THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY WEEK 6

The Good: The Buccaneers prevail over the Saints at home.

Where did this performance come from? Josh Freeman threw for over 300 yards, backup running back/fullback Earnest Graham rushed for over 100 yards, and the defense caused the high powered Saints offense to turn the ball over 4 times, picking off Drew Brees a shocking 3 times. This team was down probably their most talented players on both offense and defense (running back LeGarrette Blount and defensive tackle Gerald McCoy), yet they played by far their best game of the year. On top of this, they have a solid lead in their division with impressive wins over both the Saints and Falcons, who were both supposed to be Super Bowl contenders. Sorry to quote Dennis Green, but the Bucs are apparently the team I thought they were, a dangerous young team with a solid shot at making the playoffs.

The Bad: Sam Bradford throws for over 300 yards, yet scores only 3 points and gets injured.

How do you produce over 400 yards of offense and put up 3 points? If anyone is counting, that is driving the length of the football field 4 times. This shows a complete lack of efficiency when it really matters, most importantly in the red zone and on third down. The Rams were 0/3 in the red zone and 3/13 (23%) on third downs. That is atrocious. I don’t care who Sam Bradford is throwing to and how bad his offensive line is playing, he has to be better. There is no excuse for a quarterback who is getting $60 million guaranteed to be so ineffective. I know he is still very young, but he needs to get much better for this team to even have a chance to win a single game. And that is if he even gets to play, considering he has a high ankle sprain and is wearing a walking boot. Maybe the Rams need a change of scenery, and sunny LA is looking better and better.

The Ugly: Rex Grossman throws 4 interceptions against a struggling Eagles' defense and gets benched.

For most of the beginning of this season, we have seen the good Rex Grossman. It was about time we saw the bad. Unfortunately for Grossman and the Redskins, the bad Grossman is pretty hard to watch, as all Bears fans know all too well. Grossman threw four interceptions to the Eagles’ underperforming safeties (three of which went to Kurt Coleman, who had just won his starting role back this week after getting benched). Not-so-sexy Rexy looked the way we expected him to play, under throwing open receivers and tossing up bombs for no apparent reason straight into defenders’ hands. He was benched for John Beck, who was not overly impressive, but seems to now have a strong hold on the Redskins’ quarterback spot. Despite a 3-2 record, do not be surprised to see the Redskins join the “suck for Luck” sweepstakes. Who thought having a quarterback battle between Rex Grossman and John Beck was a bad idea? Oh yea, everyone. The Redskins went from good to ugly oh so fast.