Cardinals vs. Seahawks:
The Seahawks stormed into State Farm Stadium on Thursday night, Sept. 25, hungry to get their third straight win against their rival Arizona Cardinals, in their home stadium after a complete domination of the New Orleans Saints. The game was a bit of a defensive struggle, as both teams failed to score a touchdown until late in the first quarter, when Seattle QB Sam “GEQBUS” Darnold threw a dime to Tight End AJ Barner. Darnold had a fairly solid game, completing 18 of his 26 pass attempts for 242 yards, and spread the ball fairly evenly, only giving his top receiver, Jaxon “JSN” Smith-Njigba, 79 yards. That is his lowest amount in a game so far this season, but he is still on pace to have a 1,700-yard season. The defense also had an amazing day, getting six sacks and two interceptions on veteran Arizona Quarterback Kyler Murray, and continued their streak of not allowing a rushing touchdown. This makes the Seahawks the only team in the NFL to have zero rushing touchdowns against them, while also making the Arizona offense look slow and anemic. Despite the defense’s best efforts, the Cardinals made a good attempt at a comeback, managing to score two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to tie the game with only a minute left. But they were no match for the cool and level-headed GEQBUS, who drove the offense down the field and set up Kicker Jason Meyers, with the help of his smelling salts, to win the game on a 52-yard field goal. Leaving Arizona with a 3-1 record and a score of 20-23.
Cowboys vs. Packers: The Green Bay Packers traveled south to play the Dallas Cowboys for the revenge game of their edge rusher Micah Parsons, who was traded to Green Bay for two first-round picks by the Cowboys’ general manager and owner, Jerry Jones. Jones has been mocked and ridiculed by almost everyone for this trade and for other moves, and it was deserved. Parsons was an amazing player for the past few seasons, and absolutely deserved a big extension this year. But instead, Jones traded him away to a team that has consistently beaten them the past few years, and justifying it by insulting Parsons and saying, “These picks could turn into anything, even Micah Parsons.” This game was an electric back-and-forth shootout, eventually going into overtime. Neither team proved themselves to be the better, ending in a 40-40 tie and securing a spot in history by being the second-highest scoring tie in NFL history. This game also got a scorigami, which is the term for a game that is the first to have that final score. Let’s make one thing clear: regardless of what happened in this game, the Cowboys are not a serious franchise. There is absolutely no reason to trade away your best player, regardless of what the offer is. Jerry Jones has routinely shown that the only thing he really cares about as GM is getting media attention, which means no matter how good the roster is, they will not be able to compete until Jones relieves himself from GM duties. For the Packers, their defense looked awful against what is supposed to be a mediocre offense, with Parsons getting only one sack on the day. For a team that has Super Bowl hopes, the Packers need to figure out what went wrong and become more consistent, along with their clock management if they want to win it all come February.
Colts VS Rams: Well, it’s finally over. Unfortunately for all football fans, the Indianapolis Colts are no longer undefeated. This devastating loss came at the hands of an, in my opinion, well overrated team in the Los Angeles Rams (I must admit my bias against the Rams, as I am a fan of their rival and better in the Seattle Seahawks). Many people say that after the amount of good luck and success the Chiefs have had in recent years is forced by the NFL, or as some people jokingly claim, “devil magic.” But when you look at the amount of stupid plays and bad calls that have gone in the Rams’ favor, it’s pretty clear to see that they are the true source of this devil magic. There are several examples of this, such as an obvious facemask penalty on my beloved 12s QB, Sam Darnold, that was ignored and ended the game to move them up in the playoffs, along with a forced fumble turned into an incompletion by the refs in the same game. Now, a Colts wide receiver dropped a touchdown that would have tied up the game out of the end zone, forcing a turnover (which is a stupid rule). For the Colts, I can only hope this is a fluke and not a sign of failure to come, as their division is currently theirs for the losing. As for the Rams, while they can still get wins, they are a very top-heavy offense with little depth and an effective but uninspiring defense. Their top two receivers have about 500 and 250 receiving yards, respectively, but the third-place player in receiving yards doesn’t even have 100. If one of them or their quickly aging quarterback gets injured for an extended period of time, their season is done, and they are easily beatable by any competent team regardless of injury.
