Welcome back Sports Fans, it’s another addition of the SCL Fresh Take! Has the NFL season been a surprise, or what?!? Jockeying back and forth for biggest surprise of the year are the Denver Broncos on the good side and the Tennessee Titans on the bad! The Broncos are 6 and oh and running away with the AFC West after pasting San Diego on Monday. The Chargers are off to their normal weak start and look to be looking up at Bronco butt in the standings for the rest of the season.
Meanwhile the Titans got lathered by Golden Boy Tom Brady and the Patriots who watched Brady throw five TD passes in one quarter on route to a 59-0 laugher! The Titans never showed up for the game and did not want to be playing in the ice and snow in New England. I love Jeff Fisher and will love him even more when he’s coaching Dallas next year… A Fisher firing is on the horizon especially after watching the Titans mail it in game after game this year. On the flip side, Brady continues his reign as the NFL’s favorite and most protected QB. Did you catch the “Roughing” the Passer penalty called when one of the Titans waved his hand in front of Brady’s face? I’m stunned Tom didn’t take a dive to get away…
Two other disappointments showed up on Sunday as the Eagles threw the ball 46 times (88% of their plays) against the Raiders and their 31st ranked run defense. The iggies went down 13 to 9 which led Head Coach Andy Reid to ponder if they should have ran the ball a few more times. The San Diego slow start makes one forget about Philly, but the Eagles always seem to flush home field advantage in the playoffs by blowing games like this and at Cincinnati last year! Meanwhile Matt Forte of the Chicago Bears matched his season total of two fumbles in two successive plays at the goal line Sunday night in Atlanta. The Bears went down 21 to 14 and it looks like Forte will get to go the the Tom Coughlin school of frequent fumblers ; wrap it up Matt!
And that wraps it up for us, stay Fresh!
Steve McNair was laid to rest Saturday. The former quarterback of the Tennessee Titans (formerly the Houston Oilers) and Baltimore Ravens was widely loved and respected as evidenced by the huge turnout for his memorial service by celebrities and fans alike. Ever since he was chosen third in the 1995 draft by the Houston Oilers after coming out of Division I-AA school Alcorn State, McNair has been synonomous with perserverence and toughness on the football field. He is well respected for these attributes and definitely should be based on his well documented NFL career.
