator says that the main character (who the show is named after) has entered “The Zone, where normal things don’t happen very often.”
Anyone know it?
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by Cassieper on Oct 6, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm stumped.
I think I probably don’t watch the same shows as someone your age. Except for football of course.
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by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Johnny Bravo.
Hilarious show I watched as a kid. Produced from 1997-2004.
Here is the opening theme for the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE3d2GHBuvQ
And here is one of my favorite episodes in full:
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/dlink/index.html?episodeID=8a25c3921398784f0113987feed00023
That episode was so popular that they produced several more with Donny Osmond. They were always my favorites.
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by Cassieper on Oct 6, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
holy shit!
I should have known that. I used to love Johnny Bravo as a kid.
by hahasound on Oct 6, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The old cartoons were the best.
Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Looney Toons, Animaniacs, and Tiny Toon Adventures. Those were the days. They don’t make perfect shows like those anymore.
It pains me to no end to see what Cartoon Network (previously the best channel on Earth) has become.
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by Cassieper on Oct 6, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some of my best childhood memories
are from sitting in front of the tube watching those cartoons you just listed. It’s a shame what cartoons have become.
People are so p.c. now it’s ridonk! We have a problem when the damn Cookie Monster must eat carrots instead of cookies because some parents believe that their childen will stuff a hand full of cookies into their mouths.
Never in my life did I ever think to stuff a bunch of Oreos into my mouth. Parents need to stop underestimating their kids. It’s really pathetic.
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by KMR24 on Oct 6, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
(sigh)
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by Cassieper on Oct 6, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The "OLD" days?
You guys make ME feel old. If those are the old days, what does that make my childhood cartoons? The Stone Age? I used to watch Top Cat. Looney Tunes, and The Flintstones.
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by Indy Lori on Oct 7, 2009 8:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No kidding!
I used to love Top Cat, and Magilla Gorilla, Johnny Quest, Underdog, Beanie and Cecil, and Deputy Dog, etc. Saturday mornings were heaven!
by Ayrshire on Oct 7, 2009 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Johnny Quest
there is a show on now called Johnny Test, every time I scroll past it I stop and go back thinking it says Johnny Quest. Then I cry a little when I realize its not. EVERY TIME!!!
Indianapolis Colts, taking focus away from my DBacks every Sunday.
by AJforAZ on Oct 7, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I watched Looney Toons
and the Flintstones too. Great shows. The Jetsons were also great.
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by Cassieper on Oct 7, 2009 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cass,
Since you’re a cartoon afficianado, can you answer a trivia question? What Classic TV show was The Flintstones based on? (no fair going on line and looking it up)
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by Indy Lori on Oct 7, 2009 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd know it if I heard it.
I’m trying to go through all the old Boomerang cartoons in my mind, but I can’t think of it.
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by Cassieper on Oct 7, 2009 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmm......
The Honeymooners. Heard of that, but never saw it.
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by Cassieper on Oct 7, 2009 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you Cheat?
Yeah, the Honeymooners is correct. Great show, really before my time. I watched re-runs as a kid.
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by Indy Lori on Oct 7, 2009 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I said I didn't know it
in the first comment, then looked it up for the 2nd one.
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by Cassieper on Oct 7, 2009 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My bad, morning brain freeze!
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by Indy Lori on Oct 7, 2009 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You need more coffee.
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by Cassieper on Oct 7, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Flintstones, Jetsons... all good, lol
Anyone admit to watching Speed Racer or Kimba the White Lion? Man, that was a looooooong time ago.
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Oct 7, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speed Racer
always creeped me out for some reason. Maybe it was the Japanese anime-esque production or the fact that the sound (especially talking) never quite matched the animation.
How can you not love a team that does this?
by LovinBlue on Oct 7, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speed Racer's sound/animation mismatch
is famous. Whenever a show parodies a prototypical Japanese anime, they always choose Speed Racer to make fun of.
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by Cassieper on Oct 7, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Speed Racer...
yep, guilty.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Oct 8, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't forget Tom and Jerry!!
