MMQB Review

Here are five things I think I think about today's Monday Morning Quarterback from Peter King:

1. Peter spends a good amount of ink on Corey Dillion. I'm on record as being a big fan of Dillion having the flying Elvis logo on his shoulders. Best running back in New England since Curtis Martin - who is the name King should have dropped in his column - instead King mentions passing emails (like notes in school among 6th grade school girls) with bill Simmons during the off season.

2. Why is King so infatuated with Atlanta? Detroit beat Atlanta in Atlanta and King still has the Falcons ranked above the Lions? It makes no sense.

3. This bit from King seems more likely to be lifted out of Burrough's Naked Lunch then from the pages of Sports Illustrated:

ENJOYABLE/AGGRAVATING TRAVEL NOTE OF THE WEEK

A slice of subway life, Oct. 6, 2004:

I'm on the subway, the Lexington Avenue line, around 9 in the morning, on the way to HBO Studios for Inside the NFL. There are four girls, I would guess 17ish, maybe senior-in-high-school age, in the center of this very crowded car. One girl is applying her morning makeup. One girl is holding Makeup Girl's shoulders steady. One girl is holding the mirror. One girl is watching.

Makeup Girl says: "I am soooo pale!'' She spends three stops, my length of time on the train, applying the makeup, and just before I get off, Mirror Girls says: "You're a little white here, a little streaky.'' Makeup Girl moans, agrees, evens out the color.

Behind them is an advertisement for Manhattan Mini-Storage, which shows a man sitting on a narrow chair, eating a plate of steaming pasta with a pained look on his face. The plate is sitting right in his lap. The ad shouts: "Imagine having room for a table instead of burning your crotch!"

WFT? Over.

4. I would have to agree with this 100%: "The Brentson Buckner lip balm/Visa commercial is the worst football commercial in years. Maybe ever. It makes no sense, people." The only commercial on the air now that is worse than the Buckner commercial is that Capital One commercial where the people pretend to be stranded. I envision the camera cutting away and one of the helicopter guys shooting a flare gun up that guy's ass and then having their way with the guy's wife all the while saying, "Did you get that one honey?" and "what's in your wallet."

5. No mentions of any of Peter's kids. Hooray!