Aloha Gang....How ya all doing on this beautiful Monday afternoon....Today we start the new week off with an excellent and exciting NFL matchup...Last week in the NFL I finished it off posting a super 5W-1L record, with my TOP Plays going 1-0...I am looking to only improve upon this as we enter into new week in the NFL...So with that said, what do you say we get this Monday Night Party started already...LETS ROCK-N-ROLL BABY!
**ABOVE AVERAGE PLAY ON:
Minny +3.5
-Why do I like Minny, when the whole world seems to be all over this new and improved Philly team with the addition of Mr Sharpie TO on Offensive.....Well, it is because I dont believe that Philly has now become the cream of the crop in the NFL just because of the acquision of WR Owens....Sure he will make their Offense that much more better, but this Philly team, though good, still has a lot of team question marks in certain areas on both sides of the ball....The past two years, Philly has been hit hard by free agency and salary cap restrictions...Put plainly, they have lost in my opinion more in way of Key players than they have acquired, mainly on the defensive side of the ball...and last year even though going to the playoffs and ending the regular season with a 12-4 record, Philly still only ended with an Offense ranked 18th overall and a Defense ranked 20th.
Minny, on the other hand, seems to be in a little better predicament this year than many people are giving them credit for...This Minny team is once again loaded on the Offensive side of the ball and this year has only gotten more potent with several additions to an already highly effective and efficient Offense...Last year they did miss the playoffs due to a monumental season ending collapse, but was still able to end being the Top ranked Offensive unit in the league...Minny's problem is on the Defensive side of the ball, and that is where this franchise has concentrated on making the biggest improvements for the year with players like CB Winfield and DE Udeze from USC...
In short, I feel that both Offenses will be productive tonight against the others Defenses...but Minny's Offense will be more effective at holding and controlling the line of scrimmage a lot better giving QB Culpepper enough time to hit whomever he desires....This Minny Offensive line is a solid one and should also be able to open up a lot of holes for RB Smith to rush behind like they did vs last season's #1 Defensive unit of the Dallas Cowboys....Also, with such an unstoppable and talented player like Moss is, who will also be lining up in many different areas...who is going to cover him all night long....Moss will draw double coverage, freeing up someone else for Culpepper to throw to, like he did vs Dallas where 9 different players caught a pass....Moss will also cause problems for this Eagle defense in man coverage, as he goes 6-4" and the Eagles to new CB's only stand approx 5-9"....Last seasons Pro Bowl CB's of the Eagles in Vincent and Taylor had the size and proven ability to handle a receiver like Moss, this years editions dont....and that spells trouble for the Eagles...The Eagles also is a little banged up in the secondary as well with CB Sheppard (broken thumb) and starting safety Lewis (quadricep), but both are expected to play..
Bottom line for me in this one is I feel that the Minny will be able to run on this Eagle defensive front and the secondary will have more than enough then they will be able to handle with Moss and company....On the other end, I feel that eventhough Dallas was able to pass a lot on this improved secondary of the Vikings, we cannot forget that it was done with very talented WR's in Johnson, Bryant, and Glenn, who arent nobody's...But, the Eagles Defense although playing solid last week, did allow the hapless Giants to rush for over 100 yards and QB Wagner to pass for over 200....In the end, if you look at the stats, you will clearly see that QB McNabb and Philly outproduced everyone including this potent Minny Offense, but you need to also look at who Philly played(the hapless Giants) as compared to Minny (vs last years playoff team with #1 defense, and Coach Parcell)...Minny stat wise lost it to Philly, but still won handily vs Dallas even with having 19 less plays on Offense...Plus, it was QB Dante Culpepper who was voted as the NFC Player of the Week and not QB Donavan McNabb, and that says a lot to me...
I like the Vikings to surprise everyone tonight...Take the Vikings plus the points in this NFL Monday Night Thrilla!...Good luck and Aloha CC.
**ABOVE AVERAGE PLAY ON:
Minny +3.5
-Why do I like Minny, when the whole world seems to be all over this new and improved Philly team with the addition of Mr Sharpie TO on Offensive.....Well, it is because I dont believe that Philly has now become the cream of the crop in the NFL just because of the acquision of WR Owens....Sure he will make their Offense that much more better, but this Philly team, though good, still has a lot of team question marks in certain areas on both sides of the ball....The past two years, Philly has been hit hard by free agency and salary cap restrictions...Put plainly, they have lost in my opinion more in way of Key players than they have acquired, mainly on the defensive side of the ball...and last year even though going to the playoffs and ending the regular season with a 12-4 record, Philly still only ended with an Offense ranked 18th overall and a Defense ranked 20th.
Minny, on the other hand, seems to be in a little better predicament this year than many people are giving them credit for...This Minny team is once again loaded on the Offensive side of the ball and this year has only gotten more potent with several additions to an already highly effective and efficient Offense...Last year they did miss the playoffs due to a monumental season ending collapse, but was still able to end being the Top ranked Offensive unit in the league...Minny's problem is on the Defensive side of the ball, and that is where this franchise has concentrated on making the biggest improvements for the year with players like CB Winfield and DE Udeze from USC...
