NFL Liquor Cabinet Week 4

For the entire NFL season, we will be breaking down the rest of the NFL not named Green Bay by looking at it like a liquor cabinet. Why did we choose this method? I like to booze and it makes things really easy to determine what's great, average and poor. 

TOP SHELF
Kansas City's defense is full of nightmares for opponents - Are we still unsure whether Kansas City is a fluke? New York needed a win badly and even if the game was played in a fired up Arrowhead Stadium, the Giants would be playing more inspired. Kansas City's defense shut them down like me trying to talk to Naya Rivera. We talk all the time about a team 'stepping on the opposition's throat.'  Kansas City did just that and played great.

Major League 4: Cleveland Browns - ESPN Cleveland's Tony Grossi mentioned the Cleveland Browns are the movie Major League and he could not be more right. The team is expected to tank and they now have won two straight looking damn good while doing it. At least until a team gets a book on him, Brian Hoyer looks like a legitimate NFL quarterback. Their defense is balling out led by Ray Horton who deserves a head coaching job. The AFC North looks like the worst division in the AFC and entirely up for grabs. A 9-7 team can win it.
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Grown ass man win by New England - I came away really impressed with New England. Atlanta is a team who wins at home and Mike Smith does not have many Atlanta teams lose back-to-back games. Tom Brady had his best game of the year and looked more in sync with Kenbrell Thompkins. Also LaGarette Blount continues to run the football well for this team. Their defense takes a major hit losing Vince Wilfork for the season with an Achilles injury, but Aqib Talib appears to be a lockdown cornerback. He held Julio Jones in check for the greater part.

Titans impress again, but lose Locker - Tennessee is looking like one of the teams I completely misread going into the season. Their defense once again put the clamps on a team and while it is the New York Jets, remember they played great against Buffalo's defense last week. Jake Locker also dazzled in the game before leaving the game after a big hit injuring his hip. Locker will be out for at least a month, maybe two and in steps former Buffalo quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. He is a competent quarterback although he throws too many interceptions.

MIDDLE SHELF
Sloppy drunken game in Detroit - This is really not a win where Detroit should put on their mantle. The game featured seven combined turnovers and did not really feature crisp football. Detroit did force turnovers and Reggie Bush looked solid yet let's pump breaks that the Lions are the best thing since sliced bread.

Indianapolis takes care of business - The Colts had to play at Jacksonville. The Jaguars are struggling mightily but being at home, weird things could happen. Indianapolis rolled with an interception return by Darius Butler and a good Andrew Luck performance.

Washington bounces back - Oakland can be a house of horrors for road teams. Truthfully, I saw Robert Griffin's knee flash before my eyes on that putrid turf, but Washington made sure they would not be the second team in the NFC East to be 0-4.  One big positive with Washington is the duo of Robert Griffin III and Pierre Garcon seems like a solid one. I would not get too excited about this defense yet as it turns out Matt Flynn is not very good.

Cannot read San Diego - I have no idea if San Diego is good or not. They had a classic collapse in Week 1, beat a lowly Eagles team, nearly beat Tennessee and then they come back at home to take down the NFC East leading Dallas. The Chargers do look improved from last season, but I am not sure if this is just a team who will win somewhere between seven or eight games or a playoff contender.

BOTTOM SHELF
Tampa Bay Terribles - We call things 'Dumpster Fires' all the time but what is going on in Tampa Bay is a dumpster, tire, oil fire combined all together. News came out today that Josh Freeman is in Stage 1 drug program for the NFL.  This led to some wild assumptions but in reality, Freeman is there because he has a prescription for Adderall for ADHD and he has to be in the program. Freeman also has passed 46 drug tests. This is a disaster. Get rid of Greg Schiano. Get rid of Freeman. Just shut it down like the government. Tampa Bay management basically threw Freeman under a 18-wheeler and it is completely pathetic.

Houston could be 0-4 - Think about this one for a second... If San Diego does not collapse, if Tennessee's defense makes a stop, the Texans have two more losses on the season. This is not a good football team. Matt Schaub has apparently lost it at quarterback. It feels like shitty Phil Rivers transformed into shitty Matt Schuab. Heading to San Francisco is not the best thing for this team going forward. Houston really does not have a backup quarterback so they will have to ride with Schaub for the season.

Let's not all shit on Chip Kelly at once - The snark squad, not to be confused with the scuba squad, is out in full force after Philadelphia's third straight loss. They gave 52 points and this is what I meant about the Eagles in August. They are an unpredictable team. Philadelphia looks more like a 6-10 team who will put up some points once in awhile.

Fine, I will say it, the Ravens are in trouble - I am worried about this team. Joe Flacco threw five interceptions against a defense that gave up 500 yards to the New York Jets. Baltimore might not be a good team and we have to accept it. I will say their defense was put at a disadvantage with all the turnovers.

Charlie.