That’s what you usually say when your team ekes out a win. But that’s not what happened Sunday. 52-3 is a pretty decisive victory. Seriously, it’s the highest score that Brett Favre has ever participated in getting. Two interceptions for TD’s by Al Harris, two run-ins from Najeh Davenport, and three strikes from Favre add up to a lot of points. 49, to be exact, and there was a field goal off another turnover to finish it off.
Now, this win cost us our backup running back. Hopefully the bye week will give Ahman Green enough time to heal and return against the Vikings. We need him; our only other RB is Tony Fisher, who usually lines up like a fullback and spends most of his time blocking and being heroically unglamorous. We need Green; we’re out so many people with sidelining injuries that it’s sickening. Sherman’s going to have to start pulling dudes out of the stands at halftime if this keeps up.
If this sounds a little unethusiastic after a huge win, it is. We were playing New Orleans, folks; a team without a home. A team without its regular starting quarterback. Sad to say, but this was inevitable for them. Yes, we were mad and frustrated and yes, we had to do something to start turning the team around and yes, we’re better than our 1-4 record would indicate. But a 1-4 start is nothing to get excited about, ever. And the really sad thing is, at 1-4 in the NFC North, we’re right back in the hunt.
And in fantasy football, despite an unglamorous week, the FSM’s came in second place — by only two points against the former #6 team. They gained a net two points on us; we gained against everyone else. Only a fumble by the Bengals at the very end of the game — while they were driving into field goal range to tie up the Sunday night match against the impressive-looking Jaguars — prevented us from winning outright for the second week in a row. No other team is realistically poised to achieve a net gain in excess of our total this week based on tonight’s match between the Steelers and the Chargers. So we’re in the lead for the second week in a row. Yay for the Flying Spaghetti Monsters!