In short, I feel that both Offenses will be productive tonight against the others Defenses...but Minny's Offense will be more effective at holding and controlling the line of scrimmage a lot better giving QB Culpepper enough time to hit whomever he desires....This Minny Offensive line is a solid one and should also be able to open up a lot of holes for RB Smith to rush behind like they did vs last season's #1 Defensive unit of the Dallas Cowboys....Also, with such an unstoppable and talented player like Moss is, who will also be lining up in many different areas...who is going to cover him all night long....Moss will draw double coverage, freeing up someone else for Culpepper to throw to, like he did vs Dallas where 9 different players caught a pass....Moss will also cause problems for this Eagle defense in man coverage, as he goes 6-4" and the Eagles to new CB's only stand approx 5-9"....Last seasons Pro Bowl CB's of the Eagles in Vincent and Taylor had the size and proven ability to handle a receiver like Moss, this years editions dont....and that spells trouble for the Eagles...The Eagles also is a little banged up in the secondary as well with CB Sheppard (broken thumb) and starting safety Lewis (quadricep), but both are expected to play..
Bottom line for me in this one is I feel that the Minny will be able to run on this Eagle defensive front and the secondary will have more than enough then they will be able to handle with Moss and company....On the other end, I feel that eventhough Dallas was able to pass a lot on this improved secondary of the Vikings, we cannot forget that it was done with very talented WR's in Johnson, Bryant, and Glenn, who arent nobody's...But, the Eagles Defense although playing solid last week, did allow the hapless Giants to rush for over 100 yards and QB Wagner to pass for over 200....In the end, if you look at the stats, you will clearly see that QB McNabb and Philly outproduced everyone including this potent Minny Offense, but you need to also look at who Philly played(the hapless Giants) as compared to Minny (vs last years playoff team with #1 defense, and Coach Parcell)...Minny stat wise lost it to Philly, but still won handily vs Dallas even with having 19 less plays on Offense...Plus, it was QB Dante Culpepper who was voted as the NFC Player of the Week and not QB Donavan McNabb, and that says a lot to me...
I like the Vikings to surprise everyone tonight...Take the Vikings plus the points in this NFL Monday Night Thrilla!...Good luck and Aloha CC.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ChadC:
I think you're wrong here captain. Minnesots's D is still awful, just flat awful. If this were in the Metro Dome I would go for it, but I just don't see it on the road. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Well, I dont want to say I am wrong till after the game is completed, and even then (win or lose) I still will need to look at whether or not my capping was on, off, or on a totally different page...
But, as far as your statement about the Minny Defense being awful...In this one, I think that both defenses are not very good...but I looked further into both Offenses to see where the advantages lied...and I felt that Minny's Offense has more advantages, especially behind that Big Ass O-Line and definately in WR Moss...Everyone seems to be buying into Owen's, and I will say it again and again...this is the Pro's and not only one guy will make a difference...but still, if you had to chose one guy from both Offenses..then Moss is way more of a problem and threat for opposing Defenses then Owens will be...
Now the Eagles Defense last week looked good because they were able to use their blitz package against the Giants because they werent as confident in their smallish CB's and banged up DB's...and they were effective against that poor O-Line of the Giants and were able to get 5 sacks....Against this Minny O-Line though, it wont be that easy to use that blitz packages, because of Moss, but if they do, then Minny's WRs will have an advantage...not to mention that QB Culpepper can also run and is mobile unlike QB Warner...So because of this, I felt that their blitzing schemes that they like to run will not be utilized so much and this gives Minny another advantage....
One thing that I do agree on is that this one is on the road and Minny has struggled to say the least on it...but, Minny this year is a very confident team and a team which is set on changing what occurred in the end of last season...So far they are off to a good start with a dominant performance over the Cowboys, and I felt it should carry over in this on...Primetime brings out the best of Primetime players and Minny to me is better at least on the Offensive side, and is better than the Eagles defense, especially in the secondary...JMO...But, we shall see in the end...Aloha CC.
I think you're wrong here captain. Minnesots's D is still awful, just flat awful. If this were in the Metro Dome I would go for it, but I just don't see it on the road. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Well, I dont want to say I am wrong till after the game is completed, and even then (win or lose) I still will need to look at whether or not my capping was on, off, or on a totally different page...
But, as far as your statement about the Minny Defense being awful...In this one, I think that both defenses are not very good...but I looked further into both Offenses to see where the advantages lied...and I felt that Minny's Offense has more advantages, especially behind that Big Ass O-Line and definately in WR Moss...Everyone seems to be buying into Owen's, and I will say it again and again...this is the Pro's and not only one guy will make a difference...but still, if you had to chose one guy from both Offenses..then Moss is way more of a problem and threat for opposing Defenses then Owens will be...
Now the Eagles Defense last week looked good because they were able to use their blitz package against the Giants because they werent as confident in their smallish CB's and banged up DB's...and they were effective against that poor O-Line of the Giants and were able to get 5 sacks....Against this Minny O-Line though, it wont be that easy to use that blitz packages, because of Moss, but if they do, then Minny's WRs will have an advantage...not to mention that QB Culpepper can also run and is mobile unlike QB Warner...So because of this, I felt that their blitzing schemes that they like to run will not be utilized so much and this gives Minny another advantage....
One thing that I do agree on is that this one is on the road and Minny has struggled to say the least on it...but, Minny this year is a very confident team and a team which is set on changing what occurred in the end of last season...So far they are off to a good start with a dominant performance over the Cowboys, and I felt it should carry over in this on...Primetime brings out the best of Primetime players and Minny to me is better at least on the Offensive side, and is better than the Eagles defense, especially in the secondary...JMO...But, we shall see in the end...Aloha CC.
Bottom line, is in this one, both Defense's will struggle...and it will come down to who makes MORE bigger plays on the Offensive side...Right now, Minny though moving the ball very good, they arent taking advantage of it...hence only two FG's, instead of two TD's...but, it is a very positive start.
Both teams secondarys is being totally exploited to the maximum...More of Moss should make a big the difference...and it should come in the second half...
Both teams secondarys is being totally exploited to the maximum...More of Moss should make a big the difference...and it should come in the second half...
