Monday Night Football Week Three Live-Blog: Jets-Chargers First Half
Monday, September 22, 2008
Well, it looks like L.T. is going to be limited tonight, so the Chargers are going to turn to the electric Darren "Pocket Hercules" Sproles to fill in. Not a bad replacement if you ask me. We're all hoping that ESPN at least tries to tone down the Favre talk tonight, but it doesn't seem likely as they've shown him walking into the stadium about seven times already. If you want to play the Favre mention imbibing game, don't let me stop you, but I think your liver will hate you in the morning.
The game kicks off at 8:30, so I'll see you around then for the live-blog.
"Win tonight, you've got the Raiders next week, and then you're 2 and 2."- Keyshawn Johnson
"Yeah that's nice. Christmas next week as the Raiders come to town."- Tom Jackson
How interesting is it that the chargers have had a dick announcing all their games so far? Stockton, Enberg and Kornheiser (Via Anon)
Haha....way to start things off on a good note, Anon. Oh and if you care there's a WNBA Playoff game on ESPN2 and DWTS starts tonight as well. It's certainly a packed night.
"That's more than discussing the new Mustang."- Chris Berman on Bill Ford Jr. wanting to fire Matt Millen.
Thomas Jones is definitely a beast, but do we really need the "Transformers" noise when they're showing him half naked? Just a thought.
"The good thing about being short is that everyone else is tall...."- Emmitt Smith
He did make a good point saying that you have leverage, but it still made me chuckle. Stu Scott also referred to Emmitt as not being the "tallest brother". Oh Stu....if only Mary Kate was around to see you now!
So can someone tell me why ESPN just aired a "Two and a Half Men" promo when it airs on CBS against Monday Night Football? Just curious because that seems like a bad idea to me.
Picks:
Ditka- Jets
Keyshawn- Chargers
Cris Carter- Chargers
Tom Jackson- Jets
Berman- Chargers
Steve Young- Chargers
Emmitt- Chargers
Stu- Chargers
Why do we care who Stu Scott thinks will win? (Via Anon)
Very good question.
"Pick a guy, let it fly. Playoff bound. The Jets ain't going, if Brett ain't throwin'"- Cris Carter
That was poetic. Let's start this thing....
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8:30- It's game time folks. If anyone is playing the "Brett Mention Drinking Game" raise your hands now, so I know who'll be the drunk as hell after the first series of the game.
"Brett Favre, he was his old, but he wants to beat his brains out tonight."- Tony Kornheiser
Really? That seems a little harsh. Kickoff coming up after the break.
"This could be Brett Favre's last Monday Night game."- Mike Tirico
Oh god. Tony is doing a Cosell impression. Unbelievable. I still love the helmets clashing though. Here we go.....Jets ball to start it.
8:40- Leon Washington is popped on the kickoff and it will be Jet ball from the 23 yard line. Favre to Cotchery for five on first down is followed up by a screen to Jones that picks up a first down. Nice play recognizing the blitz there. Jones with the run for about seven.
"Jets moving the ball on San Diego, and what else is new?"- Mike Tirico
First incompletion for Favre and it's 3rd and 4....Play action....overthrown. Jets punt it away.
Can we start a fake laugh count for Tony's jokes? (Via Anon)
Sure! Great idea.
"GO CHA-GAHS!" - Tony Kornheiser doing a Schwarzenegger impression (Via SS)
8:47- San Diego's offense doesn't look very exciting early on, and.......
Right on cue! Rivers is picked of and that's six for the Jets. David Barrett with the INT and the return.
7-0 Jets.
Tony says it's a horrible start and I think that's the understatement of the year.
"They have so many toe injuries on this team that I assume they must practice barefoot and step on their toes" - Tony Kornheiser (Via JFein)
I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.
8:54- Chargers back with the ball again and LT picks up a few yards on first down. Rivers almost picked again and he is just throwing to the Jets at this point. 3rd and 8....
Got it to Buster Davis. First down. Rivers going deep! Great play by Lowry catching up to Vincent Jackson and knocking it down. Second down goes nowhere and it's third and long again for the Chargers....
Tell Rivers that his team is the blue team. (Via Anon)
Well he finds the blue team, and Buster Davis again, and picks up another first down. Same exact play as before. 1st down Chargers. Sproles for two yards but Jackson fights for a first down on the next play.
"Really good job by Phillip Rivers."- Ron Jaworski
"So you feel better about him now than you did 45 seconds ago?"- Tony Kornheiser
Tomlinson with another carry and it'll be third and short....incomplete as Rivers scrambles. Kaeding will come on for a FG attempt....
Good. 7-3 Jets with 5:40 left in the first.