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Oct 7, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah yes.
Although that one is still shown occasionally on Cartoon Network. I don’t think there’s an episode of that show I haven’t seen.
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by Cassieper on Oct 7, 2009 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bugs and T & J
were my favorites growing up.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Oct 7, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What about Rocky and Bullwinkle
I remember watching them as a kid., but Bugs Bunny was my boy!
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by KMR24 on Oct 7, 2009 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh,
No mention of Roadrunner? Get your heads out, people.
by tim55 on Oct 7, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Roadrunner (for me)
goes hand-in-hand with Bugs. Just like Daffy and Foghorn Leghorn… =-)
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Oct 7, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Roadrunner and Coyote
is part of Looney Tunes. All included.
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by Cassieper on Oct 7, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh I thought that was understood
How can you not love a team that does this?
by LovinBlue on Oct 7, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Football and Cartoons,
It seems we all have more in common than just sports. Who would have thought?
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Oct 7, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Peter King would drop the Colts in the rankings after a 17 point win
Luck is probability taken personally, clutch is probability attributed to individuals.
by shake n bake on Oct 6, 2009 5:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He has never made sense.
He’s really only useful for his connections.
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by Cassieper on Oct 6, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Man who would be King is dead to me.
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
King dropped them because
Manning texted him that he had a decaf pumpkin latte on his way to the stadium, when PK specifically told him to get the grande macchiato.
Hey, what can I say, 18 f-ed up. Oh, and PK is an idiot.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
by Bobman on Oct 7, 2009 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never had a grande macchiato
I always get a caramel macchiato when I go to Starbucks.
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by KMR24 on Oct 7, 2009 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A win that should have been a 30 point plus win.
by Ayrshire on Oct 7, 2009 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was one before the 2 meaningless
TD’s in garbage time against the 2nd string defense.
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by Cassieper on Oct 7, 2009 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Michael Silver...
ranks 3 NFC teams ahead of the first AFC team (us). What a moron!
by vintagephoenix on Oct 6, 2009 5:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
mike silver=Idiot
he has the eagles in front of us dident they just have a bye week how could he put them in front of us they also have a lose i do beleave he hates the colt’s allway’s has what an idiot imo!!!
by beerking28 on Oct 6, 2009 5:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks PTB,
This is getting better and better every week. But ESPN gives us #1? WOW that’s surprising. At NFL.com rankings the “EXPERTS” have us at 3, with Giants, Saints over us.
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 6:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
My top 5:
Colts
Vikings
Giants
Broncos
Saints
After watching the game last night, the Vikings looked really good, unfortunately.
I’m sick of “you know who”
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why are you sick of Adrian Peterson?
What has he ever done to you?
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by Cassieper on Oct 6, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know who I meant,
The all powerful living legend. God of the universe according to everyone.
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked Walter Football's interpretation of ESPNs coverage last night.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Oct 6, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
BSPN- Cris Carter is more annoying to me than Berman.
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keyshawn is worse than
them all combined.
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by Cassieper on Oct 6, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I guess we all agree espn is more annoying to us than.........
I can’t think of anything more annoying.
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by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I absolutely can't stand Keyshawn. How the hell is he working there?
by Ayrshire on Oct 7, 2009 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no idea.
To me it seems that he’s just doing it for the money. I don’t think he cares about analysing the games.
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by KMR24 on Oct 7, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw this quote at ShutDown Corner:
“Just because somebody is good at Football doesn’t mean they’re qualified to talk about it on television.” LOL
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by Indy Lori on Oct 7, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
God of the universe?
Oh, you must mean Peyton Manning. He is God of the Universe, right?
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by Cassieper on Oct 6, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
MY universe.
He’s omniPOTENT.
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by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just sayin' .........
