A bad week for Cowboys fans, as I may have mentioned yesterday without getting into TOO many painful details.
- Nan: 49
- Panthers - Cam Newton: -10
- Jaguars - Blaine Gabbert: 13
- Chiefs - Tyler Palko: 41
- Buccaneers - Josh Freeman: 5
This is hard to believe, having watched some of these games. Monday night, Blaine Gabbert defied description. I mean that mostly literally, too, because he was making the guys in the ESPN MNF booth very, very sad. Just listening to parts of this game was depressing - the three usually effervescent gentlemen in the booth had to make up all kinds of time-wasting stories, since the game was beyond reach so early on. They put up statistics like, "how are the OTHER rookie QBs in the league doing? Pretty good! See? It's not that hard, Blaine Gabbert!" and they talked often about how much they wanted to see the Jaguars even attempt a pass of more than 10 yards, let alone make a completion. Even the passes of 0-5 yards were thrown at people's feet, over people's heads. Seriously, he'd pass to a dude that was also behind the line of scrimmage. Even if it had been catchable, that guy was going to gain negative yardage, what was the point? And then, even though I could have probably spit on a dude from that distance, he'd throw it to the turf at their feet, as if to say: "hah! Catch that, you idiot!" It was impossible to watch. Jon Gruden is one of my favorite dudes. The week before, he said something like "not to be TOO much of a cheerleader, but DREW BREES YOU ARE AMAZING". And that was during a blowout. This is a man you usually can't bring down, and when you can make all three of those guys sad, you've really done something very wrong, and I was definitely assuming it was going to be more than 13 points worth. - Alison: 69
- Cowboys - Tony Romo: 2
- Eagles - Vince Young: 58
- Browns - Colt McCoy: 16
- Lions - Matthew Stafford: -7
Poor Vince Young. I know I said he'd get big points in this league (and I turned out to be right), but he always looks so sad about it. I still like you, Vince.
- Me: 46
- Redskins - Rex Grossman: 25
- Bills - Ryan Fitzpatrick: 5
- 49ers - Alex Smith: 0
- Bengals - Andy Dalton: 5.5, Bruce Gradkowski: 10.5
In a bad loss, and Andy still doesn't net me a satisfactory number of points. It's looking bad for you in the off season, son.
- Rob: 25
- Dolphins - Matt Moore: 6
- Raiders - Carson Palmer: 30
- Broncos - Tim Tebow: -7
- Colts - Dan Orlovsky: -4
AHA my voodoo hex has finally gone to work, and these replacements are finally playing some football. Except Carson Palmer, I suppose, but at least he didn't get benched in that dismantlement.
- Xian: 56
- Texans - TJ Yates: 16
- Steelers - Ben Roethisberger: 6
- Ravens - Joe Flacco: 26
- Seahawks - Tavaris Jackson: 8
Nope, sorry. Even TJ Yates played passably well.
- GOOD QB NPC: -32
- Patriots - Tom Brady: 10
- Chargers - Philip Rivers: -5
- Saints - Drew Brees: -11
- Packers - Aaron Rodgers: -26
- MEDIUM QB NPC: 28
- Giants - Eli Manning: 19
- Falcons - Matt Ryan: 15
- Cardinals - Kevin Kolb: -12
- Jets - Mark Sanchez: 6
- BAD QB NPC: 147
- Titans - Matt Hasselbeck: 32
- Bears - Caleb Hanie: 56
- Vikings - Christian Ponder: 33
- Rams - AJ Feeley: 26
Wow, look at my BQB league rack up points. At least I can feel good about those picks.
