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Waitaminit&#153 – I think the G-men just got called for another penalty…

Miami 11, Kansas City 10
Minnesota 37, NY Jets 20
Dallas 31, Denver 20
NY Giants 13, Baltimore 12
Chicago 27, Indianapolis 24

Patrick Cobbs (late of the University of North Texas) scored a late touchdown and jackass Mormon John Beck – sorry, I still have it in for him for the TCU game last year – got the two-point conversion that sent the Chiefs down to defeat at home.&#160 The Chiefs are a little banged up right now (they’re missing pretty much their entire backfield from last year at the moment) and have only one offensive TD in the preseason (according to the linked report).

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Even though OU’s Adrian Peterson ran tough for the Vikings, Mizzou’s Brad Smith got to play his rendition of Kordell “Slash” Stewart for the Jets, and even former Cowboy bust (dammit) Drew Henson got into the act, the highlight of Minn-NYJ was a calico cat that got caught on the toob gallivanting across the endzone halfway through the fourth quarter.&#160 Smith didn’t see him, opting instead for a handoff.&#160

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Baltimore & the New York G-Men played a very&#160 sloppy game, even for preseason – the teams combined for 23 penalties for a grand total of 177 yards – and those were just the accepted ones.&#160

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Chicago got its revenge, I guess.&#160 If you wanna call a three-point preseason win revenge. (shrug)&#160 Adrian Peterson had a sorry night for Da Bears&#153 (5 carries, 8 yards), but he did&#160 score a touchdown.&#160 (OTOH, if the best Chicago can do is 68 yards rushing on a fast track vs. the Indy run defense with&#160 Cedric Benson & company – well, Urlacher had best have another career year.)

Side note before we go on:&#160 Look at the last part of the scoring recap:

Craphonso Thorpe 4 Yd Pass From Josh Betts (Shane Andrus Kick)

Great Honkin’ Cthulu&#153, W(ho)TF names their kid “Craphonso”?????&#160 Damn.&#160 Just, damn.

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Since the Cowboy game was on the See-BS affiliate, KDFW-TV decided to put the San Diego-St. Louis game on its sister station.&#160 San Diego pretty much dominated.

The Bolts have gone back to the ugly-assed white helmets from their old AFL days, plus an ugly font for their numbers.&#160 Ew.

Think Norv Turner doesn’t realize this is his last chance at a head coaching gig?&#160 Last play of the game, his Chargers comfortably in front, 30-13, and he’s griping about how Ram QB Brock Berlin’s Hail-Mary pass was almost caught for a TD.&#160

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Speaking of Turner – ever wonder what his timing-based offense would have done with a Brett Favre-type quarterback in charge?&#160 Tony Romo is nowhere near Brett’s greatness, but the poor-man’s Favre led the Dallas offense on three very nice-looking drives in the first half (one was fairly short due to a fumble recovery deep in Bronco territory) as the Cowboys rolled.&#160 Romo was 11 of 18 for 122 with several timely passes for 10-yard-plus gains, though he did have one pick.&#160 Julius Jones & Marion Barber managed 88 yards between them, and Tyson Thompson got 75 all by himself against scrubs.

The ‘Boys are running right a good deal more this year to the right side (one TD came going that route) – Leonard Davis may be the signing of the year if he can keep up this performance level.

Only one sack by the defense for the game, but constant pressure on Bronco quarterbacks forced several errant throws (Bobby Carpenter managed one interception).&#160 Nate Jones may have just played his way out of Dallas, whiffing on a pass that turned into a 90-yard Bronco touchdown.

But the most oddball note comes from Mike Klis of the Denver Pissed Post, who reported that the Broncos were apparently a little torqued that Dallas…well…played football.

“I don’t know if Wade’s (ticked) off the Broncos fired him, but it sure looked that way,” Broncos safety John Lynch said.

Lynch wanted to make it clear he was joking.

But as a safety entering his 15th season, Lynch is qualified to know football’s unwritten rules better than most. The Broncos played their base, seven-man front on defense Saturday and, because their offensive line is so banged up, tried to employ a conservative plan when they had the ball.

“That’s not what they did,” Lynch said. “They came out and game- planned us, blitzing every play. They came after us. It’s no excuse for the way we played. But I think they might have broken the code of ethics for the preseason.”

A few other Broncos, including quarterback Jay Cutler, shared similar feelings about the Cowboys getting a little too aggressive with their approach to a preseason game

What, guys?&#160 You were expecting a nice, friendly game of tiddlywinks?&#160 Sheesh.&#160

The PFW will return in a couple days.

My ass.