What Say You, Fans of the 0-and-3 Team?

The Look of Not-a-Winner

Still catching up from the weekend, y’all. The thing about the NFL is that it sometimes takes a few weeks to get a handle on what a team really has or doesn’t have. Suffice to say, it appears the Rams, Lions, Brownies and Chiefs have even less than many expected. Whereas it would be easy for a non-partisan to chime in with analysis, I always pay greater heed to the avid fans themselves.

So, here’s a quick look at what the diehards are shouting about their squads. Keep this is mind as you bitch about your own.

From stellar Rams blog Turf Show Times:

Did Rams head coach Scott Linehan forget to the give the rest of the team and his assistants their dose of Teamocil? I’ve racked my brain, over and over and over, but in the entire 10 or so minutes I just spent considering the Rams play this season, that’s the only thing I can think of, the most logical explanation at this point. Surely, knowing the head coach’s job was on the line to play like this. The 4th and 1 keeps haunting me. (Remember the day when Linehan wouldn’t have gone for it there?) Surely, even the most sad sack bunch can muscle up for a down, at least pull one finger up with the Seahawks having them essentially pinned. Remember the Alamo?

Pride of Detroit offers up an introductory paragraph dripping with sarcasm, cynicism and negativity in its review of the Lions effort in San Francisco. In their words, frightening “typical”:

With the season hanging in the balance after a 0-2 start, the Lions didn’t fail to disappoint as they went to San Francisco and got dominated by the 49ers. The Lions not only fell behind 21-3 in the first half, but they didn’t even bother to make a comeback attempt, either. The 49ers had little trouble moving the ball both in the air and on the ground, and aside from Rudi Johnson, the Lions’ offense didn’t do anything. That combination resulted in a 31-13 loss that can only be summed up as typical.

Arrowhead Addict offers a few sterling reviews of individual players following the Chiefs blowout loss in Atlanta. Rookie Tyler Thigpen (yes, the Coastal Carolina kid, blah, blah, blah) is apparently just as bad as the statistics made him look. AA breaks it down along with a few choice words for former Longhorn and recent first-rounder Derrick Johnson:

Good. We called the Browns about Brady Quinn. The news–good or bad, depending on your POV on Quinn–is that they didn’t bite. But the good news for all Chiefs fans is that the Chiefs’ brass seems to finally have realized that our quarterbacks do and always will utterly blow. The scary thing is that I really think that they approached this season believing that Brodie Croyle and Tyler Thigpen had legitimate franchise QB potential. I’d be less scared if I thought they were just being cheap.

Tyler Thigpen is bad. Elvis Grbac was bad, but an Elvis impersonator is even worse. I’m all shook up. Since he runs so well (and that’s all he does well), let’s run him out of Kansas City. That pick six was a disgrace.

Paging Derrick Johnson. Paging Derrick Johnson. If we wanted someone to pay some one millions to run around fast and whiff on tackles, we’d play Napoleon Harris.

Good thing Jamaal Charles didn’t stay in track and go to the Olympics. He definitely would have dropped the baton. On the other hand, he is fast.

And finally, in what most might call the most surprising of the 0-and-3s, Erie’s Scribe’s own Cleveland Brownies are 0-and-3. We’re holding out for the breakdown from the man himself. If we’re lucky, the lawbooks have kept him away from the tube.