Post Week 1 Football

Today I packed my girls' lunches based off of how I'm feeling after losing my first match in fantasy, and with the Eagles loss to the Falcons.

I'm a little salty. I hate losing. I'm super competitive and I wear all emotions on my sleeve. So I thought today's lunch was appropriate. Turkey and cheese sandwich with carrots and tomatoes. I also used celery sticks the help with the face.

So this week on fantasy, I started Peyton freaking Manning who got me a whooping 5 points. Their kicker was the one who won the dang game for them. I'm surprised they even won. Of course I had Demarius Thomas as my WR because I wanted the duo to rack points up for me, but I got a total of 8 points all together from the duo. I also had Frank Gore who didn't produce. No body freaking produced. I'm hoping it was just a wash this week.

Then there's the Eagles game last night. Byron Maxwell got exposed. Shows how much we should pay attention to preseason --- NOT. Ertz and Huff missed some crucial passes. We did not run the ball enough which is on of my main frustrations from the game. As many RB as we have, we did not freaking run the dang ball. It was almost like Andy Reid was calling our plays all over again. We need to run the dang ball!!! I swear I felt like Sandra Bullock from Blind Side when she calls the coach and tells him "Run the dang ball" in her southern accent. Except I was yelling it, which I should probably apologize to all my neighbors since all my windows in the game room were open. Also, we need to blitz more. We just need to be able to penetrate so the line can get to the QB and apply some sort of pressure. The times we blitzed or applied pressure, the Falcons weren't successful. Another thing and I'll be done (I can go on forever) --- we have to be able to adjust better as a team. These dang coordinators need to adjust better especially the defensive coordinator. If Julio Jones is in motion, double man him!! You can't have him one on one with Maxwell.

I just want to see freaking improvement, I don't want to keep taking steps backwards. Move on from this game. Adjust. Fix what did not work such as passing so much you forget about the run game. Eagles defense still needs a lot of adjustment and mesh. Hoping the progress from this. Can't continue to blow coverage on crucial 3rd downs that should be 4th downs because we aren't adjusting our defense to the opponent's offense.

That's all the rant for this Tuesday. I still have a headache from unbelief of the players that have all gotten injured this first week, from bad calls by the officials, and from frustration I have with my team. Next game is huge. We need a W against the Cowboys. Take advantage of Dez not being there.

- Jen