MNF Open Thread

by Ed Valentine on Sep 15, 2008 8:00 PM EDT in News Comment 22 comments

Here is your Monday Night Football Open Thread. It's Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles, but how can you be happy about either team winning? Can't they both lose?

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let's hope it's a low scoring comedy of errors.

Then maybe somebody in the national media will recognize the greatness that is Big Blue!

by NYcON on Sep 15, 2008 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Let's hope

they beat the tar out of each other.

by Ed Valentine on Sep 15, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Autodraft

took Tony Romo in my fantasy league, and I’m down 21 points coming into tonight against an opponent who has the Eagles defense, so I’m hoping for a HIGH scoring comedy of errors

Damn, Felix Jones just returned that to the house. The Eagles are gonna need to start getting into the end zone if they wanna keep up with the Cowboys. They are looking explosive.

by cjmulrain on Sep 15, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i took Barber-Romo with my first 2 picks

it just worked out that way. i play fantasy football with my head and not my heart. that being said, this is going to be a miserable fantasy season. i can’t help but root for Romo to throw an interception everytime he drops back.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Sep 15, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I draft with my head over my heart most of the time

but the team the autodraft gave me is overboard. I’ve got Romo, Portis, Kevin Curtis, Shockey, and Ocho Cinco. I feel dirty having all those guys on the same roster.

by cjmulrain on Sep 15, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

an observation

i know it’s just 2 games, but doesn’t the NFC East clearly look like the best division in football (and it’s not close). we’ve been hearing so much about the AFC dominance, but is there really that big of a gap between San Diego, Indy, New England, Pittsburgh over Dallas, Philly, NY and Green Bay right now?

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Sep 15, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

completely agree

I think the Giants, Eagles, and Cowboys are all potential top 5 teams

by cjmulrain on Sep 15, 2008 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is game is wildly enertaining

but is making me really nervous about both of these teams.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Sep 15, 2008 9:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

well

it’s certainly living up to the comedy of errors we were hoping for.

While marvelling at the offensive prowess of these two teams, one thing we should remember: the Giants defense shut down the greatest offense in the history of the sport last year in the biggest game of the year. If they could shut down Brady and the Pats, they can shut down Romo and the Boys and McNabb and the Iggles.

by cjmulrain on Sep 15, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

DeSean Jackson

just made an all-time bonehead play. Lucky for him, the Eagles still scored.

by Ed Valentine on Sep 15, 2008 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

that really was incredibly dumb

but in the grand scheme of things, the only thing it affects are fantasy teams. Imagine if you had Jackson, your opponent has Westbrook, and you end up losing by like 3. That would suck…

by cjmulrain on Sep 15, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Both teams

are very good. But, so are the Giants.

by Ed Valentine on Sep 15, 2008 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

well this proves that Philly's offense

is the real deal and that last week against the Rams wasn’t such a high score just because it was the Rams. That makes me a little nervous. Philly with a passing game is dangerous. It looks to me like Romo’s being a little too tender holding onto that ball… Thoughts of Jessica perhaps? I agree that the Nfc east is definately the best division in pro sports at the moment. Look at what Washington was able to do to the Aints yesterday

by NYcON on Sep 15, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yea

but if it wasn’t just a high score b/c it was against the Rams, shouldn’t that mean the Giants can also put up points with these 2, since they actually scored more against the Rams than the Eagles did?

by cjmulrain on Sep 15, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Geesh

Blink and you miss big plays in this game. These offense are looking awfully scary, especially with McNabb looking frisky. But, the Giants are pretty darn good.

by Ed Valentine on Sep 15, 2008 10:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yikes! It's a one score game!

I’m going to head down to the bar to catch the second half… One of the upsides of this matchup is no matter who wins I won’t feel bad chastising the fans of the losing team;)

by NYcON on Sep 15, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs