This week's brain dump will take a brief look at some of the
league's on-goings. Even though we're
approaching week 9, we haven't quite reached the half-way mark because only
half of the teams have completed half of their schedule due to the bye
weeks. There have been a few surprises
and many disappointments.
Aaron Rodgers continues to lead the Green Bay Packers to
victory. There are some quarterbacks who
have been under performing this season
and the media have given them outs by saying this is the result of injuries to
their top wide receivers. No such
excuses are coming from the Packers' organization. Green Bay has lost their top three wide
receivers from last season and Rodgers just keep piling on the wins. This is nothing new.
Colin Kaepernick isn't playing like he's the future of the
NFL. This shouldn't be a concern for any
fan of the San Francisco 49'ers because he is doing what he is supposed to do,
which is executing the game plan set forth by his head coach. If anything, the underwhelming performance
early in the season can be attested to Coach Harbaugh wanting to show off his
toy but it can't work right without the proper accessories (Crabtree). What they have done in the bay is revert back
to running the ball which has been a recipe for their success in the past. This
shouldn't surprise anyone.
Alex Smith is a terrible quarterback. No, I don't really believe this. This is something that people like to say
because he isn't putting up flashy numbers and doesn't take chances beyond the
intermediate level of the defense. He is
a game manager who is completing the assignment given to him by Kansas City
Chief's head coach Andy Reid. Are we
really going to argue with the results he has produced? Many quarterbacks in
his situation will listen to the chatter from the peanut gallery and try to
show people how wrong they are. Alex
Smith is is playing within himself and being the best that he can be. I thought KC would do good but being
undefeated is surprising.
There is something really wrong with the Dallas
Cowboys. This has nothing to do with
Tony Romo choking away games because he is playing some amazing football this
season. This has nothing to do with the
over-hyped outburst by Dez Bryant in last weeks loss; I love the passion he
displayed. I'd much rather go to battle
with somebody that I know cares about me surviving than somebody who acts like
everything is cool. Over the years, Dallas
has put talented players on the field but have lost a lot of close games. Maybe it's the coaching. Maybe its the owner that doesn't know how to
chill. They have the best team on paper
in their division. Their results have
been a disappointment.
Greg Schiano has no idea how to lead a group of men. Neither the old players or new players like
him. I'm really surprised he hasn't been
fired yet; I can imagine this is disappointing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
fans. Tony Dungy put in work during his
tenure in Tampa and built a culture of winning football, just to have ownership
sacrifice that for a quickie super bowl win.
Now it seems like they've chosen to fully embrace their traditional
losing culture.
That's all I really have to say this time around. Next week will bring a full mid-season
report.
Let me know what you think of these musings in the comments section.
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