Thoughts on the NFL after week two

OK, am I the only one who is tired of seeing Reggie Bush on every commercial? I know, Peyton is everywhere also, but at least he has done something. I cannot remember a time when an athlete was hyped so much before he did anything (maybe Tiger, and obviously that panned out). Yes, he was part of a Cinderella story last year, but now the clock has struck midnight and Bush has turned back into the too flashy, undersized back that the Texans passed on in the draft (they are beginning to look pretty smart now that Mario Williams is coming of age).

We should all thank the Packers for taking down two of our NFC east rivals in the first two games. I still think the Packers are not that good, but if they can win games like these last two they will make the playoffs. By the way, wasn't that TD pass by Romo as he was going down to his knees Favre-esk? Tony, like Brett, looks like he really loves the game. I like watching guys like that.

Cleveland Browns Crap! Just when I thought we were destined for the #1 pick in next year's draft y'all gotta go and hang half a century on the Bengals. Fortunately, our pick ought to still be pretty good because even after scoring 51 they still almost lost the game. Brady Quinn better get pretty comfortable on the bench for a while.

The Bengals are well on their way to returning to their rightful place as the "Bungles."

Aren't you glad that you ended up with the second pick in your fantasy draft and someone else picked LT?

Lastly, I'll say my piece about spy-gate, or tape-gate, or whatever kind of gate people are calling it. First of all, when are we going to stop tacking "gate" onto the end of every scandal? In 100 years if the President sends men to steal documents from the Four Seasons are they going to refer to the scandal as Four Seasons-Gate? Or from then on will all scandals end in "seasons" rather that "gate?" Anyway, I think the league was too soft on the Patriots. Obviously the Pats were cheating to gain an edge. If they got nothing from it they would not have risked punishment by doing it. If I can recall correctly, the Patriots did not dominate in any of their Super Bowl victories or on the way to those Super Bowls. It seems like there were several occasions when it came down to a field goal. If they were spying then as well maybe they got just enough of an edge to win by a field goal. Sure they were a great team, but they just needed that extra edge to win as often as they did. It reminds me of the arguments some disillusioned Barry Bonds fans try to use to change the subject. Was he a Hall-of-Famer before he took steroids? Of course he was. Did the extra boost of power and longevity allow him to break Hank Aaron's record? I think we all know the answer to that. Steroids turned several of Bonds' would-be warning track fly outs into homers just like knowing the opposing team's defensive calls allowed the Pats to eek out a victory from time to time.