The Week That Was Week 2 in the NFL

This lead section was going to be about how baller Aaron Rodgers was today (328 yards, three TDs, 0 INTs).

But that gets beat out by officiating and another heartbreaking loss for my San Diego Chargers.

First, can you please tell me why the review booth and all of it's technical stuff wasn't working at the beginning of the game? This isn't high school football? This is the bloody NFL. Millions and billions of dollars are spent on these games every year, and the officiating crew at Mile High Stadium couldn't get the fucking replay equipment to work to review a play?!

What happened was that Chris Chambers fumbled the football. The Chargers wanted a look and the look made it seem like Chambers was down by contact. Except the equipment wasn't working, so the Chargers got charged for a timeout because the equipment didn't work. The referee, in this case Ed Hochuli said that the two minutes for NFL replays was up and decided to let the game move forward.

That's so absurd! What a fucking Mickey Mouse thing to have happened.

But that wasn't so much the referees fault. What was happened at the end of the game, when Hochuli blew a fumble dead, giving Denver the ball back, and leading to the eventual game-winning touchdown and two-point conversion.

Ed, Jay Cutler fumbled the ball. At least he admitted that he made a mistake.

To the rest of the week:

• What I failed to mention up there was that the Chargers defense again looked atrocious. And Antonio Cromartie looked like a fool. How can you let one guy catch 18 passes like Brandon Marshall did today?
• Rodgers > Favre as of week 2.
• Also, Cassel > Favre as of week 2.
• Eli Manning is a magician. First, you have that amazing throw in the Super Bowl. And then today, Little Manning throws a LEFT-HANDED PASS?!!!!! Amazing. YouTube video is forthcoming. And oh, the Giants won.
• Not to be outdone by his little brother, Peyton Manning still has it.
• Lane Kiffin off the hotseat, at least for one week.
• I'm going to say it now: those Bills/Pats games this year will be epic, especially if Buffalo continues to play the way they're playing.
• Reggie, Reggie, Reggie. Oh Reggie Bush. I guess they didn't teach you to not taunt your opponents with a shit-load of time left in the fourth quarter. So next time, don't wave goodbye to your opponents until, well, there are four zeros on the game clock. I guess was Ray Small said about Southern California was right (but of course, being a man doesn't mean you win football games, right Ohio State?).

Extra Point:

Back to Brett Favre. I know this may sound like I'm hating on him, and maybe I am, I haven't really figured my own thoughts out, but geez, is everything really about him?

Okay, so maybe he got asked a question that prompted him to say "I'd like to come back and win every game...It's why I came back. It was fun out there today. It'd be more fun if we had won."

But still, this is probably the reason why the Packers got rid of him. He's so self-absorbed. He's soooo into himself. Dude, Brett, you've been with the team for over a month. Get over it. You're back playing professional football. Now act like a professional.

Then again, New York (New Jersey) might be the only place that would have wanted or could have handled a self-promoting, woes-me, prima donna like Favre.