The 2-Minute Drill - That Ole Black Magick

By Ivette Ricco

“Black Magick spells of REVENGE and POWER that will leave
your enemies humiliated and terrified, broken and helpless.”

The New Orleans Saints might not admit it, but they replied to this ad in the local newspaper. Then the Saints, heretofore known as the “Aints” made gumbo out of Michael Vick and his flock of Falcons.

This is the Big Easy. Cajun country, noted for its rich blend of ethnic backgrounds and cultures. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA South, where you are as likely to eat a $200 meal at Emeril’s as you are to have a voodoo spell cast upon you.

The black magick woman told the gentleman with the umbrella and odd clothing that all he needed to do was to boil the heads of 11 falcons birds, throw in a few pieces of a burning bush and take the whole thing out to the levee and let the Brees hit it.

It worked!

All eyes were on this grand re-opening of the Louisiana Super Dome. Ex-Commish Paul Tagliabue and new Commish Roger Goodell were both there as was former President George H. Bush. That makes two Bush in the hand, George and Reggie.

After all the pomp and circumstance, the real party began as the Saints danced all over the dirty birds and Michael Vick.
The Black Magic Woman in me was thrilled for the City and residents and the fans, of course of New Orleans.

Atlanta 3 New Orleans 23

The 2-Minute Drill – Week Three

Carolina 26 Tampa Bay 24
The Panthers finally got a W. But not without some angst along the way. The Bucs lost more than another game.
John Kasay may have saved the season for the Carolina Panthers. His 46-yard field goal split the uprights with two seconds left, giving Carolina a 26-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a game full of momentum swings. To make matters worser and worser for the Bucs, quarterback Chris Simms was injured and had to have his spleen removed.

Chicago 19 Minnesota 16
The Vikings beat the Bears at their own game, defense. But in the end it was Rex Grossman and the offense that pulled the win out for the Bears.

Cincinnati 28 Pittsburgh 20
Sunday Palmer got his just reward. After calling out the Steelers in the off-season, getting knocked out of the playoffs and having his knee severely injured against the Steelers, last season, Carson Palmer made it official. The Steelers aren’t going to have their way in the division this year.

Green Bay 31 Detroit 24
Brett Favre-lous was jumping for joy, and that just goes to show you how bad things are in Green Bay, when Brett rejoices when the Packers beat the 0-3 Lions. But, hey, a win is a win.

Jacksonville 14 Indianapolis 21
If defense wins championships, then offense wins fans.

NY Jets 28 Buffalo 20
Chad Pennington could be the Comeback Player of the Year, or will it be Carson Palmer or maybe even Drew Brees. Oh well, Pennington was written off before the season but has led the Jets to surprising wins.

Tennessee 10 Miami 13
Daunte, Daunte, where are you Daunte? Five sacks, no touchdowns passes, and yet, there seems to be unending and unreasonable optimism in Miami.

Washington 31 Houston 15
Washington and Brunell actually showed up to beat the woeful Texans.
Joe Gibbs, with all due respect, the Texans are not a good barometer for your team’s progress.

Baltimore 15 Cleveland 14
A nail-biter and cliffhanger that wasn’t over until Matt Stover kicked a winning 52-yard field goal with a few seconds left in the game.

NY Giants 30 Seattle 42
The G-Men fell back to earth with a loud thump, the thump sounded a lot like Jeremy Shockey moaning about Tom Coughlin.
Not much of a showdown between Seattle and the G-Men, more like a letdown after the G-Men’s come from behind win in Philly last week.

Philadelphia 38 San Francisco 24
The 49ers are a young and improving team, but the Eagles are a very good team. When you fumble the ball on the goal line and stand frozen while a 292-pound defensive back returns it 98 yards for a touchdown, well, that’s Football 101. You don’t stop playing until the whistle blows.

St. Louis 16 Arizona 14
Marc Bulger (current Ram Quarterback) and Kurt Warner (former Ram Quarterback) took turns fumbling away the game. Warner won the fumble-thon with four turnovers and lost the game, and maybe even the starting job!

Denver 17 New England 7
Jake Plummer got out of the doghouse and kept himself off the bench, for now. The Brady Bunch looked as if they were sleepwalking.

Week Three Record 8-6

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