NFL Week 5/NLCS Game 1/ALCS Game 2 Live Blog

Game 1: Cardinals vs. Brewers 4:00 (TBS - Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, and John Smoltz, SR: Craig Sager)

Game 2: Tigers vs. Rangers 7:00 (Fox - Joe Buck and Terry Francona, SR: Ken Rosenthal)

NFL Week 5 Schedule

It has been a less than ideal start for the Eagles defense and now they are facing the Buffalo Bills, a.k.a. the toughest offense they have seen thus far this season.  Seriously.  The Bills.  Yeah. (all times ET; games I get are in bold)

Map of who gets what Sunday afternoon games

Fox games

Seattle Seahawks vs. New York Giants  1:00 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman, SR: Pam Oliver)
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Buffalo Bills  1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Brian Billick, SR: Laura Okmin)
New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers  1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton and John Lynch)
Arizona Cardinals vs. Minnesota Vikings  1:00 (Fox - Chris Myers and Tim Ryan)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. San Francisco 49ers  4:05 (Fox - Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnson, SA: Tony Siragusa)

CBS early games

Tennessee Titans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers  1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Oakland Raiders vs. Houston Texans  1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Indianapolis Colts  1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Jacksonville Jaguars  1:00 (CBS - Bill Macatee and Steve Tasker)

America's Game Of The Week and CBS late games

New York Jets vs. New England Patriots  4:15 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
San Diego Chargers vs. Denver Broncos  4:15 (CBS - Marv Albert and Rich Gannon)

Sunday Night Football

Green Bay Packers vs. Atlanta Falcons  8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, SR: Michele Tafoya)

Monday Night Football

Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions  8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden, SR: Suzy Kolber)

Eagles Week 5 Recap: "We Want Carr!"

A belated recap because I needed to finish a project after the games last night and a shortened recap because I only saw half the game and it is 24 hours removed from said game.

•  Alex Smith is so bad that 49er fans actually wanted David Carr in the game.
• Is there really anything else that needs to be said?  Alex Smith is a bad NFL QB.  He has flashes of brilliance, but that is always followed up with the dumbest throw you have ever seen.
• On 2nd and long and needing to get a 1st down to end the game, Shady McCoy inexplicably slid 2 yards short of the marker.  Andy Reid followed that up by throwing the ball.  The play did not work.  All around idiocy that could only be made funnier by playing the Tennessee-LSU debacle in the background.
• 49er fans chanted for David Carr.
• Kevin Kolb did play well in this game and he was not afraid to go pass the ball more than 5 yards down the field.  That's what I like to see.
• The Cowboys season saving win they had 2 weeks ago is no longer the season saver.  They are 1-3.
• The Redskins beat the Cowboys, Eagles, and Packers but lost to the Rams and Texans?  Who are these people?
• People in this country were hoping for David Carr to play QB for their team.

And lastly, a new feature for the recap starting this week, the win probability graph! (advancednflstats.com)

NFL Week 5 Schedule

Apologies for the lateness. Baseball playoffs had me forgetting all about getting this up.

Cincinnati politicians are the worst. Because they only have one parking lot for Paul Brown Stadium and Great American Ballpark, the 2 essentially cannot host events at the same time or anywhere near it. Thus, Game 3 of the NLDS will be going head to head with the Eagles on Sunday Night Football. Yay for my remote control's "Jump" button! (all times ET; I'll be home with my NFL Sunday Ticket for the 1st part of Sunday before leaving on time to get back for the Sunday Night Football And Baseball).

Map of who gets what Fox game.

Green Bay Packers vs. Washington Redskins 1:00 (Fox - Joe Buck and Troy Aikman)
New York Giants vs. Houston Texans 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)
Atlanta Falcons vs. Cleveland Browns 1:00 (Fox - Chris Myers and Charles Davis)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick)
Chicago Bears vs. Carolina Panthers 1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan)
St. Louis Rams vs. Detroit Lions 1:00 (Fox - Ron Pitts and John Lynch)

New Orleans Saints vs. Arizona Cardinals 4:05 (Fox - Chris Rose and Kurt Warner)

Map of who gets what CBS early game

Kansas City Chiefs vs. Indianapolis Colts 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Denver Broncos vs. Baltimore Ravens 1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Buffalo Bills 1:00 (CBS - Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker)

Map of who gets what CBS late game

Tennessee Titans vs. Dallas Cowboys 4:15 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders 4:15 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)

Sunday Night Football

Philadelphia Eagles vs. San Francisco 49ers 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth)

Monday Night Football

Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Jets 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden)

Your Week 5 NFL Schedule

CBS has the double header this week and for the 1st of 2 straight weeks, I'm stuck with Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan and Fox has managed to find a way to top the awfulness of the Stockton/Davis tandem. Games I get are in bold, so without further ado, here's your week 5 NFL schedule! (all times eastern)

Map of who gets what games on Fox.

Dallas Cowboys @ Kansas City Chiefs 1:00 (Fox - Joe Buck and Troy Aikman)
Minnesota Vikings @ St. Louis Cardinals 1:00 (Fox - Chirs Myers and Charles Davis)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Philadelphia Eagles 1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan)
Washinton Redskins @ Carolina Panthers 1:00 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick)

Atlanta Falcons @ San Francisco 49ers 4:05 (Fox - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)

Map of who gets what CBS early game.

Oakland Raiders @ New York Giants 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Detroit Lions 1:00 (CBS - Dick Enberg and Dan Fouts)
Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens 1:00 (CBS - Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker)
Cleveland Browns @ Buffalo Bills 1:00 (CBS - Don Criqui and Randy Cross)

Map of who gets what CBS late game.

New England Patriots @ Denver Broncos 4:15 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Seattle Seahawks 4:15 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Houston Astros @ Arizona Cardinals 4:15 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Rich Gannon)

Sunday Night Football
Indianapolis Colts @ Tennessee Titans 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth)

Monday Night Football
New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden)