24-36, 321 Yards, 1 TD, 0 INT

.... and a 29-24 victory over the New Orleans Saints sealed with a 67 yard TD pass to Santana Moss in the 4th quarter. Pretty good day for Redskins QB Jason Campbell, who as recently as last week was being called "One of the three worst QBs in the NFL" by some of my esteemed colleagues. Today, after one good game against a secondary that was missing two starters (And isn't very good to begin with) I've been reading articles about how Campbell's transforming the Redskins under new head coach Jim Zorn.

What's my point? I don't have one really. I just wanted to brag about the Redskins actually winning a game. But if I did have a point it would probably be that in today's world where any moron can start a blog and talking heads are all over the TV spewing their uninformed opinions, people waaaaay overreact to every week, every game, every play. Campbell is not as good as he looked against the Saints but he's also not nearly as bad as he looked against the Giants. It's a long season. What happened against the Saints (And what happened against the Giants for that matter) will have no effect on this week's game against the Arizona Cardinals.

Look at Denver QB Jay Cutler. He's been carving the league up the first two weeks of the season and people are acting like the torch has finally been passed from John Elway to the new star of the Broncos. I'll admit that his numbers have been off-the-charts impressive through 2 weeks but take a closer look at the end of the Broncos game yesterday against the Chargers.

1) With the Broncos inside the Chargers 10 yard line and clinging to a 31-30 lead late in the 4th quarter, Cutler threw a terrible pick right to Chargers rookie corner Antoine Cason in the end zone.

2) After the Chargers scored to go ahead 38-31, the Broncos again found themselves inside the San Diego 10. This time Cutler rolled to his right and fumbled the ball away without being touched in a play that should've ended the game and left both teams at 1-1. Instead, an inexcusable officiating gaffe by Ed Hochuli kept the game going and to his credit Cutler took advantage by throwing for a TD and a game winning 2 point conversion.

My point is that right now Cutler's being praised as a hero and the NFL's next great QB. However, if you reverse just one (terrible) call, Cutler is the QB of a 1-1 team with a win over the Raiders and a home loss within their own division against their biggest competitors. And he'd be the goat for having turned it over twice in the final minutes. There is just such a fine line between good and bad in this league. So be careful not to "Pull a Chad" and overreact to every little thing.


Interesting phone call from one of my.... How do I put this delicately.... Idiotic asshole readers this morning who asked me what I thought of the Chargers-Broncos game and specifically that infamous Cutler fumble. What do you think I thought, guy? There's a word for people like you. No, not instigators. I was thinking jackasses. Obviously, we all agree that Cutler fumbled the ball and the game should have ended on that play. However, the ref had blown his whistle blowing the play dead because he thought it was an incomplete pass. The ref immediately admitted his mistake but that was the ruling and we all have to live with it.

But here's the part that really grinds my gears: It doesn't matter if Cutler's arm was going forward or not. Even if that was a "Pass" the ball went backwards and therefore is a live ball. Attempted pass or not, it's a fumble either way. And Hochuli just completely blew it. He blew it so badly that he admitted to it right on the field and now the NFL is considering changing the rule regarding inadvertent whistles. I don't know what's more inexcusable: That call or that the Broncos first TD was set up by a highly questionable fumble play that the Chargers wanted to review but couldn't because there were "Technical difficulties" with the replay equipment. That whole game just stinks.

So that's what I think of the game, stretch. Wipe that smirk off your goofy face.

There's several other perspectives on the end of that game, too:


- Sharp-Sharps call it a series of variances. And they are already looking ahead to next week.

- Sharp-Squares call it garbage.

- Square-Sharps call it bullshit.

- Square-Squares would have hit 4 out of 6 on their parlay without that call.

- Sharp-Degenerates are calling their phone accounts to double down on the Sunday night game.

- Degenerate-Sharps had it in enough teasers to offest the parlay losses.

- Square-Degenerates didn't even notice. They were too pissed that all their moneyline parlays went up in flames thanks to the Seahawks.

- Degenerate-Squares are sifting through their parlay cards to see which ones had the Broncos.

- Degenerate-Degenerates weren't even watching the game. They're just asking you for a dollar to tip the waitress.

- And Austin is frantically trying to come up with a way to justify the calls before realizing that it's pointless and deciding to just stand there with a very content smirk on his face.

I wish the Redskins could get a win like that. I wouldn't feel guilty about it at all.


Whatever you want to call it, that nonsense made me go from losing (minimal) juice to a bad weekend at 1-3. Couple that with a disappointing Cup race and this was one really crappy weekend.

That reminds me: How would you guys feel about membership fees to read the blog?

Dude, don't close your computer. I was just throwing that out there. Relax.


NL East Update: The Mets bullpen blew their brains in once again. It's honestly a joke how bad they are. They could lose any lead in any game to any opponent. Ryan Howard hit another crucial HR to lead the Phillies to victory.

I should just start copying and pasting these things.

Jeff IPhone Update: I haven't seen him in a few days but he did call me on Saturday to ask me where I had saved something. When I took a second to think about what I had done with it, he immediately jumped down my throat asking if I had done it all. Can you believe this guy?

Yeah, I did it, Jeff. I just forgot exactly where it was.

Did you do your Italian homework?

Jorgen Update: We only have a few more weeks with Iowa's favorite son before he starts at the Venetian. He's going to be able to afford a much fancier man purse.

(I hadn't mentioned the purse in a while and some of my readers enjoy that kind of stuff. I know, I know. They're idiots.)


After Reggie Bush returned a (terrible) Durant Brooks punt for a TD and waved his finger at the punter as he crossed the goal line, my brother sent me a text message saying he hopes Bush blows out his knee this season. Count me in on that.

And let's root for several players to meet the same fate as Notre Dame Head Coach Charlie Weis tonight as the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys get together for the Tea Party at Texas Stadium.

There's a scene in an episode of The Simpsons in which the family is at a horse track and Marge goes up to the window to make a bet. When she gets to the front of the line, she starts to panic and asks the teller if she can just bet on all the horses to have a good time. The teller then points to a line labeled "Wuss Bets" in which several characters, including Principal Seymour Skinner, are already standing.

Just a wuss bet for me tonight. I'll be rooting for everyone to have a bad time.


Trivia Question for Monday: What was Christine Applegate's first starring movie role? For bonus points - What was her character's name?

I'd like to ask a certain Virginia reader who claims that this movie helped to "Define his childhood" to please restrain from answering this one.

And seek help.


New poll, new pictures today. The majority of people felt that "The Kids" would miss Jorgen more than anyone. However, this poll was not a fact-finding mission. I already knew the answer.

The correct answer is Ed.



Enjoy the game.