The old-fashioned hide-tanning administered by Brady’s Patriots was a great victory for our cause. White talent was on display everywhere. The 37-year old all-time great QB, Tom Brady, seems to be getting better with age, with the only errant throw by Patriot General being a bizarre, double-ricochet interception. WR Julian Edelman returned to greatness after slumping over the past few weeks. The once injury-prone Kent State QB notched a masterful performance, tallying 9 catches, 89 yards, a receiving TD, and a scintillating 84-yard punt return TD…
#11 is on pace for 96 catches, 990 yards.
Its official, TE Rob Gronkowski is once again the most dominant offensive player in the NFL. The Polish Powerhouse tallied 9 catches, 105 yards, and his 8[SUP]th[/SUP] receiving TD through 9 games. He looks as healthy as he did during his epic, record-shattering 2011 campaign. Like Wes Welker’s tenure in New England, “Gronk” is clearly the club’s most valuable player…
It was nice to see WR Danny Amendola on the field far more than in previous contests. His two catches may look meaningless on the post-game stat sheet, but both grabs converted long, 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down situations to extend score drives. I think he’ll have a role to play going forward, especially with Aaron Dobson being a “healthy scratch” most of the season…
DE Rob Ninkovich terrorized Manning and his chocolate chums all night, registering a timely INT, 3 tackles, and a PD…
Even converted DT, James Develin, had a role to play, catching two passes to convert 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] downs.
The emergence of black WR, Brandon LaFell, doesn’t really bother me. Like Brandon Lloyd, the guy has some talent, particularly straight-line speed. His abilities take pressure off of Edelman, Gronk, and Amendola. Also, LaFell doesn’t seem like a “thug” or a “show-boat,” and doesn’t even celebrate his TD catches.
In the other games, there were a few bright spots…
The first of which was “The Nordic Beast,” JJ Watt, continuing to terrorize the league. The NFL’s best overall football player registered 7 tackles and 1.5 sacks. Pretty standard...
With the season-ending injury to LB Demico Ryans, the Eagles gained another white starter (Casey Matthews) on the defensive side of the ball. As I mentioned, I don't feel too good about this, as Ryans is a very high-character black player. Great production on the field, no history of trouble, religious, humble, good leadership, black wife, etc. About a million times more than you can say for 99.999% of black males...
It’ll be interesting to see who the Eagles add to the 53-man roster to take his place, as another white player could get them dangerously close to a white-majority roster.
Chiefs TE, Travis Kelce, a rare combination of size/speed, was utilized properly (4 catches, 67 yards, TD) for once. It would be great to see him become a dominant TE in the future, but Andy “Fat Bastard” Reed seems committed to keeping him out of the offensive gameplan. Despite his bulky build, he might be the fastest TE in the league...
Jaguars RB, Toby Gerhart, notched 68 yards on a mere 6 touches whilst playing second-fiddle to Denard Robinson. Let’s hope our guy can get it going moving forward...
Robert Gremlin III returned to the starting line-up for the Redskins and lost, which was nice. After the game, Affirmative Action
“NFL Today” commentator, Tony Gonzalez (the token “Hispanic”) made an amusing vernacular error when he referred to Griffin as
“R2 D2”...as in the robot from Star Wars. I need to find the video clip of that, haha. FOX, ESPN, CBS, and NFL Network all feature a putrid collection of analyists, save a few insignful and somewhat-articulate exceptions (Dilfer, Hasselbeck, Esiason, Glazer, etc).
Rams QB, Austin Davis, has now led the Rams to victories over the Seahawks and 49ers. He hasn’t played well at times, but it’s been a nice story nonetheless. In the same game, 49ers rookie LB, Chris Borland, registered an amazing 18 tackles in his second career start. This guy is a star in the making...
“Plantation Pete” Carroll’s Seahawks club is reeling, barely defeating the lowly Raiders, at home, in the presence of their World Championship-level DWF’s. Let’s hope that they somehow miss the playoffs.
Not much to look forward to for MNF. Colts-Giants could give us DE Björn Werner, TE Coby Fleener, punt returns by Griff Whalen, and some token carries by Peyton Hillis. I don’t plan on watching.