The Mighty Detroit Lions Football Machine 24, Chicago 13: Man, it seemed like the Bears' offense was on the field the whole game. How many penalty first downs did the Lions defense give the Bears? And then the Bears would promptly false start--ha ha ha. The Bears offensive line was not exactly stellar. But I guess that fact escaped dumbly-named Bears head coach Lovie Smith, who ought to have his head examined for going for it on 4th and a half yard at the Detroit 25 at the end of the 1st quarter. No way that pitiful offensive line was going to make any room for Forte. If Lovie really wanted to go for it, he should have passed. Bonehead call by Lovie. You actually have to give Jay Cutler a slap on the back for keeping his team in the game. He never let the near-constant pressure get to him, and he made some great throws *under duress,* as they say. I had the feeling the Lions offense could have scored whenever they needed. . .they only ran 45 plays and still gained 395 yards. No miracle comeback needed here. The better team won--and they won without playing very crisply. The defensive line abused Chicago, and the offense made the few plays it needed to. The worst part of the game was having to watch the second half at the jail. A deranged new arrest was barking, growling and shouting gibberish non-stop from a holding cell, and was loud enough to drown out the sound on the big flat screen TVs.
Other games from Week 5:
Green Bay 25, Atlanta 14: I thought Atlanta played Green Bay about as well as they could. The difference in the game was at the quarterback position. Aaron Rodgers was Aaron Rodgers, and, alas for the Falcons, Matt Ryan was Matt Ryan. Listen, Ryan is over-rated. He's always mentioned as one of the good young NFL QBs--no. He's one of the average young QBs. Is he really any better than Sanchise? You can win a lot of games with an average QB. Hell, look at the Super Bowl results, you can win it all with an average QB, but your chances of beating a team that is equal in all other regards, but has a QB like Rodgers, are very slim.
Buffalo 31, Philadelphia 24: The Eagles are a mess. They play just well enough to lose. The dumbass who jumped offsides at the end of the game is taking a lot of heat, but the real problem for the Eagles remains the addiction to big plays on offense. You got a great running back in McCoy, and he gets only 11 carries. He picked up 80 yds in those 11 carries. Give him at least 20 carries a game. Buffalo's running back carried the ball 26 times. Buffalo controlled the clock, Vick runs out there trying to hit a homerun every time, the turnovers pile up, and you dig a hole you can't get out of. Andy Reid, who has been a decent coach over the years, is probably doing the worst job of any coach in the league this year.
San Francisco 48, Tampa Bay 3: Jim Harbaugh, Coach of the Year. Bank on it. Look how quickly he turned Singletary's mess into a Football MACHINE. A machine that ground up and spit out the Parity Bay Buccaneers. Harbaugh has got a REAL football team. Power running game, tough defense, disciplined effort. Better beat him now, before he gets a good QB.
New England 30, New York Jets 21: What's going on here? Rex Ryan's defense gets run over by a finesse team? It's one thing if a power run team like Oakland does it. . .but the finesse Patriots run all over the Jets? Are the players tuning out the Great Blowhard Rex? Something ain't right here. . .
Oakland 25, Houston 20: Houston just cannot handle prosperity. They play in the weekest division in football, and here they are, stuck in a tie with a lousy Tennessee team after they bungled away the Raiders game. Somehow the Texans managed to lose to a 15 for 35 Jason Campbell on a day when Schaub throws for over 400 yards. Houston gains 200 more yards than the Raiders, and they lose. Houston is erratic. . .blame the coach. . .he's probably some jittery little geek who stays up all night color-coding play charts and fretting over his latent red-zone tendencies. . .
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