Are You Ready For Some FOOTBALL - Week 5

[Imran Siddiqui]

Actually, I'm hearing that Quinn may become the starting QB in Chicago.

[Kidlicious]

Urlacher's hamstring is going to hurt them too.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Further injury news: Rich Gannon has a broken vertebrae and is out for 6 weeks (at least). Though the Raiders looked good with Collins out there, so it won't hurt them that badly.

Holy ****! I didn't read this as broken neck at first. Damn. Ricky Williams quit to smoke pot. I doubt if Gannon will want to come back.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Gannon should retire. It ain't worth it for him to come back and NO ONE would blame him.

[Ned]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
News coming out of Chicago is that Rex Grossman is out for the remainder of the year with a torn ACL. Bears are done.

Ouch!

Stick a fork in them. I agree they are done. Grossman was looking good. The fans in Chicago must be wondering why their teams are so perenially cursed.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Ned


Ouch!

Stick a fork in them. I agree they are done. Grossman was looking good. The fans in Chicago must be wondering why their teams are so perenially cursed.

How can you say that? They just signed Chad Hutchinson......



ACK!

[-Jrabbit]

Grossman is now dangerously close to being hung with the dreaded "injury-prone" tag.

Chicago fans will now get the opportunity to learn whether it's the QB or the KC offensive system that works. (Oh boy... )

[Ming]

Yes... OH BOY...

Even if the Bears had sucked this year, it would have been a good learning experience for Grossman... now we don't even get that. And as you point out JR, Grossman may get that injury prone tag... and that's not good if you are a unproven QB.

[Kidlicious]

Can we have Lovie back now? He can't do any good there now.

[-Jrabbit]

To quote Pirates of the Caribbean:
"Take what ye can. Give nothin' back!!"

Lovie is ours now. Get used to it.

[Kidlicious]

I think Aneas Williams is our player/defensive coordinator. That's what it looked like last week.

[Kidlicious]

OMG. The Patriots are on the verge of tieing the consecutive wins record Sunday agains the Bills.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
It's kind of funny, since Gruden has come to Tampa, their offense has not been as good as Dungy's last few years there .

Even if they were healthy they would suck. Gruden is a horrible evaluator of talent. Hell, I think he's overrated as a coach as well.

what the hell are you talking about. He's an excellent coach. And their offense did improve the first year he coached the Bucs.

I'll agree he's not a good GM. He should be fired from that position.

[Imran Siddiqui]

what the hell are you talking about. He's an excellent coach. And their offense did improve the first year he coached the Bucs.

Yeah, by only 20 points. However, that was still less than Dungy's offense scored in 2000.

Points Scored:
2000: 388
2001: 324
Gruden comes in
2002: 346
2003: 301

Gruden is NOT that good of a coach. He's entirely overrated and has been handed talented teams. I'd take many other people over Jon Gruden.

Btw, the main number that fell during the 2002 Superbowl for Tampa was Points AGAINST! Which no one thought Dungy was lacking. If you gave Dungy the 2002 Buccs, he would have won as well.

[-Jrabbit]

Well, he's had two years to build a defense in Indy and has little to show for it. I think Dungy's overrated, too.

Funny, though. The contrast in styles between these two guys is extreme. The bottom line is, Gruden has won the Super Bowl, and that's what it's all about.

Dungy hasn't even won a confereence title. It's not like he hasn't had talent. But he hasn't been able to overcome other talented, well-coached teams -- the (pre-Martz) Rams in the NFC, the Pats in the AFC.