Lenny from Indy

Stop bitching.  The first string Colts played for 2 quarters and change, and only put up 15 points.  It’s not like they never saw the field.  They had time to play.

Would you rather change places with the fans of these teams?

1. St. Louis Rams – 60 more minutes and they have the first drat pick.

2. Washington Redskins – All the money spend on all of those players and  they sit at the bottom of the NFC East.

3. Chicago Bears – The interception riddled QB with no one to throw the ball to?

4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – The sharp decline this team has felt since 2002 is comical.

5. Buffalo Bills – Been a joke since the music  city miracle.

6. New York Giants – Just played themselves out of the playoffs.

7. Seattle  Seahawks – Mora Jr is the coach.  We’ve seen that movie here with Mora Senior.

8. Cleveland Browns – Nothing good comes from or out of Cleveland.

9. Oakland Raiders – Commitment to Excellence.  Just Win Baby. Buzz phrases + bad drafting = failure.

10. Detroit Lions – Fail. Abort. Restart. Repeating that cycle since 1997.

The Colts are first place in the AFC South, number 1 seed in the AFC, and the road to the Super Bowl comes through Indy.  Take a breath you spoiled brats.

With Ben Roethlisberger out with a concussion, Steelers backup quarterback Dennis Dixon will get the chance to display his skills as his first career NFL start happens tonight against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football on NBC.

Can he beat the Ravens? Will the Steelers rise above the injuries that have plagued the team?  Does Ben know it’s 2009?  All of these questions and more will be answered tonight!

Negative Steelers fans should take cues from this positive fan.

So the former Baltimore team that now resides in our fine city of Indianapolis traveled back to Baltimore to take on the team that currently resides in that hellish, slowly dying city.  They call themselves the Ravens.  They used to be the Cleveland Browns.

It was a rough game for Peyton.

22 for 31.  299 yards.  1 Touchdown.  2 Interceptions.  For Peyton, this was a rough game.  The interceptions out numbered touchdown passes.  For a second I thought this was Eli.  OHHHHH!

Now… Jeff Saturday.  Once drafted by the Baltimore Ravens and then cut by those douche bags was in fine form today.

I have to say, Jeff looks great.  He really was a key element in keeping the tough Baltimore defense from running up the middle.  And I gotta say, Jeff Saturday has a great ass.

Pierre Garcon had a great day today.  6 catches for 108 yards.  Kudos Pierre, you are a fine addition to the Colts receiving core.

Doesn’t Pierre look great catching this pass from Peyton?  Kudos!

Gary Brackett had one interception today.  Joe Flacco is a bad ass quarterback so it was really keen that Gary caught one of his passes right out of the air.

That’s Gary right after the interception.  Awesome snag Gary!  Have you been working out?

Joseph Addai rushed 19 times for 74 yards.  It might not look like a lot but these were hard fought yards against that stingy Ravens defense.

That’s Joesph in the 4th quarter.  Man he looks tired.  I really would love to give him a rub down.  His hamstrings look overworked.  Good game Joe!

Dallas Clark only had one reception today.  One reception for 3 yards.  That catch happened to be a touchdown!  Awesome job Dallas!

That’s Dallas in the end zone after his catch.  Isn’t he cute?  I just want to eat him up!

Taking a look up in the stands, I have to say they have some confused people out in Baltimore.  Here is a lady who isn’t getting the whole “Ravens” concept.

She doesn’t want to let that whole Browns thing go I guess…  hard to believe only 5 years ago she was only 16.

Well… The Colts ended up winning the game 17 to 15.  They are still undefeated this season and stand at the top of the AFC South at 10-0.

Next up the Colts travel to Houston to take on a tough Texans team.

What was it? – Undefeated Broncos travel to Baltimore to play a very angry Ravens team.

How did it go? – The Ravens have lost some games recently.  By lost, I mean in the last few seconds of the game.  Vikings, Bengals and Patriots all sealed victories over the Raven in the last minute of each game.  Today was the, “not in our house game.”  Raven spanked the Broncos hard today.  I think the Broncos liked it.

Kudos – The Ravens defense.  My goodness.  The Broncos crossed into Ravens territory only 3 times, and only once into the red zone.

Jeers – Not getting Brandon Marshall the ball.  The Broncos need to realize a simple equation:  Jabar Gaffney = Not a threat.

