Weekly Sports Review

Bonjour MinWeian's it is I your brand-new-slightly-used-still-fresh-comontakeachance Sports correspondence bringing you what you need to know about the Wonderful World of Sport.

First, Let me spend a line or two telling you about myself. I am a certified Sport enthusiast (credentials available upon request) and an avid avid sport fan. While I especially love football, I am a lover of all Sport. From Dressage to Handball to Soccer to Lacrosse, if your keeping score, I'm paying attention. I think EA Sports said it many years ago, Sport exist because one day man, shortly after making fire, went to another man and said "I am better than you and I can prove it." In a quest to prove himself, Sport was born. And it was good. Now sport has evolved. Its no longer a fight of superiority over or fellow men. Now its to prove superiority over self. Its about pushing ourselves, and having fun. So thats what I'm about, pushing yourself to be better, and having fun while doing it. ON TO THE SHOW!!!

A professor once told me that after every event we should ask ourselves "So, what do we know?" If something happened that was worth our attention, what did we learn from it? Thats how I approach my sport. Its clearly worth my attention, so what did we learn from it. So NFL WEEK 1. You came, you thrilled, you wasted about 17 hours of my life that my significant other will never get back, so now question is What Do We Know?

Reds 7, Giants 16 - Giants win 16 - 7 (FYI - I REFUSE to say Reds****. Its the most racist thing on the planet. If we can be PC and go from Bullets to Wizards, why not we quit using a racial slur to mascot the team of our most popular sport, in our nations captial)

WDWK - Preseason is not inductive of eventual performance. While the G-Man D-Line is a formidable force, no Usi, no Strahan, and still Jason Campbell was turned into a tomato soup can. Campbell went from a Preseason Pro-Bowler to Regular Season Reserve in the time it takes to say "how much tuck would Tuck tuck, if Tuck could tuck could tuck tuck".

Did You Know? - Apparently Eli has a pretty athletic brother named Peyton who also has had some football succes. Whats that you say? You knew this already? Oh, well then WHY THE HECK DOES EVERY ANNOUCER FEEL THEY MUST KEEP TELLING ME!!!!?!

Tigers 21, Falons 34

WDWK - This may not be Detroit's year. Sure, your the only NFC North team that knew with 100% certainity last year who your QB would be this year when you first started mini-camps, but you were apparently unaware that the Falcons had QB problems and would be most likely to have run first offense this year. I know, I know, who knew?

Did You Know? Matt Ryan first pass attempt was a pass completion and a touchdown of 20+ years. Meaning for a brief moment, Ryan was the greatest QB of ALL TIME. Sadly, I believe it will be all downhill from there.

Bengals 10, Ravens 17

WDWK - Joe the Flacco (look kids a rhyme) has some football awareness. His highlight reel long TD run came on a called reverse. Upon seeing that the play would not be successful as drawn up, he tucked it and ran for it. So many QBs don't do this, they just fall to the ground or throw it away. Joe turned wasted play into a touchdown. FYI - Joe went to Delaware, a school known for being so racist, it has refused to play Delaware State, an HBCU and in state rival for the last...ever.. forever.

Did You Know? League rules require players to notify of number changes early so that Reebok (the official maker) can make jerseys. After the deadline, any non-team change related uni change requires the player to buy the wrong number jerseys or they have to use the already establish number. Chad Ocho Cinco (the man's real legal name) was forced to wear Johnson 85 last Sunday because Reebok has around 10k of Johnson 85 jerseys already made. Before he can go Ocho, he has to pay Dinero. Seems to me, Reebok would stand to make alot more money selling Ocho Cinco 85 than it would lose just eating the cost of Johnson 85. But then, Im not the number 2 athletic apparel maker, Reebok is....and with decision like this, Nike will always be #1.

Seahawks 10, Bills 34

WDWK - Seattle may have hard times acoming. Very lil offensive and now they have lost Nate Burleson. Its not a good time to have Matt Hasselbeck as your fantasy QB......like I do.....

Did You Know? Bills RB Marshawn Lynch goes by the nickname Beast Mode. I can only assume this is in reference to 90s cartoon Beast Wars which is a spin-off of the Transformers line. Here's what I don't get. Beast Mode in Beast Wars is the "normal" mode for the characters. They have to go to beast mode when hurt or in retreat....why is this his nickname?!?!?

Jets 20, Dolphins 14

WDWK - Not much. Two teams, two QBs who haven't learned the play book, each putting up decent numbers. More surprising Dolphins managed to keep it close till very end. They are a big tall wideout away from being 1-0.

Did You Know? Brett Farve was once a Packer. Who knew?



Chiefs 10, Patriots 17

WDWK - Matt Cassel is a starter. Because he has to be. The guy who got a free education, and more money than you make in the year to not play football last odd years is now QBing the (nearly) Perfect Pats. Hey, still perfect.

Did You Know? - Chiefs traded Jared Allen DE, presumed good player, for some picks. Everyone considered this to be Herman Edwards mortgaging future, lowering expectations and thereby guaranteeing job security. Chiefs did what only one team was able to do last year, and they needed a miracle catch: make the Pats mortal. How they do it? Why a pass rusher was able to get a hit on the often injured Tom Brady (hes been on injury report for last 3 years). So, Herman gets rid of a DE yet still gets a pass rush that literally derails Pats Plans. Perhaps Edwards knows what hes doing

Bucs 20, Saints 24

WDWK - Reggie Bush is no bust. He may not be the second coming of Gale Sayers but for a pass first play calling coach, a Wideout/Running Back is a godsend. Also, would you look at that, Saints have a defense. Who knew? Amazing when a Pass First Offensive Minded team pulls off the 24 - 20 "D stops the comeback last chance drive" that Run First-D Teams do. What does this mean? As good as Saints Offense looked...its not good enough or this wasn't a Saints victory as it was a Bucs lost. Its hard to peg this Bucs team, its still set up for a Run First-D is for Dungy team but it has Gruden and 4 QBs.

