TDs per Minute

Another simple one this week.
Who is going to throw more touchdowns per minute of playing time: McNabb or Vick?
Tony takes McNabb; I take Vick.

The math will look like this: # of TD passes / minutes played.
Example: 2 TD passes / 36 minutes = .056 TDs per minute

Let the games begin.Oh, and don't forget to eat Chunky Soup.

This week: Head to Head

The bet this week is simple. McNabb vs. whoever starts for Arizona: best overall QB rating based on the game wins. Tony takes McNabb; I take whoever. In many ways, the odds are in Tony's favor, but at the same time, one is rarely crazy to bet against McNabb.

The image this week is from the preseason game in 2010 between Arizona and McNabb's team at the time (the Redskins). Obviously, McNabb was feeling good and looking goofy. Let's see how long he stays off the bench this week.

Ouch.

Bad. Awful. Terrible. Embarrassing. Pathetic. Infuriating.
These, and many words like them could be used to describe the Eagles' performance today.
I am very displeased. Though perhaps I shouldn't be surprised at this stage, I can scarcely believe that the Eagles frittered away such an impressive lead against such a mediocre team. EVERY single aspect of football was lacking on the Eagles' side of the ball today. Vick had a career day, but the constant errors and weaknesses destroyed any chance of a win. I think Tony's gonna win the win/loss bet. And that makes me mad.

As a painfully whipped icing on this cake of catastrophe, Tony wins our weekly bet as well. As stated previously, we all knew Frank Gore likely would outrun McCoy...but that was based on an assumption that both players would compete for most of the game. That did not happen, yet Gore still had more yards. Lots more yards. We didn't trip up Gore. We tripped on our gory selves. And fell down. And tripped again.

McCoy: 9 attempts for 18 yards.
Gore: 15 attempts for 127 yards.

This alone is worthy of shame. Gore crushed McCoy. But it's worse than the numbers suggest. McCoy played the ENTIRE DADGUM GAME. Gore, on the other hand sat out for NEARLY THE ENTIRE DADGUM GAME.

I was prepared to lose this bet. I said so in my initial post. But not like this. Not this way. Not in such a sad, pathetic, infuriating, excruciating way. It makes me want to weep. Seriously.

NFL Week 4

As McNabb continues to tumble, I thought I'd throw Tony a bone. So I offered him his choice of two bets this week:

• Option 1: Andy Dalton (CIN) vs. Buffalo would have a better QB rating for the game than McNabb (MIN) vs. Kansas City. Andy currently has a higher QB ranking than McNabb, but in this game he's going up against Buffalo--yeah--the team that recently knocked off the Patriots. I take Andy, Tony takes McNabb.
• Option 2: Appreciating that Option 1 pitted a currently-higher-ranked QB against McNabb, I offered the option of betting that Josh Freeman (TB) vs. Indianapolis. Josh is currently ranked lower than McNabb. I take Josh, Tony takes McNabb.

So which option did Tony take? Neither. Hm. Perhaps the previous and outrageous assertions regarding McNabb's comeback are losing their glow, even for the candle-bearer himself. Tony provided a counter-offer which was this: Which running back will have more yards from scrimmage in the upcoming head-to-head match between the Eagles and the 49ers: Frank Gore (TAG) or LeSean McCoy (JTI)?  I know that the odds are in Frank's favor, but there's enough of a legit chance here that I took the bet. Yeah. LeSean's gonna have more yards than Frank. Here's hoping that the Birds can trip up Gore. We've done it before.

McNabb: 2TD over-under bet

This week's bet: McNabb throws 2 TD passes. I took the under; Tony took the over. So if McNabb throws one or fewer TD's, I win. If McNabb throws 3 or more TD's, Tony wins. If McNabb throws 2 TD passes, it's a push and everyone's a winner (most notably Minnesota).

The Vikes play Detroit this week. Two years ago, Tony would have a lock on this one. But now? This weekend? I think the pendulum doth swing to my favor.

But what happens if McNabb gets a running TD? Not to worry...that's not going to happen.

TAG vs JTI round 1

Today at lunch, Tony and I established round 1 of our bad bets for the 2011 NFL season.

Tony: Donovan McNabb will be the NFL Comeback Player of the Year
Jeremy: Ricky Williams will be the NFL Comeback Player of the Year

Tony: The Eagles will have a 9-7 record.
Jeremy: The Eagles will have an 11-5 record.

Tony: Donovan McNabb will have more TD passes than interceptions.
Jeremy: Donovan McNabb will have more interceptions than TD passes.

It's important to note that all of these bad bets spring from the original and incredibly foolish statement made by Tony that "Donovan McNabb will be the NFL Comeback Player of the Year." Obviously that's crazy, and I needed to establish an equally crazy response bet, thus the Ricky Williams supposition.

The Eagles record bet is actually semi-legitimate.

The TD/interception bet is actually fairly ridiculous on my part, but the scary thing is that the more I think about it, the more I think I have a legitimate chance of winning that one. Crazy.