Kansas City-Denver (Sunday Night Game)
 

bad call, but Theisman is a moron for not knowing the rule. He infuriates me, ALWAYS.

Ditto.

Also, in the intro I love Theisman calling Kansas City-Denver "the greatest rivalry in the NFL." Are you kidding me? It's up there, but would ANYONE call it the greatest rivalry in the NFL?

He's the king of exaggeration.

(I'm gonna keep going, I could strangle this man if given the chance)

"The NFL Competion Committee needs to make this challengeable."

Uh, Joe - do you understand why that type of play can't be challanged - because it was fucking whistled DEAD.

BTW, I took the over on this game. So lets get in the endzone boys!

Let's get the ball to Gonzalez! (I have him in all of 3 of my fantasy leagues.)

Holmes works for me (although I think he may have been stopped short).

How much is the over?

nm, found it in the week 1 thread (48).

Umm... when did this start? I have some stupid Pepsi Challenge thing on my ABC. :(

It's on ESPN. Started about 25 minutes ago.

Mr. Drama makes it sound like going for it on 4th and 1 foot from your opponents 40 is the ballsiest move ever.

edit: against the returning worst defense in the league, no less.

Ahh thanks Eaglesfan. I was looking for it on ABC... I don't have ESPN, but it's on TSN up here. :)

No problem :)

Nice work, Trent.

hahaha. That looked funny.

No thank you...in my work fantasy league I'm three points up on the guy I'm playing and he has Gonzalez left to play. Hope he gets shut down...

Q!!!!!!!!

I'm a definite Griffin believer.

This kid has been underrated all of his life. He wasn't even recruited out of high school. Ask the Texas Longhorn fans what they think of him now.

Nice interception by Bailey. At this moment the trade is looking like the right move for both teams.

Bailey's interception was amazing- I thought that ball was well over him. Looking like a deal that makes everyone happy.

this is classic stuff. LOL.

amen- this is hilarious.

I've never seen an instance of the refs forgetting to mark off a penalty...does the rulebook cover this?

they should really fake the field goal now, I definitely think they could catch the Broncos napping.

I really don't know, but I imagine the refs have a fair amount of leeway in terms of deciding how to make a screw up good.

you know what- that really is a good idea. But what are the odds of the crew getting another assignment this year ?

Unbelievable officiating.

And the Mile High crowd grows restless...

honestly, how did NO ONE say something before the field goal attempt? Trent Green, the kicker, Vermeil... no one noticed until the kick was attempted?

Or maybe Green did notice and figured the kicker would get two cracks at it this way.

meh. Should have tried the fake.

officials are such fuckups

Nice pick by the Chiefs MLB.

Joe Theisman - "Gunther Cunningham has got to just be tickled by what his defense has just done."

You know, I was just telling the wife, "I'm so glad there's an announcer that's not afraid to throw a little football lingo around once in a while."

Just tickled!

okay, that was hilarious.

Nice play Jake.

Bring on Danny Kannell!

Sigh...wish I had started Griffin this week... :(

this kid is the real deal. enjoy riding the pine, Tatum Bell.

you didn't start him against the K.C. defense? I hope you have Tomlinson and Holmes on your roster.

Are you allowed to chant "sieve" like at a hockey game?

SI

Started Duece McCallister and Corey Dillon over him for some reason. I'm not quite sure what I was thinking...

I figure my strategy in the high/low contest is to pick against KC every week - should be fun.

My over bet is looking good right now. I can thank Jake Plummer for helping me out with a quick 7.

good luck ...

damn.... I was thinking of taking Griffin and the under (79 yards).... glad I didn't....

cthomer5000, i think he meant choosing the team playing against them as the high so the only duplicates are the 3 divisional foes. Not to pick KC every week. But I could be wrong.

SI

Yeah, the only bet I could even seriously consider was the over. I had (and still have) no idea who will win this game, but for some reason "defensive battle" didn't exactly come to mind.

that was amazing- wonderful running.

and Si, thanks- that's what I meant. until Kc plays against the same team a second team, Im picking the high as the team that opposes them.

I'm getting tired of the announcers so it's time to mute the tv and listen to Mitch Holtis.

SI

ahhh yes. Not a bad strategy at all actually.

I think I might take a tougher road early in the attempt to go all the way. I don't like Atlanta, but I picked them for high against San Fran and they barely came through for me today.

Great catch by Lelie.

who was your low ? I believe that you can lose the game, but still go through if your high is greater than your low.

Um... woo?

