2017 Week 8 Monday Game Ball

All is right in the NFL again… I think so. The Pats, Steelers, and Chiefs all won, Dallas beat the Redskins, the Seahawks won a shoot-out. This is the NFL I have come to know and rely on for the past five years.

Ending the midway point in the season, the Chiefs and Broncos had a defensive battle, kinda. Both defenses played well, the Broncos kept Alex Smith under 300 yards (he barely got over 200), kept Kareem Hunt under 100 yards (46 yards), forced turnovers (one just happened to be a Tyreek Hill pick), and kept the Denver offense in the game.

The only problem was; the Denver offense didn’t show up for the second consecutive week. After being shutout in Los Angeles against the Chargers (still weird), Trevor Siemain looked like a 7th round pick again.

While it was a good-hearted story for the first basically hour of his NFL career, the reasons for Siemain being a 7th rounder are showing (maybe at the wrong time), and these signs are telling. Yes, he did beat Brady in Denver, yes, he does throw a nice ball, and yes, he has some arm talent, but he is just not good. It is time for Denver to consider another option at quarterback because in a year where the secondary teams in the AFC aren’t as strong, the Broncos are missing out on a great opportunity to possibly steal a Super Bowl. Who knows, the Bills and Jaguars are the two Wild Card teams right now, they could slip up, and Denver could crawl back into the playoff picture in yet another year where they don’t have a quarterback. It has short of become the new style of offense in the NFL (Jaguars, Bears, Cardinals, Rams, and these Broncos).

It was a defensive battle and it’s only right to reward a defender for ballin’ out last night. That defender is Kansas City’s Pro Bowl Cornerback Marcus Peters. Peters had a fumble recovery for a touchdown, a pass deflection, two tackles, and an interception. I’d call that an all-around game by the corner. Kansas City has had a knack over the years for having a defense that causes turnovers, and that is exactly what KC did last night.


It took a while, but the NFL seems like it is back on its head, and we can just enjoy the few surprise teams as the season charges toward the playoffs. Happy midway point! Let’s try to enjoy every last waking second of the second half.     

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