TMQ

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

this week's installment

[Diomedes]

What time do they normally post the TMQ?

I was shouting Kick Early, Go for it Late! last night in the first quarter when the Bengals were up by only 7 and had 4th and 1 inside the ten.  It turns out they won the game easily, but my God you don't pass on points that early!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

He usually gets it up there around 11:30 or so... just early enough to still be called "TMQ".

Funny blurb:

As many readers, including Dan Danka of Pittsburgh, have pointed out, forget the polls and focus groups, the Washington taterskins reliably predict elections. For each presidential contest going back to 1940 -- the first presidential year the taterskins performed in Washington -- if in their final home game before the voting the Skins win, then the party in power keeps the White House; if the Skins lose, the party out of power takes the White House. This Sunday, Green Bay plays at Washington in the taterskins' final home appearance before the election. So if the Packers win, John Kerry will be the next president, while if the taterskins win, George W. Bush will be re-elected.

How fitting the Packers should draw this assignment -- they're from a swing state, Wisconsin! TMQ has learned, on an exclusive basis, that the Democratic National Committee has been funneling donations to the Green Bay salary cap, while the Pentagon has secretly equipped taterskins quarterbacks with GPS-guided footballs. Remember, this is a Tuesday Morning Quarterback exclusive.

[MadMarchHare]

Now I got two reasons to be glad the Pack is Back, after spanking Dallas.

[QB Eagles]

What time do they normally post the TMQ?

It varies. Sometimes it's more like Tuesday Afternoon Quarterback.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Today's TMQ, for those who hadn't seen it yet.

One of many Eagles-related highlights:

Buck-Buck-Brawckkkkkkk

Trailing 21-0 late in the second quarter, the Eagles faced fourth-and-6 on the Steelers 15. TMQ's immutable law holds: Kick Early, Go For It Late. Unless, that is, you are way behind, and a 21-point hole qualifies as way behind. In trotted the field-goal unit, Philadelphia made it 21-3 and the Eagles never threatened again.

^^^I couldn't agree more.  I was cursing at the screen when they sent in Akers then.  Awful decision by Reid.

There's also a quite funny little parody of banter between T.O. and RayRay.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

haven't even read it yet, but figured I'd share the new one

Got to this... so true:

The Football Gods Were Not Amused

In recent weeks Bill Parcells has called his own team bad or stupid, and on Monday night, repeatedly shook his head as the Cowboys botched defensive downs. It can't be that Parcells is mega-ultra-genius when things go well, but the players are to blame when things go poorly. It is the coach's job to cause the team to perform well: if the team does not, the coach shares the blame. Bear Bryant always made a big point of taking blame upon himself; Parcells should read some Bryant. In previous coaching jobs, Parcells has shown a habit of demanding credit whenever there is success and blaming those around him whenever there is failure. You can't have it both ways, Bill -- it's unseemly to be shaking your head at your own players.

[QB Eagles]

Eagles tidbits:

Stats of the Week No. 2

The 42 points scored in the second quarter of the Philadelphia-Dallas Monday night game were more than the total points scored in nine of the 13 games played Sunday.

Uniform Shenanigans Update

Bruce Cundiff of Alameda, Calif., notes that the looked-black-to-me "alternate" jerseys recently worn by the Eagles are called Midnight Green by the club. J. Crew color names come to the NFL! Maybe Cincinnati should start calling its color Warm Butterscotch instead of orange. Michael Clay of Miami Shores, Fla., notes that alternate jerseys are doing well this season. San Diego beat Jacksonville wearing its powder blues; Houston beat Jacksonville wearing its reds; Baltimore beat Cleveland wearing all-black; Philadelphia beat Baltimore wearing Midnight Green; Cincinnati has won two straight wearing Halloween costumes. Clay predicts a future trend of teams sporting their alternate look more often than their standard look -- Atlanta is 4-1 in reds this season, and red was the Falcons' alternate jersey in 2003.

Sweet 'N' Sour Play

Terrell Owens may be insufferable, but until somebody keeps him out of the end zone, this gentleman must be classified as sweet. Game scoreless in the first quarter, Owens went in motion right and ran a short turn-in -- this is a standard West Coast play that Jerry Rice has run a thousand times, and every NFL receiver has run at some point. It's designed to pick up 10 yards. Owens made the catch and should have been tackled for a 10-yard gain. Two Dallas defenders hit him, one from each side; T.O. is so darned strong that both defenders bounced off, and Owens scampered 59 yards for the touchdown. This play should have been a ho-hum short gain and instead was a long score; that was sweet. Last season, the Cowboys had the league's No. 1 pass defense, yet on this play and several others Monday night, various Eagles ran through the Dallas secondary like no one was there. That was sour. And yes the Cowboys secondary has injuries, but every NFL team has injuries.

Minor mentions of 4th-and-26 and "cheer-babe professionalism" as well.

[General_Failure]

Funny, I thought the green jerseys were called Midnight Green and the black jerseys were called Black.

[PhillyGirl]

"recently worn"?

Um...haven't they been wearing this color for years?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Funny, I thought the green jerseys were called Midnight Green and the black jerseys were called Black.

That is correct.  I e-mailed him to tell him so, also.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

New TMQ is out

featuring an Eagles cheerleader!   

[Susquehanna Birder]

It was 55 degrees at kickoff in Philadelphia with a 14 miles-per-hour wind, but the who-needs-clothes Eagles cheerleaders came out in their two-piece summer outfits. Needless to say, their team was crowned with a huge victory. How soon until the Eagles cheerleaders take the field in nothing but the GloThong?

I laugh at those little sweaters they wear when it's cold. BTW...the cheerleaders came out for the second half...wearing their long pants. No Eagle TDs after that.

[Sgt PSN]

It was 55 degrees at kickoff in Philadelphia with a 14 miles-per-hour wind, but the who-needs-clothes Eagles cheerleaders came out in their two-piece summer outfits. Needless to say, their team was crowned with a huge victory. How soon until the Eagles cheerleaders take the field in nothing but the GloThong?

I laugh at those little sweaters they wear when it's cold. BTW...the cheerleaders came out for the second half...wearing their long pants. No Eagle TDs after that.

That's fine by me when we put 35 on the board in the first half.  Besides, the offense still moved the ball effectively in the second half, they kind of fizzled out once they got inside the 25 though and settled for FG's.  But in a game like that, I don't mind the drop off in offensive production as long as the defense remains solid, which it did, until garbage time. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

For the truly lazy, here's the new TMQ.