You know the saying, “it’s just too good to be true”? Well, the way Seattle opened the 2009 NFL season, you would have been saying the opposite. Playing at home in front of a packed Qwest Field, Seattle played much of the first half against the St. Louis Rams as the Seahawks did against nearly [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Sunday Musings From Week One
September 13th, 2009 
Nirpal Sihota 
Posted in Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders As a Raider fan, here’s what I’ve seen from the weekend: Richard Seymour Shows Up To no surprise, Seymour will be dressed and ready to play Monday night. It is understandable on the delay that it took, I’m sure waking up that morning that wasn’t the news he was expecting. Watch for his impact; the [...]
Night and Day: Browns Turn a First-Half of Promise Into a Second Half of Disaster
What happened? At halftime the Browns looked like a team playing inspired. They were making plays, and while the numbers were not spectacular, the team was ahead 13-10 thanks to a pair of Phil Dawson field goals and a 67-yard punt return by Josh Cribbs. Then the bottom dropped out. The Vikings dominated the second [...]
Tags: Eagles Claw Panthers 38-10, McNabb Hurt
After Sunday’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Carolina Panthers, one could safely say that it was not a good day for the starting quarterbacks for either club – in this case the Eagles’ Donovan McNabb and the Panthers’ Jake Delhomme. Those issues aside, a combination of a dominant performance by the Philadelphia squad and [...]
Early Impressions From Sunday’s Early Games
Let the hype, hysteria and over-reaction begin. After all of today’s games are complete, football pundits across the country will be over-reacting to wins, losses, player performances and coaching decisions. I can already see some of the headlines now: “AP on pace for 3,000-yard season” “Brees eyes 70 TDs” “Jets hold high-scoring Texans O scoreless [...]
Cowboys Win 34-21 in Tampa; But Defense Struggles in Victory
Horrible… That is the only way to describe a Cowboys defense that was truly lucky not to give up more than 21 points on Sunday. This may not be the type of thing you would expect to hear after a 34-21 win, but the fact is that it needs to be said. The Cowboys defense [...]
Bizarre Ending in Cincinnati Sees Broncos Top Bengals 12-7
Let’s come up with a name for it right now. How about the “Opening Day Miracle,” or maybe “The Stokley Stunner.” Whatever you call it, for all intensive purposes the Broncos were cooked on Sunday in the Queen City trailing the Bengals 7-6 with :34 seconds left after a 1-yard Cedric Benson TD. Then the [...]
Secondary Preserves Colts’ 14-12 Win Over Jaguars
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning had a somewhat decent game – which most other NFL QB’s would die for – as he threw for a touchdown while throwing an interception. Yet the defense, namely the secondary, forced the Jacksonville Jaguars’ QB David Garrard out of his comfort zone as he was forced to go four-and-out [...]