Moving forward – Broncos host the Steelers on Monday Night Football whilst the Ravens travel to Cincinnati to extract revenge on a Bengals team that beat them at home in the last minute of the game.

Adam Vinatieri, our beloved Colts kicker is out 4 to 8 weeks. He had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. They removed a piece of cartilage during the surgery.

Temporarily taking his place is veteran kicker Matt Stover who last was seen keeping the car running for the Baltimore Ravens.

Good news is that the Colts expect him to be back this season. They didn’t place him on injured reserve. Instead they place defensive tackle Ed Johnson on waivers.

No official word from Adam but we hear that the female population of Indianapolis just died a little on the inside upon the releasing of this news.

And not only the chicks of Indy… look at this dude… not happy.

We observed week 2 of the NFL season.  Here’s the valuable lessons learned.

The Jets beat the Patriots.  I’m not making that up.  It’s the first time in 8 years that the Jets beat the Patriots at home (well the Jets play in Giants Stadium… I guess its home… I dunno).  The city of New York celebrated the epic win by bathing the top of the Empire State building with a green colored light.  We knew that Rex Ryan had a plan.  We talked about this earlier in the week.  Check out what I said about Rex Ryan.

The Patriots are no longer one of the Elite teams in the NFL.  America is happy, very happy.

Bears beat the Steelers in Soldier Field.  Parts of Chicago feel happiness.  The rest of the city wishes the Cubs were still in the playoff hunt.  Steelers kicker Jeff Reed looked sick on the sidelines as he watched Bear kicker Robbie Gould kick the winning field goal.  Jeff missed two kicks today.  The good people of Pittsburgh would like a shot at kicking him today.

Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons will reign supreme in Atlanta for a long time.  “Matty Ice” as he has been nicknamed by teammates, has a unique skill set that will be able to take Atlanta far into the playoffs this year and for many years to come.  Can they bring back the “Dirty Bird” when they score touchdowns?  That ruled back in the day.

Detroit still hasn’t won a game in over a season.  Matt Stafford looks a lot like Peyton Manning circa his first year in Indianapolis.  Flashes of brilliance with a bunch of interceptions and losses.  Can Detroit turn around the massive amounts of failure and damage that Matt Millen inflicted on the Lions?  Check out this guy, here is his “Post game” thoughts on his Lions after today’s big loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

Meet Brett Favre, game manager.  I like this Favre better than the “gunslinger”.  With weapons like Adrian Peterson and Percy Harvin he really has no excuses to make silly mistakes.  Plus Favre’s success kills Packers fans.  It’s fun to watch them squirm, whine and complain.

The Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills won!  Seriously.  The Bengals had the tougher road as they had to beat the Green Bay Packers.  Buffalo played Tampa Bay.  Tampa Bay needs to rebuild badly.  They have Kellen Winslow.  That’s about all you would want to keep on that team.

The Cardinals bounced back from last weeks loss to wallop the Jaguars, 37-17.  The Jaguars will draft Tim Tebow in the first round in next year’s NFL draft if the ownership would like to stay in Jacksonville.  Do I have to remind you that all of the Jaguars home games are blacked out because they haven’t sold out one of the teams eight home games?  Poor David Garrard isn’t going to know what hit him.  He is a great player among many underachieving players.  A change of scenery might do David good.  Tampa Bay anyone?

Jake Delhomme had a bounce back game.  25 completions for 308 yards, one touchdown and one interception.  However, the Panthers still lost to the Atlanta Falcons.  Maybe a change of scenery will do Jake good.  Tampa Bay anyone?

San Francisco’s offensive can be summed up in two words, Frank Gore.  16 rushes for 207 yards.  Two touchdowns.  It was like playing Madden on the beginner setting.

Matt Hasselback left the game with a rib injury before the half as the Seahawks went down pretty easy after that to the San Francisco 49′ers Gore’s.

Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saint used the Philadelphia Eagles as a doormat today.  I think the Eagles liked it.  Check the highlights…

The Texans beat the Titans.  Lots of offense, whoo-hoo!  The Titans are 0-2.

Who would have thought that the Denver Broncos would be 2-0?  With all of the change and drama they have had in this past off season is pretty amazing.  However, the Broncos beat the Bengals and Browns.  We’re not talking about stellar teams here.  Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels hasn’t had a real test yet.  We took a few shots at Josh’s witty and abrasive style on the blog.  We’ll have to readdress Broncos head coach after he beats a strong team.

