NFC Beast Notes, 10/20/2006

win a big one at Atlanta (NFL-Giants blogger wrap), give up tons of yards. Tiki geeked up 185 yards, but don't get all HOF on him, since Warrick Dunn poked for 145. Anyone? Anyone? Al Saunders? Tiki (Wahoowa!) is out of his mind, pretty sure he'll quit (he's bored). BTW, check out that list. Leading NFL rushers: Tiki, Steven Jackson, Frank Gore, Warrick Dunn, Willis McGahee, Julius Jones. WTF?

Giants play at Dallas Sunday, simplifying total net investment in this post. See below. And BTW, I thought it was division record that was first tiebreak in the NFL. If that's the case, why does NFL.com list the Cowboys ahead of the Giants?



did best they could for the Redskins and lost to the Saints. Dono had another great day, but Saints' defense got to him three times. (Note to Gregg Williams: review tape.) Eagles play Tampa Bay this week, Daily News scouts the game, Inquirer trashes Andy Reid's ability to manage timeouts (but to be fair, the columnist's best advice is, get this, to take more penalties). Eagles run attack ranked 13th, Buccaneers run defense ranked 26th. Prediction: lots of passing.

Redskins turncoat Jeremiah Trotter wants

Eagles' defense to be at its best in goal-line situations

Admirable and all, but I think most defensive players would prefer a defense be at its best when the opposing team is not already in scoring range. Maybe he still has a little Redskin in him after all.

Eagles blogger BleedGreen absolutely trashes Buccaneers Stadium for the stupid pirate ship. Actually, having been to that stadium for the Redskins playoff game in January, I thought it was pretty cool. The real shitter about that stadium is that the two upper decks don't connect. WTF? Finally, fans can go back to the stadium, since two different inspections of the swaying ramp at Eagles Stadium find no structural damage. With the threat of death from collapsing steel and concrete passing, Philadelphia residents can go back to dying slowly from heart disease and obesity.



Even the iconoclastic elitist godless liberal New York Times says Parcells punked out to TO in beating hapless Houston. Statline says everyone on the Dallas side had a good game. In the hahaha department, 3 TDs is not enough for TO, who noted I assume with indignance that all three came in the second half, whining about not getting enough first half production. He's bored of waiting around. Funny, but that same piece notes his 22 catches are split evenly between 1st and 2nd half action. Predictably, Parcells punks out, will give TO what he wants.

Cowboys play Giants this week, a great matchup. Cowboys run defense ranked #1, Giants run attack #3, led by NFL-leading rusher Tiki Barber (Wahoowa!). I wonder if the Jim Reeves calling Parcells Coach M (for Mediocre) is related to Dan Reeves, former Cowboys back.

Finally, good piece comparing Jason Witten and Jeremy Shockey (who may or may not love cocky). They have similar career and season stats. I'd take Witten over Shockey in a heartbeat, but only if he is willing to improve in the cheerleader-banging area of his game.