Sep 20, 2011

9/20/2011 12:04:00 AM
Another NFL Week is in the books with even more surprises like.......BILLS and REDSKINS 2-0.........RAVENS look like World Beaters one week and anything but average the next week......ROMO get Broken Ribs n come back to save the SEASON for the COWBOYS.

These are just some of the HEADLINES in NFL WEEK 2 Run Down powered by BLUEDUDE SPORTSTALK. Here is a look at the NFL WEEK 2 Slate:

BILLS 38 - RAIDERS 35: WHY SO SERIOUS?.....And ARE YOU SERIOUS?.....the BILLS cap off a 18 point comeback to send the RAIDERS back to the BAY with an L. BILLS QB Ryan FITZPATRICK, doing his best JIM KELLY Impersonation would not be denied in this one as he kept making plays and the RAIDERS QB Jason CAMPBELL made plays also just not enough. The BILLS will surely be tested this week as they travel to FOXBORO to take on RED-HOT Tom TERRIFIC.

The RAIDERS on the other hand are right there they just need to learn how to close these kinda games. RB Darren McFADDEN is an emerging and bonafide TOP 5 Back and QB Jason CAMPBELL is utilizing all that SPEED the RAIDERS have on the outside to make plays in the Passing Game. RAIDERS will be in the mix with the BOLTS for the AFC WEST Crown.

PACKERS 30 - PANTHERS 23: OK....2 THINGS........Yeah the PACK won the game but their DEFENSE has some holes in the SECONDARY. And speaking of the PACK secondary someone get the YELLOW JACKET for PANTHERS QB Cam NEWTON......AGAIN.....passing for over 400 yards and he threw 3 PICKS but the guy is making his mark and had this to say after the game, " I want EVERYTHING and I want it NOW"......sounds like a guy that knows he can dominate the league.

The PACK have the BEARS coming up this week and will get tested. The PANTHERS are still 0-2 after CAM'S back to back performances.......they need to start putting together some W's.

LIONS 48 - CHIEFS 3: Before you say DAMN KAY CEE........The CHIEFS got more BAD NEWS on SUNDAY. Top 3 RB Jamal CHARLES was lost for the season after a 1st quarter ACL Tear. Now that is the 2nd Consecutive week that the CHIEFS lost 2 of their best players to Season-ending Knee injuries. With the CHIEFS Schedule it is time to put yourself in the ANDREW LUCK Sweepstakes.

The LIONS Preseason ha carried over BIG TIME into the regular season and JUST IN.......THE LIONS are 4REAL. QB STAFFORD, a swarming young D, excellent WRs, and a HEAD COACH that exudes confidence and winning in Jim Schwartz. Those Days for the LIONS and their fan to be done after THANKSGIVING is long gone........and out of the LIONS, BEARS, and the PACKERS......1 Team will be going home in JANUARY....WHO WILL IT BE?

BROWNS 27 - COLTS 19: COLTS are DONE.......the BROWNS needed a W and got it. What's next for NAPTOWN.....hosting the 2012 SUPER BOWL. And for the DAWG POUND.....let's capitalize off of some momentum and make an early season run at the TOP of the AFC North.

BAD NEWS for the COLTS......up next...Sunday Night vs the STEELERS

BUCCANEERS 24 - VIKES 20: The VIKINGS blew a lead again and the BUCCANEERS just wouldn't stop and that runs right through their 34 year old Head Coach Raheem MORRIS.

The VIKINGS have all the personnel, the coaching, and the best RB in the GAME......so what's the PROBLEM.....they can't close games and with a somewhat veteran club you have to start looking at Head Coach Leslie FRAZIER.

On the OTHER HAND the BUCS know who they are and what they are trying to do.......they excellent LEADERSHIP, good young QB in FREEMAN, and talent everywhere on D...only problem is they play in the rugged and tough NFC South. The BUCS have the FALCONS coming to town WEEK 3.......and for the BUCS making a NFC SOUTH Statement STARTS NOW.

