SD at NE First Half

Pre-Game

CBS AFC Championship Game Intro = Greatest. Intro. Ever. I want to kill someone (on the football field that is).

In terms of fantasy, the only good thing Chris has going for him is that it’s a day game, its semi-warm and decent throwing conditions. So Tom Brady may have a decent throwing day.

What he doesn’t have going for him is that Brandon Jacobs and Ryan Grant are going run for 750 yards in the NFC Championship game.

Chris needs a New England win and a big day from Brady if he wants to say in this thing.

Ben and Casey are pretty much out of it, but Ben does have a shot to finish third and possibly second if San Diego pulls off the upset and Greg Jennings has a big day in the Superbowl. Hey, Ben did win the luck factor this year so who knows.

15:00

Jim Nance with this brilliant line:
“Kick to Sproles and he knows how to return them.” Really Jim? Now, if you were saying this as a reaction to Eddie Drummand finally learning how to not fall down by the slightest touch, then maybe I’d understand that comment.

13:31

Rivers looks nervous planting on that right leg. This could be a long (or in his case, short) day for him.

13:21

NE MAKES A MISTAKE AND RUNS INTO THE KICKER! What are the odds that it doesn’t matter?

13:19

Phil Simms with some nice insight into a poor coaching decision by Norv Turner. What are the odds of a poor coaching decision by Norv Turner?

13:08

BRADY THROWNS AND INCOMPLETE PASS! BRADY CALLS AN INCOMPLETE PASS!

12:19
Three and out for New England. UPSET!!! (cue turnover for touchdown…..now!)

12:11

Umm… Sproles almost turns it over. I scare myself sometimes.

12:05

Looks like LDT will trade off series with Turner. Not a good sign for Chris.

What is a good sign for Ben is a nice first down pass from Rivers. SWEET!

11:04

ANOTHER FIRST DOWN PASS BY RIVERS! RIVERS IS THE BRETT FAVRE OF AFC COLD WEATHER GAMES!!! (Not really. Actually, not even close.)

10:20

LDT. Screen. One yard. Somewhere (probably in Bolivar) Chris is pissed for not taking Ward… or not.

9:57

Bud Light “Dude” commercials = Me

9:06

Phil Simms key to the game, “22 eyes on Brady.” That would mean a pretty good day for Moss wouldn’t it?

8:14

NE running game equals nothing early on.


7:36

BEN WATSON! COME BACK BABY!!!

7:05

No confidence in running game equals a bad pass on 3rd and 1, which leads to a punt. I project San Diego to score on this drive.

6:53

New CBS TV Show “Dexter” has to be the best/worst/creepiest/intriguing/reach of a show idea ever. A serial killer who hunts serial killers? And if there is a world where there are so many serial killers that they need to hire a serial killer to find them all, I’m killing myself. That can’t be the best sign for the world can it? We need more positive tv shows like “House.”

5:31

I missed on my prediction. God I suck at predictions.

5:15

Slow motion camera capturing a sack equals an orgasm for Ben.

Do you think people are going to be really pissed off about commercial breaks in Green Bay? I mean if it is going to be –897689 degrees and Fox wants to get in there 15th commercial of the last five minutes, do you think there may be a revolt by fans at the game? Or at least our first mass deaths at an NFL game. Fox = terrorists.

5:07

BRADY IS PICKED! Note: I count this as a continuation of the drive before by SD, so if they score my predictions stands.

4:06

CHAMBERS with an insane catch on the sidelines. How about that mid-season pick up for San Diego, huh? Geez, if San Diego adds a top end rookie receiver to their team, they will be unstoppable. Note: Norv Turner is not factored into the previous sentence.

3:05

I love passes to fullbacks. (Sarcasm).

2:59

HOLY CRAP! Rivers makes an insane throw into quadruple coverage that Chambers catches in the endzone. Too bad he was out of bounds.

2:56

Kaeding with the field goal (barely) and confirms by prediction that San Diego would score. I am a genious of foretelling events relating to football.

2:50

Is John Carney kicking off for San Diego now?

And what do you think Donnie Edwards is thinking right now?

What do you think Laurence Tynes is thinking right now?

What am I thinking right now?

2:13

Another 3rd and 1. They do convert with a Heath Evans run. But New England isn’t looking so good so far. And they have the winds at their back.

:48

Moss on the reverse for the first down. Pass in the flat to Faulk for a first down. So much for that “not looking so good” comment.

:00

Third and short for NE. Quarter ends. SD up 3-0. A touchdown to open the second quarter for NE and a failure to immediately respond from SD will officially end this game. A field goal or no score from NE to open the second quarter and this game will remain wide open.

