So what are local beat writers saying in the wake of their team’s losses?
Porter seen celebrating the Raiders getting beat?
Nancy Gay from the San Francisco Chronicle posted this little tidbit in her game updates from the Raiders 27-0 loss to the Chargers last night:
Porter, the inactive receiver, was seen laughing and pumping his fist along the bench when Brooks was sacked a seventh time…
So let me get this straight Jerry – you throw a fit and demand to get traded in the offseason because your head coach wants you to workout with the team and not by yourself in Miami; then you celebrate as your team’s quarterback is getting pummeled?
It’s nice to see another wide receiver with some class in the NFL.
Is Bledsoe masking an injury as to not be replaced by Romo?
Gil LeBreton of the Star Telegram is suggesting that quarterback Drew Bledsoe is possibly hiding an injury to hold off backup Tony Romo from taking his job. LeBreton is making this assumption by the way Bledsoe was throwing during the Jacksonville game:
The errant passes, whether they were in the flat to tight end Jason Witten or deep over the middle to Terrell Owens. The way that Bledsoe’s right arm didn’t appear to be following through on his second-half throws. And on the sideline between Cowboys possessions in that second half, when Bledsoe began throwing practice passes.
No healthy quarterback, already in the game, in temperatures above 80 degrees, ever starts throwing warmup passes.
LeBreton also made a reference in this article about Tom Brady taking over in New England when Bledsoe was hurt and perhaps Romo is on the same course.
Now, I knew people in Dallas were anxious to see Romo, but I didn’t know they were delusional too.
Delhomme takes some criticism from home paper
In order for the Panthers to truly be considered a Super Bowl-caliber team, quarterback Jake Delhomme has to play better than what he showed against the Falcons, says Charlotte Observer columnist Scott Fowler.
DeShaun Foster never broke a big play and rookie DeAngelo Williams never really got a chance. The wide receivers were average without Smith, who was inactive with a hamstring injury.
But the quarterback is in charge out there, and Delhomme must be better for Carolina to win.
First off all, what an obvious statement here by Fowler – in order for the team to get better, the starting quarterback has to play better (he said this twice in his article by the way)? Good call chief.
Secondly, as obvious as the statement is, Fowler is right. Delhomme has danced out of public criticism ever since he led the Panthers to the Super Bowl in 2003. In ’04 Steve Smith got hurt so nobody took any heat for the Panthers playing so poorly. In fact, John Fox and his players were commended on putting up such a fight when they started off the season 1-6, only to finish 7-9.
Last year Delhomme threw three picks in the NFC Championship game and then Sunday’s game he barely looked for any of his options before whipping the ball out of bounds. Although there might be something to that last statement considering Steve Smith was standing on the sidelines – maybe Delhomme was still trying to get the ball into #89’s hands.
Williams’s guarantees victory over Bears
Nicholas J. Cotsonika of the Detroit Free Press writes that Lions wide receiver Roy Williams guarantees victory over the Chicago Bears this weekend.
“We will win this game,” Lions wide receiver Roy Williams told reporters Monday. “You all can take that as a guarantee or whatnot, but we will win this game.”
Score one touchdown this season Roy, then you can start considering threatening teams.
