You Make the Call

Let's play a little game, where I detail two different NFL teams' performance from this past week.  And I include their previous Pre-Season Power Ranking and then their Week 1 Power Ranking and you tell me which team I am describing.   Here we go........

Team A

• Division  Rivalry Game

• National "Night" Game

• Team A obtained several turnovers in the first half but did not capitalize by scoring TDs

• However, Team A did begin scoring and by the middle of 3rd Quarter had a greater than 16 point lead.

• Team A lost their lead by their offense slowing down and their defense allowing multiple passing TD's until the lead was cut to less than a TD.  

• With ~ 1 minute left in the game, Team A's opponent had no time outs, kicked an on-side kick.  Team A recovered the onside kick to end the game by "kneeling" out.

TEAM A's Power Ranking Change          Pre-Week 1     Post Week 1      Differential
ESPN Power Rankings                                        18                     13                      +5
CNN Sports Illustrated                                        16                     10                      +6
CBS Sportsline                                                    14                     10                      +4
NFL (New York Offices)                                      15                     12                      +3
profootball talk/NBC (PFT)                             14                     14                      +0


Team B

• Division Rivalry Game

• National "Night" Game

• Team A obtained several turnovers in the first half but did not capitalize by scoring TDs

• However, Team A did begin scoring and by the middle of 3rd Quarter had a greater than 16 point lead.

• Team A lost their lead by their offense slowing down and their defense allowing multiple passing TD's until the lead was cut to less than a TD.  

• With ~ 1 minute left in the game, Team A's opponent had no time outs, kicked an on-side kick.  Team A recovered the onside kick to end the game by "kneeling" out.

TEAM B's Power Ranking Change          Pre-Week 1     Post Week 1      Differential
ESPN Power Rankings                                        25                     14                     +10
CNN Sports Illustrated                                        29                     15                     +14
CBS Sportsline                                                    25                     15                     +10
NFL (New York Offices)                                      26                     15                     +11
profootball talk/NBC (PFT)                             26                      5                      +21
So now armed with all of the information above to play our game......... 
I can also tell you that the two teams are:  The Dallas Cowboys and philadelphia eagles

Which Team is A and B???

So with both teams having almost exactly the same type of game, but with one team being from the Northeast and the other being from the media hating Dallas, TX........and all of the national polls originating from the Northeast media..............

You would be correct if you guessed TEAM A with the lesser jump in the polls is
the Dallas Cowboys = Team A

While the team with the largest jump, especially PFT, is
philadelphia eagles = Team B

And if this data doesn't continue to prove the Northeast biased sports media that runs all of sports and hates the Dallas Cowboys, then maybe further investigation into the game might help support this theory.

The Cowboys' opposition, which made a great comeback, was the NY Giants led by Eli Manning.  The Giants/Eli Manning are two time superbowl champions who are known for their come from behind victories (ask the Patriots).

While the eagles' opposition was the Washing Redskins led by a sophomore quarterback, RG3, with a knee so badly injured last year that he did not participate in training camp nor played in any pre-season games, so he was a little rusty when the game started.

When you add these two bits of information, it even further points to the northeast sports media bias.  The Cowboys played a much tougher opponent, yet the northeast team, eagles, get the accolades for a win while the Cowboys win is explained away by a "bad day" by the Giants.

Northeast Biased Media Continues

The typical Northeast Biased, Cowboy hating media at it again.
Cowboys defeating NY giants is like Darth Vader killing Luke Skywalker......

I can't even make this S*%@t up.  They (northeast biased, cowboy media) have really lost it this time.  

See this link to a sports illustrated article. 
 cowboys-hold-off-giants-comeback-attempt/?xid=nl_siextra

And my comment to the story:

So the Cowboys winning is like Darth Vader defeating Luke Skywalker or Andy getting caught and put back in prison???
No comparison to Rudy?? (Romo the undrafted free agent from Northeastern Ilinois) versus
Goliath (privileged football Manning family, cry baby, who refused to go to San Diego during the draft.  Would only go to NY. 2 time superbowl champion, and lives in evil NY, where the NFL home office does everything to protect northeast teams - see protection of belichick cheating) throws 3 interceptions and is defeated by the unlikely, hardworking Rudy/Romo.

No instead we get a typical northeast, biased, Cowboy hating media story that compares the winner to Darth Vader.  Ridiculous, you crybaby losers!

Cowboys Continue to Churn the Bottom of the Roster

Leading up to the first regular season game, the Dallas Cowboys continue to churn the bottom of the roster by adding another defensive player.  This time it is Defense End/Line Backer Rookie, Caesar Rayford from the Colts for an undisclosed draft pick.  Rayford had actually made the Colts 53 man roster before being traded to the Cowboys.

See link from Dallas Cowboys.com for the detes.....

