Week 5, Weekend of the QB

Some amazing performances from the Quarterbacks this week with Rich Gannon proving he still has a lot of juice and Brett Favre looking more rested than he has all season. If you like points on the board and long touchdown passes straight out of "Any Given Sunday", last weekend was for you.

Beginning what will hopefully be the new format of the weekly notes, both The Scribe and Gone Fishin' share thoughts about their favorite teams this week. Do you have a team that you love? Send us a sample paragraph, and if it is not too insulting to the Packers or the Ravens, we might ad you in as a weekly contributer.

40 000 Yards for Brett

Another great Monday Night for Brett and the Pack. The first touchdown happened so fast I missed it. I saw the punt from Chicago, went to the bathroom and came back wondering why the ads were taking so long. By the time we got back to the game, Green Bay was already up by a touchdown. My personal fears about Green Bay looking tired these past couple of weeks seem to have been put to rest tonight. They really are representative of the hard-working blue collar fans that support them.

I also stand by my pick of the season as the New Orleans Saints scored yet another victory.

And who would have thought the Rams would be this year's Panthers? Okay, last year at this time New England were losing badly, but the Rams are pretty beat up.

The Scribe

CRAVEN RAVENS

THIS PAST WEEKEND BALTIMORE’S NEW QB, CHRIS REDMAN AND RAY LEWIS PUT IT TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER WIN. THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE STEAM IN THE 1ST HALF BUT THE 2ND HALF IS A BIT OF A STRUGGLE. BUT THE POINT IS, “IT DON’T HAVE TO BE PRETTY TO GETTA A WIN”. JEMAL LEWIS, CHRIS MCALLISTER, TOM HEAP AND MICHAEL STOKELY DID THE THINGS THEY HAD TO DO TO WIN. SO RIGHT NOW I AM CRAVEN MY RAVENS AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE THEY CAN GET SOME GAMES TOGETHER AND EXCITE US IN BOTH HALVES. RAY LEWIS WITHOUT A DOUBT IS THE GREATEST IN THE GAME TODAY AT HIS POSISTION; AND FOR THE REST OF THE TEAM, THEY’RE YOUNG, QUICK LEARNERS AND IN MY BOOK ON THE ROAD ARE A SOLID YOUNG FOOTBALL TEAM. BY THE WAY FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE BIT SUPERSTITIOUS, CHRIS RED MAN WAS BORN ON THE 7TH DAY OF THE 7TH MONTH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1977, AND IT IS ONLY FITTING HIS NUMBER IS “7” TOO.

GONE FISHN’

Week 4, Parity in the NFL

With The Scribe being too busy to watch more than one football game during this upset weekend, ScribeCentral.com's Vince has graciously offered to step in.

BALTIMORE WITHOUT A DOUBT FOR ME WAS THE GAME OF THE WEEK. NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE MY TEAM, BUT BECAUSE IT KEPT ME JUMPING OUT OF MY SEAT THROUGHOUT THE FIRST HALF. THEY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED WITH SALARY CAPS AND HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW KIDS. DENVER JUST COULD NOT PUT ANYTHING TOGETHER.THE FIRST HALF. THE 108 YARD RUNBACK BY MCALLISTER WAS THE KICKER. CHRIS REDMAN IN ONLY HIS THIRD NFL FOOTBALL START WAS ACCURATE AND HIS RECEIVER HEAP WAS THERE TO CATCH EM’. THE SECOND HALF WAS NOT MUCH TO WATCH, BUT THE END RESULT WAS A WIN. GOOD JOB BALTIMORE, HOPE YOU CAN DO IT AGAINST CLEVELAND.

AT FIRST WHEN FLIPPING THROUGH THE CHANNELS I THOUGHT I WAS WATCHING THE END OF THE BASEBALL SEASON. WITH LITTLE SCORING GONE ON, THEY PLAYED THE WAY PITTSBURGH SO OFTEN DOES. KEEPING YOU ALL IN A GUESSING GAME, BUT THEY PUT ENOUGH POINTS UP TO WIN THE GAME. I USED HATE PITTSBURGH, BUT LATELY I HAVE COME REALIZE WHAT AN INSTITUTION THEY REALLY ARE. THE ONLY BAD THING I GUESS IS THEY SHARE THE DIVISION WITH MY RAVENS.

OAKLAND, HOLY HELL WHAT BUNCH OF POINTS. THEY REMINDED ME A LOT OF THE OLD RAIDERS AND THE MADDEN DAYS. TOUGH HITTING, GOOD PASSING, AND LOTS OF SCORING. HERE IS A TEAM THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO ALL THE WAY. GRUDEN, YOU SHOULD HAVE HUNG AROUND 1 MORE YEAR. YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE MONEY, BUT YOU BAILED OUT TOO SOON. WELL LIKE THEM THERE CANADIANS SAY, TOO BAD EH?

BUFFALO, HERE IS A GOOD SOLID TEAM. BLEDSOE IS A GREAT QB, AND HE SHOWED HIS STUFF IN OT. I BELIEVE THEY SAID IT IS THEIR 3RD GAME THIS SEASON TH AT WENT INTO OT. THAT TO ME IS SURE SIGN OF A DETERMINED WINNING TEAM AND REMINDS OF THE OLD JACK KEMP AND OJ (KILLER) DAYS; THEY WERE ALWAYS AN IMPRESSIVE TEAM. THEY HAVE HAD SOME GREAT YEARS IN THE 90’S, BUT NEVER QUITE PULLED IT OFF. LIKE THE RAIDERS, THEY WILL SURELY BE CONTENDER THIS YEAR.

THREE CHEERS FOR WEEK 4 IN THE NFL AND 4 CHEERS FOR THE RAVENS AND RAY LEWIS.

--Vince

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2. coconetsuperstar 37
3. Dinosaur Bob 36
4. Canadian Kevin 35
4. Hong Kong Bunny 35
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6. SPURSMASOCHIST 34
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9. Tributary Trudeau 33
10. GONE FISHIN' 32
10. TheScribe 32
10. Cheesehead Chick 32
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