So all my rowdy friends dropped in on Monday night. They sure made a mess of things. Chips on the floor, beer cans all over the place. Oh, and Hank William's Jr., I got a noise complaint because of you and your damn guitar! However, like any great party, was it worth it? Oh, yeah...
Monday night football featured a double header: Green Bay Packers versus their well known rivals, the Minnesota Vikings. After that, the Denver Broncos traveled to Oakland to face the Raiders with JaMarcus Russell and Darren McFadden. Oh yes, ESPN had the most explosive show (sorry ABC).
The opening game was nothing short of an edge of your seat thrill ride from start to finish as the Packers won 24-19. The Lambeau embraced the young Aaron Rodgers as part of the Packer family after a excellent start. Rodgers went 18 for 22, 1 touchdown, 178 yards, and a 115.5 quarterback rating. Not to shabby Mr. Rodgers, I think many people in Green Bay would love to have you as their neighbor now.
Good blocking, good running from Ryan Grant, and the receiver core helped made Rodgers debut look like an easy one. However, Green Bay will not be doing so well against other teams after 12 penalties for 118 yards combined. Most of which were early on in the game. Note to Green Bay: You want to keep your Quarterback in good spirits? Stop causing stupid penalties. Thankfully for Green Bay, Tarvaris Jackson was unimpressive once again and could not capitalize on Green Bays mistakes.
Nevertheless, celebrate the win Rodgers, you earned it...
Speaking of fantastic performances: many props are due to the Hokies own Eddie Royal for his excellent first start against the Raiders. Straight out of Virginia Tech, Royal had 9 receptions for 146 yards and a touchdown. Thats not all, he rushed, he did a kick return, and he passed the ball (OK, it was incomplete) but, wow! Is there nothing that this guy can't do? I imagine that the fantasy buffs are going to be going nuts to get this young man on their team
Not to undermine the rest of the team. The Broncos demolished the Raiders 41-14 last night. Jay Culter went 16/24 and was finally able to use someone other than Denver's great tight ends. Culter passed for an impressive 299 yards and made the Broncos looked promising. Cutler did not have to rely on the running game too much. This man may finally be into his groove
Still the story of the night has to be the young promising star Eddie Royal playing a magnificent opener. If you know me well enough, you know that I am not really a pro football kind of guy. I love the NFL but I don't root for any team avidly. I tell you what, Eddie Royal will be someone I will be watching for a while now.
So thank you, NFL, for helping me survive another long Monday. I do not have a case of the Mondays anymore, because of you. Once again, football has saved us all... from mid-season baseball.
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