Week 5 Review

Broncos. I hate to admit it, but the Broncos are good. 5-0 is good no matter who you are. They also beat a good Patriots team...at least I think they are good. Coach Josh McDaniels has them playing hard and well. Kyle Orton is doing what he needs to do for them to win. The Broncos are far better than I thought they would be. They are going into San Diego on MNF this week and that is going to be a much better game than anticipated previously. Big ups to the Broncos. Thumbs down to those mustard and crap uniforms. Please do not wear those again. Those were the worst uni's I've ever seen. If anyone can find anything worse, feel free to let me know.

Cardiac Cats. Or the Bengals. They are 4-1 and a tipped pass away from 5-0. Are they for real? I don't know, but they seem like it. Even though they are not destroying anyone, they are winning. Wins over the Packers, Steelers, Ravens, and nearly the Broncos. Those are 4 quality teams. The Bengals and Carson Palmer in particular are staying calm and poise at the end of games. I think they might be a front runner for this division if they can keep improving every week.

Wildcat. How about the Dolphins and the Wildcat offense. Everyone was saying that the Jets would stop it because Rex Ryan knew how to do it. Well his Jets D is good, but still not what he had in Baltimore. The Phins added a few new wrinkles, but more than anything, they just flat out overpowered the Jets D-line. Lots of so called experts said that the Wildcat was a phase and now that teams had an entire offseason to look at it, it would be shut down. It does not appear so. The Dolphins are able to control the clock and if not for having to play Peyton Manning in week 2 would be 3-2 and tied for the AFC East lead.

49ers. What happened? They just were not the same team. They were undisciplined and just were horrible. What was Dre Bly doing with his Primetime impersonation? Couple of things Dre. You were still 70 yards from the end zone. Make sure you get there first. Next, you were down 35-10. Tell me what there is to celebrate about that. That was one of the biggest bonehead plays that I can remember in recent history. I don't remember Primetime ever being caught from behind. Hope the Niners take a long hard look during the week off. If you haven't seen it, go to this link and watch it. Scroll down to the lower video. http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8135ca4e&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

My game ball this week goes to Matt Hasselback. Look at the stats and the win. That will explain it all.