1. If you started making a list of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, you would write down a lot of names before you got to Tony Romo, and I think the Cowboys are starting to realize this. I have been saying for a long time that when you have Marion Barber (the scariest man in NFL, in my opinion) in the backfield, and DeMarcus Ware on defense, you build the team around them. The 'Boys are starting to do that. They obviously want to be a running team. They currently lead NFL in rushing. Last night Romo mostly threw safe passes to Jason Witten, who has more catches this season than the next two receivers combined. He threw no touchdowns, but also no picks, and the Cowboys won the game running the ball and playing good defense.
2. If you started making a list of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, you would write a lot more names before you got to Jake Delhomme. He flat out stinks this year. He better be careful or Steve Smith might punch him in the face.
3. Speaking of punches in the face - the Raiders, already the worst franchise in the league, have taken organizational dysfunction to a level never seen in the NFL before. It's dumbfounding. On the field they are pitiful. QB JaMarcus Russell is starting to look like a bust of Ryan Leaf proportions. On Sunday he completed 12 passes for a total of 61 yards, ouch. They didn't trust him to throw deep after two picks on passes intended for Darrius Heyward-Bey, better known as the luckiest recipient of first-round money ever. Off the field they are even worse, and that starts at the top. Al Davis is a crazy person. And then of course there is Head Coach Tom Cable. Today is has come out that the police are now investigating the incident in which Cable...broke an assistant coach's jaw! This incident was first made public back in August, but today we learned that the police and lawyers are involved. One lawyer said it is a textbook case of felony assault. Great leadership, from the top down, yields great franchises. As Colin Cowherd said on ESPN radio today, you need a great owner, GM, Head Coach, and quarterback. The Raiders are a mess at at least three of those positions.
4. Speaking of bad leadership...How about those Cleveland Browns? Head Coach Eric Mangini has not yet named a starter at quarterback for this weekend's game. On Sunday he benched Brady Quinn at halftime and in the second half Derek Anderson came in and promptly threw three interceptions. One of the oldest mantras in professional football is the team needs to know who the QB is going to be, so they have a direction and can prepare properly. At some point it is better to just name someone the starter than have no one.
5. Apparently Diana Taurasi is going to be named the WNBA MVP. Until today I thought she was still a UCONN Husky.
6. The MLB playoffs this year are going to be exciting. Eight teams make the playoffs and this year it is likely that six of those spots could be filled by teams that have recently won a World Series (NY Yankees, Boston, Detroit, LA Angels, Philadelphia, St. Louis), and it's possible that another recent World Series participant (Colorado) could make it as well. In other words, this year playoffs are going to be stocked with teams that know how to win.
7. If you started making a list of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, you wouldn't write down too many names before you wrote Brett Favre. He has still got it. He is the quintessential risk/reward QB. Every so often he has one of those 76-yard 4-int. games, but more often he does what he did Sunday, which in case you didn't see, was complete a touchdown pass at the back of the endzone with 2 seconds left to win the game. Now, as far as the play, I give the receiver a little more credit because his catch was incredible. But, Favre gets more credit for knowing what to do in that situation. In the post game press conference he said he knew he had to rifle the ball into the endzone to give his receiver the best chance to catch it. He said if he had lofted the ball, like most QB's would do there, it would give the defenders a chance to get to the ball, because they were in a zone, just playing to spots. He also said he knew he was going to be hit, and yet he stood there, took the hit, threw a bullet, and give his receiver the best chance to catch the ball. That's why the talking heads say Favre is worth four wins a year. There are times when Favre, and only Favre, can win you the game.
8. New York football fans, of which I am one, are really obnoxious. Are the Giants and Jets good? Yes. Are the Giants going to start the season 5-0? Most likely considering the cupcakes they have coming up on their schedule. Are the Jets for real? Yes. Are they going to meet in the Super Bowl? That is an absolute meta-physical certainty...if you ask a typical Giants or Jets fan. This type of hysteria happens every time a New York team has success. Both teams start 3-0 and the crazies go around the corner. It makes it hard to say out loud that I'm a Giants fan. I think tomorrow I'll go buy a Texans hat so I can get pity instead of scorn.
9. Rex Ryan don't play. He just suspended a piss ant receiver for tweeting about playing time. Damn.
10. Junior Seau hosted a bull riding event and got run over by a bull. The bull made Junior...wait for it...say ow...get it? Seau, Say Ow?
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