In our top story from the gridiron,our teams had a win and a loss and that is what we predicted would happen.
However,we had the winners mixed up,as the Browns shocked the Cincinnati Bengals 51-45,while later in the day,the Seahawks seemed to be marching to a comeback win over the Arizona Cardinals before a late miscue and allowed the desert dwellers to escape with a 23-20 duke.
In Cleveland,the maligned Derek Anderson tossed 5 touchdown passes and threw for over 300 yards and Jamal Lewis must have thought the guys in the orange helmets were the Browns of a few years back as he pounded the team from Southern Ohio for 200+ yards on the ground.
We wont duck the prediction,we thought the Browns would lose and big,but we did get something right.
The prediction was that the Bengals would score 40 points and they exceeded that.
That certainly makes one worry about the defense as the season goes on,but with hindsight being 20/20 allow me to add this.
The Cleveland media had been talking all week above the improved Bengal defense and how well they played against Baltimore.
I didn't see that,I saw a team that allowed over 20 pts to a offensively challenged team that at the offensive skill positions weren't much better than the Browns.
All that said,I never saw that onslaught from Lake Erie coming today.
Don't get used to it,just enjoy it for today!!!
I was shocked to see such things as Braylon Edwards fighting for the ball and going over the middle and Lewis running away from defenders.
Have to give these two plenty of credit for great games and Kellen Winslow was solid as usual.
Next weeks games is in Oakland vs the Raiders.
This is a winnable game against a team that has a better defense than the Bengals.
Should be a good test to see which is the actual Browns team-Week 1 or Week 2.
Meanwhile,the Seahawks were overwhelmed early in Arizona as the Cardinals rac
ed to a 17-0 lead before a late touchdown before halftime cut the lead to 17-7.The Seahawks dominated the second half and eventually took a 20-17 lead.
Following a Neil Rackers field goal that tied the game at 20,the Seahawks marched down the field and seemed to be setting up the inevitable win.
Funny,how football seems to change quickly.
Matt Hasselbeck botched the snap at the Cardinal 35 and the Cardinals were the team to march down the field and kick the game winner for themselves.
Deion Branch was the big offensive weapon as he had 7 catches for 122 yds receiving.
It really was a tale of two games and the loss hurts especially because it was one of those games that you are in a position to win even though you don't deserve to.
If you can win one or two of them a year,it helps somewhere down the road.
Sometimes,it could mean home field,or a division title or even whether or not you get into the playoffs or not.
The Seahawks return home next week to play the Bengals.
Fantasy owners take note-a Seahawk wideout might be a nice waiver wire pickup.
As all the football was going on,Paul Maholm returned to the mound in Houston.
It was not a happy return as Maholm was routed to the tune of 10 runs and 11 hits in just 2 and two-third innings as the Astros crushed the Pirates 15-3.
Maholm drops to 10-15 on the season.
Not much else to note in this rear-kicking besides three Pirate solo homers from Jason Bay (21),Jack Wilson (12) and Carlos Maldonado(1).
Carlos Maldonado?
Now you KNOW it was an odd day in sports!
The Pirates travel to San Diego for 4 games starting today with John Van Benschoten's return to the rotation in the place of Tony Armas,as has been dictated by new management.
I know Armas has been pitching well lately,but I agree with this move.
The Pirates need to see Van Benschoten and Bryan Bullington as much as possible before the season ends.
Pitching Matchup
Pittsburgh:John Van Benschoten (0-5) at San Diego: Jack Cassell (0-0) 10:05
Bullpen Notes
Chad Johnson is a talented receiver,but his classless stunts that seem to get a pass from the media baffles me.
I dislike Terrell Owens as well,but it seems to me that the two pull the same attention grabs,but Owens gets criticized while Johnson seems to get laughs.
If I was Marvin Lewis,I would be all over Johnson for his leap into the Dawg Pound yesterday.
One would think that diving into drunken fans that arent all that crazy about you could result in injury.
Just think how easy it would have been for one of those guys to grab a finger and twist
or poke a finger into the eyes through the helmet.
Smart move by the Tennessee Titans by extending the contract of Jeff Fisher for 4 years.
No coach does more with less than the Buddy Ryan protege'.
Watched two DVD's last night for the first time.
One was a loan from my brother and the other was a gift.
Both were very interesting.
The Watts family has begun to release DVD's of the old Mid-South Wrestling promotion and I have considered buying it,but since Shane offered to let me watch it,I was able to check it out for free.
Suffice it to say,I will eventually buy it.
The content could have been better and it was a bit too edited for my tastes,but the quality was great for 20+ year old tapes.
No insider terms and not a lot of angles,but lots of solid match action.
Two notes that I made as I watched.
Here in this area,we sure missed Ted DiBiase at his peak,
What a great talent for the business.
The other was on a favorite of mine in Steve"Dr.Death" Williams,his early matches shows such how much he improved over the years and how much DiBiase was able to teach him the ropes.
This shows that very clearly.
If you love wrestling,the way it used to be,I highly recommend it.
The other was the NESN program on the 1967 Red Sox.
Excellent and well done as most NESN stuff is,but they came up with video from 1967 that I had never seen,.
The best part for me was those as you got to see game footage from 1967 from Cleveland Municipal Stadium,pre-renovation Yankee Stadium,Baltimore Memorial and more.
I really liked those clips.
Plus bonus features of the original "Impossible Dream" highlight film are included.
The downside-Not a lot of talking to the players today and hearing their thoughts looking back.
As I watched,I made notes for two future Forgotten Superstars.
I'll let you try to figure out who they are.
I also used a gift card from work to purchase the documentary on the revolutionary radical group-The Weather Underground.
I will post here after I get a chance to watch it.
Until later or tomorrow~!
Photo Credits
Anderson-Tony Dejak-AP Photo
Hasselbeck-Matt York-AP Photo
Dawg Pound-Gregory Shamus-Getty Images
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