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| Cleveland, despite its troubles--can it get any worse?--may soon be the city of Champions: NBA, MLB, and the Moldy Carpet! |
What do Drew Brees, Len Dawson, and Bob Griese have in common? They all went to Purdue! And Purdue traditionally stinks. So there is a lesson there, but I am not sure what.
And speaking of bad odors, when was the last time you guys cleaned out the fridge here in the basement? Whew. Open all the doors and windows, OK? Anyway, stinkers are on the horizon, and the big question right now is, "Who stinks best?"
At this point in the season, four teams have emerged as legitimate candidates for this discussion: Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and the NY Jets (Jests?).
Though the Browns are 0-6, they have actually put together more drives that look like organized football than the other three teams combined. So they may not be the worst team. But they may have the worst schedule and therefore wind up 0-16. The next two weeks will be the dark valley for them. This Sunday they play Cincinnati, a team that traditionally rolls over for them even in the Browns' worst years, so they could accidentally win that one. Next week they are in NY playing the Jets, a game even the Browns may not be able to lose. But if they can manage field position and find a way to lose these next two games, they very well could cruise to 0-16. That would mean a a trifecta for Cleveland: NBA champions, MLB champions, and Moldy Carpet champions all in the same year.
But back to the real discussion. Yes, the Bears look bad, but tonight they play an anemic Green Bay and could wake up tomorrow with a win. But probably not. But even if they lose and look like the worst team in the NFL, this Oracle is putting his money on the NY Jests. Why? Because they are a zero in every category: QB (trotting out Geno Smith again, good grief), O-line, receiving, running, D-Line, linebackers, corners, special teams, you name it!
So who do you think just couldn't get any worse and is the official dog pile of the NFL?
Meanwhile, the pics for this week:
Chicago: 18
Green Bay: 21
Indianapolis: 21
Tennessee: 14
Cleveland: 17
Cincinnati: 28
Washington: 24
Detroit: 36 (goodbye for now, Kittens)
Oakland: 38
Jacksonville: 10
Buffalo: 36
Miami: 10
Baltimore: 17
NY Jets: 6
Tampa Bay: 17
San Francisco: 12
Gentleman, make your predictions!
Is that really a pic of cleveland? How low can you go! looks like a 3rd world city. anyways Gags should get back to losing this week, and same for the floppers, they should have a big let down. doormat fest is happening at the red hole in Santa Clara. bucs and whiners will be falling all over each other. and nobody there to watch it except my friend Stacey the banjo man aka super A, inventor of the "interstellar propeller beanie". He told me he was going to the game, and he still goes to almost every game mainly to make a bunch of money posing for pictures in the parking lot!!!
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ReplyDeletedaBares took care of Green Bay, no problem. Piece of cake. We have Four terrible teams, with two more that have all the possibilities of tanking. Tampa Bay, if they can't lose to the Niners- and why should they, this is a team that could make Jameis Winston look like Drew Brees- they will be on the outside looking in. Raiders- Jags game is a the huge challenge for the Raiders, because they STILL have a terrible defense, and if they fall back into the Basement on this game, we can say Adios Bro-Cha-Cho just yet to the Silver and Blacked Out.
ReplyDeleteI also think the Jests-Dolts game could be a real trap game for the Jests. They can't take anything for granted with this one. The Dolts lose at the last second every week. Jests have to get solidly solidly behind early and put the pedal to the metal.
ReplyDeleteTampa Bay 31, San Francisco 13
ReplyDeleteOk one more comment: The Bears almost got under the magic 20:00 for time of possession (20:24). Packers had the ball (39:36) for nearly twice as long. Bears ran 45 plays to the Packers 81. Matt Barkley completed 6 passes for the Bears, and threw two INTs, which means 25% of his caught balls were by the other team. Why we think this team has the remotest chance to win a game, I don't know. We called them possibly the worst team in the league in the pre-season, and they aren't changing that one bit. The UnBearables.
ReplyDeletedabares seem to have discovered a recipe for success. 3rd string QB, rookie CB, no running game. whoa.
ReplyDeleteThey get worse every week. A fascinating in-season dismantling of the vehicle.
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