MRW

I would agree with most of your comments on the defense, but the turnovers I'm willing to cut a little more slack. We're middle of the pack in interceptions (and Clements missed a golden opportunity for another one on Sunday) and fumble recoveries involve a lot of luck IMO. The 3rd down conversions and seeming inability to stop teams when it counts are very frustrating though. It's not that I can even say the defense is "bad" because they've shown themselves capable of shutting teams down for long stretches. Lack of focus or bad defensive philosophy on long downs?

It's "goldbricker", a cheater or fake, basically.

Good point. One of Drew's plays I was happiest with was on the flea-flicker. Nothing there, he got out of the pocket and threw it away.

Thanks for pointing this out, I thought he was great today too. At one point I was ready to declare it a great game for him even though he was only averaging 3-some yds a carry. The power he displayed on most of his runs was an eye-opener to me.

Yep, I noticed this yesterday. I live in LA so I was surprised to see games blacked out.... I guess the networks must've pressured the networks to black out the Sunday Ticket showing of the games.