There's only one "LT" and his name is Lawrence Taylor. (Via Anon)
True, but it makes it much easier typing to just call him LT. I'll be wary of this going forward though.
9:04- Jets ball from the 27 and Favre hits the rookie Keller for a medium gain. Interesting.....ESPN still hasn't fixed the down and distance graphic, but they've gotten rid of the player intros.
Oh man. Cromartie drops a sure pick six and he was heading downfield before securing the ball. Thomas Jones up the middle and FUMBLE! Picked up by Jammer and he gets it inside the 20 of the Jets. Great strip there.
Where is Hochuli? Wasn't that Thomas Jones throwing an incomplete pass? (Via Mal)
Tomlinson gets a short run and then absolutely wholloped by Eric Barton on second down. 3rd and 7 and Rivers hits Davis running across the field yet again. First down. Whoa....Rivers fumbles the snap but almost runs it in following the gaff. 2nd and Goal....
TOUCHDOWN Chargers! Rivers to Tolbert on a great play action and that's just what they needed. 10-7 Chargers.
9:15- Five yards for Leon Washington on first down and Favre follows it up with a strike across the middle. The draw doesn't go anywhere from midfield and that's the quarter....
10-7 Chargers after one.
Make that 17-7.....Favre throws one to Coles that is fought for by Cromartie and he takes it back for six. That was quick.
"There's a downside. He throws a lot of interceptions."- Tony Kornheiser
Really? Wasn't aware of that. WOW! Now Leon Washington takes a kickoff all the way back inside the Jets five!!! Now we're playing. For some reason the Jets are still trying to run at the goal line. Second down.....
TOUCHDOWN! Favre to Coles and hopefully Laverneus can stop whining about Pennington being cut.
17-14 Chargers.
9:27- ONSIDE! No good, but definitely a good try.
OK - right after the KO return, the NY fans in the stands are holding up the letters "J-E-S-T". (Via Mal)
"J-E-S-T"??? (Via Anon)
Damn, I missed it. Someone will get the screengrab though. Too funny.
S2N should negotiate a deal to blog the Monday night games.......AA can't be getting all the fun. (Via SS)
Hey, he had all the great games last year. It's only fair.
LT goes nowhere on first down but picks up about eight yards on a second down screen. 3rd and 1....first down. LT right up the middle. Tomlinson again and I think we know
"It's too small to matter, but it becomes the Achilles heel of the foot."- Tony Kornheiser
I'm so confused, but luckily Rivers hits Chambers down the middle for six and we don't have to hear any awkward laughing or silence.
24-14 Chargers and we've got a shootout.
9:34- I have to say that while I'm not LOVING this broadcast, it's certainly less annoying than last week's. I think ESPN might have actually discovered that the less Kornheiser talks....the better.
Jets ball and Castillo goes down. That's not good for a struggling D. You know what is good for a struggling D though? Brett Favre throwing passes directly to your secondary! Another pick for the Chargers D and they take over at the 45.
"Whose fault is it in that case?" - Tony Kornheiser
Come on Tony, you're an analyst. Why don't you tell us? (Via JFein)
Because he knows nothing about Football. 7 minutes to go and the Chargers offense is just chipping away at the Jets. 2nd and 4 and Sproles picks up a first.
"I'm not sure you can overstate this....they're 0-2."- Tony Kornheiser
If you have to preface a statement with that, then you already have. Rivers hits Tolbert over the middle and it'll be 3rd and short with 5 minutes to go. Timeout Chargers.
"We've head a penalty free first half to this point."- Mike Tirico
(about a 20 second pause)
"Well that's good."- Ron Jaworski
"Thank you for that."- Tony Kornheiser
"You like that in depth analysis?"- Ron Jaworski
TOUCHDOWN CHARGERS! Rivers to Gates and this one is getting ugly....
31-14 Chargers with 3:17 left.
9:53- Leon Washington again with a nice return and the Jets will get it at midfield. TJ gets about eight on the draw and Favre follows that up with a pass to Cotchery for the first down. 1st and 10 from the Charger 33 yard line. Favre hit Cotch again and that's the two minute warning. A penalty sends the Jets backwards and it's 2nd and 11...
Favre on the scramble and he slides after a three yard gain. Boy he just looked like a kid there didn't he? 3rd and 9....BLITZ! Sack and that hurts as Favre is dragged down out of field goal range. The Jets punt and it's downed inside the five. That'll probably do it for the half unless Norv wants to run it up....
31-14 Chargers at the Half. I'll see you in a new thread to start the second.
110 Comments:
Cris Carter mentioning that he and "Key" should be out there playing never gets old.
I wish he did that every time he speaks.
Like he does.
If you're for or against the new commenting layout, let me know. Just trying some different things out.
Pretty sure we're stuck with him Anon.