Speaking of wide open, any body watching the Presidential race? GO OBAMA!

15:00

Subway commercial of guy wanting to photo copy his but is very disturbing. Moreso than that “Dexter” show.

Remember “Dexter’s Laboratory”? That “Dexter” show is going to ruin my view of what was a great cartoon for the rest of my life if “Dexter” becomes a hit show.

14:01

Slow motion reception to Faulk does not equal orgasm for Ben.

13:56

Touchdown Maroney. Bad news for Chris. Good news for the Patriots. 7-3 New England.

Also, I figured out the whole Iraq problem. All of our Marines are filming commercials. If we would just stop filming commercials, we could have this Iraq thing done by now.

13:31

Brilliance of Norv Turner: Decides to sit LDT for Turner. Actually, that might be a good decision.

12:36

Rivers has looked pretty good far despite his injury. It will be interesting to see if he holds up.

11:21

Holy crap San Diego is moving. Long pass to Jackson equals a first and goal from the nine. Where did all of these San Diego receivers come from? They have been all over the place during the playoffs.

I think now is a good time mention that I drafted Philip Rivers over Cedric Benson.

10:01

I just realized that we are only two weeks away from the best commercials of the year!

Oh, and a short gain on third and goal forces a Nate Kaeding field goal. He hits and the score is 7-6 NE.

Note: Today’s lunch so far: Skittles, sweet pickles and Gatorade. Yeah, I need a wife that can cook.

Also, I can’t live in world where an Iowa alum wins a big game to go to the Superbowl. I just can’t. I’m counting on you Rivers, I’m counting on you.

9:03

All of these Faulk dump passes are really annoying. Come on Patriots, I expected more from you.

7:19

Quinton Jammer is having one heck of a first half. NE finally got Moss off of Cramartie and they still can’t compete a pass to him.

7:09

An awesome play by Kelly Washington downs the ball at the four. This could turn ugly quick if San Diego can’t mount a dive of value.

6:27

Two short runs and now SD has a huge fourth down coming up. SD converts on a first down pass to Sproles. Man I’m glad the Chiefs didn’t draft him.

4:36

An ill-advised pass by Rivers equals a Samuels interception. It should be noted that Samuels is a free agent after this season.

4:28

Another Kevin Faulk catch equals another New England first down. I now project Faulk being the highest fantasy guy in this game.

3:51

Brady with a touchdown pass to Jabbar Gaffney means Chris is doing some kind of happy dance in Bolivar. 14-6 Patriots.

2:58

Another nice pass and catch from Rivers to Chambers. If the continue to throw like this, they’ll be in good shape. Too bad Rivers is going to throw a pick on the next play.

2:24

And Rivers throws an interception. Great.

2:18

I hope both coaches begin to figure out that it is too cold and too windy to be throwing the ball downfield all of the time.

2:11

Apparently, Kevin Faulk has stolen LDT’s skills. Additionally, I want New England’s line. Think they’ll trade it to us for Brodie Croyle (since we’re going to spend our first pick on a QB and all)?

1:32

Sproles: “He’s so little!!!”

1:10

HUGE RUN BY SPROLES TO THE 30! But it’s going to be reviewed. Not a good sign for SD since all review under 2 minutes come from the booth.

Darren Sproles is fast. REALLY fast. So glad we didn’t draft him.

:26

If NE not careful, SD could tie the game before halftime. NE doesn’t need that at the moment.

:18

Sproles can’t get out of bounds or the first down, which leave SD in a bad spot. Go for the endzone? First down, but risk not being able to stop the clock? Tough call.

:12

Rivers throws it away (good decision) and SD will settle for the field goal attempt. Kaeding is 0-4 from beyond 39 yards in the playoffs in his career. This one is a 40 yarder.

Kaeding sneaks it in and its 14-9.

One possession game. Halftime. Oh, boy. I can’t handle it. Yes I can. No I can’t. Yes I can. No I can’t. Yes I can….

Scoring Update

Ben
Philip Rivers = 1
Greg Jennings =
Ben Watson =
Stephen Goskowski = 2

Week Total = 3
Overall Total = 134

Andrew
Brandon Jacobs =
Laurence Maroney = 7
Ryan Grant =
Donald Driver =
Chris Chambers = 5

Week Total = 12
Overall Total = 195

Chris
Tom Brady = 5
LDT =
Wes Welker = 2
Sinorice Moss =
Donald Lee =
Mason Crosby =
Chargers DEF/ST = 2

Week Total = 9
Overall Total = 168

Casey
Amani Toomer =
Randy Moss = 1
New England DEF/ST = 5

Week Total = 6
Overall Total = 161