SAINTS 30 - BEARS 13: JAILBREAK.......and then more JAILBREAK. How many times did Bears QB Jay CUTLET stand upright on SUNDAY?.....Very few times. The BEARS need to fix that line or I don't care what they do on DEFENSE it will be a LONG SEASON in the 'GO.

BREES and the SAINTS methodically took apart one of the best DEFENSES in the LEAGUE with being patient, staying on the game plan, and then attacking the BEARS where they are weakest......their SECONDARY.

If the BEARS want to stay close in the NFC North it starts this week....PACKER WEEK.....and for the SAINTS....if they get D like that they will be NFC SOUTH Champs real talk because they can score on anyone.....I mean anyone.

NY JETS 32 - JAGS 3: It was over before it started as it looked like the JETS were playing to W and the JAGS had to play because they showed up. And for the JAGS I know QB Garrard was released but the effort your QBs displayed on SUNDAY was pitiful at best. And if you think MO JONES-DREW is going to carry the load.....your sadly mistaken.

The JETS are trying to get in a groove and the JAGS helped them get into one on both sides of the ball. I still don't agree with the assessment that QB mark SANCHEZ is an ELITE QB like his coach Rex RYAN has said on occasions. But then again what is a COACH to say for confidence in his QB.......well he is AVERAGE or a Game Manager.

STEELERS 24 - SEAHAWKS 0: Yeah BALTIMORE just killed the STEEL CURTAIN.........The RAVENS slapped around the STEELERS like they own them........Joe FLACCO has Arrived...and the one that resignates the most through that STEELER Locker Room.....Man the STEELERS looked OLD and SLOW.

STEELERS smashed the SEAHAWKS.........Now we are 1-1......and last time I looked it was one game.....ASK the SEAHAWKS if anyone out there looked OLD and SLOW.......SEE YOU In the CIRCLE CITY Sunday NIGHT as well as 30k STEELERS FANS...the TAKEOVER

TITANS 26 - RAVENS 13: I saw that S*** last week when they beat us.......T SIZZLE running around the STADIUM like the AFC Conference Championship TROPHY was in the RAVENS Locker Room. HEY RAVENS I know the STEELERS were your Homecoming game.......but you have 15 more left and a rematch with the STEELERS in the 'BURGH.

The TITANS evidently watched the FILM and said the RAVENS might come in here with a let down......so let's HIT THEM IN THEIR D*** MOUTH and see what they do.......NOTHING. SO in short that WEEK 1 W over the STEELERS meant nothing because you can't take care of business WEEK to WEEK RAVENS.

As for the TITANS......they looked anything but a ONE-TRICK PONY......it was the HASSLEBACK to BRITT Show minus TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. The TITANS might have found their identity of how they need to play football the rest of the SEASON.....THANKS RAVENS.....and CRAB CAKES to all....and to all the RAVENS SUCK.

REDSKINS 22 - CARDS 21: maybe 'SKINS QB Rex GROSSMAN has a legit argument....WHAT about the REDSKINS? The GROSSMAN and HIGHTOWER Show goes on the road this week to BIG D for some MONDAY NIGHT Football and the 'SKINS look prime to get it in and make a HUGE STATEMENT to the NFC EAST......WE R HERE to STAY.

The CARDS played all but the last few minutes of this one. But I have seen this picture before......The GOOD TEAMS win these GAMES on the road....the Above Average Teams go 50/50......and thats what the CARDS are in my GUESSTIMATION.

'SKINS look like the NFC EAST comes through DC and won't that be the Top STORY of the NFL.......WOW.

COWBOYS 27 - 49ERS 24 OT: The BIGGEST Story LINE.........'BOYS QB Tony ROMO comes back in the 2nd FRAME to lead the COWBOYS to victory. Hey I threw ROMO under the COWBOYS STAR like everyone else last week but to his credit he played with 2 Broken Ribs and played LIGHTS Out to get the COWBOYS that much needed W on the road.

