It's Sunday, which means I'm sitting at home watching football and eating as much as possible. I'm watching the Falcons Packers game right now and I am very impressed with the Falcons defense. Sure they caught a break with Rodgers fumbling in the endzone, but they have actually looked very good. For me I looked at this game as two teams who have great offenses, and one team that has a great defense, that team is the Green Bay Packers. But today it has been the Falcons who are showing up on defense, and leading right now 10-3 in the third quarter. It might be because of their great home-field advantage. The Falcons with Matt Ryan as their starting quarterback for the last three years are 18-1 at home. Which to me is amazing seeing how Ryan was a rookie in '08, and the Falcons struggled to an 8-8 record in '09. I'm also watching the Giants Jaguars game, the Jaguars are leading 17-9, and yet I still see the Giants as a team that could win the Superbowl which angers me. Even though the Giants have lost the last two weeks to the Cowboys and the Eagles, and are getting run over by the Jags, something about that team scares me. The Giants started 1-2 and everyone thought they were terrible. Then they turned it around to a 6-2 record and they looked like the best team in not only the NFC but the NFL. The offense can look unstoppable at times with both the power run game, and the explosive pass game. But then the Giants lay an egg and look like a confused team. But just the fact that they can look so good a times scares me. Because I think everyone remembers when the Giants hit their stride during the playoffs a couple of years ago and upset the favored and undefeated Patriots. So even if the Giants lose today and you hear all over ESPN that they are a terrible team don't listen, because they just might squeeze into the playoffs and beat your favorite team (if you have not noticed I'm a Pats fan). By the way the score of the Packers Falcons game is now tied at 10. Right after I tell you how great and surprising the Falcons d is Green Bay marches down the field and scores. Later tonight the Bears play the Eagles and the Chargers play the Colts, two great games. The Bears will look to slow down Michael Vick and the Eagles offense, and I hope they do because Vick is on my opponents fantasy team. The Sunday Night game is going to be great, Philip Rivers is having a great season and is really helping my fantasy team. Vincent Jackson will also be returning tonight after being suspended during the beginning of the season both by the NFL and the San Diego Chargers, I also just picked him up on my fantasy team, but enough about me. Alright that was just a quick update on the NFl today. Quick note the Heat lost to a good team last night yet again and continue to talk about this "process" which I guess means they have some sort of evil master plan to take over the NBA. Well I think they have already succeeded seeing how they are the only thing that anyone talks about while the Celtics, Lakers, Spurs, and Magic quietly just keep on winning. Have a good week.
-Max
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Thanksgiving Time
Hello everyone it's Thanksgiving time again that means football this Thursday as well as some basketball games both college and NBA. For football there will be the classic Lions and Cowboys home games, the Lions are hosting the 8-2 New England Patriots who are coming off another classic Brady Manning showdown and are looking to be yet another Super Bowl contender come this winter. The Saints will be in Dallas looking more and more like the team that made an incredible championship run giving their city a boost. The Cowboys on the other hand were looking to become the first team in NFL history to play a Super Bowl at home. But these Cowboy shave been a mess with some weeks showing up on offense but not defense and the other way around. But the last two weeks have looked like the team that many expected to see this year after they got a big win in New York and then at home against struggling Lions. This match-up could be a very good game because both teams are coming into this week hot and while one team is playing to prepare for the playoffs, the other is playing for pride. The last game of the night will be the Bengals and the New York Jets. This one has two teams going in opposite directions, the Jets are 8 and 2 but have been struggling to get by three mediocre teams in the Lions, Browns, and Texans. The Bengals have not lived up to the expectations and are only making news because of their wide receivers talk in the press. Bengals receiver Terrell Owens says that Jets corner Darrell Revis is "an average corner". But now I'll make my predictions for these games. The Pats will win in Detroit easily, the Cowboys will show up for a third straight week and knock off the Saints for the second year in a row during the regular season; and the Jets will win another close one against the Bengals with Owens playing well yet again but Ochocinco will get shut down by Cromartie.
In the NBA for some reason someone thought that the Washington Wizards against the Atlanta Hawks, and the Sacramento Kings taking on the L.A. Clippers were great Thanksgiving match-ups. Well guess what? They're not. Thankfully the Miami Heat take on the Orlando Magic tonight in Disney World, but if I were you I would stick to football on Thursday. But about the Miami Heat, recently they lost yet another game to a below .500 team, the Pacers, and just last weekend they lost at the buzzer in Memphis. This Heat team is starting to really annoy me, they just keep thinking of excuses for their play on the court. Whenever they win they are amazing and a championship contender, but when they lose they tell themselves that this whole thing is a process, and that they are still getting used to each other. Well if I remember the 2008 Boston Celtics brought three stars together and they started great right off the bat, and if they lost there was no excuses. They finished the year 66-16 and won the NBA championship. Now if the Heat want to consider themselves championship contenders than they have to not only start playing like it, but also hold themselves accountable for their miscues. So as winter is just starting to come so are the NFL playoffs, Bowl Championship Series, and the NBA and College basketball seasons are just getting into full swing. That's it for now, happy holidays and eat a lot.
-Max
In the NBA for some reason someone thought that the Washington Wizards against the Atlanta Hawks, and the Sacramento Kings taking on the L.A. Clippers were great Thanksgiving match-ups. Well guess what? They're not. Thankfully the Miami Heat take on the Orlando Magic tonight in Disney World, but if I were you I would stick to football on Thursday. But about the Miami Heat, recently they lost yet another game to a below .500 team, the Pacers, and just last weekend they lost at the buzzer in Memphis. This Heat team is starting to really annoy me, they just keep thinking of excuses for their play on the court. Whenever they win they are amazing and a championship contender, but when they lose they tell themselves that this whole thing is a process, and that they are still getting used to each other. Well if I remember the 2008 Boston Celtics brought three stars together and they started great right off the bat, and if they lost there was no excuses. They finished the year 66-16 and won the NBA championship. Now if the Heat want to consider themselves championship contenders than they have to not only start playing like it, but also hold themselves accountable for their miscues. So as winter is just starting to come so are the NFL playoffs, Bowl Championship Series, and the NBA and College basketball seasons are just getting into full swing. That's it for now, happy holidays and eat a lot.
-Max
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