NFL Week 9 -- Did you know Aaron Rodgers will win the MVP?

[airulf]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Yeah, that's funny. According to Sportsline, the longs are:

11
11
10
9
11
11
8

Cassel going "deep" on this drive with completions of 13 and 16 yards

[airulf]

That penalty on Thomas probably just cost the game for the Pats.

[SirFozzie]

Ouch. Horrible time for a late hit, but I don't really have a problem with the call.

Now we need a quick stop

[SirFozzie]

Ball game.

[Coffee Warlord]

By the by, word is Orton's out for a month with a high ankle sprain.

[DaddyTorgo]

too many QB injuries this year - it's ridiculous

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

too many QB injuries this year - it's ridiculous

Well the obvious answer to that is more games.

[Kodos]

Nice to see the Colts get a game they needed tonight.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Atocep

Well the obvious answer to that is more games.

It won't be more games, it will be replacing preseason games. Where guys are getting hurt anyway? Why not at least make those games count if stars are going down regardless?

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

It won't be more games, it will be replacing preseason games. Where guys are getting hurt anyway? Why not at least make those games count if stars are going down regardless?

No, most starters only play sparingly in preseason games. They will play in the extra regular season games and therefore, increase the chance of more injuries to starters and reducing the quality of play.

[stevew]

Did big Ben get hurt on that sneak.

[henry296]

Originally Posted by stevew

Did big Ben get hurt on that sneak.

They aren't sure when he got hurt, but it probably was the sack or the deep pass when he got hit on the arm.

By the way, Leftwich has a cannon of an arm and I feel ok if he had to play the next 3 games. Don't the Cowboys wish they had Leftwich instead of Johnson and Bollinger.

[cuervo72]

I am liking this Guitar Hero ad campaign.

[Lathum]

Leftwich has looked great this half

[Lathum]

Nice win by Pitt bouncing back after a tough home loss. I think this win solidifies the Giants as by far the best team in the league.

[stevew]

Big victory. Now they need to go smack the Colts in the mouth, and get into playoff form.

Didn't like spotting the Redskins 3 points there at the beginning, but whatcha gonna do.

Defense has been playing all world thus far, hopefully it continues. Even though they're missing some key players in the secondary.

[EagleFan]

Actually they spotted them 6 points with the onside and interception.

[flere-imsaho]

Originally Posted by Lathum

So ESPN just showed a feature about how Ditka almost ran for senate against Obama in 2004. Does anyone know if that was a serious story or one of those Kenny Mayne-esque features.

After Jack Ryan bowed out of the race, the IL state GOP, which has been in shambles for most of the decade, but was really in shambles in 2004, was casting about for new candidates. The state GOP courted Ditka madly (mostly because their bench was so bad) but eventually he decided against it due to family & business concerns. By the time that was over Obama had gained so much momentum that pretty much no-one in-state wanted to run against him so they recruited Alan Keyes in from out of state. The election quickly descended into farce, and the rest is history.