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Titolo: NFL Regular Season Free Play - Week Five

NFL Regular Season Free Play - Week Five
Sunday October 6, 2002
Kansas City Chiefs @ New York Jets
Take Kansas City Chiefs!
The New York Jets continue their struggles after four weeks of regular
season play after dropping their outing against the Jacksonville
Jaguars last Sunday 28-3 as +3 road underdogs. Not only did that loss
prove to be a heart breaker for this once proud and productive
franchise which now has the team holding a current 1-3 record both
straight up and against the spread, but it proved to be costly with
the loss of starting quarterback Vinny Testaverde. Suffering a bruised
shoulder last week against the Jaguars, Testaverde has been benched in
favor of second year man Chad Pennington with hopes that perhaps he
will be able to put a little spark in an otherwise dormant offense
which has not been able to produce a single touchdown since losing to
New England 44-7.
The only real problem with having Pennington start is that he isn't
ready after spending much of the last two years on the sidelines where
he was given virtually no playing experience. During the better parts
of 2000 and 2001 Pennington was given opportunities to play only when
the Jets held such huge leads over their opponents late in the fourth
quarters and for his effort he was able to complete a dismal 48% of
his attempts which produced a mere 159 yards and a couple touchdowns,
one in each season. But this year it looks as though he is officially
going to find out what it's like to play at a professional level for
the first time in his life and I got to tell you, it isn't looking
good. For the last three weeks Pennington was given an opportunity to
show whether or not he could handle the pressure of becoming the Jets
starting quarterback and as a result has completed a mediocre 26 of 47
attempts which produced a total 352 yards. He has yet to find a
receiver in the end zone for a touchdown pass this year and has also
thrown 2 interceptions, one against Miami which killed a Jets drive
late in the fourth at the Dolphins 26 yard line, and the other last
week against Jacksonville which helped setup a touchdown for the Jags.
The fact of the matter is that the Jets should have been allowing
Pennington plenty of chances at gaining some real game experience over
the last two seasons rather than dick around with an over rated and
underachieving Vinny Testaverde. The quarterback position has always
been an easy target when a team can't function properly and whether or
not the excuse is true that Testaverde is suffering with a bruised
shoulder, the feeling I get is that he is struggling with a bruised
ego. The fact is that the New York Jets are ready to have the fork
stuck in them as this team has been grounded.
Kansas City rolls into the Big Apple this week looking to capitalize
on their impressive victory last week against the Miami Dolphins 48-30
as +3 home underdogs, a victory which now has the Chiefs holding a
current 2-2 record straight up while covering the spread 3-1. The one
thing which Kansas quarterback Trent Green could probably relate to is
having struggled in accomplishing the desired results your team is
looking for. Green has had his share of troubles in orchestrating an
offense like last season for example where he was throwing more
interceptions than touchdowns by nearly 1 1/2 times, getting 17
touchdowns and giving up 24 interceptions. But so far it seems that
Green may have overcome those annoying little problems and has been
showing some leadership skills in directing 10 touchdown passes
opposed to 5 interceptions, completing 76 of 114 attempts for a
current 952 yards. But maybe what has helped him out is the fact that
Priest Holmes has been able to virtually pick up where he left off
from a year ago in helping take pressure off Green and still make a
big play or two. So far Homes has been able to produce an impressive
438 yards this year after touching the ball on 97 carries and has even
found his way into the end zone to complete 7 rushing touchdowns, 1
less than what he had all season long during 2001. This should be a
huge day for Holmes who will go up against a New York Jets defense
which has allowed a staggering 185 yards and an almost unheard of 10
rushing touchdowns after just four games.
The Jets have become nothing more than a team in complete disarray
after just four games and you can practically write off any chance of
this team making it to the post season unless some grand miracle can
help them salvage what has become an embarrassing campaign thus far.
The offense doesn't have a pot to piss in with both the passing and
running game failing to produce yardage never mind touchdowns. The
defense hasn't even bothered to show up during the previous four games
which has seen the Jets get handed their heads by an average 33-12
score. We anticipate that once again the New York Jets will struggle
here against a Kansas City team which is quickly gaining momentum and
steal the victory here by a minimum of a couple touchdowns easily. Bet
on it!
ProInvestors Says...play Kansas City Chiefs!
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 Mi spiace, ma i nostri investitori sono in altre faccende affaccendati
lo sapremo tra poco...
Meno di due settimane da adesso comunque!
Saluti
Gino

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