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, those Vikes looked damn good
on both sides of the ball. But…
….so did NYJ, NO, and Bal at first, and then some cracks showed in the last week.
and
… despite the thousand sacks and JV OL, Rodgers still threw for a million yards and COULD HAVE WON IT in the end. I’d say the Vikes have a slamming the door issue that the Colts have not had in about five years.
and, finally,
… Favre is a physical freak to be sure, with his backpedaling, fade-away laser TD throws, but he is old and has a history of nagging injuries. Nothing knocks him out, but plenty slows him down. He is also the NFL career leader in INTs—at some point, his approach to the game and his age will result in a meltdown. Could be just one or two games… could be a fatal flaw. Not sure.
But they sure did look good last night. O. D. ST.
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by Bobman on Oct 7, 2009 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great job as usual, ptb
I read the comment for the Pats:
With his offensive line and the league’s roughing-the-passer rules, Tom Brady is the best-protected quarterback in football.
Gotta love, John Clayton. :-)
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by KMR24 on Oct 6, 2009 6:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now that's funny! I didn't know he had such a sense of humor.
He looks like an accountant.
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
by Indy Lori on Oct 6, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My dad thinks of Mr. Magoo
everytime he sees Clayton. lol
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by KMR24 on Oct 6, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Silver is not too bright
He’s like the reporter in The Natural, Max Mercy. “Have you ever even played ball, Max?” Long pause. “Well, no, I haven’t…..but I make it more interesting.”
In his last column, where he tried his best to give props to Peyton (which we all appreciate), he then went on in the article to talk about the Ravens/Pats matchup and how it was a matchup of possibly the greatest offensive player vs the greatest defensive player of this generation. He sensed his own idiocy, then saying he short changed Peyton, and stated “there’s at least no greater offensive player than Brady.” Um, the stats would state very much otherwise, there, Silver.
by npb1985 on Oct 6, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Great reference to The Natural
PTB, I might also point you to a good movie reference next time you want to slam Faux Sports. From The Usual Suspects:
COP: We can place you in Queens the night of the high-jacking.
HOCKNEY: Really? I live in Queens. Did you put that together yourself, Einstein? What, do you got a team of monkeys working around the clock on this?
Oh, and Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, in their excellent series of novels about Peter Pan, spell that word “idjit” and Captain Hook calls everyone in his crew an idjit about five times a page. (Those guys write kick-ass funny novels, BTW)
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by Bobman on Oct 7, 2009 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gosh, you don't think he did that deliberately?
To prove his own point (that Peyton, playing in a small market, often gets overlooked?)
He could have written anything there. He wrote it like that for a reason.
by eltharion_doa on Oct 7, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He wrote it like that
because he likes Brady better than Peyton and won’t admit that Peyton is better. It’s as simple as that.
by npb1985 on Oct 7, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I think he ranks them the same. At least he’s not still ranking the Titans as a top 5 team.
by eltharion_doa on Oct 8, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The reason people are ranking us low
Is a cupcake schedule. Our opponents have a combined 5 wins – we haven’t played anyone yet. Yes, we’ve looked (at times) impressive beating up on some crappy teams but none of the teams we’ve played look like making the playoffs, with only the Cards having any chance at all.
Even if we beat the Titans…they’re 0-4.
We’ll need to beat someone good before most people rank us ahead of the Saints or the Giants.
by eltharion_doa on Oct 7, 2009 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The Saints have played 2 bad teams, Buffalo and Detroit. 2 good, Philly and Jets.
Colts have played 2 bad, and 1 division champ, 1 NFC champ. You could argue that it comes out about the same soft schedule wise. The Giants have played 3 bad teams and 1 so-so team (Dallas). So the cupcake theory is no good here.
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by Indy Lori on Oct 8, 2009 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No cupcake for you!
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by Cassieper on Oct 8, 2009 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OOPS, I meant to hit reply, see below.
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by Indy Lori on Oct 8, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh
It’s the NFL, last season’s results are meaningless. This season the Cardinals are mediocre and the Dolphins are flat out bad.
by eltharion_doa on Oct 8, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chocolate with nuts. Anytime.
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
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