Vince, I have no idea. Things are crazy right now, and it all starts with...what else...the Eagles quarterback situation. Also, as you may notice, I'm giving R. Scott the week off for the Monday Hangover while he takes part in his annual monarch butterfly-watching expedition in the Galapagos Islands. Don't worry, he will be back next week.
Dos QBs
Andy Reid doesn't always bench starting quarterbacks when they get hurt and the backup plays well, but when he does, he drinks Dos Equis in large quantities. And sets a tricky precedent that he now has to deal with when said starter takes over for said backup and also plays well. Listening to Reid's postgame press conference after beating the Falcons Sunday, when asked if Michael Vick would still be his starting quarterback after a stellar performance by Kevin Kolb, his sputtering, meek "well...uh...yeah" response sounded more like someone had asked him if he REALLY wanted that garden salad instead of a double cheeseburger. Reid makes it sound like it's a good problem to have, and in some ways it is, but quarterback is the one position that needs to have stability, and so far there's been none. Vick took the job from Kolb because Kolb got hurt and Vick played well, and now that the reverse has happened, will Reid hold to the precedent he has set? We shall see next week against the Titans.
I also have to wonder what all the haters who dismissed Kolb as a bust after two quarters of play have to say now? As per usual, talk radio has been full of nothing but talk of how KK isn't what he was made out to be, playing scared, not able to throw the long ball, blah blah blah. In fact, I spoke with someone Sunday who informed me that Kolb "stinks. He's terrible." I proceeded to explain how I thought he was fine, and how he wasn't playing nearly as bad as people made him out to be. Well, I hate to say I told you so, but it looks like Kevin Kolb doesn't stink. Everyone was ready to anoint the Falcons as the class of the NFC, and he proceeded to tear their defense to shreds. Also, I think backup LT King Dunlap has something to say to everyone who said he would be abused by Falcons DE John Abraham Sunday, as Abraham finished with one tackle and zero sacks. I know King was getting some help from other blockers at times, but he was on an island on quite a few plays and did an excellent job keeping Kolb's jersey clean, as did the entire O-line.
Irish Favre Bomb
Brett Favre is famous for throwing bombs to wide receivers, but a bomb was dropped on him (and his junk) earlier this week. Now, I don't often write segments about another man's junk, but this is just too funny. Brett joins Chris Cooley and Greg Oden in the "Pictures of My Man Parts Ended Up Somewhere They Shouldn't Have" club when it was revealed that he had sent inappropriate pictures of his nether region to a Jets' sideline reporter named Jenn Sterger. When reached for comment, Sterger had this to say:
Who knew that Favre's "Pants on the Ground" rendition last year could be taken so literally? Lookin' like a fool with your pants on the ground indeed.
After becoming the center of the media's attention (his favorite hobby), Favre's junk took another hit - this time a physical one on the practice field:
Ouch. The funniest part about it might be the fact that no one seems concerned that the starting quarterback is writhing on the ground in pain, not even whoever threw the pass. The man code typically suggests that if you accidentally hit another dude in the nuts, you come over and see if he's okay (even though he's clearly not). Maybe this is a case of what goes around comes around.
Favre's week did end on a positive note as his Vikings beat the Cowboys Sunday, sending Dallas to a 1-4 record and planting them even deeper in the NFC East basement, much to the delight of us Philly fans.
Magic Pat Number 9
We all knew it. Pat the Bat, despite all his well-publicized shortcomings, would come back to haunt us, and he did in Game 1 of the NLCS with an RBI double off the left field wall to help the Giants to a victory. He may be slower than molasses, he may have the exact same swing plane on every swing, and he may still stick his rear end out on a called third strike right down the middle, but he's always ready to pop one and break some hearts.
Man or machine?Pat wasn't the only one doing damage, however. Cody Ross, aka the bane of every Phillies fan's existence, hit three solo shots over the weekend. Two were off Halladay, one was off Oswalt, and all three were virtually the same exact pitch in the same exact location hit to the same exact section of the left field stands. Fortunately, Ross's homer was the only glitch in Oswalt's superb effort, as he helped the Phils tie the series at 1-1 after Doctober hit a rough patch on Saturday. The bats also finally came alive with runners in scoring position when Jimmy Rollins hit a three-run double with two outs in the seventh to help the team cruise to a 6-1 win. Hopefully King Cole, who seems to enjoy pitching in his home state of California, can continue his dominance tomorrow afternoon against Matt Cain.
That's all for this week. Stay thirsty, my friends.
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