And now, time for the weekly look into the booking of the NFL.
Not really much change this week.
AFC:
1) Buffalo
Well, the Thursday Night and Monday Night (at least the first one) games showed the significant separation of the Bills and Chiefs from the rest of the AFC. The question is, will the league remember the San Diego State rape case come January?
2) Kansas City
... or, now, the Willie Gay trip into the suspension blotter for a property damage situation? And if that's four games worth, even as a misdemeanor, there must be a lot more to this story than anyone wants to admit. For that to be handled in eight months and be four games means that it must've fallen under the domestic violence situation -- he was visiting his son, and the son's mother and Gay got into an argument, and at least it appears only material things were physically damaged in the argument.
Other teams starting 2-0:
Miami: Hoo boy, you couldn't have called that when Stephen Ross was fined a million dollars, suspended six games, and forfeited a first-round and another draft pick for illegal tampering into trying to get Tom Brady and Sean Payton to come to the Dolphins. Even so, it does appear that the Tua Express, for the moment, appears to be chugging along. If anything, it might be that synergy with the ESPN college football rigging/manipulation in play again.
And those are the only three teams in the AFC that are 2-0. Seriously. I'll have more to say about that after the NFC, because I think there's a general comment to be made here.
AFC DUD OF THE WEEK:
Nominees:
Andy Reid and his leadership skills: See above -- has he done it again, which would be about the third or fourth time that off-the-field bullshit has scuttled Kansas City... AGAIN!
(And before anyone asks: To the level of the fact that these players are quite expensive assets for their teams, maybe their off-field actions should be monitored far more, especially if the players' mental health (in general and specifically) is in question!)
The Tennessee Titans: Who wants the AFC South??
crickets
Anyone? Bueller? BUELLER????
But the winners, and it's a THREE-WAY TIE this week:
THE BALTIMORE RAVENS: If there's a team that took a more precipitous drop in that short of time, it's Baltimore when they lost up 21 to the Dolphins.
THE LAS VEGAS RAIDERS: Up 20-0 to the Cardinals and lost -- one has to wonder if, given another chance, the league might not have put a franchise (Raiders or otherwise!) in Las Vegas!
AND THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS: Shut out is one thing. Shut out by the Jacksonville Jaguars is another! Last one was 2018 -- against the same Colts!
NFC:
1) Tampa Bay
And it's clear to most that Tom Brady is quite distracted by his marital situation -- which is completely self-caused, because Gisele did NOT want Brady to play this season! As long as they keep winning (and I fully forecast they'll put the Packers to pasture at home next week -- suspension to Evans notwithstanding...), no reason to drop 'em. There's a reason he's playing this year. Keep that in mind.
Other 2-0 teams in the NFC:
Philadelphia: One would have to think Philly is at least being semi-positioned, especially with Brady struggling a tad and a suspension on the books for Tampa right now, as a possible alternative. Not strong enough YET to actually rank them, but...
The Sentient Derp, errrr.... The New York Giants: WOT????? Urinating Tree will never hear the end of this! Five Points Videos' favorite team is 2-0 somehow!! That they won the games by a total of four points, and now get Dallas next week, so we can get a good idea as to the state of both teams here...
And that's it. Only six total, three in each conference, are 2-0. I'll get to that in a second. Gotta take care of business.
NFC DUD OF THE WEEK:
Nominees:
Evans, Lattimore, and the NFL front office: Really, people? This is at least the third deep-sanctioned incident between the two players, causing a major ruckus and disruption in the games. You'd THINK that would be worth multiple games for Evans if you're suspending him one, and how does Lattimore get off this with only a fine?
The Chicago Bears: Still suck.
Winner:
NONE! Not really as a mercy or anything, but I can't see anything jumping off the paper at me. The Bucs at least won their game and the Bears do Still Suck. None of that is earth shattering or at least even causes a small hole when it hits the ground, as it were.
Maybe the Evans-Lattimore fight, but that's more on the NFL front office than anything -- and you do wonder if the MNF rematch is gonna get hyped on that basis, regardless of the records.
But there is a theme here:
Shit football, and evenly matched teams.
I mean, Buffalo is good -- quite good! Kansas City is decent, and Tampa's defense is quite good... After that...
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Only six NFL teams enter Week 3 2-0. Only four, two in each conference, are 0-2 -- and the two teams that tied Week 1 in the AFC South both lost this week for 0-1-1.
So, of the 32 NFL teams, 20 of them are 1-1. A random distribution would average 16. (8-16-8)
It appears as if fourth quarters are going to be even more manipulated and crazy this year. Strap in, if so inclined.
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