Lucky to be alive...

"You're going to get your quarterback killed..." that is what Terrell Suggs yelled to Jim Zorn during the Ravens/Redskins game on Sunday night. The Redskins started off 6-2 and everyone thought they were playoff bound and that Zornie really had something going. But after losing 4 of the last 5 they are struggling. Everyone is starting to see the faults in the Skins' game...they have terrible line play and thus a terrible team. The offensive line was so depleted last night that Zorn had to throw in inexperienced Justin Geisinger to play tackle. Geisinger is the back up center and has not played tackle since freshman year in college. As he entered the game, Suggs yelled his warning to Zorn and the Redskins' bench. Instead of helping Geisinger by adding a tight end to the line, the formation had him one-on-one with Suggs. The result of the play...a 13 yard loss on a sack by Suggs. The Skins are lucky that Campbell wasn't killed. The Skins offensive and defensive lines are terrible with no hope for the future. When your offensive line has noone under the age of 31 and your backup is 34...you are in trouble. They are an old team with no cap room...they aren't going to get better next year.

To go further about this game and the struggles of the Skins...Chris Samuels is out of the season with a torn tricep and Clinton Portis was benched in the second half for miss reads and not running routes. Sorry Skins fans!

Now to the rest of the NFL... I could tell you more about Plaxico or I could talk about Matt Cassell and whether or not he will get a big contract next year or I could talk about Tony Romo...but if you watch ESPN you already know all this. These are the top stories every week, these are the stories that the media loves, these are not the stories that should be talked about.

1) Eagles defeat the Giants...though I still consider the Gmen the top of the division and the conference, the Eagles really showed how good they can be. They controlled the ball and the clock, having 3 drives of over 6 minutes in the second half alone. Keep Eli off the field and really smack them in the mouth. That will defeat the Giants. The Eagles have a tough run to get into the playoffs and their tie could hurt them in the end...but anything is possible.

2) Dolphins and Falcons...these are two organizations that looked like they would never recover last year. The Dolphins finished a dismal 1-15 and the Falcons' coach quit in the middle of the year. Now Matt Ryan is leading the Falcons to a great season and a potential playoff berth. The media talks about how he is not accepted by the black community in Atlanta...the media doesn't talk about how they are winning games. The Dolphins are tied for first place with the Jets and the Patriots. They don't have Tom Brady or Matt Cassell, they don't have Brett Favre...but they have a chance to beat them all. Bill Parcells is a genius! if you don't think so you are not watching football.

3) Arizona Cardinals clinch the division title and have a home game in the playoffs...they have not won the division in 33 years, haven't made the playoffs since 1998, and one winning season in the last 24 years. If this is not a story that ESPN should be talking about, I don't know what is.

This year in the NFL has been fun to watch with everything going on, the stories that you hear just don't let you know. Everything is about the same people and in my opinion the wrong people. I don't need to know about Matt Cassell any more, or about Tony Romo's pinkie...I need to know about Green Bay's defense causing their demise while Brett Favre is winning in NY. I need to know about Atlanta and Miami; I need to know about Jacksonville going from the top of the league to a team that has given up; and I need to know about veteran QBs rejuvenating their teams (Kurt Warner, Jeff Garcia, Kerry Collins, Chad Pennington).