G-Moniy’s 11 Thoughts on Week 1 of the 2023 NFL Season
The NFL Season has officially started and even though we’re awaiting the Monday Night Football game I want to go over a few games from yesterday. Monday Night Football Tonight!…
KaVontae Turpin #9 of the Dallas Cowboys rushes for a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on September 10, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty ImagesThe NFL Season has officially started and even though we're awaiting the Monday Night Football game I want to go over a few games from yesterday.
- HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS - I'm a lifelong member of #CowboyNation but I'm not a "This is our year" Cowboy fan...I'm rational and logical. Sunday Night's game against the Giants was a surprise to even me. I knew our defense was good...but damn. I'm loving it, I thought we had a Top 5 defense but I'm almost convinced we're top 2 but not 2.
- The Falcons looked impressive in their win over the Panthers and their rookie QB Bryce Young. It might be a long season for Carolina. The tandem of rookie RB Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier could possibly make some noise.
- Woe is Joe...The Bengals couldn't get it together against the Browns with Burrow throwing for a career-low 82 years. Cleveland seems to have the Bengals number as of late and Deshaun Watson is almost looking like he used to.
- So far it looks like Colts rookie QB Anthony Richardson is the best rookie QB so far even though the Colts lost to the impressive Jaguars.
- Who would've thought Baker Mayfield would lead the Buccaneers into Minnesota to beat Justin Jefferson and the Vikings? Not me that's for sure.
- The Saints and Derek Carr beat the Tennessee Titans by 1 point even though Ryan Tannehill turned the ball over 3 times. I mean a win is a win but they shouldn't be satisfied with winning like that.
- When I said Dallas' defense was Top 2 and not 2, the 49ers were the #2 defense I was thinking of. With reigning Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa the 49ers defense is top notch and they have one of, if not the most explosive offenses in the league.
- Speaking of Explosive Offenses...Tua and Tyreke Hill...Holy Sh*t!!! Tua threw for 466 yards and Tyreke had 215 yards receiving with 2 TDs. And even with that Justin Herbert and the Chargers still almost won that game.
- Does Green Bay have a new franchise QB in Jordan Love or are the Chicago Bears that bad??? Both remain to be seen.
- Philly started off really strong against the Patriots jumping out to a 16-0 lead. The problem seems to be their defense because Mac Jones brought the Pats right back and barely lost the game.
- The Rams looked very good against the Seahawks who caught teams by storm last year. With Cooper Kupp out the first 4 games Stafford may be leaning on newer players like Tutu Atwell and Puka Nacua.
Monday Night Football Tonight! Green Bay Jets...I mean the New York Jets vs. Buffalo Bills. Last year the Jets had a good team outside of the QB position so with Aaron Rodgers there now people think they'll make a strong run. I agree but I have them losing to the Bills.
G-Moniy’s Definitive Ranking Of All 12 X-Men Movies
For those that don't know, I'm a nerd and even more than that I love anything X-Men Related. Fox started making Live Action X-Men movies in the year 2000. What I'm going to do now is rank the movies according to how I liked them. The X-Men movie franchise consists of 12 films, including the spin-offs. Here is my ranking, from worst to best, and I'm including the IMDb ratings:
12. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
6.7 - This movie ruined the whole original trilogy, it was a weak cop out of a movie.
11. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
6.9 - Apocalypse looked like Ivan Ooze from Power Rangers. I'm a big fan of the Apocalypse character and he didn't get the proper respect.
10. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
6.6 - My All-Time favorite Marvel character is Wolverine. I actually liked this movie more when it dropped. It did not age well.
9. The Wolverine (2013)
6.7 - I am a fan of movies that don't hold the fate of the universe within the plot. This was just ok to me, interesting but just ok.
8. X-Men (2000)
7.4. - The O.G movie that started it all, flawed but still enjoyable. Well at least until Halle Berry's "What happenes to a Toad when it gets struck by lightning" line, and the total depiction of Rogue was blah.
7. Dark Phoenix (2019)
5.8 - Even though lots of fans didn't care for this movie, I actually enjoyed it. Plus it was WAY better than "The Last Stand"
6. Deadpool 2 (2018)
7.7 - Deadpool 2 was definitely an enjoyable movie, I don't have much more to say on that.
5. X-Men: First Class (2011)
7.7 - The Reboot was everything that was needed for this franchise and more. I'm still salty about how Darwin "died".
4. Deadpool (2016)
8.0 - The 1st Deadpool movie was amazing and just what the X-Men franchise needed.
3. X2: X-Men United (2003)
7.5 - This still stands the test of time, not only the best X-Men Movie (at the time in the first trilogy) but they did a lot of things with the side stories that I really enjoyed.
2. Logan (2017)
8.1 - Man...For awhile I considered this one of the best superhero dramas of all time. I actually still do, they did the 'Old Man Logan' storyline justice with this movie. Obviously it wasn't a page for page reiteration but this was excellent film making.
1. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
8.0 - Arguably the best X-Men Movie of all time (Until they debut in the MCU???) But everything about this movie was great. I LOVED the way this movie essentially cleaned up the original trilogy making it just a potential timeline. The Sentinels were brutal, the relationship between Charles Xavier, Mystique, and Magneto was fantastic. Wolverine doing what he could to save his timeline was excellent.
