Number Twenty: Browns are done for

So Ty Law got signed by the Jets, while the Browns decide to keep the same secondary that allowed 450 something yards against Cutler? Wow. What are the Browns doing? Are they giving up? Especially after a Steelers loss, you'd think the Browns would have some hope left for this season. The Browns would be better off just full out blitzing every player on every play and having no secondary. At least that would boost their 26th in the league rating at stopping the run, as they are allowing a whooping 145.2 yards a game. They are 27th in total yards allowed per game with a despicable 372.1 yards per game. The Jets, the new employers of Law, were 10th in the league with 299.9 yards allowed per game, and it seems to me that they should let the less fortunate or just downright less talented Cleveland Browns sign Law. Last year, they could allow a lot of points but still get more and win. Unfortunately, the once feared Browns passing game is getting 180.4 yards per game, good enough for a whooping 25th in the league. The Cleveland running game doesn't help much either, as they are getting 101 yards a game, 21st in the league. I'm not sure if anything can save the Browns 3-6 season now.

Number Nineteen: Nfl on Sunday, Thursday, Monday, Saturday

When is football NOT played? I guess never, considering later in the season, there is no single day without a game. That just cuts down on the days when I can watch football and hockey which is a really dumb scheduling mistake. Not only that, but I can't find ANY time to watch NBA during this time because either football or hockey is also on. So heres the QOTD: which sport do you like most: football, hockey, or basketball, and why?

Number Eightteen: Vancouver... same as last year?

The Canucks have always been defencive, ugly hockey for the past 3 years. Now they finally got that scoring punch back, or did they? It may seem like it, but on NHL.com, I learned that the Canucks had more goals against than for, and were in the bottom half of the league in goals for. So is the same old Vancouver? Not really. They have much more depth on offence now, and plus one big difference is that they are not off to a fast start, right now they are last in the division with a 4-5-0 record, while the Flames are off to an uncharacteristically good start, 2nd in the division at 5-3-1 and with less goals against than goals for. Like I said last year, I think the Canucks are in a rebuilding stage while the Flames are in the 'win now' situation Vancouver had a year ago. The Flames are losing some key guys at the end of the season. and they will not be able to afford them all. That said, Vancouver is in a pickle, as they will probably not be able to sign both Sedin twins, as they are asking for a whooping 12 million combined, a little over a quarter of every teams salary cap. I see a second round playoff exit by Calgary, and I see another year with no playoffs for the Canucks.

Number Seventeen: Parody in the NFL

Cowboys lose to the Rams. Green Bay loses to Oakland. Tennessee is the only undefeated team. Last years 2nd best team, the Colts, is a measly 3-3. A playoff team last year, Seattle, now has a 1-5 record. Only two teams, Detroit and Cincinnati, have no wins and they were supposed to be terrible this season anyway. Every team can beat any other team this season, unless you are Cincinnati or Detroit, of course. Last week, more than half the underdogs beat the favourites they were facing, and I can't wait to see who makes the playoffs. If it continues like this, we could even see a Rams vs. 49ers Superbowl. Hey, you never know.

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.