SI

high: atlanta
low: cleveland

Yeah, even though Cleveland won I think I'm still good, right?

damniT!!! i need those points.

gotta love the slow-motion replay where you can watch Griffen's expression as the ball bounces into the end zone while he's trapped under 2 guys.

by my understanding - ya. I think the actual game is irrelevant- pick the high loser in a 55-50 game and pick the low as the winner in a 3-0 game- you're probably the big winner.

as long as this game doesn't end in a 24-24 tie, the over is a winning bet.

he's had a pretty good day, but Denver seems to be trying to lose this game.

You know, I just can't get all that behind the Chiefs. Sure, I've lived in Lawrence for over 7 years now but they just seem like the big bandwagon team so I still can't get that excited.

But watching the games is like required social interaction. It's insane- every man, woman, and child in 100 mile radius knows what happened to the Chiefs on Sunday (or Monday).

SI

Thank you Griffin for saving my money team this week. Now, if only Rod Smith could catch a couple of TD passes, maybe my FOFC team could be saved...:)

Damn... I had Griffin on the bench in favor of Fred Taylor this week. Oops.

Next week, I won't make the same mistake :D.

Well, Holmes has just about completely negated the great day Alexander had for my opponent. Still need a few ponts to win, though. Another td or two would do nicely.

Hey hey. You don't want that now. I wonder when they update the defensive TDs? It's starting to get me worried. :(

You're only down by 7 now I think?

That last fumble by Griffin might end up costing me this week. I was down 30 points going into this game and my opp. has the KC defense. If he would have scored I would be up by 1 point. Come on Griffin, just get me 1 more TD!!!

They're driving again... I think it's safe to say Gunther Cunningham wasn't the answer to the K.C. defensive woes.

from Sportsline...

I just dont see why they're running Griffin through the middle, negating his speed- KC's been vulnerable to taking him on the outside.

hooray.

Ok, thanks TLK.

What the hell happened to Larry Johnson? Couldn't he be getting a few carries here?

Relax, you've won, I've given up. At least it was close...but your darn Rams players facing Arizona doomed me...along with Portis' big day.

Well, you could ride the horse that's brought you this far or some guy who isn't nearly as good. I think it's an easy call.

SI

That LJ draft pick just seems like an even worse idea now- lets take the worst defense in the league and not improve it strategy.

I'm not saying Johnson is as good, I'm just saying it's puzzling that he doesn't even get 4-5 carries a game in such a run-heavy offense. It doesn't even appear that Johnson is the #2 back. That's pretty surprising.

Well, you have to recall that Holmes was coming off a pretty serious hip injury.

Ok, in the last 3 minutes, the commentators have compared Griffin to Barry Sanders, and Plummer to John Elway. :(

Well, back when it happened, it was a CYA move partially because Holmes was injured, partially to have leverage in contract negotiations. No one liked it at the time unless it did turn out Holmes was really hurt.

SI

I sure hope I win. :)

Griffin to Sanders is a fair comparison, IMHO. Obviously the build is similar, but Griffin is more decisive and less of a "moves" back.

This is a great drive by the way.

this whole game is a lot of fun - a rare enjoyable football game for me. Jake Plummer is running like he's Mike Vick.

I recall the injury, but still- with Rb, you dont need a 1st rounder, as recent history has shown. The defense then and now still had crying needs.

It didn't occur to me until the week before the season that this was the same Quentin Griffin who I loved to watch run in Big XII games and never understood why he was picked so low in the draft, especially after that 300 or whatever yard game.

SI

Is it just me or does Griffin give away the play before the snap? Each time they have close-up'd on Plummer and Griffin in the background, if Griffin has his mouthpiece in it has been a run. And each time his mouthpiece has been out it has been a pass.

holy shit, that was amazing- what a run. Portis is not going to be missed. and that 6 years, 18 million deal KC gave Woods is just amazing right now.

Well, like I said, few people liked the move.

SI

Well, you certainly cannot question the Portis trade right now.

I think Griffin is trying to show me up for not starting him :D.

And to think, I got laughed at in a fantasy draft of mine for drafting Plummer.

I need a Griffin TD right here for a win this week.

dola

damn

That's twice they've scored on that.

Except for the 497 to 15,269 yds difference, the 4.3 to 5.0 YPC difference, and the 2 to 99 TD difference. And the power back to finesse back difference. Yeah, completely similar. ;)

so, if there was any offense that could score 10 points in 2 min, I would imagine it would be KC.

Should end up at +14, which isnt bad- I wouldnt have the damn Giants scoring 17 pts.

Griffin is a 'power back' in your book? Are you kidding me?

No, but I was rephrasing your "decisive" vs "moves", which seemed like a fair difference. Or are you saying he's a "moves" vs. a "moves"?

dola...

And he's still too wet behind the ears to compare to the great Barry.

So no young player can ever be compared to a vetern or retired player EVER? :confused: