East Meets West: Your Monday Night Special

This year just keeps getting better and better-as Hippo(?) noted we have the Chiefs finally getting their comeuppance, Belichick taking a weekly bath in humiliation and Notre Dame getting hung out to dry. (those teary-eyed Irish-backers making excuses left and right for the team not going to a lesser bowl is a source of great amusement) I’d add that the semi-unforeseen relevance of the Broncos, Texans, Bears, Seahawks and Panteros has made me watch games that I would have snubbed just last year. Can things get any more entertaining??

Flotsam and Jetsam:

-Brother, Can You Spare A…: Dimes is done for the year as was foretold by many a Giants fan. There’s a direct correlation between him playing well and him getting injured. It’s just the way it is with the guy. I’ll give you that the usual cracks were starting to show but the Colts would be nowhere near .500 without his play. Another thought: What a freaking gamble the team took by giving him the reins given the other options were Richardson and Riley Leonard-that was a disaster of epic proportions waiting to happen.

-Hasty Decisions R Us: That’s the Browns. They’ve announced that Shadeur is the starting QB for the rest of the year after 1 1/2 good games. There’s no way this is going to backfire on them and they’ll have to, “get a better look at Gabriel” in the next little bit because the o-line is the o-line.

-The AFC North is such a dumb mess that the Steelers win increased their chances of making the playoffs from 32% to 68%. (Hehe, the Chiefs loss caused them to plummet all the way down to 14% but that doesn’t factor in The Referee Variable (invented by yours truly) which will likely lift their chances over 30%.

-Myles Garrett gets all the flowers for his sacking ability but the team record of 72 (held by the ’84 Bears) is under assault by the Broncos. One would think that there’d be one guy in the mid-teens leading the charge but Bonnito Flakes (add it to broth to give it an extra umami kick) only has 12.5. The sacks are coming from everywhere.

To The Game!

Eagles/Chargers:

-Does anyone think that the Philly run game is going to solve itself this far into the season? I thought it would be a done deal by now but it just is what it is and if they somehow pile up a 280 yard offering it’s just going to be an outlier. Funny that all the pieces are still in place though…

-Do these guys play often?. Nope. The all-time series is 8-5 in favor of the Chargers.

-Herbert is expected to play. He is a tough mother and I guess he rubbed some powdered femur bones on that non-throwing hand.

-Also playing tonight is rook rb Omarion Hampton who was just activated from the IR a few hours ago.

-That Eagles defense has a great reputation but has only racked up 24 sacks so far. And now Jalen Carter is gone.

Give me the good stuff.