Its Thursday, so what the heck lets play some NFL football?!?! Anyone else hate Thursday football games like me? So stupid, play on Sundays and Mondays...that's it NFL. Also don't go and make it an 18 game season, just eliminate 2 preseason games and don't force NFL fans to buy a preseason game in order to buy a quality regular season ticket. Pretty simple, stop trying to screw up a good thing! Its like if the NCAA fiddled and faddled with the great March Madness tourname....oh wait....greed will end sports prior to 2020.
So that maybe an absurd prediction, and maybe I should try to keep the number of absurd predictions to 1 a post, but instead I am adding 32 more. Ranking the NFL teams and predicting a Super Bowl winner. So you can run and tell dat homeboy!
32. St Louis - Bradford will show flashes until landing on his shoulder, re injuring it and ending any intrigue in St Louis' last place season...Jake Locker now the #2 pick next year's draft.
31. Buffalo Bills- "With the #2 pick in the 2011 NFL draft the Buffalo Bills select Jake Locker, QB Washington."
30. Seattle Seahawks - Pete Carroll's karma coming back to bite him.
29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Name three offensive starters for this team and you need to get a life. (Tampa residents don't apply to this judgement of your life coming from a guy that can name the starting lineup and bench on all Duke teams back to 1991)
28. Detroit Lions - Roar has not been restored, next year though maybe a different story.
27. Jax Jaguars - MJD's knee is worrying me and I don't even have him on my fantasy team.
26. KC Chiefs - Cassell is starting to look like a guy who made a ton of money off a system in New England.
25. Cleveland Browns - Better season with Delhomme....but its still Delhomme.
24. Denver Broncos - Why do you hear that Kyle Orton is underrated? Because everyone sees what he is and he is overachieving, this year no Brandon Marshall to help out. Denver will struggle.
23. Carolina Panthers - Two headed monster at RB will get them only so far with Matt Moore.
22. Oakland Raiders - "Jason Campbell is a huge upgrade at QB." Only would've been said in Oakland.
21. Chicago Bears - Jay Cutler will throw it to the other team more than Larry Drew.
20. Arizona Cardinals - Would've been lower on the list but I love Fitzgerald and by himself he has them this high on the list.
19. Tennessee Titans - Chris Johnson will come off the pedestal he is set himself on last year, and they were 8-8 last year so......yeah.
18. Washington Redskins - McNabb has nobody to throw too and their RB's are really old.
17. Cincinnati Bengals - TO and Ocho Cinco.
16. Miami Dolphins - Chad Henne can only get you so far.
15. New York Jets - Sanchez will kill their hopes, remember they were a slightly above average team last year and got hot in the playoffs. Sanchez sucked, got hot in the playoffs. Shonne Green didn't do anything all year, got hot in the playoffs. Won't be hot all year.
14. Atlanta Falcons - Matt Ryan maybe was a bit of a fluke year 1?
13. New Orleans Saints - Drew Brees shoulder is bound to breakdown again... I am betting this year.
12. Philadelphia Eagles - Kolb ain't McNabb, LeSean McCoy ain't Westbrook.
11. New York Giants - Eli ain't Peyton...ok enough "aint's"
10. Houston Texans - Shaub if healthy is great, they maybe a playoff team this year and give the Colts a run for their money.
9. San Francisco 49ers - Mike Singletary knows defense. Season is riding on Alex Smith's arm. His arm is good they go 13-3, his arm is bad 8-8 in a horrible division.
8. New England Patriots - Tom Brady got in a car crash this morning, and the Patriots defense will be a wreck all year. Still a good team, still win the AFC East.
7. San Diego Chargers - No Vincent Jackson probably all year since they will more than likely trade him, means they won't be as good. Still good.
6. Green Bay Packers - Aaron Rodgers maybe the best QB in the league after this year.
5. Dallas Cowboys - Tony Romo is ready, Miles Austin is ready, the Defense is ready, Felix Jones and Marion Barber are ready. Is Wade Phillips?
4. Pittsburgh Steelers - May struggle early, Roethlisberger has something to prove when he comes back and just because he is overly....aggressive.....with the ladies he did throw for more than 4k yds last year and this team is just good. (O-Line is what the season will ride on for the Steelers)
3. Indianapolis Colts - They take a step back, because even though Peyton is God, you need a run game and Bob Sanders never stays healthy and some day those thing will catch up with them....and I still have them at 3.
