[Cobra Mgr]

Week 3 notes........

........Who had Daniel/Brent Jones starting the year 5-0? Niners have eeked out a couple of close ones w/Brent @ the helm. Meanwhile, Daniel is having the best stretch in his career. He is completing 70+ of his throws for better than 9 yds per attempt & 0 picks. And they've only had to punt once. They haven't played the Jags yet, but it looks like Indy would have to fall off the earth to not end up winning the AFC South.........

.......Daniel Jones performance has got to have 3 people less secure in their jobs. Each good game from Daniel eats @ Brian Daboll's rep for being a QB guru. And you can bet the NY media is noticing DJ's success as well. It has also got to really be burning up Joe Schoen's GM chair. You let Sequon go & he nearly sets records on his way to a ring. Now you have Daniel Jones looking like a potential MVP candidate, while the Giants got 3 QB's off season to replace him. & New York's record is the exact opposite of Indy's.

The other name is Anthony Richardson. From the jump I could not understand why anyone had him as a 1st round pick. And despite Indy doing all they could to gift him the starting QB job, he now seems to be falling further & further away in the backup role. If DJ keeps this up, you have to wonder if the Colts try to sucker another team into taking Richardson on........

........6 undefeated teams / 6 winless ones. Saints look to be the worst in the league. What's worse, it doesn't look like the Saints have any reason to hope for better on the roster.........

......While the Colts are the most surprising unbeaten, Texans are shocking all @ being 0-3. I've never felt all that good about Houston because the AFC South is a dumpster fire nearly every year. (Yes, even worse then the NFC South) But I wasn't expecting Houston to look this bad. I don't if CJ Stroud has regressed, or if his o-line is making him look terrible.......

.......Speaking of young QB's.....not many are looking all that sharp to start the year. Stroud is struggling. Young is struggling. Rattler is struggling. Penix is struggling. McCarthy is struggling. Nix is struggling. & on & on.......

......Speaking of struggling, IDK what that was that I saw in Charlotte from Atlanta's offense. I would love, LOVE to sit here & tell you the Panthers put all sorts of pressure on Penix. That guys were flying around the field. How they just took away the Falcons will. But it was none of that. If I didn't know any better, I would say Atlanta didn't practice. It was that bad........

.......Gamblers who took the Rams had to be seething when the Eagles returned that blocked punt for a score on the game's final play. Talk about your bad beats..........

......No theories as to why kickers can suddenly hit from 70 now?...........

......Are WR's "out of style"? Can't help notice no one is really breaking out this season from that position. QB's & coordinators more conscious of spreading it around & preventing divas from sprinting up?.........

.......What impressed me about Detroit's win last night is that their coaching staff made excellent calls to get that win. It looked like Baltimore was going to keep up w/the Lions offensively. But in the 4th, Lamar suddenly began looking unsure of what was down field. That's a sign of good adjusting, a rare skill, IMO.......

......And meanwhile, the Ravens continue to make 4th quarter mistakes. Their goofs late in games are what keeps them from being playing in Super Bowls..........

.......Looked at the bottom 5 in team defense......Steelers, Bears, Cowboys, Giants & Ravens.... The nostalgic part of me just can't register that........

....I'm not sure why Browns management doesn't step up & sit down Flacco. What are we accomplishing here? They are giving up 23 fewer yds than the Falcons in 2nd place. CIncy doesn't have Burrow or D, Steelers have ARod & no D, Baltimore has no D. W/some jolt to the offense, Cleveland is capable of shocking the NFL..........