With six white starters (and impact players such as Beasley, Witten, Lee, and Hayden), I was actually rooting for Dallas. The Broncos are simply too dark overall, and their treatment of Dreessen/Tamme, as well as the unexciting role Welker plays in the offense really irks me. I suppose it isn’t their fault that their only white defensive starter, DT Derek Wolfe, has been an utter embarrassment through 5 games this season. At least DT Mitch Unrein, who might only play 5 snaps per game, manages to make a few tackles. It isn’t often that a white defensive starter should be benched (Adam Carriker comes to mind), but the case could be made for Wolfe.
Despite starting 11 whites (Brady, 5 OL, Develin, Edelman, Gregory, Ninkovich, and Vellano), the Patriots were atrocious today. Perhaps Rob Gronkowski, the highest paid TE in NFL history who hasn’t suited up for an NFL game in 10 months (a playoff game against the Texans in January 2013), will finally feel his nerve and decide to grace the team with his presence. If he doesn’t play next week against the high-scoring Saints, he’s officially a p-ssy. For God’s sake, his “injury” is still listed as “forearm/back.” I hope I never break my forearm, as it apparently takes 10 months to fully heal…even with the best doctors in the world! Anyway, when New England gets back on track (with Amendola, Edelman, Gronk, and perhaps Collie), they are an infinitely more palatable club than Denver, particularly given the fact that Gregory, Ninkovich, Vellano, and former Texans DT, Chris Jones (who I thought was a light-skinned black until I started researching him), all start/play on defense. Strangely, New England’s perennially-appalling defense is much improved this season.
As others noted, it was great to see Nick Foles enter the game and effortlessly move the offense in place of Vick. After Foles entered the game, one of the commentators astutely mentioned that “Foles seems to be providing a big increase in passing efficiency to this offense.” If he starts and wins next week against the hapless Bucs, he could become the full-time starter. With any luck, Foles will win the job and better involve Cooper, Ertz, Celek, and Casey in the offense.
Is anyone else enjoying the downfall of the Jew York Giants as much as I am? I’ve always disliked Eli “Slow Ass White Guys” Manning for his racially offensive piece on ESPN’s “Mayne Event” as well as his utter lack of white receiving targets over the years. He’s never had a white receiver, however, he did have Brandon Stokley for the 2011 season…but he was promptly cut after a handfull of games. Eli ruined Jeremy Shockey’s career by constantly ignoring him. He’s had plenty of white tight ends/fullbacks (Burton, Finn, Hedgec0ck, Boss, Hynoski, Ballard, Pascoe), but never helped their careers, either. Of course, the lucky little bastard also prevented Brady/Welker/Belichick from winning two Superbowls. Sure, there are more Casteon clubs in the NFL that the Giants, but Coughlin transformed Jim Fassel’s once lily-white Giants (who had a white CB, RB, WR, TE, etc) into a team in which whites need only apply at QB, OL, FB, and TE. I won’t be fully satisfied until this Giants squad is officially eliminated from playoff contention….as this turd-like team never seems to fully flush until the final week of the season.
