Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Bad news yesterday from the Colts complex. The Edge may miss Sunday’s home opener with a strained hamstring. They say the MRI revealed some damage and he was immediately listed as questionable.

Sources say he ran fine in practice yesterday. Edge apparently hurt the hammy on his 30 yard TD run that sealed Sunday’s victory in Nashville. Edge also has said he will play Sunday. Team president Bill Polian says it will be up to the doctors first. If they see it has healed they will probably clear him and leave the decision up to Edge. If not they will hold him out. Either way it looks to be fairly minor, but it is one of those injuries that can be nagging and probably won’t completely heal until after the season.

Of course if the doctors clear Edge we all know he will play. Edge is currently second in the NFL in rushing behind only Curtis Martian and has shown the speed, agility and strength he displayed in his first two seasons.

Team owner has said he can sign both Marvin Harrison and the Edge at the end of the season when they become free agents. Edge has done nothing but praise Irsay and say he wants to be here. Of course since he lives in south Florida many think he will go to the Dolphins. Some people aren’t too right thinking (to paraphrase my friend Sunshine!)

Anyway, on to more pressing NFL stuff like the Top 10. After watching last nights game I am less impressed with Philly and Minnesota. Neither team seems to have much D and for all of his plusses, Randy Moss is just an idiot. Why do they mic these guys up? Does ABC just want to show how ignorant some of them are? Remember Meshawn last year against the Colts?

It’s still real early and I have always maintained that it takes at least 2 and usually 3 weeks for a team to hit its stride. After all, the first week is the first time the starters have played a whole game since last year, so there is still some rust. But a couple of things have become apparent. The AFC South is going to be a slugfest. Only Houston looks to be out of the running early. JAX and Tennessee should be able to hold up for a good battle. I still think the Colts are the class of the division though.

The AFC West is pitiful. The NFC West with the exception of Seattle looks like they suck and the NFC and AFC East are Philly’s and New Englands to lose respectively. The two North divisions also seem wide open. Baltimore was shitty on opening day and then came back and slapped the Steelers around. Green Bay went to Carolina for the opener and handed the Panthers their ass then got beat at home by the Bears. Hell Detroit is actually leading the NFC North.

So with those things in, here are this weeks Top 10 teams:

New England (2-0) Forget about the tough game in the desert, until these people lose they are number one.
Seattle (2-0) Impressive start to season with 2 quality road wins.
Indianapolis (1-1) Call me a homer if you will, but after watching last nights game and Sunday’s game, the Colts are just better than the Eagles. Will the defense ever play a whole game though?
Philadelphia (2-0) Two nice wins at home, but one was the Giants and the other on MNF. Similar to Colts, great offense, lackluster D.
NY Jets (2-0) Pennington looks great, but the balancer is the schedule so far. Bengals and Chargers.
Atlanta (2-0) Vick might struggle with the west coast offense but he still can make plays when it breaks down. Of course if he breaks his leg all bets are off.
Jacksonville (2-0) I am a real homer if I don’t put this team in, but I don’t think they will be here long.
Detroit (2-0) In first place for first time in God only knows how long. Harrington to Roy Williams looks like a good combo!
Carolina (1-1) Best defensive front in football had nice win at KC. The opener could have been a fluke.
Denver (1-1) I don’t know if this team is as good as it was in the week one game with KC or as bad as they were in JAX. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt…for now. I’m not sure anyone really deserved this spot.

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