Lessons Learned in NFL's Week 8...
By Scott Burks
Here are my very, VERY late thoughts on Week 8 in
the NFL...
The game with the Indianapolis Colts will tell
us if the Houston Texans are legit.
The Texans looked good in winning their game in Buffalo last week. Now
comes the real test: taking down the big, bad Colts at their place this
Sunday. This is huge for the Texans. They are 5-3 (for the first
time in franchise history), and are in second place right now in the AFC
South. If they get embarrassed against the Colts, they would be the
"same 'ol Texans" to the rest of the NFL. We'll see how far the Texans
have come soon enough...
The Carolina Panthers' win over the Arizona
Cardinals might have saved their season. The weirdest thing
happened in this game: both quarterbacks switch identities before our eyes.
Cardinals QB Kurt Warner went from being a proficient passer into a
turnover-prone QB (Panthers QB Jake Delhomme) and vice versa. Good
thing for the Panthers, because a loss in this name would have left the
Panthers at 2-5 and with no shot at making the playoffs. While they
still may not make the playoffs, the Panthers at least increased their
chances in doing so. It's better to have a chance than to have none at
all.
It is official: the New York Giants are frauds.
There's no other way to say it. The Giants got their asses kicked for
the third straight game -- all by teams with winning records. Are the
Giants going to win a game against a .500+ team? I wouldn't be
surprised if they lost to the Chargers this weekend -- even if it is at
home. Speaking of that matchup...
The upcoming
Chargers-Giants matchup should be renamed the "Fraud Bowl". Talk
about two peas in a pod. The Chargers and Giants have not beaten
anyone of consequence thus far. Both teams have not played up to their
potentials. I guess whoever "out-frauds" the other will win this game...
The Cleveland Browns need an intervention, and
their fans deserve better.
As a Steelers fan, I normally take pleasure in
my Browns-bashing. However, given the dire state of the Browns, I'll
take a step back on this one. It's pitiful -- absolutely PITIFUL --
the way the Browns' front office has run this once-proud franchise into the
ground. Browns owner Randy Lerner is perhaps the weakest owner in the
NFL.
Memo to other NFL
owners: you want to hire a general manager FIRST, then have him hire the
head coach. Lerner, of course, did it backwards due to his man-crush
on soon-to-be fired head coach Eric Mangini. If Lerner's smart, he'll
ask former Browns QB Bernie Kosar to be his GM and have Kosar run the
organization.
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