Kevin's Kickoff Week 3

Kevin's Kickoff for NFL Week 3:


Kevin's Kudos from Week 2:

Player: Quarterback, Matt Schaub, Houston Texans: Two weeks played so far and both week's player kudos goes to a Houston Texans player. Down 27-10 midway through the second half, Schaub led a furious Texans comeback to beat the Redskins in OT 30-27. Yes, Schaub did benefit from another stand out performance by arguably the best receiver in the NFL in Andre Johnson but he spread the ball around well to his other weapons: Kevin Walter, Jacoby Jones, Joel Dreessen, and Owen Daniels.
Runner-up: Quarterback, Mark Sanchez, New York Jets

Team: Pittsburgh Steelers: As much as I hate to do it, these guys just always seem to find ways to win games even without a Quarterback and against a good team on the road. Defense carried the day in a convincing 19-11 in Nashville and it is looking like the Steelers' Defense is going to be the best in the NFL in 2010. Being a Browns fan and watching how these guys continue to have success while my Brownies continue to be a laughingstock just makes me want to cry in the corner for about 5 years!!!
Runner-up: Chicago Bears

Kevin says Booooooooo to You from Week 2:
Player: Wide Receiver, Braylon Edwards, New York Jets: This is not so much because of game performance as Edwards had a very good game against the Pats in a 28-14 victory, it is because he was arrested for DUI the following day after the game. How a guy can go out, get hammered, and drive home being twice over the legal limit and not really own up to it is just revolting. Braylon Edwards is a overrated, selfish prima donna. His antics and behavior got him booted out of Cleveland and when he came to New York he bad mouthed his old home by blaming the fans being against him because he went to the University of Michigan and basically said the city sucked after he was mad for being arrested for punching one of #6's pals. He was drinking with Donte Stallworth the night that Stallworth, under the influence, ran over and killed a pedestrian in Miami and two years later he is out doing the same thing. When you make a list of what is wrong with sports, Braylon Edwards deserves a spot at the top of the list.
Runner-up(tie): Quarterback, Vince Young, Tennessee Titans, Quarterback Brett Farve, Minnesota Vikings

Team: Dallas Cowboys: America's most hyped is definitely starting to look like America's most overrated team as they were handily defeated by an average Chicago Bears team at home. The Boys are just a mess committing stupid penalties and making critical errors especially on offense. Now Dallas plays a very good Texans team in Houston on Sunday and are staring an 0-3 start in the face. Jerry Jones is not going to wake up on Monday morning and see Patrick Duffy in the shower and realize it was all just a bad dream..............
Runner-up: Minnesota Vikings

Kevin's Countdown:
The Top 5 Best Wide Receivers in the NFL in 2010:
5. Brendan Marshall, Miami Dolphins
4. Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis Colts
3. Randy Moss, New England Patriots
2. Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals
1. Andre Johnson, Houston Texans

Kevin's Seven: 7 big games to keep an eye on this weekend:

0-2 Cleveland Browns at 1-1 Baltimore Ravens: Also known as “Old” Browns vs. “New” Browns thanks to Art Modell. This rivalry just shows how much it stinks to be a Cleveland sports fan as the Ravens have become one of the top NFL franchises since the move to Baltimore while the new Browns after returning in 1999 and have been the second worst franchise since then (thanks Detroit Lions). But I guess I am just venting and I digress to this week's game, Ray Lewis and company are going to be in a very bad mood coming off a loss to the Bengals and questionable officiating not to mention they are going to attempt to get Joe Flacco and the struggling offense on track against a average Browns defense. Time for more heartache Browns fans.....
Ravens 34, Browns 10

0-2 Dallas Cowboys at 2-0 Houston Texans: Two teams that seem to be heading in opposite directions, the preseason favorite Cowboys seem to be a mess while the Texans are off to a fantastic start winning with two solid victories. This is a huge game for so many reasons: Dallas trying to avoid a devastating 0-3 start, the rivalry between the two biggest cities in Texas, the Texans trying to legitimize themselves as one of the NFL's top clubs, Romo vs. Schaub. Looking forward to catching this one on Sunday.
Texans 28, Cowboys 24

1-1 Atlanta Falcons at 2-0 New Orleans Saints: Many experts picked Atlanta to be the team to usurp the Saints as NFC South division champs this year as the Falcons seem to have the talent and depth to match up with the Saints. Yes, the champs are coming off a tough Monday night victory but I still don't think we have seen Brees' boys play at their best yet, the time could very well be Sunday to send a message to the Dirty Birds....
Saints 27, Falcons 17

1-1 Tennessee Titans at 1-1 New York Giants: Two teams coming off pretty ugly losses and looking to right the ship. I would have to give the edge to the “Flaming Thumbtacks” in this one because I think Jeff Fisher will have his team psyched-up after getting handled by the Steelers while the Giants seem evermore the weary of their coach Tom Coughlin.
Titans 23, Giants 21

2-0 Pittsburgh Steelers at 2-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Well, here we have two 2-0 teams, one a legit contender, the other a pretender. Buc's QB Josh Freeman has looked good in his first two games this season but the Steelers tend to make all Quarterbacks look bad, just ask Matt Ryan and Vince Young.
Steelers 31, Buccaneers 12

1-1 New York Jets at 2-0 Miami Dolphins: Its always fun well these to teams get together, especially on nationally televised games: the Marino fake spike, Jets MNF comeback, the Ginn game last year, and Rex Ryan's post-game comments. Both teams seem to be mirror images of each other to start this season, good Defenses but pedestrian Offenses. Miami seems to have had the Jet's number in recent season and with lock down corner Derrell Revis sitting this one out, Brendan Marshall could be looking at a big game and being the difference.
Dolphins 20, Jets 17

2-0 Green Bay Packers at 2-0 Chicago Bears: The NFL's oldest rivalry is always more fun when both the teams are actually good as seems to be the case for this Monday night tilt. The Bears are a little lucky to be 2-0, they should not have won the Detroit opener while the Packers are looking like the prognosticated Super Bowl favorites they are. While both teams have solid Defenses, this one seems like shoot-out between Jay Cutler and Aaron Rodgers. I think Cutler is more prone to make that late game mistake especially with Clay Matthews in his face all game.
Packers 38, Bears 31

Kevin's Culinary Tip:
Don't have a lot of time to cook between the games this weekend but you would like a nice full meal. Make yourself some Instant Potatoes to go along with your protein for a quick and delicious side. Yes, instant potatoes can be pretty brutal however, if you add some Chives and Sour Cream to them they can be pretty tasty.

Enjoy Week 3....