Monday Morning Quarterback (November 9, 2009) E-mail
Written by Gene Zarnick   
Monday, 09 November 2009

Typically I write a recap and analysis of the previous weekend's football events.  I think I'm done doing that.  Everyone does that.  Doeliyou really need me to tell you the scores of every game that you already watched and saw the highlights of on Sportscenter twenty times?  Instead I'll speak of some of the weekend's games and write about whatever comes to mind.  First and foremost let's speak on the New York Giants.  I've been proclaiming them the most overrated team in the NFL for a month now and I think my opinion finally came to fruition.  Now I'm not going to beat up on the Giants for being terrible.  They are.  And I'm not going to proclaim myself a sports genius.  But I am.  I'm going to be humble.  I think what we've learned is that we as a sports nation annoint team's great or terrible way too quickly.  I don't think the Titans, Panthers, or Buccaneers are magnificent teams, but we basically sunk their battleship after four weeks into the season.  On the other hand we have teams like the Packers, Giants, 49ers, and Ravens who were considered top contenders who have fallen pretty quickly as of late.  This is how we are though.  The Steelers beat the Vikings so they're back in the top 5 of power rankings.  If they lose tonight then everyone will consider them just good, not great.  I think we've finally come to a point in the season where we can finally judge a team a little bit better.  Remember, the Super Bowl championship goes to the team that played a successful season, but who is also playing the best at the end of the year.  It's all about how you are playing now, not how you played in week 1.  Some teams get better and some teams get worse.  We also got to see the last two undefeated teams get challenged and they both prevailed.  Championship teams will get challenged and won't have an easy victory every week.  Let's not buy into those close matchups as well.  So as the season crosses the halfway point we may finally be able to grasp a little bit of the playoff picture.  Just coming to the realization that half the NFL season is over is tough to grasp, but trying to decide on playoff teams is another story.  Even though  I can't believe the season is halfway over I can can believe that some of the teams we all thought were great aren't and vice versa.  Let's realize this happens every year.  We've gone a half a season and still have no clue so what makes us think we'll really know anything four weeks from now either?

Ballhype: hype it up!

Shout Out:  I'd like to wish a very Happy 25th Birthday to Chelsea Lizik.  You're getting old Chels!



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written by Your fav cuz, November 12, 2009
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written by ds cartes, March 17, 2010
very
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written by batterie, July 16, 2010
we basically sunk their battleship after four weeks into the season.
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written by labatterie, July 16, 2010
I've been proclaiming them the most overrated team in the NFL for a month now and I think my opinion finally came to fruition.
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written by Rolex watches, July 16, 2010
I'm not going to beat up on the Giants for being terrible.

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