2. Baltimore Ravens - Flacco is a stud, Ray Rice is a stud, their Defense is always studly. Super Bowl here they come.
1. Minnesota Vikings - Sidney Rice will come back fresh, Adrian Peterson has something to prove, Brett Favre always has something to prove, O Line will be better, Defense (once the secondary is back healthy) will be better, Childress will try to screw it up, but this will be the year. Favre walks off into the sunset (or does he?) with another ring, and AP walks off with the MVP. Everyone else will tell you they are set up for a let down season, tell them they are wrong. They would've been in the Super Bowl last year if they hadn't shot themselves in the foot multiple times in the NFC Championship, will be in the Super Bowl this year and will beat the too young Baltimore Ravens 28 - 17.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Kyle Singler has knee surgery!
http://www.goduke.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204987630
Yes that is correct, Singler underwent some arthroscopic knee surgery today in a knee that he had been having some discomfort in recently. According to Wojo, Singler will be ready though for the year's first official practice October 15th.
So if you are like me, you had the "oh crap my pants" moment when you saw the headline and then had the "well that's good but what do I do now about my pants" moment after reading he will be ready for the start of practice.
Have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend Duke fans and others (except UNC fans hope you still are delivering pizzas Monday)!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Netflix Movie Reviews Vol 1: The Crazies
This is the first Used Movie Review by Mr. Duke so I have explain how I roll. I watch movies via Netflix, a great service, and I will review them as they come. My rating system will be a up to 4 scale, 1 for each of Duke's Championships. 1 being very bad (i.e. UNC last year) 4 being very good (JJ Redick's shooting stroke).
The Crazies (2010) - Directed by Breck Fisner
- Ok I like a corny, campy, "I am not going to have to think about anything other than where is my soda and popcorn" type movie from time to time as you'll see in future movie reviews. "The Crazies" is just that, a remake of the George A. Romero 1973 horror picture of the same name. The movie doesn't let you breathe much early, the action starts immediately with a zombie like farmer wielding a shotgun. Don't expect much of a let down from there until about an hour and a half later.
What do you want from a scary movie? Realism, startling scares and gross gore? You get 2 out of 3. They try hard to make you believe that if a plane carrying a mysterious toxin of the US governments crashes in the local towns water supply and makes everyone nuts could happen. Yet, there are multiple parts of the movie in which you go "wait his eyes are shut...sewn shut in fact...how could he see.....wait if drinking water would contaminate then wouldn't an open wound to open wound blood swap....wait a minute...oh wait yeah its a horror movie." So with that the realism I can't give to this movie but it has enough startling scares and gore to keep everyone happy and able to look past the lack of realism. Pitch fork through he stomach a few times enough to keep you from saying "Wait why in the world in an evacuated city would they go to this person's house and stand in that roo.....WHOLLY KNIFE THROUGH THE HAND AND THEN THE NECK!!" (you'll get that later)
I recommend this film though if this is what you are looking for. The acting isn't ridiculously horrible. The creepy parts are creepy, the spots in which you are supposed to jump at something you do, and in the end....nah I won't do that. Disconnect your brain for a hour and a half and enjoy some thrills.
2 1/2 out of 4 Duke Championships.
The Crazies (2010) - Directed by Breck Fisner
- Ok I like a corny, campy, "I am not going to have to think about anything other than where is my soda and popcorn" type movie from time to time as you'll see in future movie reviews. "The Crazies" is just that, a remake of the George A. Romero 1973 horror picture of the same name. The movie doesn't let you breathe much early, the action starts immediately with a zombie like farmer wielding a shotgun. Don't expect much of a let down from there until about an hour and a half later.
What do you want from a scary movie? Realism, startling scares and gross gore? You get 2 out of 3. They try hard to make you believe that if a plane carrying a mysterious toxin of the US governments crashes in the local towns water supply and makes everyone nuts could happen. Yet, there are multiple parts of the movie in which you go "wait his eyes are shut...sewn shut in fact...how could he see.....wait if drinking water would contaminate then wouldn't an open wound to open wound blood swap....wait a minute...oh wait yeah its a horror movie." So with that the realism I can't give to this movie but it has enough startling scares and gore to keep everyone happy and able to look past the lack of realism. Pitch fork through he stomach a few times enough to keep you from saying "Wait why in the world in an evacuated city would they go to this person's house and stand in that roo.....WHOLLY KNIFE THROUGH THE HAND AND THEN THE NECK!!" (you'll get that later)
I recommend this film though if this is what you are looking for. The acting isn't ridiculously horrible. The creepy parts are creepy, the spots in which you are supposed to jump at something you do, and in the end....nah I won't do that. Disconnect your brain for a hour and a half and enjoy some thrills.
2 1/2 out of 4 Duke Championships.
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