NFL Week 6/2011 NLCS Game 6 Live Blog

Game 6: Cardinals vs. Brewers 8:00 (TBS - Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, and John Smoltz, SR: Craig Sager)

NFL Week 6 Schedule

Somehow I forgot about this on Tuesday.  Sorry!  This week, the Eagles face as close to a must win as one could face on Week 6 of a season.  They are on the road against the division leading Redskins.  A win is almost a necessity. (all times ET; games I get are in bold)

Map of who gets what Sunday afternoon games

CBS games

Buffalo Bills vs. New York Giants  1:00 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Pittsburgh Steelers  1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Indianapolis Colts vs. Cincinnati Bengals  1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)

Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens  4:05 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Cleveland Browns vs. Oakland Raiders  4:05 (CBS - Marv Albert and Rich Gannon)

Fox early games

San Francisco 49ers vs. Detroit Lions  1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston, SA: Tony
Siragusa)
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Washington Redskins  1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Brian Billick, SR: Laura Okmin)
St. Louis Rams vs. Green Bay Packers  1:00 (Fox - Chris Myers and Tim Ryan)
Carolina Panthers vs. Atlanta Falcons  1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton and John Lynch)

America's Game Of The Week and Fox late games

Dallas Cowboys vs. New England Patriots  4:15 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman, SR: Pam Oliver)
New Orleans Saints vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers  4:15 (Fox - Ron Pitts and Jim Mora, Jr.)

Sunday Night Football

Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears  8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, SR: Michele Tafoya)

Monday Night Football

Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets  8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden, SR: Suzy Kolber)

Eagles Week 6 Recap: Injuries, Historically Bad Day For Akers, And Falcons No Match For Eagles

 Onto the bullet points.

• Trade Vick.  Trade Vick now.  Kevin Kolb is finally getting into a rhythm and establishing himself as a real NFL QB.  Stick with Kolb and trade Vick.  Vick's value has never been higher than it is now, and it will probably never be this high again.  Naming Vick the starter in the 1st place was a a dumb idea, and Reid needs to recognize it, even if he is still contending that Vick is his QB if he is able to go next week.
• As far as back-up QB goes, the Eagles can always pick up washed up veteran on the scrap heap (so long as his name is not JaMarcus) to play ahead of future back-up Mike Kafka.  But the fact of the matter is, the Eagles picked Vick up out of prison, transformed him back into a starting caliber QB, and can reap the benefits while sticking with the guy who should be QBing this team, Kevin Kolb.  Trade Michael Vick.
• DeSean Jackson is the next Eagle to go down with a concussion after taking an awful and dirty hit from Dunta Robinson.  For those that disagree about its dirtiness, watch this and listen to this.  It's a textbook illegal hit.
• The Eagles played the entire 2nd half with only 3 eligible WRs: Jeremy Maclin (who had a career day), Jason Avant, and Chad Hall, a rookie out of Air Force who was put on the practice squad to start the season.  Seeing as Jackson is unlikely to play next week given the NFL's strict concussion recovery program in place, I would be willing to bet that someone is getting added to the squad this week.
• Matt Ryan was a local boy returning home.  He'll be glad when he leaves.  The Eagles defense ate him alive today.
• Trent Cole and Darryl Tapp are beasts.  That is all.
• Shady McCoy did not have a great game, 21 carries for only 64 yards.  Jerome Harrison was inactive, as it takes more than 48 hours to learn an offense.
• David Akers missed his 1st 3 field goals of the game before connecting on the 4th.  This marks the 1st time in his great career that Akers missed 3 field goals in one day.  I guess if ever there is a good game to miss 3 field goals, it is a game where your team wins 31-17 where the game is even more of a blowout than the score indicates.
• Andy Reid takes a lot of heat from me with his play-calling, but he had a great game today.  No egregious timeout mismanagement, no dumb challenge, no bad clock management, and further more, the scheme both offensively and defensively was very successful and worked like a charm for a full 60 minutes of football.  You can't ask for anything more than that.
• Writing these recaps is a lot harder in an easy blowout win and there is not a whole heck of a lot to complain about.
• Jeremy Maclin's numbers:  7 receptions, 159 yards, 2 TDs.  I've mentioned this numerous times, but I loved watching Maclin at Mizzou, and I am loving him more and more as a NFL WR.  The guy is the real deal and will likely be around for quite some time in this league.
• Michael Turner's numbers:  15 carries, 45 yards.  Yeah.
• Lastly, the win probability graph. (advancednflstats.com)

NFL Week 6 Schedule

Week 6 already? Damn, the NFL season flies by when Favre is outed for possibly revealing too much of himself and Andy Reid is claiming out right that so-and-so is his starting QB for the foreseeable future even though that may or may not actually be the case. (all times eastern; games I get are in bold)

Map of who gets what CBS game.

