Prediction Review
Ugh. The Eagles weren't the only ones who had a bad week. Time to take my medicine:
1. The Eagles win by at least two touchdowns. I don't even have a joke for here.
2. Jon Gruden will have his quarterback throwing early and often. Nope, thanks to the Eagles offensive futility and McNabb's generosity, Gruden was able to just keep calling running plays. First half ended with 13 rushing and 12 pass attempts.
3. Michael Lewis will start the game. Well, I could cheat and say I won this one because Fox the Fox broadcasters claimed Lewis started and the terrible camera angle on the first play made it hard to see who was out there. Unfortunately, TiVo showed (and the game book confirmed) that it was Considine, not Lewis out there on the first play.
4. Eagles linebackers get their first sack of the season. Another iffy one. The broadcasters gave a sack to McCoy on a play where Gradkowski stumbled and fell behind the line of scrimmage. But the official stat trackers claimed that someone else got their first for the cheapie sack. In my defense, however, the larger point was true. Johnson had his linebackers attacking the line of scrimmage all day, rather than sitting back and read/reacting. Unfortunately, the linebackers -- and I -- are still sitting on an ohfer.
5. Within the first two series, McNabb throws at least one pass that travels at least 30 yards downfield in the air. Sigh. No. Although the first pass of the third series was a 41-yard strike to Brown that went about 24 yards in the air. I would totally have given myself credit for that one.
6. For the rest of the league, start with Oakland, where the favored Cardinals hand the Raiders their first win of the season. YEAH!! THAT'S RIGHT. One-for-six, baby.
7. Carolina gets embarrassed by Cincinnati. Uh no. Carolina lost by a field goal. The Eagles proved you can lose by a field goal and be embarrassed doing it, but that wasn't the case in the Panthers game.
8. Washington upends the Colts at Indy. Moving on...
9. Joey Freaking Harrington outplays Brett Favre. Well, he matched him in touchdowns and doubled his yards passing, but I don't think any guy who throws three INTs outplayed another guy who had none. I still think he should retire, though.
10. Vanderjagt costs the Cowboys the game on Monday night. Here's my chance to go two for 10. Whoopie.
I'm not sure I'll do this again next week. I'd rather hold on to my last remaining shred of credibility.
Which must be around here some place...
If you were the only one that was wrong on all this, then I might say you lost some credibility. The biggest losers of credibility were the Eagles.
Posted by: Tom G | October 23, 2006 at 03:14 PM