World Series all Knotted Up
* The Oakland Raiders acquired QB Carson Palmer on Tuesday but the Palmer era is off to basically the worst start possible. After telling Palmer he wouldn't play against division rival Kansas City Chiefs, the Raiders inserted Palmer for the second half after starting QB Kyle Boller threw 3 interceptions en route to a 14-0 halftime deficit. Palmer responded by throwing 3 interceptions as well and the 6 total picks set the Chiefs all-time record. Palmer later said that he did not know he would be playing until minutes before he went in and that he only knew 10% of the playbook. The Chiefs only had 1 of their 4 TD's scored by an offensive player (2 INT's returned and a running score by defensive back Javier Arenas).
* The Indianapolis Colts have been bad this year without Peyton Manning but he doesn't play defense so the fact that they allowed an NFL record 62 points to the New Orleans Saints is embarrassing no matter how good Drew Brees's team is. Brees was nearly perfect completing 31-35 passes for 5 TD's. He has 5+ TD games which puts him 3rd on the active list in that category. Only 3 other games have had the winner score 62 points and only 3 games have had a 55 point margin of victory (the final was 62-7).
* The Houston Texans gave the Tennessee Titans a giant dose of Arian Foster who has proved that the anti-awesomeness is gone from his hamstring by gaining more than 100 yards each rushing and receiving and 3 total TD's. The Texans won 41-7 in their big matchup and now look like the only team capable of winning the AFC South. Perceptions change week by week though so stay tuned.
* Tim Tebow and his Denver Broncos who we've mentioned earlier looked to be getting blown out by the hapless Miami Dolphins. But despite being down 15-0 with less than 3 minutes, Tebow engineered a late comeback to tie the game with seconds left and the Broncos won in overtime on a Matt Prater Field Goal. The comeback will add to the already massive Tebow legacy in his first game as the official starter and all but sealed the fate of Dolphins coach Tony Sparano who has seen his team go from a playoff contender to among the worst in the entire NFL.
- After four games the World Series picture is no clearer than it was when it started. Young pitcher Derek Holland pitched the Texas Rangers to a win in Game 4 tying the series up 2-2.
- The St Louis Cardinals won game 1 in a pitching battle with Chris Carpenter outperforming CJ Wilson. Game 2 played out the exact opposite. The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead to the 9th inning in Game 2, the Rangers got a hit, stole a base, another hit and two consecutive sacrifice hits to bring in two runs to win Game 2 2-1.
- Game 3 was an offensive explosion with the Cardinals winning on the back of Albert Pujols. Pujols, who has been widely written about in this venue, tied a World Series record by hitting 3 home-runs in a single game.Catcher Yadier Molina added 4 run's batted in as the Cards beat up on the Rangers 16-7. The Rangers figured out how to quiet the Cardinals in Game 4. Derek Holland only gave up two hits while pitching 8 1/3 innings (both were to the same player, Lance Berkman).
- Game 5 is Tonight, featuring the star studded pitching lineup from Game 1 (Carpenter v Wilson). Game 6 is Wednesday Night and that will feature the pitchers from Game 2 (Jaime Garcia v Colby Lewis). Game 7 (if necessary) will be Thursday, with the pitching match up still not set.
* The Oakland Raiders acquired QB Carson Palmer on Tuesday but the Palmer era is off to basically the worst start possible. After telling Palmer he wouldn't play against division rival Kansas City Chiefs, the Raiders inserted Palmer for the second half after starting QB Kyle Boller threw 3 interceptions en route to a 14-0 halftime deficit. Palmer responded by throwing 3 interceptions as well and the 6 total picks set the Chiefs all-time record. Palmer later said that he did not know he would be playing until minutes before he went in and that he only knew 10% of the playbook. The Chiefs only had 1 of their 4 TD's scored by an offensive player (2 INT's returned and a running score by defensive back Javier Arenas).
* The Indianapolis Colts have been bad this year without Peyton Manning but he doesn't play defense so the fact that they allowed an NFL record 62 points to the New Orleans Saints is embarrassing no matter how good Drew Brees's team is. Brees was nearly perfect completing 31-35 passes for 5 TD's. He has 5+ TD games which puts him 3rd on the active list in that category. Only 3 other games have had the winner score 62 points and only 3 games have had a 55 point margin of victory (the final was 62-7).
* The Houston Texans gave the Tennessee Titans a giant dose of Arian Foster who has proved that the anti-awesomeness is gone from his hamstring by gaining more than 100 yards each rushing and receiving and 3 total TD's. The Texans won 41-7 in their big matchup and now look like the only team capable of winning the AFC South. Perceptions change week by week though so stay tuned.
* Tim Tebow and his Denver Broncos who we've mentioned earlier looked to be getting blown out by the hapless Miami Dolphins. But despite being down 15-0 with less than 3 minutes, Tebow engineered a late comeback to tie the game with seconds left and the Broncos won in overtime on a Matt Prater Field Goal. The comeback will add to the already massive Tebow legacy in his first game as the official starter and all but sealed the fate of Dolphins coach Tony Sparano who has seen his team go from a playoff contender to among the worst in the entire NFL.
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