Number Sixteen: Toronto Teams Stink, Buffalo Bills

The Maple Leafs are not going to make the playoffs, the Blue Jays have officially missed the playoffs, and the Raptors have struggled in the playoffs recently never making it past the first round. Now, I acknowledge that the Raptors will be better this year than they were last year, but they aren`t championship material. The reason I am so amazed about these teams is they always seem to draw a huge crowd, no matter how terrible they are. They could get a bunch of random people from the street to play for the Toronto teams and I bet you they would still get a great turnout. It seems slightly unfair that good franchises like the Nashville Predators and the Florida Marlins get so few fans when they are actually better than the Toronto franchises.

What`s going on in the NFL right now is crazy. The Colts are 1-2. The Chargers are 1-2. The Ravens are 2-0. The Titans are 3-0. And, most of all, the Bills are 3-0. They can`t lose a game right now with new starting QB Trent Edwards. They will definitely win the game they are scheduled to play against the Miami Dolphins in Toronto. They biggest reason this is a surprise is last year they went 6-10, which is really bad. They are on pace to go 16-0 like the Pats, and they have no real superstars. Marshawn Lynch is a great running back who fights for extra yards and uses his full effort, and I think he is the main reason why the offence is clicking, other than the QB swap of the skilled Trent Edwards for the disappointing J.P. Losman.

Today`s QOTD: Why do fans continue to go to games in Tornonto if the teams stink? Also, why do you think Buffalo turned around thier season this year?

Number Fifteen: CFL vs. NFL

During the first half of the CFL, I was watching the sport and I started thinking to myself, 'This is much better than the NFL'. I was under the impression that the actual product on the field was better in the CFL than the NFL. And then the NFL came back, and I realized I was SOOO wrong. I especially realized it when I watched the Monday Night Football game between the Philadephia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. Touchdown after touchdown was scored and the final score was an unbelievable 41-37. With 48 of those points in the first half, I could not remember a time I was anywhere near as excited by a CFL game. Then I decided to watch a Saskatchewan Roughriders versus Hamilton Tiger Cats game, and I realized that maybe both sports were equal, because that game was exciting. I think for me, the only thing that makes me like the NFL more than the CFL is the talent level. If you really think about it, had anyone actually heard of Ricky Ray in the NFL? No, and I bet you never knew that he tried to earn an NFL job twice once in 2001 with the 49ers, and again with the Jets in 2004. He never even earned a replacement backup spot (a.k.a. 3rd best QB on the NFL team) and both times he came to the CFL in a starting role. Casey Printers of the Tiger Cats, bet you didn't know he tried out as QB for the worst team in the NFL last year at the QB spot, and he was cut from the roster. The talent level is so great that a TE Teyo Johnson, who had four backups jobs in his NFL career, was signed by the Stampeders and he now leads the CFL in stats for the TE position. Not that I'm saying the CFL sucks, but the NFL has more talent. Today's QOTD: Which league do you like better, the CFL or NFL and why? Next time: Buffalo Bills.

Number Fourteen: Cleveland Browns

Wow, after the Browns, my favourite team, finished 10-6 last year, they've started 0-2 this year. Now that may partially be because of a schedule that is 6th hardest in the league and both their losses have come against playoff teams in 2007. But if the Browns want to prove last year wasn't a fluke, they better win at least half their games, which would still mean going 8-6 in the rest of their games, which won't be easy seeing as they'll play 1. the Steelers again, a team they have lost 9 straight games to, 2. last years Superbowl winner, the Giants, once, 3. the Jags 4. the Redskins, 5. the revitalized Bills, 6. the 2-0 Broncos, 7. Peyton Manning and the Colts, 8. the Eagles, 9. and lastly the Titans. Those nine games will all be difficult to win, and if they even win 5 of those, and assuming they even beat all of the weaker teams on their schedule, they will finish 10-6 again, which wasn't enough to make the playoffs last year, so they better start winning. They only have 1 touchdown in 2 games, which is last, dead last, in the league. So much for the second best offence in the league. One upside, their defence has been good so far, but the offence needs to start scoring points.

Number Thirteen: Fantasy Football

This is less of a blog and more of a suggestion. I recommend that anyone who likes football checks out this website and joins a fantasy league. It's very fun and the team names and pictures are very fun to create. Today's QOTD: Did you like the website, and what was your favourate part of making a fantasy team? click this for the website

Number Twelve: Brett Favre part 2

After all the summer bonanza surrounding Brett Favre, it would be easy to call him either a dedicated veteran or a past his prime old-timer. Lots of people think he is only returning to pad his NFL records so they will be harder to break, and while I think that probably factored into his decision, I think he is still a good football player who deserved to start for Green Bay this year and the team didn't give him a chance. The Jets gave him a chance though, and they traded a conditional draft pick to the Packers for Favre's services. I think he has got enough left in the tank to have a good season, but playing in New York will be an ordeal. If he threw an interception in a preseason game they'd probably boo him out of town, and I'm not sure Favre can handle another city giving up on him. Overall, I think Favre gives the Jets a chance to go 8-8, without him I think they'd go 5-11, but i still don't see Favre and the Jets making the playoffs. I think losing Favre will greatly hurt the Packers chances at making the playoffs, in fact I'm guessing they'll finish 7-9 and miss the playoffs, and therefore I think the Packers made a bad decition to give up on Favre. Today's QOTD: Is it a good idea for the Packers to be thinking about the future and getting rid of Favre, or do you think they should have attempted a Superbowl run by keeping him? Next post: fantasy football.