NFL Week Thirteen: Um...hmm.
Hmmm...I get my first double-digit victory week. Ten wins, not bad - right? Well, considering it took me 14 weeks to get here, that's not too impressive. And with a slew of teams above me this week, I was still far away from the pack. Oh well.
Congratulations to Andy Cuthill, the Boss of the Moss. That's the second victory for him and the third for the Cuthill family...more of this, and Lindsay and Kyle get free educations! That is, if their education costs a couple of hundred bucks. That's about right, isn't it? (Is it obvious I don't have children?)
Regular readers may remember that the last time Andy won, I mocked his twisting in the wind favoritism of NFL teams, noting that while he grew up in upstate New York, the teams I know he's rooted for include both the Chicago Bears and now the Baltimore Ravens (though if that Ravens thing has stuck at all, I at least have to give some props for sticking with a horrendous, horrendous team.) Those who have paid attention to ramblings in the past know that Andy - hopefully teasing me for my fervor of all things 49er -- has stated that Joe Montana is NOT the greatest QB of all time, and that a much better argument could be made for...Dan Fouts.
Obviously, Andy is not right in the head. And yes, I worry about him.
For what it's worth, the old "top five quarterbacks" discussion got wheeled out this weekend, and frankly it started by a desire by one person to NOT include Brett Favre in that mix. I have to admit that Dan Fouts name DID come up...but quickly fell down the ranks behind, well, most of the people I always include in that discussion. Indeed, even Steve Young's name ended up at roughly the same ranking as Fouts, which seems about right. Hey - Steve Young was also voted the best college player of all time by Sports Illustrated recently (which shocked me, though I certainly have no problem with that) and more to the point, Fouts never won a single title. Ever. In fact, he NEVER EVEN GOT TO A SUPER BOWL. Preposterous. Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl. So did Jeff Hostetler, people. Folks like Stan Humphries, Tony Eason and a lot of other lesser names got to a Super Bowl. That's important. (Granted, I still reserve the right to disregard Super Bowl victories and games when it comes to talking about Troy Aikman. That's just me.)
But as a sign of my maturity and the fact that AC is demolishing me in the standings, I give you...Dan Fouts.
And I also give you, the best QB who ever played the game - bar none -- Cool Joe Montana. Ah, good times, good times. I miss those days when it was a massive disappointment when the 49ers didn't win a Super Bowl.
Onto the games. I saw like five minutes of last nights game, and as someone born in Philadelphia, that's just embarassing. Though it does solidify Seattle as perhaps the best NFC team and it was nice to see they didn't lay down after clinching the NFC West on Sunday via St. Louis' loss.
I definitely expected Cincy to give up points - their defense is based on big plays, which means they'll give up a lot as well. But what has happened to Pittsburgh? That team is...not strong.
And Atlanta is looking a bit more like the decent but not great team that I thought they were.
In other news, Chris Chambers is good. Can you imagine what he'd do if he had a real quarterback throwing to him? (15 catches, 238 yards and a TD...um, nice day, Chris.)
I haven't heard anything about Terrell Owens in like a week and a half, and I'm starting to get the shakes. Can't he get drunk with Tara Reid and get in a minor fender bender? How about a guest appearance on Lost? Failing that, perhaps he could lead our country into a misguided war? Something? How can he stand to miss all the headlines? (Honestly, I think this guy should run for office, simply because it would provide the funniest possible stories on politics I can think of. Aside from something ridiculous, like California having the Terminator as its governor...oh, wait.)
OK, clearly I'm off on a tangent. Have fun this week - lots of big spreads and the end of the season is when things get really interesting...the top of our leader board is tight, and Judge Ito might be coasting...so strap it up and let's make this fun, folks.
God, I love football.