Week 1 Recap

11 Sep 2006

Week 1 recap
Category: Sports

Week One Recap:


Let the chest pounding begin. The Bengals yesterday displayed to the rest of the league another reason to fear the tiger. Our defensive line will put you in the hospital. Racking up seven sacks and keeping the league's fantasy stud to sixty-something yards on 18 carries, the Bengal D flexed some big time muscle.


Let's address the Geathers hit. First of all, Eddie Kennison should be more to blame for Trent Green's brutal concussion than Geathers. He pushed a defender into his quarterback. He could ask Eric Stienbach what kind of impact that can have on a team. Secondly, Geathers hit him with his shoulder pad and that's what the league wants. Herm Edwards cried helmet-to-helmet after the game and that's bullshit. Obviously, KC has a jumbo-tron that replayed the hit in slow motion. We from our TV sets saw a clean hit, why can't he? I know a coach has to protect his players to the media, but don't stir-up suspension possibilities over a clean hit. It's a violent game played by huge, finely-tuned athletes who can take a man's head off if not careful. It's a risk one takes when paid millions upon millions of dollars to give it a try. I don't feel all that bad for Mr. Green. He slid late on the play, and like I said, he's an NFL quarterback. Get over it.

Back to the game.

I'm not sure what happened this training camp and pre-season, but the defense looks lightning fast. We still have some open-field tackling concerns (Tory James), but when players like Caleb Miller and Bryan Robinson are flying around the field as fast as they seemed, we as fans have to feel a lot more comfortable. Geathers and Justin Smith are maniacs. A lot of it has to do with the Chiefs soft offensive tackles, but they're very strong and very fast. Secondary covered well in the second quarter, and everyone did a good job of not allowing the big play. I told you this defense was for real, but I imagine the rest of the country wont get it until we shut down the Steelers in week 3. I'd say a defensive ranking between 8th and 13th or so, isn't all that unrealistic.

Offensively we grinded it out and played it safe. Nothing wrong with that. Carson played fairly relaxed and didn't put a lot of pressure on himself. Rudi has tree trunks for legs that come in handy when we get a two-score lead, and our O-line will come through when they need to. I think the offensive line still has some work to do to polish up a few things. Willie had a couple of early penalties and Levi got confused on a safety blitz which allowed to a big sack and fumble by Jared Allen. I'm not worried about our offense. In fact, I'm not worried about any part of our team. We played, dare I say, Steelers type football to get the win. If we can go into one of the toughest stadiums, and pound a perceived quality team into submission, then what's to worry about? 13-3 people...for real.

Impressions of the rest of the NFL:


The Ravens had a great opening game. I guess it was a good idea for Billick to ask the city to call a hotline if they see Ravens players out boozing it up over the weekend. They had two long run backs on turnovers so their offense is still a question mark. The Bucs probably are still gonna be okay defensively, but Chris Simms blows.

The Giants got jobbed by the refs over a lame offensive pass interference call on their comeback drive. I sense a point of emphasis by the refs concerning receivers pushing off. Great, more flags. Allow the players and coaches to win the games. Your new uniforms are whack too. Tiki Barber is amazing.

Reggie Bush isn't scared by the NFL. The Browns lost the easiest game they're gonna see all year. The old Poop Stains may never be good again.

The Patriots are declining and their whole division is generic. J.P. Losman may be the easiest NFL player to dislike.



MK= The Headhunter