Did You Know? On the play Reggie got the game winner on, Derrick Brooks, starting MLB was on sidelines hurt. Does Reggie get by Brooks with as much ease as he did his backup? When your a Saint, sometimes miracles happen.

Rams 3, Eagles 38.

WDWK - McNabb, when good, is great.

Did You Know? Rams managed only 3 points with last years starting QB, WR, RB and TE. They gave up 38 along with 300 yards passing with there first round draft pick DE failing to register a sack. Lukily they are in NFC West and therefore right in the hunt for Division champs

Texans 17, Steelers 34

WDWK - Steelers loookeeeeeedd gooooooooooooooooood

Did You Know? Mario Williams is no bust. The guy picked before Bush had two sacks. Heck, Offense even put up good numbers. Methinks this is not Texans being bad but Steelers being really really really really gooooooooodd.

Jaguars 10, Titans 17

WDWK - AFC North will be a battle. Maybe they won't dominate the rest of the league as before but Colts, Texans, Titans and Jags will slug it out for their division.

Did You Know? Vince Young was injured and will be out 2-4 weeks. Take this time to sharpen. Your VY is overrated and running QBs will never make it in NFL ears cause you will here. Methinks Jags have one of the best defenses in the league which pride themselves on putting QBs, especially those named Peyton, on the ground. While Peyton has Wayne, Harrison, Gonzalez to get ball too, Vince Young and previously Steve McNair had/have............. I couldn't name you a single one. Blame QB for standing in pocket? Blame WR for not getting open? Blame General Manager for not getting a damn Pro-Bowl caliber wideout you've been needing till your contingent of "good enough's" ran a route 5 yards from the goal line with a defender between them on the last play with Super Bowl on the line. A smart WR gets open so QBs can dump, a smart wideout runs a last second route into the endzone.

Cowboys 28, Browns 10

WDWK - Browns looked very uninspired. Almost as if they assumed defeat and decided to treat this like a preseason game. If this is all the Browns can muster they are dead. IF this is a ruse, savvy is the Romeo of Cleveland

Did You Know? Much maligned CB Adam Jones asked very nicely and respectfully that he no longer be called "Pacman" in media. This by a man who is known much for childish, immature decisions off the field than his otherwise steller skillzzzz on. What did media do with this respect? They mocked it of course. They still call him Pacman, some call him DigDug, MegaMan, I have even seen Pong. Why? Dude loses a year of his life, decides he doesn't want a kiddy nickname, you've been screaming at him to grow up, why not honor the man? Oh yea "but your teammates still do, so I can too!!" seen that argument before...... Its disrespectful. Stop it.

Panthers 26, Chargers 24

WDWK - Cats can become cardiac if need be. Wheres the Beef Chargers? It's game one and your giving up last minute touchdowns? Lights Out wheres the rush? Jammer wheres the...jamming? Run First-Defense minded teams should be able to claim victory when offense puts 24 on the board.

Did You Know? Even though Panthers only needed the 25th point to claim victory, NFL required them to go for the 26th. Its not done to pad Kicker stats, its done because "margin of victory" is one of the tiebreakers. Why teams don't go for two in this situation I will never know. Its not like San Diego would risk injury to starters to secure a point in defeat.

Cardinals 23, 49ers 13

WDWK - If you have faith in 'Zona your a better man than me. This tells me nothing other than 49ers suck. Well of course they do. I knew that. Does it mean Cards have hope? Do you watch football? Ari never has hope. And yes those are all the short hand ways I know to describe this team.

Did You Know? Alex Smith, former 1st Round QB is one his fourth offensive coordinator in fourth year. Methinks his second coach will finally get the Steve Young-ish scrambling/throwing magic Smith displayed while playing in Utah.....Steve Young's home state.

Bears 29, Colts 13

WDWK - Bears are playing No Margin Football. Their defense has no margin for error because the Orton lead offense will not bail them out. In turn, their defense forces opposing offenses to play with no margin for error lest they do what Bear's O can't, put points in Bear's column. Game was over when Colt's gave up a safety.

Did You Know? Devin Hester attempted something I have never seen before. He got the kickoff....waited, and then tried to run it out of endzone in an attempt to catch Colts not paying attention. If only Colts had a history of being well prepared and mentally unparalleled in the nature of football then Devin would have saved this trick for Detriot. Next, any times Bears have lead, Devin should just run back and forth form sideline to sideline in endzone. Maybe something happens, maybe it doesn't your just wasting time and getting the other teams defensive back ups tired. win win

Vikings 19, Packers 24

WDWK - Aaron Rodgers won't suck. This is all Packers need to win division. He must continue not sucking

Did You Know? Vikes paid Jaren Allen and obscene about of money to strengthen there already good defense. Run First- D minded teams MUST hold offenses under 20 to have a chance. When Ryan Grant broke to set up Aarons QB sneak, all hope was lost for Vikes.

Broncos 41, Raiders 14

WDWK - Raiders suck. Alot. Like alot lot.

Did You Know? Eddie Royal was picked up from free agents in your fantasy league.....oh he hasn't in yours? Do it now.