Baltimore Ravens vs. New England Patriots 1:00 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Miami Dolphins vs. Green Bay Packers 1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts)
Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Houston Texans 1:00 (CBS - Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker)
San Diego Chargers vs. St. Louis Rams 1:00 (CBS - Don Criqui and Steve Beuerlein)

New York Jets vs. Denver Broncos 4:05 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Oakland Raiders vs. San Francisco 49ers 4:05 (CBS - Bill Macatee and Rich Gannon)

Map of who gets what Fox early game.

Atlanta Falcons vs. Philadelphia Eagles 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)
Detroit Lions vs. New York Giants 1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton and Charles Davis)
Seattle Seahawks vs. Chicago Bears 1:00 (Fox - Chris Myers and Brian Billick)
New Orleans Saints vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan)

Map of who gets the Fox late game.

Dallas Cowboys vs. Minnesota Vikings 4:15 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman)

Sunday Night Football

Indianapolis Colts vs. Washington Redskins 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth)

Monday Night Football

Tennessee Titans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars 8:30 (ESPN - Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden)

Expect lots of comments about Awful Announcing during this Sunday's live blog.........

NFL Week 6 And MLB Playoffs Day 10 Live Blog

It's my week to host the live blog and seeing as the Phillies also play tonight, I'm combining both events into one live blog just for the sake of laziness in not wanting to create 2 live blogs.

I've got Vikings-Ravens, Browns-Steelers, Bills-Jets, and Raiders-Eagles, with my attention being focused on the obvious 2, Vikings-Ravens and Raiders-Eagles. Here are is your information for Game 3 of the NLCS. Enjoy the games and leave comments!

Game 3: Dodgers @ Phillies 8:07 (Kuroda, 8-7 vs. Lee, 14-13) (TBS - Chip Caray, Ron Darling, and Buck Martinez, SR: Craig Sager)

Week 6 NFL Picks

The Phillies game must have unconsciously knocked me into a state of senility as I have resorted to basically screaming my NFL picks in a vlog. Enjoy!



For those too lazy to view the video, here are the picks written down.

Cincinnati over Houston
Green Bay over Detroit
Jacksonville over St. Louis
Minnesota over Baltimore
New York Giants over New Orleans
Pittsburgh over Cleveland
Carolina over Tampa Bay
Kansas City over Washington
Philadelphia over Oakland
Arizona over Seattle
New England over Tennessee
New York Jets over Buffalo
Atlanta over Chicago
Denver over San Diego

Your Week 6 NFL Schedule

Holy Hell! It's Week 6 already! I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that I will in fact be around this week for the live blog. The bad news is I will NOT be around next week (for at least the first part of it; I'll probably make the tail-end of the late games and SNF). That week that I won't be around does fall at a good time, though, because the Eagles have an MNF showdown with the Redskins that week, so fear not, my fellow friends, you won't miss any of my inane cheering for my beloved Eagles!

With that being said, here is the maps and list of announcers for this week's games and for the first time this year, I get 2 CBS games at once! It's CBS with the doubleheadr this week, so without further ado, are you ready? Here is your Week 6 broadcasting schedule! (games I get are in bold; all times eastern)

Map of who gets what Fox games.

New York Giants @ New Orleans Saints 1:00 (Fox - Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman)
Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers 1:00 (Fox - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)
Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 (Fox - Dick Stockton and Charles Davis)
St. Louis Rams @ Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00 (Fox - Ron Pitts and John Lynch)

Philadelphia Eagles @ Oakland Raiders 4:05 (Fox - Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan)
Arizona Cardinals @ Seattle Seahawks 4:05 (Fox - Chris Myers and Brian Billick)

Map of who gets what CBS early game.

Baltimore Ravens @ Minnesota Vikings 1:00 (CBS - Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf)
Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 (CBS - Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots)
Kansas City Chiefs @ Washington Redskins 1:00 (CBS - Ian Eagle and Rich Gannon)
Houston Texans @ Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 (CBS - Don Criqui and Randy Cross)

Map of who gets what CBS late game

Tennessee Titans @ New England Patriots 4:15 (CBS - Jim Nantz and Phil Simms)
Buffalo Bills @ New York Jets 4:15 (CBS - Dick Enberg and Dan Fouts)

Sunday Night Football
Chicago Bears @ Atlanta Falcons 8:20 (NBC - Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth)

Monday Night Football
Denver Broncos @ San Diego Chargers 8:30 (ESPN - Denver Broncos @ San Diego Chargers)

Too bad the Eagles don't have a Fox early game because that would mean that I get 3 games at the same time, something that did happen a few times last year. Oh well. I know I'm about to re-go over something I've explained over 1,000 times, but it seems like everytime something like this comes up that they don't get how this is possible or they are unsure of what's going on. I am in a college in a small town not near any big city, therefore, I pick up 2 different CBS affiliates, KYW Philadelphia and WYOU Scranton. This week, those affiliates are not airing the same game at 1:00 ET, therefore, I get both games. However, for some strange reason, when it comes to Fox, I only get WOLF Wilkes-Barre (sometimes listed as WOLF Scranton or WOLF Wilkes-Barre Scranton) and I do not get WTXF Philadelphia, thus the occasional discrepencies there, although not once in my time here as that station not shown an Eagles game when they are on.