NFL Brief- Week 11

This week I was fortunate enough to have the Patriots play on Thursday, helping me take a weekend off from the sauce, and to focus only one game at a time. Not the usual Sunday, where I head to my normal drinking establishment, order 16 wings, add an order of onion rings and endless pitchers. I take in 5% of every game, play Buck Hunter Safari buzzed at halftime and sleep like a baby after a full day of pigskin. If that last sentence sounded too manly, there are girls at the bar as well. They may gossip about Saturday night, a few of them bring the Sunday New York Times crossword and focus on that, while a few are die hard fans and get involved in the ruckus and some even play Buck Hunter.

Sounds like a great Sunday right, well maybe the Patriots should play on Sunday day more often not on national TV or in prime time. Save that for when Tom Brady comes back. The Patriots are 6-1 in non-prime time non nationally televised games this year, and 0-3 when they are!
The Patriots lost to the Jets on Thursday night, 34-31 in OT on what was supposed to be Matt Cassel's coming out party. ruined by a flawless effort by Brett Fav-re and a 100yd performance by RB Thomas Jones. The Patriots down 24-6 at one point, came back to tie the game with one second left on what could be the catch of the season. Randy Moss caught a pass sealed with perfection in the northeast corner of the endzone to tie the game with only one tick on the clock, only to lose in OT because of poor zone defense, leaving the middle of the field open for the Jets, ultimately leading to a 30 odd yard FG to propel the Jets into sole possession of 1st place in the AFC East for the first time since 2001.

Elsewhere, the Giants were dominate, running for over 200 yards and crushed the ravens, 30-10.

The Eagles and Bengals tied, yes you can have a tie in the NFL. Is it time for Andy Reid to go, I think so, with 4th and 1 with ~~ 1:30 left in overtime, on their own 40 odd yard line, he punted the football and played for the tie/loss. Now they are 5-4-1, when a win is what they truly need in a tough clustered NFC east division. Andy Reid needs a diet, and a new profession as bad as Toyota needs a new ad campaign. (Can we be saved by something besides zero?)

Power of five:

1. Titans- Gutsy comeback win over the Jags, oh and they are 10-0
2. Giants- I'm pretty sure this team is better than last years super bowl champion team, actually I'm positive
3. Panthers- Two RB's over 100 yards this week, a ground attack comparable to UPS
4. Jets- Gusty win over the Pats, big test this week vs. the Titans
5. Cardinals- Kurt Warner will have two WR's with over 1,000 yds and one of them missed 2.5 games with a broken face.