Week 6 Thoughts

The Detroit Lions did as little as any team has ever done to win by two scores. The Minnesota Vikings lost to the Detroit Lions yesterday by the score of 17-3. Thrilling stuff.

17-3.

Neither team really did much. The Lions just happened into two touchdowns. To be perfectly honest, neither team played like they were committed to winning an NFL football game.

The Lions were 1-13 on third down. Pathetic.

The Vikings were 3-14 on third down. Pathetic.

The two teams half-assed their way to a combined 467 yards total yards from scrimmage. Pathetic.

The CBS headline said that the Lions D dominated Bridgewater and the Vikings. The Lions defense dominated nothing. No one part of either team dominated another part of the other team. The Lions had one fine drive that ended in a touchdown. The Vikings had one fine drive that ended in an interception in the end zone. That's it. Neither team did much of anything. The Lions got rewarded for sucking a little bit less.

At least three drives, potential drives, by the Vikings ended in sacks. That was sad. Very sad. But, it was hardly the Lions defense dominating the Vikings offense. It was the Lions defense teeing off on a desperate offense. The Vikings greatest demon was dropped passes. Too often, passes glanced off of the hands of receivers. Teddy Bridewater wasn't great but he was hardly dominated by a defense that really didn't do much. Neither team did much.

17-3. The Lions get a win that neither team truly deserved.

Sad. Very sad.

The game of the day definitely wasn't Vikings-Lions. It was the Dallas Cowboys visit to Seattle. It's funny how some talking heads honked about the Cowboys having about zero chance of a victory in Seattle. If these yahoos take the time to analyze the potentials of any game, they would understand that no game in the NFL is a given. They should never say that it is but they always do. They only look like idiots. The Seattle Seahawks are not unbeatable at home. They are a football team like any other football team. They just happen to have the most recent Lombardi trophy. It's good to see them go down in their own home. Romo, Murray, Bryant, the strength of the Dallas offense, the strength of this Dallas team is that offensive line. Great stuff there with the anonymous big guys.

The NFL is open to any team this year. The Raiders might be a stretch, but any team can win it all.

So, Mississippi State is the top ranked team in the nation. I'm not so sure that I ever would have predicted that. After seeing them not play well against a very good Auburn team and still take them apart, I'm convinced. Mississippi St. is the best team in the nation. The other Mississippi school should be second, if not first. For now, they are #3. The rest of the nation should shake a bit. There's some mighty fine football being played in Mississippi.

Dak Prescott vs. Bo Wallace. Mississippi St. vs. Mississippi is the championship game that I want to see. It will not happen because they play the last Sunday in November.

Next week is bad news for the Bills.