Denver 34, Saints 32

This should read "Saints 32, Forces of Evil 34".

So we lost a big game - but not by much. You have to hand it to our guys - this was a HELL of a football match. Denver came out swinging, putting up 21 points (7 off of a Reggie Bush fumble) in the first quarter. We answered only with a three point field goal, Gramatica's sole kick (no pun intended) of the day. He missed from 43 yards for what would have been the win. Maybe it's time for him to retire. Why, oh why, did we ever let John Carney go? Because he looks like Skeletor:




But then what happened? What was supposed to be a blowout turned into a shootout. The Saints offense went ablaze. All told, Denver gave up a staggering 511 total yards of offense to our boys in black and gold, with Drew Brees throwing to NINE different receivers for a total of 421 yards and a score with no INTs. He leads the NFL this week in passing with a shining passer rating of 110 or so, and did it all without our lead receiver, Marques Colston.

Ever heard of Robert Meachem (see above)? Doubt it. But you should pay attention, dipshit: this guy is a total liability to secondaries everywhere - even to bruisers like Champ Bailey. He had 86 yards receiving yesterday on two grabs - one for 71 yards, if memory serves (too lazy to google it). Shockey had eight hauls for 75 yards as well. Nice and easy.



And Folks - Still think Reggie Bush is a bust? I guess so, since he only had 150 fucking yards from scrimmage (75 rushing, 75 receiving) and had a paltry pair of TD's. Yeah, pretty lame: he's just a waste of money. So why don't go ahead and put that in your pipe and smoke it, you fucking idiots? He's already in the running for league MVP if there's any justice in this life of sin, and if he keeps playing like this, the only person who will compete with him for that honor is his quarterback.








Just look at this shit! Bananas.








So then, there's the whole thing about OUR defense... what to say? Why was Jason David put in there again? How did we manage to give up 369 yards of total offense to the Broncos?















First, let's concentrate on things done right: there was McKenzie's (Predator's) INT, which he is known to do should the opportunity arize. There was decent run-stoppage, even without Hollis Thomas, and Charles Grant managed to harry Jay Cutler several times. There was the safety in the end zone, etc.

But again - Jason David against Brandon Marshall? David is 5'8". Marshall is a towering 6'4". That's EIGHT inches of difference (to quote Ice Cube). Not to mention the speed - David isn't exactly the slowest guy in the world, but I think a 4.3 40m dash is out of the question for him. So on the only two plays during his frightening mismatch against Marshall, he didn't even turn around to play the ball, earning penalties on both LONG bombs and giving Denver scoring position, twice. TWICE. I don't think McKenzie was in on either of these plays, which is just criminal - he's the best corner on our team, and hence, the best man-to-man matchup against a threat like Marshall. Our defensive coordinator needs to wake the F up. Seriously. I don't know fuck all about football, but I know a mismatch when I see one. Especially after a whole season of mismatches against David last year. No discredit to David, who also recovered a fumble - whereas he was effective in a type of Cover-2 defense at Indy two years ago, he's not the guy for man-to-man coverage.

If I see McKenzie sitting it out against the 49ers' massive TE Vernon Davis next week, and Jason David crawling all over him with his back to the pass, I'm going to murder somebody's life next week.