Random Thoughts, And My Week Eight (Fantasy) Football Thoughts
Random thoughts:
- Has anyone seen Fall? Seriously? Why the hell is it so hot???
I just can’t win…
- Commercials:
1) Any time I see that stupid Sinupret commercials (”I love you more!” “No, I love you more!”), I feel like throwing my remote through my TV.
More WalMart commercials, please!
2) Cheesy cable commercials always bug the hell out of me, but Valley residents have to agree with me that the latest Keyes Woodland Hills commercial jingle (set to “Where in Thumbkin?”) has to rate as one of the dumbest, most obnoxious, cable commercial of all time!
Where is Honda? Where is Nissan? Woodland Hills!
(I think I got the line right. Every time I hear that commercial, my ears start bleeding.)
3) The Guitar Hero: World Tour commercial. Enough said.
Now THAT’s a good commercial.
- Latest CVS trip: bought lots of candy (2 for $3, $1 coupon), and some SoyJoy bars (4 for $4, $3 off 5 coupon, and $4 ECBs).
I will neither confirm nor deny that the candy was purchased for me first, and the Trick-or-Treat’ers second.
Next week, I’ll be buying some Brita pitcher filters which will cost me more than a buck after all my ECBs. I hope that my favorite cashier isn’t there on that day 
- Current rebate-o-meter: $925, but that doesn’t include the $500 or so that I have not yet entered.
(I’m lazy!)
- Fantasy football updates:
Believe it or not, I actually played Brian Westbrook last week, and believe it or not, I did not hex him!
5-2-1 now (second place), after a blowout victory, and somehow, Rams WR Donnie Avery was available in this league, strengthening my average WR corps (Andre Johnson(!!!), Jerricho Cotchery, Roy Williams, Donald Driver, Lance Moore).
In my other league, I had WR Reggie Wayne, TE Dallas Clark, and a four-point lead over my opponent, who had (gulp!) RB Chris Johnson. Fortunately for me, Johnson’s garbage-time TD did not hurt me, as Dallas Clark finally showed up in a game. Now I’m 3-5 in that league, and amazingly, only two games out of a playoff spot.
Non-fantasy football thoughts:
- Let’s start with the big story of the week: Deanna Favre is hurt over the recent allegations that her husband, Diva Favre, offered ousted Lions’ GM Matt Millen tips against Favre’s former team:
‘Brett does not, in any way, hold a vendetta against his former team…Some incidents, like the locker room pranks appear funny [but they are still untrue]…Others, like the questionable phone calls to other teams, are hurtful, distasteful, and…still untrue as they have been reported.
Because of this, lately, my heart has been so heavy. It is very hard to watch the daily toll this has taken on Brett.
Brett is the same man who has always put his team first, not personal gains or statistics. And, Brett is the same man we know who is filled with great character, strength, goodness and love. Truly, nothing has changed but a uniform.’
1) WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Here’s a kleenex.
2) How can something that is untrue still “appear” funny?
3) Sure, any scrutiny directed at your husband must be hard to take. However, wasn’t it YOU that pushed your husband to return for another season?
EDIT: I saw a clip of an E:60 interview with Mrs. Favre—Greta Van Susteren must have been busy—where she denied pushing Favre back into the league. Maybe you should convince your husband to retire mid-season. He could always come back in Week 13!
4) That last paragraph makes me LMFAO. Favre puts his team first? The same guy that used to throw backbreaking pick after backbreaking pick, and then blaming the personnel around him for his poor play, “put[s] his team first?” And oh by the way:
*cough* Michael Strahan? *cough*
*cough* The entire drama of the past three offseasons? *cough*
*cough* Declaring that he’s not responsible for the development of Aaron Rodgers? *cough*
Character? Goodness? More like selfishness and a swollen ego.
(BTW, I got sick to my stomach over hearing analysts anywhere praise Favre for that fourth-quarter rally against the Chiefs.
1) THEY WERE PLAYING THE CHIEFS!!!!!!!
2) Favre threw three picks in that came, if you don’t recall. The Jets’ D probably had something to do with keeping Favre in the game, no?
3) Enough with the praise over that pass he threw to Laveranues Coles! That pass was thrown about two yards behind Coles, and Coles had to adjust to the ball, NOT the other way around! That pass was so poor that it could easily have been a Pick Six!)
- In lesser news, did you hear that the Tennessee Titans are now 7-0, after a drubbing of the team formerly known as the powerhouse Indianapolis Colts?
That being said, I’m still not sold on the Titans…yet. Look at some of their past opponents! KC? Cincy? Houston? An overrated Jags team? Let’s not put the champagne on ice just yet. However, looking at their next four games (GB, @Chi, @Jax, NYJ), should they go 3-1 in those games, then we can talk about championship contention.
By the way, does the Pacman Jones trade count as “Ewing Theory” potential?
And even though they are 3-4, I just can’t bury the Colts just yet. I might after their next four games, though (NE, @Pit, Hou, SD). I’m thinking a 3-1 record in those four games is the worst the Colts can do if they want to contend for a playoff spot this season.
- Speaking of teams that are for real, is Carolina now on that list? Not yet, in my opinion, due to the fact that they had to rally against an average Arizona team (and it didn’t help that Arizona’s defenders appear to be allergic to tackling. Marion Barber a couple weeks ago, and Steve Smith on Sunday?)
- At 3-5, San Diego has to be finished, right? JAX too, at 3-4. Washington? I’m not sold on them being for real yet. And maybe New England will be OK after all.
And the New York Giants are pretty good. So is Pitt, that entire fourth quarter notwithstanding.
- The Cowboys eked out a win against Tampa Bay, but not all is well in Dallas, even at 5-3.
And has anyone seen TO? No comments?
- Can Cincy do it? Can they go 0-16? Here’s their remaining schedule.
The final game of the season (KC) scares the heck out of me, but next week’s game (JAX) screams “trap game.”
- Speaking of winless teams, can Detroit do it? Here’s their remaining schedule, and it looks great!
That “trap game” versus Jacksonville scares me as well.
- And finally…who didn’t enjoy Niners’ coach Mike Singletary’s rant on TE Vernon Davis?
Incredible stuff, all of it deserved, by the way:
‘I told him that he would do a better job for us right now taking a shower and coming back and watching the game than going out on the field,’ Singletary said after the 34-13 loss to Seattle. ‘Simple as that.’
Until next time!