Saints 50, Buccaneers 7.
The shutout was only lost when third-string running back Mike Bell came in with the rest of the reserves late in the third quarter with a 38-0 lead, fumbled on his first carry, and it was returned for a touchdown.
Beyond that, though, the final score of the game really summed it up for the Bucs. Clifton Smith mistakenly calls fair catch at the one-yard-line. On the first play from the 1, Byron Leftwich drops back, looks right, and promptly sets his back foot out of bounds. Safety makes it 50.
I believe we called 5 passes in the fourth quarter, none of them traveling more than five yards in the air. The rest of the quarter was runs and kneels, plus one field goal. The Saints don’t run up the score.
Omniscia was, as always, fun to play against and a tremendous sport.
On the plus side, we got 50 gamer points from the Wounded Duck achievement, for completing a pass to an unintended receiver.
Aren’t something like 40% of Jack English’s passes to “unintended” receivers?
Like, those on the other team?
Hey T-Verse - Are you going to be able to play our game this week?
Lemme know.
Shmtur
1745
Speaking of setting up games; Demon G Sides, think you’d have time on Sunday to play our GB/NYJ game?
Man, at the halfway point in the season, it’s a five-way race for the #6 seed in the AFC playoffs. Pittsburgh basically has a must-win against the Buffalo Bills (helmed by James, who handed me that devastating loss with the Texans in Week 2) who are also in contention.
Ironically, so are the Texans, who are the odds-on favorite among the five teams vying for that precious underdog spot (Houston, San Diego, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Denver).
In addition to that must-win game, I have to face the division-leading Ravens again in Week 10, and immediately follow that up with a potential season-decisive game against Strummer and his Panthers.
The football gods don’t make this easy for the noble Steelers, no sir.
Shmtur
1747
Just posting a followup, since I never heard anything back. Hopefully we can get something in tonight or tomorrow night.
Cubit
1748
I’ll drop him from the Jets, then, so Shmtur can play his game.
Shmtur
1750
Thanks. I missed that post entirely the first time through; thanks for pointing it out, Cubit!
Do we have a lot of people just waiting until the last minute to play their games? I’m seeing two player games (Bears/Seahawks, Vikings/Dolphins) still pending on Wednesday morning…
I hope not. Mighty, want to play around 8:30 pm EST?
Sounds good to me.
Although I swear to god, if there’s any “I’m going to Disney World!” posturing during the post-game, I will find you and end you.
Rolled forward at around noon EST :)
All right, people, here’s the deal.
Lenkenobi and Acheng - you have matches against the Houston Texans. DRIVE THEM INTO THE GROUND. The Texans have to lose, period.
Ryan, Not One Of Us, and BlueJackalope - same goes for your matches against the Chargers.
James, Maddengeek - it looks like the Bills, the Broncos, and the Steelers are all trying to fight for that #6 seed in the wildcard bracket. I will wince in sympathy for every loss I see on the scoreboard, but inside I’ve got this little Martin Kove voice shouting “NO MERCY IN THIS DOJO!” for the next eight weeks of the season.
Sorry, I’ve been superduper busy (moving this weekend) I tend to turn on the 360 and start a netflix movie to act as background noise and walk away from the television.
Anyway, I missed Techno (bulletbluesky) and I failed to hook up.
I’ll be unreachable starting Friday night through Mon also… whomever my opponent is…
I think I have the Rams this week. Someone check and see if that’s correct. If that is indeed who I have, Rams player who lost Steven Jackson! I’ll take you on!
Who are these Bizarro World Raiders?
Great offensive line, solid defensive line, receivers not running into each other, and JaMarcus Russell playing about as well as Kurt Warner.
You heard me. JaMarcus Russell. About as good as Kurt Warner. 34/26, 363 yards, 3 TDs for Russel, with Warner getting 25/21, 373 yards and 3 TDs also. Warner did, however, get his second perfect passer rating of the season. Russell had two 100 yard receivers.
No highlights, as there wasn’t many plays of note. I did get an 80 TD run at the very end with somebody else’s cut rookie, D. Claytor. Speedy, but has an overall rating of 12, I believe. He’s my pet project.
Last year, the Raiders almost beat me, too. They are somehow no joke. Only difference was they had Jeff Garcia; and man, he could pass. I can’t imagine Russell’s lazy ass waking up somehow the exact same night I play them. Seeing JaMarcus increase his output by that much probably gives the Raiders pause about picking up Campbell…
NAH!!!