The NINERS on the other hand and QB Alex SMITH have looked anything but a CELLER DWELLER these 1st 2 week of the season. They had this game won if it wasn't for the HEROICS of ROMO. Now Both teams have to forget about this one and move on.

Moving on for the COWBOYS means a MONDAY NIGHT Match Up with the Division Leading REDSKINS. The NINERS on the other hand go on the road for the 1st time to take on the BUNGLES in the JUNGLE.

BRONCOS 24- BENGALS 22: As though someone told the BENGALS that without QB Carson PALMER you have no shot......so much for listening to the outsiders. The BENGALS played well enough in this one to get a W. And Broncos QB Kyle ORTON has to be hearing the Footsteps of one Tim TEBOW as that leash in the MILE HIGH has to be getting shorter and shorter.

I have one real QUESTION for both of these FAN BASES.......Are any of these 2 TEAMS going to playing past the Regular SEASON?

NEXT UP.........

TEXANS 23 - DOLPHINS 13: 2 things here.........TEXANS are the favorite in the AFC SOUTH.........the DOLPHINS and Coach Tony SPORANO will be filing Divorce PAPERS soon. Having said that this is a case of 2 Teams spiraling in 2 opposite directions.

The TEXANS have to play the RAVENS and STEELERS......the DOLPHINS have 2 with the BILLS and JETS, and one more at FOXBORO.....OUCH.

PATRIOTS 35 - CHARGERS 21: It's the same old CHARGERS........Opportunity after Opportunity....and they keep coming up empty. It's this simple......against the creme de la creme.....every time you are in the RED ZONE you have to put up 7's not 3's....and the BOLTS didn't.

Meanwhile PATS QB Yom BRADY is on pace to throw for over 5k YARDS.......and the PATS offense looks DOMINANT once again but the D is slightly above average. The PATS will be tested later on in the season and the BOLTS.....well......figure out how to beat the GOOD TEAMS and then your in the SUPER BOWL Picks.

FALCONS 35 - EAGLES 31: It was the build up of the Mike VICK Show back in town. The FALCONS were more concerned about getting on track. Then the LADDER prevailed in this one.......after momentum swing after momentum swing.....the FALCONS used RB Mike TURNER to get them going and the EAGLES had no answer for the Big Burly Back from North Chicago ILL HS by way of the Northern ILLINOIS University HUSKIES.

The EAGLES might have WON the game if VICK had not suffered a concussion. FALCONS QB Matt RYAN played well enough to Win the ball game but the DIRTY BIRDS have more issues. Their Defense has holes all over and they must fix that part of their game if they want to win the NFC SOUTH.

The EAGLES have the same problem except it's the middle of their DEFENSE that is most vulnerable. the Funny Thing is both of these teams will probably be in the PLAYOFFS and might have to face one another again for a chance to go to.......LAMBEAU in the COLD......not INDY.....Yet anyway.

NY FOOTBALL GIANTS 28 - RAMS 16: Rams QB Sam BRADFORD threw for over 300 yards but it was the Turnovers that doomed the RAMS and their just not quite there to do damage to the Upper Echelon NFC Teams. The RAMS need to equip BRADFORD with a #1 RB and #1 WR an i think they will really start to turn the corner.

The GIANTS just needed to get back to their winning ways. The GAME last week vs a Divisional foe like the REDSKINS takes a lot out of a BALL CLUB and give ELI and the G-MEN'S offense Credit........we did what we had to do to WIN the game.

I still think the GIANTS will be fighting for a WILD CARD all season and the Best TEAMS in the NFC EAST as of right now are the REDSKINS and EAGLES with the 'BOYS and G-MEn right there.

BLUEDUDE SPORTSTALK NFL Power RANKINGS WEEK 3 on WEDNESDAY......last week the PACK held the #1 Spot with the BEARS at #2........there will be some changes

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