The Monday Wrap-Up

The Monday Wrap-up is basically what the name says. It wraps up the weekend in football on Monday Morning. Easy huh?

There isn't much left to say















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Every week, I hold on to some little hope that whoever is playing the Patriots can catch some sort of lightning in a bottle or catch the Pats on a bad night and pull the upset, but every week they just abuse that poor team like Mike Vick's dogs.

Last night Buffalo stepped up to the plate. They were on a little winning streak, it was a prime time game at home and they even had an inspirational message from Kevin Everett on the big screen.

When you add those variables together, it usually ends up in a win but not against these Patriots. The game was basically over midway through the second quarter and most of us lost interest after halftime. I personally opted for violent masturbation then.

Tom Brady went 31-39, had 5 touchdown passes and 4 of those went to Randy Moss in the first half. Next week the poor Eagles will step up and take their anal pounding and that thing I said about Pittsburgh maybe upsetting them? Well, forget that please...

The funniest thing about this is that the 'Niners keep dropping to new lows every week, meaning that New England will probably end up with the 2nd overall pick in the draft. They go undefeated, they tear everyone a new asshole and they draft Darren McFadden 2nd overall in April.

I had a season in Madden once where I dominated my way to a championship and ended up drafting 2nd overall in the next draft because of a trade I pulled off the previous season. It seemed unrealistic at the time, but the Patriots are actually going to do it now.

Thanks for making me look silly Pittsburgh














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So, after seeing Pittsburgh destroy Baltimore two weeks ago, I was convinced that they could possibly take down New England. The Pats had to hold on to beat Indy, who were missing some guys at the time, and the Steelers looked downright nasty against Baltimore.

But how can you take this team seriously anymore now that they lost against the Jets? The Jets belong in that Miami/San Fran/St. Louis group of horrible teams and that was a game that Pittsburgh needed to dominate.

Somehow, Thomas Jones managed to snap the Steelers 34 game streak of not allowing a 100-yard rusher and New York had Large Benjamin on his back more often than Lindsay Lohan.

Now, if a Thomas Jones/Kellen Clemens led offense can do that, while holding the Steelers to just 16 points...imagine what a Tom Brady/Randy Moss/Wes Welker/Donte Stallworth/Benjamin Watson/Laurence Maroney led offense will do to these guys.

The Steelers seem to play well when they're at home but they crap their pants uncontrollably when they hit the road. Their 3 losses have all come on the road this season and they weren't really against the cream of the crop (Arizona, Denver, The Jets). That's going to be a problem come play-off time Mike Tomlin.

The Jonathan Beck era is finally underway















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John Beck took the field the first time for the Miami Dolphins in Philadelphia, in cold, rainy conditions, facing a tough defense and without the star running back to hand the ball off to.

Considering all of the above, he did pretty well out there. Beck went 9-22 for 109 yards but he didn't turn it over and he wasn't sacked. He looked good at times and he obviously looked nervous at others.

The result was the same, a Miami loss, but yet again it was close and there was hope for a victory again midway through the fourth quarter. But hey, when you have a young team and a team that has been hit hard by injuries, you're not going to pull these games out.

More importantly, Ted Ginn had his best game as a pro and I don't think that it's a coincidence. Cleo Lemon just could not get the ball to Ginn but that Beck/Ginn combo started to show some flashes yesterday.

Ginn finished with 4 catches for 52 yards and had that great 87 yard punt return for a touchdown. He now has 2 touchdowns on the year but let's not forget about the 2 other return touchdowns that were called because of penalties.

And it looks like Jason Allen might finally be getting it. Allen has been playing pretty well since Cameron gave him the ultimatum and he produced yesterday again. Two interceptions, six tackles and hope for those of us that still think that he can be an impact player in this league.

The AFC is not really looking so great today














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Outside of New England, there isn't really a team right now in the AFC that is really looking very good to me.

The Colts when healthy are obviously a force, but with all these injuries, they had to fight and claw their way to a last second win at home against the Chiefs. The Chiefs, who were starting Brodie Croyle and who are without Larry Johnson. I dunno but that's a game that Indy usually dominates.

The Steelers lost to the Jets, which is about as bas as it gets and the Chargers will go nowhere if Philip Rivers keeps throwing the ball like he's doing. Rivers is making Joey Harrington look like a good option back there.

The Browns are a nice surprise but their offense is in a shoot-out every time because that defense can't stop anyone really and that's going to be a problem come play-off time.

The Titans are the exact opposite, with one of the best defenses in the league but with a passing attack that doesn't even scare Elon. When you have to struggle to get 20 points, it will make things a little hard on you.

That leaves the Jags, who had a big win against San Diego yesterday but that team is a David Garrard injury away of being irrelevant again. When Quinn Gray needs to come in every so now and then in relief duty, you are in big, big trouble.

Stupid Peter King shit

1. No one except maybe the '27 Yankees could beat the Patriots right now.

Thank you Peter.