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Memo to those of you who know how I live & die with the C’boys and were expecting an explosion:&#160 Yes, it’s really me.&#160

New Orleans 24, Arizona 10

Seattle 34, Minnesota 17

NY Jets 24, Cleveland 20

Pittsburgh 16, Philthydelphia 10

Dallas 17, San Diego 31

Tyler Palko (who’s Tyler Palko?) came off the bench to throw for 144 yards as the Saints beat the Cards in Phoenix.

UPDATE:&#160 Oh.&#160 The former Pitt quaterback.&#160 That&#160 Tyler Palko.&#160 Good on ya, son!

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Jeff Reed kicked two fourth-quarter field goals to send the Steelers past the Beagles.

Watch out for rookie Dennis Dixon from Oregon.&#160 Passer, receiver – the Black & Gold may have found the next Kordell “Slash” Stewart.

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Seattle dominated the Vikes in the second half, thanks to Minne-haha’s inability to hang on to the ball.

Two of the three second-half turnovers were fumbles caused by Seattle rookie linebacker David Hawthorne.

That would be…uh…rookie David Hawthorne from Texas Christian.&#160 RIFF RAM BAH ZOO!!!!!&#160

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A quarterback named Brett threw for 252 yards in leading the Jets past the Browns.&#160 But the name of the jersey was “Ratliff” – Brett Ratliff, who’s pushing for the #3 QB position.

HDD wasn’t kidding about that O-line.&#160 First quarter, Jets 4th & 1 at the Brown 37, Kellen Clemens tries a QB sneak – and gets stoned.

And Favre’s depending on this&#160 line to protect him?

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Dallas’ starters didn’t just outplay the Chargers’ starters – they manhandled&#160 them.

Second-and-7, Phillip Rivers back to pass…and NT Tank Johnson obliterates the center and slams Rivers to the turf for a six-yard loss.&#160 Next play, a screen pass to rookie Jacob Hester loses another yard.

After the Chargers punt, the C’boys go on a methodical eight-play, 54-yard touchdown drive that chewed up the SD defense.&#160 ‘Twas a thing of beauty.

The backups played like shit, but that was almost to be expected.&#160

Two who were here last year need to go away this year:&#160 Bobby Carpenter & Brad Johnson.&#160 Carpenter keeps getting pushed around, and was directly blocked & tied up by what should be an easily defeatable fullback on one SD touchdown.&#160 His practices, supposedly so good, are not translating into games.&#160 At this point, he can only be considered a draft bust.

Johnson played like he didn’t have a clue what was going on out there, and threw an ugly pick (might not have been his fault, but at this point I don’t care) that led to another SD touchdown.

The special teams once again reek, allowing three sizable punt returns.&#160 Why is Bruce Read still here?

And Danny Amendola – or as I like to call him, Amy Dannydola – didn’t help his own cause last night, fumbling a punt that led to SD’s first touchdown and changed the momentum of the game.&#160 If he’s to stay here, I expect a great deal of improvement in Game 2.

But while the overall result was a little discouraging, it’s only a preseason game.&#160 Nothing was at stake, except possibly roster spots.&#160 The ‘Boys will be fine.

The PFW returns Thursday for preseason week 2.

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3 responses to “PFW:&#160 “Who are you and what’ve you done with Spats?” (UPDATED)”

1. RobertHuntingdon says:

   August 13, 2008 at 1:02 am

   You forgot about the Bengals doing *mostly* a good job against the Farve-less Pack, at least on Defense. Their D was so bad last year (especially 1st half of it — they did improve a bit for the second) that it’s really nice to see them actually appear to have a clue what they are doing at this point of preseason… so long as they continue to get better, because there is still lots of room for improvement.

   And granted they were missing Rudi and TJ whosyamomma but whew I’m glad this was only preseason because the offense stank it UP during the first quarter. Once they finally got their act together they looked pretty decent. Utecht is looking very much like the steal we all expected, and Perry is looking healthy again which raises hopes a lot. Maybe too much. But hopefully they are going to be like the Tinies last year against the bumpkineers (start slow but pick up over time). Yeah yeah I know you don’t like them, but it’s the best example I have handy.

   Well this weekend my Saints have your “beloved” Texannes coming to town. I’m sure they would try extra hard to beat the snot out of them if they knew how much you loved Houston, but unfortunately they don’t know. I think they should still get it. Even if the 1st stringers don’t play quite as well as ideal they have a LOT of depth (so far at least) which oughta help them close it out.

   Then the Bengals have the Detroit kitty kats coming to town. If the D continues to show up and the O can get even half of its head out of its collective posterior this should be a complete blowout. Guess we’ll see what happens.

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2. HDD says:

   August 13, 2008 at 5:45 pm

   I told y’all that O-line was horrid! But, NOOOOOO! Y’all doubted me!

   You know, the very reason you aren’t upset about the Cowgirls losing to the Bolts is the very reason I don’t even pay attention to preseason football: the games don’t count. The ONLY reason the NFL even keeps track of preseason scores and records is to give the illusion that the games aren’t exhibition games (for the record, one of my favorite Packer memories is being in the seats to watch the Pack play in Camp Randall…for an exhibition game, as they were correctly called in the 80s) If I want to watch an exhibition game, I’ll go see the Harlem Globetrotters, who actually put on an exhibition during their exhibition games.

   If the games don’t count, I’m tuning out.

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3. Lord Spatula I, King & Tyrant says:

   August 13, 2008 at 8:05 pm

   You forgot about the Bengals doing *mostly* a good job against the Farve-less Pack

   Didn’t really get much chance to watch the game.&#160 I mean, I had it on in the background, but I was up in the crow’s nest most of the evening.

   Just like tonight, truth be told.&#160 (rueful grin)

   You know, the very reason you aren’t upset about the Cowgirls losing to the Bolts is the very reason I don’t even pay attention to preseason football: the games don’t count.

   Of course they don’t count.&#160 And of course that’s why I’m not pissed.&#160 OTOH, had this been a real game, the C’boys would likely have ground the Bolts up like so much fertilizer and spread them all over the field – that’s how dominating the first units were.

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