The Redskins/Rams game was so overwhelmingly bad that it’s not worth talking about except to tell you that the Redskins won.

In a similar story, The Raiders beat the Chiefs.  People who dress up as Star Wars characters are happy this week.

Phillip Rivers threw for 436 yards today!  Fantasy football WIN!  However, the Chargers lost to the Baltimore Ravens.  Reality FAIL!

The Baltimore Ravens are the team to beat in the AFC North.  Ray Lewis still has mad skills.

Have you heard what they call the new Dallas Cowboys stadium?  Giants Stadium South.  Big win for the G-Men.  A devastating, historical loss for Jerry Jones and his Cowboys team in the new 2 billion dollar stadium that opened its doors to 100,000+ people last night.

Bonus stupidity:  Totally unrealated to week 2 NFL action check out Jake Delhomme and Steve Smith in a commercial.

A commercial with Jake only…

and finally a commercial with Jake and Charlie Daniels.

I’m not sure what to say either…

Rex Ryan leaves a voicemail for Jets fans!  OH JOY!

I wonder what was on this message he left for the Jets season ticket holders?

Is Rex going to promise a great game plan?

Will Rex guarantee victory?

If I was a Jets fan, I would be slow moving, hunched over and beaten down through the years.  You see, the Jets have been a terrible, poorly run team with meddling ownership for years.  My only thoughts would be only to hope that new head coach Rex Ryan will promise death and destruction this Sunday against the hated New England Patriots.

Will the message be great??????  I need to get psyched for the game!  HIT ME REX WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEKS GAME!!!!

So let me get this straight.  Rex Ryan freely admits that the Patriots coach, Bill Belichick is better than him and Tom Brady, quarterback of the New York Patriots is better than his quarterback Mark Sanchez.  But, The Jets have the better team!  He wants to prove it on Sunday but he needs the season tickets holders in attendance to not only be the 12th man, the 13th, 14th and, 15th man!  This is a challenge!  Rex isn’t screwing around here Jets season ticket holders.  He’s not that good at what he does when compared to division rival, Bill Belichick.

What is he expecting you, the Jets ticket holders to do to Bill this Sunday?  Should you go to Bill’s house and paint a penis on his front lawn with a J-E-T-S in white paint?  Oh wait… that’s been done already this season by the bottom feeding Buffalo Bills fans.  Turns out that it was two dumb Buffalo 16 year old children.  They apologized.  Not good enough.  Both kids should be taken from their parents, flogged publicly and but in a labor camp for at least a year.  Do we still have labor camps?

I digress, maybe Jets season ticket holders can throw snowballs at Santa Claus?  Nope.  Looks like Philadelphia has that honor.

I’m just plum out of ideas.  The Jets season ticket holder has a lot of pondering to do before Sunday’s game.  They have to figure out how to stop the New England Patriots.  Did you hear that voice mail?  Go back and listen to it again.  Hear Rex Ryan’s words.  Read through Rex’s clever subtext, he is telling Jets season ticket holders that HE IS NOT GOOD AT HIS JOB!

How does this inspire confidence in the new head coach?  Will this sell more tickets?  Are Jets fans stupid?  Don’t answer that last question, it’s rhetorical.

In all seriousness, are we really buying this latest verbal missive from Rex?  This guy has been the defensive coach for one of the best defenses in recent memory, the Baltimore Ravens.  In the short time he has been the head coach for the Jets he has started to assemble the pieces for a great defense.  This is something that Jets fans are not going to be ready for when this defense is fully assembled.  The Jets fans are not used to seeing a complete team on the field.  Jets fans have been taking it in the shorts since 1970.  If upper management stays out of Rex Ryan’s way and lets him assemble the team in his vision and in his way, I believe that the Jets could be holding multiple Super Bowl trophies over the next decade.

Big maybe on that prediction.  The Jets upper management has done everything in its power to completely piss off superstar players, superior coaches and crush fans spirits through poor draft selections though the years.  Remember, this is the same team that had the Pittsburgh Steelers beaten in the playoffs a few years ago and they lost the game because the teams kicker out and out sucked.  That very next year at the draft the Jets select a kicker in round 1.  ROUND 1!

This story has yet to be told.  Hopefully the Jets season ticket holders figure out how to beat the New England Patriots this Sunday.

Courage.