Unleash the Blather

Sportsline's Pete Prisco:

"OK, now can we stop the Kelly Holcomb experiment and make Tim Couch the permanent starting quarterback in Cleveland? It's clear he is much better than Holcomb and deserves to have the starting job... ....Change now, Butch, or you will regret it. "

I'm somewhat surprised to see this; I think this sort of stuff is at least one week premature. If Couch lights up the Raiders next game, then sure, debate away and let him play. It's so old and tired, but it has to be said over and over -- we have two good quarterbacks, it's a good thing, and it doesn't hurt the team when one or the other plays.

Prisco also added the following about the 3-4. Those lineman are unfairly holding our smaller edge rushers!!! No fair!!! Hehe.

Remember all that talk about how the 3-4 defense was making a resurgence? On Sunday, the Steelers and Falcons, both primarily 3-4 teams, combined to give up over 70 points. The secret to beating it is to throw on early downs.

Random notes:

• The Chiefs are getting overrated. Yeah, they are undefeated but winning on return TDs two weeks in a row is masking some serious struggles from Trent Green and his wide outs.
  
• The next couple games will determine if Seattle is going to be a contender in the AFC. They looked bad vs. GB, but they have lots of offensive talent and a decent defense.
  
• Couch has been comparing himself to Bledsoe in New England after Brady took over. After watching Tommy Maddox look like, well, Tommy Maddox, what do you think the odds are that Couch or Holcomb winds up with the Steelers next season? Butch would do it... I doubt the Steelers would.
  
• Lions WR Charles Rogers busted his collerbone. I thought the Lions were looking okay, or at least no longer an automatic win. Rogers in particular made some nice plays.
  
• The Rush Limbaugh thing... ESPN comes out looking pathetic in it's lame attempts to say "sorry" even after the original broadcast showed all the commentators sitting on their hands. The truth is that ESPN didn't think it was a big deal at the time either, and now they get the luxury of revising their view of it. Don't believe it. I don't know about the McNabb situation, but it's true that there is a degree of racism in sports -- Brian Urlacher is as popular as he is cause he's white and white people want somebody to cheer for. Tim Dwight? You could think of plenty more examples. It might not be correct, but it isn't absurd to think that some people think McNabb is better than he is, with his race being a factor. If the ESPN show didn't suck so bad, one of those guys would have challenged Limbaugh on the spot and maybe even brought up guys like Urlacher or Keith Brooking. It's like the issue that everyone is afraid to talk about on tv.
  
• The Steelers offensive line is just killing them. Maddox can't seem to move in the pocket and still be accurate.