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/article-NickEatman/Cowboys-Acquire-DE-Rayford-From-Colts-For-Late-Round-Pick/5f25801a-a27e-4303-b561-ac7c4c7a73c8

Fantasy Football Rosters

OK, Fantasy Football Drafts are completed for me.  I have two teams.  One in what I call my "Money League", high stakes, 12 team, big $ league which I have accumulated some wealth over the past 3 years.  The other team is my "Work League" which doesn't involve money but does involve bragging rights and a trophy for the winner to keep at his/her desk for the year.  Take a look at both below and let me know what you think......

Money League Roster
Position	Active Offense	Opp
QB	Rodgers, Aaron(QB) GB	@SF
RB	Murray, DeMarco(RB) DAL	NYG
RB	Wilson, David(RB) NYG	@DAL
WR	Garcon, Pierre(WR) WAS	PHI
WR	Marshall, Brandon(WR) CHI	CIN
WR	Moore, Denarius(WR) OAK	@IND
TE	Daniels, Owen(TE) HOU	@SD
DST	Broncos(DST) DEN	BAL
K	Bailey, Dan(K) DAL	NYG
Bench (QB)	Cutler, Jay(QB) CHI	CIN
Bench (RB)	Ball, Montee(RB) DEN	BAL
Bench (RB)	Ballard, Vick(RB) IND	OAK
Bench (RB)	Ingram, Mark(RB) NO	ATL
Bench (WR)	Jones, Jacoby(WR) BAL	@DEN

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Work League Roster
Position
QB	Drew Brees
RB	Stevan Ridley
RB	Steven Jackson
WR	AJ Green
WR	Roddy White
WR/RB Flex	Lamar Miller
TE	Jordon Cameron
DST	Baltimore
K	Garrett Hartley
Bench (QB)	Josh Freeman
Bench (RB)	David Wilson
Bench (WR)	TY Hilton
Bench (WR)	Brandon LaFell
Bench (WR)	Sidney Rice
Bench (WR)	Terrance Williams

Jerry Jones Not Talking

Jerry Jones not saying anything, by saying that he's not saying anything, is as close as we will ever get to Jerry Jones keeping his mouth shut.  But alas it is only Tuesday.  In 4 - 5 more days, I'm sure his mouth will get ahead of his brain on some radio station, print interview or TV interview.  He just can't help it.  Much to Jason Garrett's chagrin, Jerry always has to let the cat out of the bag.  But according to the Cowboys Blog at Dallas Morning News, Jerry is keeping his mouth shut about the Cowboy's game plan versus the Giants on Sunday Night of the opening weekend of the NFL regular season.  However, the week is young, the Over/Under on when Jerry starts giving away the Cowboys Game plan is Friday.  Place your bets........

http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2013/09/what-is-the-dallas-cowboys-identity-jerry-jones-gives-his-answer.html/

Media Continue to Protect Patriots & Belicheat

So there's this "bad guy" who is a very productive player for an NFL team.  The head coach of this NFL team knew he was a bad guy, and told the player how to "lay low".  This head coach said he threatened to cut this bad guy AFTER the 2013 season.  Not before the season, because it would be the right thing to do, but after the season and assumed production on the field was used.  

All of this occurred without any media attention.  From this article it states that media people knew about this but "didn't have a second source so they didn't report it".  Uuuuuhhhh OK, I understand not reporting it, but how 'bout INVESTIGATING IT AND FIND ANOTHER SOURCE!

Not to mention this is the same team and head coach that just a few years removed were found guilty of cheating by filming other teams' practices.  Nothing to see here folks, just keep on walking......

Once again the might Northeast Media either doesn't investigate, or do investigate and choose not to report certain teams and certain coaches and certain players.  In this case the continued cover up of the great New England Patriots and their spotless owner, Bob Kraft and their future Hall of Fame Coach, Bill Belichick.

I wonder how this story would've played out if this would've happened to the Dallas Cowboys or New Orleans Saints franchices??

Read the article here from CBS Sports and decide for  yourself.

cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/23363898/report-bill-belichick-knew-aaron-hernandez-felt-his-life-was-in-danger

By the way, where is the illustrious Patriots apologist and MMQB creator, Peter King, on all of this.  I thought he knew everything about the NFL.  Did he know and not report it to protect Belicheat, or just doesn't do any investigating?

Continued Hypocrisy by the NFL/Goodell

Not that it is a surprise, but the NFL New York Offices have decided that DeMarcus Ware will not be allowed to wear his new facemask, click on the link below to read the article from ESPN.....

demarcus-ware-dallas-cowboys-wear-eight-bar-face-mask


Here is a pic of the face mask he wanted to wear in order to reduce the amount of hands to face from the offensive lineman who block him.






 In contrast, here is the mask that Ray Lewis wore....



AND here is the face mask that NY Giants players Justin Tuck and Chris Canty (Chris Canty now with the Baltimore Ravens) have been and will continue to be allowed to wear due to a "medical condition"......

Chris Canty
 

Justin Tuck
 
So I don't think any further discussion of the hypocrisy and bias against the Dallas Cowboys by the NFL Offices in the Northeast is necessary.  As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.