Off topic: Couldn't WGN America have found someone to host their "All Time Chicago Baseball Teams" shows other than Dan Patrick?
Against, but not as much as I am against Tony Korkhole being involved with the NFL.
Who at ESPN said to themselves one day, "Wow, Kornheiser would be great for MNF" ?
When Stu says "you ain't the tallest brutha." just remember his stint as a white weatherman.
why do we care who Stu Scott thinks will win?
Did Tirico call the Colts 0-2?
It's 3 weeks into the season, and in terms of attractiveness and the action of the game, Monday Night Football is still killing SNF. And with MNF getting Ravens/Steelers while SNF gets Eagles/Bears, that may continue.
I mean, SNF also has to deal with Seattle/Tampa Bay while the Broncos/Patriots is on MNF......they better make some great flex scheduling moves.
0-2 at home
Please someone take Kornheiser out back and finish him.
AA, you should pull a video of Kornholio's awful Cosell impression while riding that Favre horse in that montage.
Guess they aren't going to down play it after that opening montage Tony narrates... Great start,
That Cosell impression was fucking shit.
Already pulled. It will probably be the MNF video for tomorrow. Just dreadful.
Have the creators of FireJoeMorgan.com started a FireTonyKornheiser.com yet?
It's also surprising SNL hasn't done a parody of Kournheiser. He's much worse than Dennis Miller and they did a few sketches with him.
Tony doing Howard.
Wow.
Can we start a fake laugh count for Tony's jokes?
If Favre was with the Bucs then Madden would get another chance to slobber over him in the Seattle game AND he would've probably thrown 150 passes in 1 half.
Favre.....FAIL!
wrt 2 1/2 men: remember these MNF boneheads are the same people that bring you Tony Kornheiser each week.
"GO CHA-GAHS!" - Tony Kornheiser doing a Schwarzenegger impression.
If I wanted all of these impressions I'd just stick Frank Caliendo in the booth.
Tony is in a rare really fucking awful form tonight.
Bad impressions by a truly awful Jewish Borscht Belt comic are so good for a football broadcast.
Tirico is great. He could be the best PBP guy out there if he didn't have to battle through the noise from Kornheiser.
I think that a good sort of feature ESPN could do each week, in sort of a Kenny Mayne mold, is to put Tony Korkhole into an X Games event, like extreme skateboarding.
Wouldn't it be great?
"They have so many toe injuries I assume they practice barefoot and people step on their toe." - Tony K....followed by silence.
TK: The Chargers have so many toe injuries that they must practice bare foot.
Nothing is worse than Tony's dumb jokes, not even this live blog.
"It was my 3rd in the water. I was hitting 70 at the time." - Tony Kornheiser on his appearently bad golf game.
"They have so many toe injuries on this team that I assume they must practice barefoot and step on their toes" - Tony Kornheiser
What analysis, Tony.
Oh my what a Favre like prayer of a pass.
Tony tells a horrible toe joke and 5 seconds of silence. No fake laughter, just awkardness. That was great, maybe they aren't going to sell his jokes tonight.
Tony is so fucking insightful.
And inciteful.
How about a new competition in WSM, the Korkhole toss?
The event: shove tony into a beer keg, then throw him as far as you can over a cliff.
Did San Diego forget that Darren Sproles is a deadly offensive weapon?
AA must be furious, this torturous Kornheiser start, Jason Taylor is out, and this weekend he will be dealing with Buck and Aikman like the rest of us as the Redskins get knocked into oblivion.
Why no "That's just Rivers being Rivers and trying to win a game" when he throws a horrible pick. That's what we hear when #4 does it.
Tell Rivers that his team is the blue team.
Tirico, you cannot be a bust after playing 1 year of football.
USE DARREN SPROLES SAN DIEGO!
There's only one "LT" and his name is Lawrence Taylor.
Kornheiser didn't make a single joke that drive.......you think Jaws and Tirico ganged up on him?
How many more times are we going to have to see Alex's non weird parents?
Brett Favre incomplete, pass intended for Antonio Cromartie.
Where is Hochuli? Wasn't that Thomas Jones throwing an incomplete pass?
Here comes San Diego now. It looks like we have another wild MNF game on our hands.
Did I miss the player intros? I just saw ESPN flashing them across the screen on top of the score / game clock line.
Another sloppy start.........and Rivers can't handle snaps well.
@ mal: Eddie Gunz was at the Cleveland/Baltimore game.
"You can exhale if you're a San Diego fan" - Tony Kornheiser
Err...Tony...Chargers fans will only exhale once they actually win a game and not lose it in the final minute.
Who would you take? Eli or Rivers?
Interesting, both Madden and Kornheiser have been shut up about Favre.
