Another Bleach chapter to gawk at and wonder, why?
Spoilers after the cut.
October 16, 2014
October 14, 2014
2014 NFL Power Rankings, Week 6
Even in a week with fewer surprises than usual, there were still a couple of results that had people shaking their heads.
As I write this, the Monday night game has been over for a few hours. It wasn't pretty, but when are they ever? It's not often that those games are any good; NBC has generally taken all the good matchups. ESPN and CBS/NFLN are left with the scraps for Monday and Thursday.
At any rate, being a Cowboys fan, I have to give them some credit here at the top. Not only have they won five in a row after that mind-numbingly bad loss in Week 1, but they just went to Seattle and took out the champs. Unsurprisingly, since the NFL is now a running league, the Cowboys did it with defense and running the ball a bunch of times. This shouldn't surprise anyone, since Seattle's offense is usually pretty plain (aside from when they're making special effort to be anything other than boring) and when the running game isn't working, there's not a lot they can do otherwise. The problem with Russell Wilson at this point in his career is that the OC and Pete Carroll don't seem to trust him enough to let him go on a consistent basis. He was somehow able to do it against Washington, but then again, they somehow have a worse defense than the Cowboys.
Romo played well when he wasn't just handing it off to Murray/Randle and watching them run. There wasn't the huge mistake like in the game against Denver from last year. There were mistakes, to be sure, especially on special teams, but Romo isn't responsible for their tomfoolery.
Also, I should probably address the tie. Cincinnati and Carolina played 75 minutes of football and there wasn't a winner. NFL coaches are conservative; this is the nature of the beast. When jobs are highly coveted (outside of Oakland or Jacksonville, at least), guys will do things conservatively and minimize risks to lessen their chances of losing said job. Marvin Lewis doesn't appear to have anything to worry about, given that his dreadful playoff performance has yet to result in negative consequences, and yet he was obviously comfortable enough going for a field goal when he could have had Dalton...you know, win the game (cue Herman Edwards clip...now).
Dalton didn't get a chance and Mike Nugent honked the kick in hilarious fashion. There's your ball game.
Also, Brady, Peyton, and Rodgers looked like their usual "elite" selves. I like it.
Here are the Rankings for Week 6:
As I write this, the Monday night game has been over for a few hours. It wasn't pretty, but when are they ever? It's not often that those games are any good; NBC has generally taken all the good matchups. ESPN and CBS/NFLN are left with the scraps for Monday and Thursday.
At any rate, being a Cowboys fan, I have to give them some credit here at the top. Not only have they won five in a row after that mind-numbingly bad loss in Week 1, but they just went to Seattle and took out the champs. Unsurprisingly, since the NFL is now a running league, the Cowboys did it with defense and running the ball a bunch of times. This shouldn't surprise anyone, since Seattle's offense is usually pretty plain (aside from when they're making special effort to be anything other than boring) and when the running game isn't working, there's not a lot they can do otherwise. The problem with Russell Wilson at this point in his career is that the OC and Pete Carroll don't seem to trust him enough to let him go on a consistent basis. He was somehow able to do it against Washington, but then again, they somehow have a worse defense than the Cowboys.
Romo played well when he wasn't just handing it off to Murray/Randle and watching them run. There wasn't the huge mistake like in the game against Denver from last year. There were mistakes, to be sure, especially on special teams, but Romo isn't responsible for their tomfoolery.
Also, I should probably address the tie. Cincinnati and Carolina played 75 minutes of football and there wasn't a winner. NFL coaches are conservative; this is the nature of the beast. When jobs are highly coveted (outside of Oakland or Jacksonville, at least), guys will do things conservatively and minimize risks to lessen their chances of losing said job. Marvin Lewis doesn't appear to have anything to worry about, given that his dreadful playoff performance has yet to result in negative consequences, and yet he was obviously comfortable enough going for a field goal when he could have had Dalton...you know, win the game (cue Herman Edwards clip...now).
Dalton didn't get a chance and Mike Nugent honked the kick in hilarious fashion. There's your ball game.
Also, Brady, Peyton, and Rodgers looked like their usual "elite" selves. I like it.
Here are the Rankings for Week 6:
October 8, 2014
Bleach 600 - Snipe
Another week, another Bleach chapter.
But this week is a little special, because Bleach made it to 600!
Spoilers after the cut.
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