The Cheerleader vs The Blogger: Super Bowl Picks

The divisional playoffs was some of the best football of the season. So, I'm hoping the Super Bowl exceeds my expectations. I think the Giants can easily win this game. Not only do they have a very good, and fast defense their offense can put up some points. I believe Tom Brady will struggle vs. the Giants defense as he did against the Ravens D.

Last week:
Cheerleader: 0-2
Blogger: 2-0

Season Record:
Cheerleader: 51-44
Blogger: 56-39

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Cincinnati Bengals Week 1 re-cap

I let the bad loss against the Patriots marinate in my head overnight, and I am a bit calmer this morning
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Even though D-line gave Tom Brady enough time for him to go home and shag his super model wife, there were some positives that can be taken out of this game.

Jermaine Gresham's had four catches for 25 yards and a touchdown. Does that mean we finally have a TE that can catch and block?

Chad and Carson came alive in the second half after the Bengals were down 80 points. If Chad Ochocinco plays like this every game, he will put up a career year. Ochocinco looked as fast as ever.
He ended up with 12 catches for 159 yards and a touchdown.

I'm sure Marvin is happy they signed Mike Nugent over Dave Rayner. It is nice to have a kicker who can hit from 50-plus yards, as Nugent did with his 54-yard field goal in the second quarter.
 
Wasn't there some crazy stat about Jordan Shipley, how he only dropped 5 passes since he was in diapers, anyway he looked good and catching everything thrown his way. How did he end up with that  Hail Mary pass? He's like the shortest dude in the stadium. 
 
Recently there have been lots of penalties called against the Bengals. Against the Patriots, the Bengals only had two penalties for five yards.

So everyone lets stay calm and don't hit the panic button. Stop calling for Palmer to sit and calling this Bengals team the old Bungles.

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Cincinnati Bengals vs. New England Patriots

How did the first game of the season turn out? Not so good.
It was a total team effort today...everyone sucked.


Where was the offense and the defense in the first half, specifically the O-line and the D-line?
The Bengals repeatedly got slapped in the face by bunch of Patriots dicks and they just stood there and enjoyed it.
I don't think I have seen the Bengals play that bad in recent memory.
 
I guess all was not lost, I hope what I saw in the second half was a glimpse of what the Bengals are capable of.
 
It seems like the Bengals defense picked up some toughness and speed when they injected some young blood in the second half. Which begs the question, who should start on defense? Maybe Geno Atkins, Michael Johnson.
 
I'm not sure what is going on with Carson Palmer, while he makes some great throws, I often see him making some questionable throws. An example would the pick by Gray Guyton that was returned for six.
 
Rookies Jermaine Gresham and Jordan Shipley looked solid in the first NFL game, I hope there is more production from those two.
 
I hear lot of people getting on Bob Bratkowsi for his play calling. I'm not an expert or anything, but the play calling looked pretty vanilla in the first half. Also, the offense looks much better when they are in their no-huddle offense.
 
I'm hoping there is no bad hang overs from this game to next week game against Baltimore Ravens.
 

 
 
Image via:(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Stat: ESPN

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