And a Stupid Sideline Reporter comes in to talk about Favre.
"Kind of a weak Marion....Merriman." - Jaws has the Heat on his mind?
I want Erin Andrews doing MNF
FAVRE FAIL!
Touchdown San Diego. Man, they're pouring it on. I think Tony Kornheiser is crying now...I don't hear him talking at least....
I prefer the other comment layout. It's easier with the live blogs to re-fresh everything, imho.
Tony, pls tell us something about Favre that we don't know.
Gosh, Tony knows so much about football.
Great game so far.
Nice spelling "Jest" fans
"J-E-S-T"???
Favre throws a TD, and Kornheiser creams in his pants.
S2N should negotiate a deal to blog the Monday night games.......AA can't be getting all the fun.
"Is this a repeat of Philly-Dallas last monday night? -Jaws
"That would be good wouldn't. score everytime." - Tony Kornheiser
And later...
"This is like Dallas never ended" - Mike Tirico
Forget Favre, let's just talk incessantly about the highest rated program in cable TV history. And Mike Tirico really needs to work on his grammar.
OK - right after the KO return, the NY fans in the stands are holding up the letters "J-E-S-T". They went to Dexter Manley Literary Academy.
Hey, the Jets use a trick play and FAIL!
Oy ve, the fun never stops on Monday Night.
I hope Mangini's next trick is to make Kornheiser vanish!
San Diego wishes they had Seattle's depth at running back./homer
How open can Chambers get?
Onside kick = FAIL!!
AA - I couldn't get my google identity to work on this new format. At least we're not having to type those ridiculous security words though, so that's an improvement.
I like football.
I have a better idea, move to Wordpress where forward thinking works, AA!
Yeah yeah yeah. I'll switch it back at halftime.
Does Tony have a Dick Morris kind of foot fetish tonight? He's talked about toes, achilles heels, feet. Before you know it he'll be caught in a hotel paying some hooker so he can suck her toes.
Oh look, another injury.
FAVRE FAIL!!
That was not farve's fault that WR messed up
Ted Cotrell still has a job in the NFL.
Go figure.
"Whose fault is it in that case?" - Tony Kornheiser
Come on Tony, you're an analyst. Why don't you tell us?
Stop making excuses for Favre guys.
Hope you like the new avatar.
"If it takes years, you just hired a guy whose 39" - Tony arguing with Jaws on QB development
This is turning into a blowout kinda shootout.
This game is o-vah.
5 touchdown passes, 2 of them to the wrong team.
"We've had a penalty free first half thus far". - Mike Tirico
"That's good." - Jaws
Come on Jaws, you're better than that. That's a reply Tony would have.
Okay Mal Billy Packer.
Oh goody...ssreporters as a Tony Kornheiser avatar. The "X" doesn't hide the fact that whenever I now post on this blog I have to look at him and his awful suckiness.
It was either that or the screen grab of 2 girls 1 cup man.....
AA when I first saw that update I thought it said "Favre hits crotch again and that's the 2 minute warning.", which would be believable because he's fending off Kornheiser as we speak.
As a Giants fan, and as per Bill Simmons' suggestion, I call the Chargers' running back "LdT" instead of "LT."
I suggest everyone else in the universe do the same....
Hey a flag!
Jay Feely just breathed a sigh of relief because he won't have to embarrass himself after missing another field goal.
Oh btw I'm against the new commenting layout because Firefox doesn't pop it out into its own window anymore. :-P Though I like the text box appearing at the top instead of the bottom now.
Packers fans aren't comparing Kornheiser, you are.
People like Tony at ESPN are so out of touch with fans. He always says "people want to hear about Favre" but the 'people' he refers to are other writers, reporters, and suits at ESPN, not real fans. Fans just want to watch football.
MNF on ESPN sucks less when Kornheiser is silent.
It doesn't pop out as it's own window on Internet Explorer, either, Jay.
Why are there Ryder Cup highlights in the Most Annoying 3 Minutes?
MNF is merely a way for ESPN to cross promote other shows. They could care less about the game. Just never bring back mike & mike & mike.
Could someone help me out with the coin flip result? It's one of my many prop bets heads or tails and I can't find the result anywhere.
I never would have thought that the Internet would deny me any knowledge of any kind. Stupid Internet!
Seriously, in a nation of 300 million people Mike cubed was the best they could come up with? Between Greenie's stuttering and Golic's stupidity, I was tempted to smash my TV.
New thread?
Ah, Denny Green imitating Hank Stram on the radio.
I think that's preferable to Tony's arcane bullshit.
Tony's impression wasn't of Howard Cosell, it was of Austin Powers
How can we as fans petition ESPN to give us the game and only the game and none of useless Kornheiser?