Ok so I'm kinda bored and I thought I'd breakdown the NFC West and say what I think about these guys.
Arizona Cardinals 3-2 1st in division
The Cardinals haven't looked all that bad at times this year, and actually they are much better than I expected them to be and they're in first but only because of a botched handoff. The passing game will be a threat no matter who is throwing the ball with two freak receivers like Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin your always going to have something thru the air. Then to add to that James is running the ball much better this year than last with almost 450 yards on about 110 carries and 3 td's. To go with that the defense has looked a lot better this year as well they've still alowed 110 points but it's better than what they were at last year and they can atleast stop the run they are 14th in yards allowed per game. They are however 23rd in pass yards allowed and 20th in points per game allowed. With Matt out for the year Warner is going to take the snaps from here on out congratulations you now have a has been at QB but he'll still be more productive than Tim Rattay.
Seattle Seahawks 3-2 2nd in division
Seattle has looked really good and really bad at the same time. They're playing a lot worse than they should be, not converting on 3rd downs and letting everyone else convert on 3 downs. They also aren't scoring Td's when they should be and haven't been able to put away games like they should. With Mike Holmgren looking like he's never heard of the two minute drill they've had a hard time after the two minute time has showed up on the clock. Shaun Alexander is running a lot like he did last year as well like a little girl, but the O-line also doesn't look like they know how to run block but the pass blocking is looking very nice. On a good note the defense looks a million times better than last year only allowing 74 points. The pass defense is 17th and that's after playing the Bengals and the Cardinals two very pass oriented teams with two extremly talented recievers. Last week they just played a much better team in the Steelers but the problem was that they went into the game thinking that you could tell from the fist few drives the Hawks weren't into the game and letting up about 3 3 and 20 conversions didn't help. Then again the offense couldn't stay on the field either. I could break them down for hours upon hours but that seems good enough for now.
San Fransisco 49ers 2-3 3rd in division
When everyone started to say they would win the division I knew they would be a dissapointment. Alex Smith seems as though he has taken a little step back from last season he's only thrown one touchdown pass and his completion percentage is at about 51 percent. He's only thrown one pick but this passer rating is down to 66 percent. He also isn't even in the top 32 in pass yards but then again he's only played 4 games this season. Frank Gore has also taken a step back being 17th in rushing yards, he's fumbled twice already and he's averaging only 61 yards per game. His 3 td's have him tied for 4th in the nfl for rushing td's but that's his only bright spot. Now to continue to rip on this terrible offense they have a 24% conversion on third downs which is awful. The defense has also been fairly over rated because they are 25th in rush yards allowed 21st in pass yards allowed 19th in points allowed and they only have 3 interceptions and 4 forced fumbles, but defensivly on third downs they are looking very good only allowing opponents to convert 39% of the time.
St. Louis Rams 0-5 last in division
The Rams are just plain bad as I thoroughly explained in my last blog. Injujuries have just destroyed this team. Not that they would be all that much better off if there were none. I didn't think that this was that good of a team to start the season but maybe good enough for 2nd in the west. I didn't see them being just plain awful though. The greatest show on turf has turned into the laughing stock on turf. The offense is not scoring at all they have only 5 passing Td's and not a single rushing touchdown. When not a single runner on your team has so much as smelled the endzone in your first 5 games you probably haven't won too many games as is the case with these Rams. When Gus Ferotte is an improvement at the Qb position you know your starting Qb isn't having a great year. Yes Bulger is hurt but still the guy that took ten years to throw one pick last year has twice as many int's as td's that's no good. I called that he would have an off year but I didn't suspect at all that Steven Jackson would be as bad as he is. he is also hurt now but before his injury he had 69 rushes for a wopping 233 yards and an average of 3.4 yards per carry (BAD). As I already mentioned he hasn't recorded a td yet and has two lost fumbles and a longest run of 14 yards. The line hasn't been too terrible letting up 12 sacks which is right around middle of the pack. The defense is very bad just as most of us thought they've let up the 5th most points with 137 and they've only scored 70. This is just not a good team hey better luck next year.
this is mainly a I told you so to a certain Rams fan who thought his team would go undefeated. Oh yeah he was wrong hey they might still get .500
Well so far it seems that the Rams are just simply terrible today they lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who in case you missed it basically got tore up by my Seahawks. The offense which is supposed to be the "Greatest show on turf" is bad to put it nicely. They were held to only a field goal. That's not even as good as another show on turf the Twins who scored 7 today. With the defense they have which in case you didn't relize this in the preseason aren't good enough to win the Rams a game if they don't give them atleast 3 touchdowns. The Rams offense who is one of the worst in the league right now has a total of 2 touchdowns. The suppossed amazing Steven Jackson is averaging less than 80 yards a game and is averaging only 3 yards a carry to top it off he doesn't even have a TD. Now as for Marc "underrated" Bulger, he doesn't seem to be so underrated anymore because he now has thrown 3 interceptions and has basically all of the Rams O-Fence with 2 TD's. The Rams have scored a wopping 32 points while giving up 68, that usaully means you probably haven't won yet, and you know what that stands to be true. With all of that said the Rams are sitting in last place in the NFC West.
While all that is going on my Seahawks are 2-1 and the only team in the NFC West to have outscored it's opponents 64 to 50 and a defense that I said would be good although nobody felt like believing me and an offense that looks a lot better in the second half than the first but they're still getting the job done. Brian Russell and Deon Grant are making a huge impact as I said they would. Lofa Tatupu is looking like he wants this defense to be the best in the NFL, the guy is all over the place he's a freak. As for the offense Matt Hasselbeck has looked very close to amazing, he threw his first two picks today and both were completely the recievers fault other than that he's looked very good and as good as his 2005 season. Shaun doesn't look exactly like he should but he still has 275 yards and over 4 yards a carry and 2 TD's (which is better than Steven Jackson). The Team also looks to be working together very well and they have a lot of chemistry, or course other than the blunder Shaun had in the end of the game against the Cardinals.
So do you still think the Rams are going to the superbowl because I certainly don't think so, because in case you didn't pick up the point of this whole rant it was that the Rams are bad and Seahawks are lookin pretty good if you ask me. Just thought I'd emphisize this, TBIAH you were wrong admit it.
I live breathe and eat sports. Seattle sports are the greatest though I'm a hometown kinda guy and I love my Seahawks, Sonics, Mariners, the Huskies especially, there is one Washington team I do hate that would be the Cougars they're no good I really hate WSU. Another thing Gerald Sensabaugh is gunna tear it up this year.