Some Wild Tales

Well it's been a while...

Since I last posted here a lot of weird stuff has happened...

• The 49ers beat the Cardinals in the most exciting game of the week (sorry Denver)
• The Eagles lost another tough one (Green Bay scores most of it's points as a direct result of fumbled punts). Philly fans haven't been this miserable since Matt Bryant kicked a field goal from somewhere around mid field to help Tampa beat the Eagles almost a year ago.
• The Giants showed some serious defensive deficiencies
• Chris Mortenson lied about the severity of Eli's shoulder injury ("one month" has suddenly changed to "he might play vs. Green Bay")
  
• The Browns traded Charlie Frye, lost to the Steelers by 20, and are still only getting 4.5 points against Cincy this week. Unbelievable.

The craziest thing was perhaps Bill Belichick and his dynamic Patriots team being accused of videotaping the Jets' signs. I don't know if I'm more confused that this is a surprise (Belichick just looks really sketchy in that sweatshirt) or as to why it's worth cheating against the Jets.

Here's a great column about a couple of Pats fanatics trying to deal with the fact that their team in now more evil than the Yankees.

Meanwhile the Mets just keep on winning. The lead is back up to 7 games just in time for another meeting with the Fightin' Phils. Remember, the Mets were 6 games up prior to the last series. I remember sitting in a computer lab right after the 11-10 debacle and listening after rejuvenated Philly fan after rejuvenated Philly fan walked into the lab, went to ESPN.com and exclaimed in awe "Wow, the Phils just swept the Mets!" This happened at least once every 2 minutes. Absolute torture.

By the way, here's the recap and box score of the Mets' 4-3 win over Atlanta from Mets Geek.com. Surprisingly, New York has beaten Smoltz twice in a row. Not surprisingly, that doesn't mean the Mets have hit Smoltz. Great outings from Maine and Glavine were the key.

One more thing: Greg Oden is going to miss the season with knee surgery. Really sad news for Blazers fans, Buckeye fans, and all basketball fans in general. If you like basketball, you were looking forward to watching this guy play. Just a real shame. Let's hope he makes a full recovery.