The Cut.

Before I get into this week’s cut, I want to throw out a warning to some of the people and things that are treading dangerously close to the razor’s edge here. You better step it up!

On the bubble:

1) Nick Saban - Why, oh why is this guy getting a pass for his team’s shitbox performance? A six game run when it no longer mattered last year? A thorough beatdown of the somewhat questionable NFC Chicago Bears? That one may save him for a bit, but in my mind it’s a further testament to my particular problem with this guy. He doesn’t seem to be able to get the troops together until there is nothing left to play for but pride.

2) Playing for pride - Fuck your pride, you suck! So go ahead and keep sucking. Nobody wants their playoff worthy team to be in jeopardy because Detroit’s defense or Joey Harrington decided to win one for the Gipper. Let’s play 100 more times and see who wins the other 99. And don’t give me that “You can’t look ahead to the next game” bullshit. Why not? If you have a warm-up bout against a girl scout this week and a prize fight versus Roy Jones next, you are probably going to start preparing for Jones. And rightfully so, cause no one expects the girl scout to whip out a frickin’ Bazooka, and quite frankly, it’s against the rules. So hey, bad teams, swallow your pride. Fall asleep during meetings or book a Viking sex cruise. Your season’s over, act accordingly.

3) Dwight Freeney - I’m not getting down on Dwight Freeney because he’s supposed to be this superstar monster of the midway, and yet he only has, like half a sack through the first half of the season. I will not be surprised if Freeney makes his presence known in the second half. I’m putting Freeney on the bubble because during Sunday night’s game he got his hands on Tom Brady and Brady pretty much gave him the old, “Knock it off, little brother!” shove and went on to complete a pass. Not much was said at the time, but you can be sure that if Manning had done this to Richard Seymour, it would have looked like a blizzard of jockey shorts raining down from the Press Level in Foxboro. I’m watching you, Freeney, you big sissy.

All right, enough of the also-rans, and without further ado...



...The cut of the week has got to be J.P. Losman. I know they just beat the mighty Packers, but Losman had nothing to do with that. In fact, Favre was a far better QB for the Bills in that game than J. P. Wow, is this guy bad. Truthfully, I’ve barely watched him play, and dare you to blame me. What I have seen is bad decision making and bad accuracy. The guy just stinks, and you know that town is dying to get their old quarterback statue back from Dallas so they can stop being “underachievers,” and just be plain old bad with no expectations. I picked that team to be a big surprise and go 10 - 6 this year, but I didn’t take into account that they are actually the Raiders. Seriously, look at those two teams and tell me they are not the exact same team. I don’t know who the back-up is in Buffalo, but I have to assume that it’s a coat rack, or maybe an enchanted broom or something, because I can’t figure out why they are still trying to work with this failed experiment. Time to sack up and go QB #1 in the draft again Buffalo, you suck.