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Trent Edwards got sacked and missed a big part of the game against the Cardinals, and so the Bills looked weaker and missed their first match and lost their undefeated 4-0 record.

J.P. Losman replaced Edwards, and in despite of not playing that bad, he lacked chemistry with his teammates and so defeat was served.

Arizona beat the collectively numb Bills by 41-17 and improved their record to 3-2.

Now Buffalo has their bye week, which is enough time to prepare to play the Chargers on Week 7.

The Bills are still heading the AFC East with one more victory than the Patriots, whom are playing San Diego on Week 6, so in order to remain at the top of their division, Buffalo might be praying for another loss for New England.

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Now the Cubs are in a very difficult position, they have to beat the Dodgers twice at Dodger Stadium in order to match the 0-2 record they are currently holding at their playoff series against Los Angeles, whom beat them at Wrigley Field.

It surely smells like a curse, as they Cubs were the best team at the National League after this two damaging, postseason defeats.

Last night came the last of the two, with a 10-3 victory for the Dodgers, whom are the surprise of the postseason since critics were heavily favoring Chicago to beat LA without a major problem.

The emblematic team from Los Angeles is just one game away from make it to the National League championship series, which will have as second guest the winner of the Phillies vs. Brewers.

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An interesting game on week 5 is Bills at Cardinals, with Buffalo coming with a 4-0 record, which is their best season start in 16 years, and Arizona trying to avoid a third defeat in a row.

This is only the sixth time in Bills history that they start with a 4-0 record.

Trent Edwards looks better than ever for his first full season at the NFL after being drafted by Buffalo at the 2007 draft as a third round pick and 92 overall.

 “We still don’t feel like we’re anywhere near our potential. We’re going in the right direction. But we still have a lot left to give. So I don’t know how good we can be.” The 24-year old Bills quarterback said.

This season, Edwards has completed 27 of 35 passes for 350 yards and 3 touchdowns.

The chance for Trent Edwards came last year when he filled for injured starter J.P. Lossman, and by the end of the season, Edwards was the Bills full-time starting quarterback.

Edwards has won 9 of his 13 starts at the NFL, and is expected to lead the Bills to their fifth consecutive victory.

If you bet Buffalo at Arizona, take the Bills.

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Now that we are at the MLB playoffs 2008, here’s a brief explanation on how they work.

The post season starts after the 162 regular season game, which is typically in the first week of October.

8 teams make it to the playoffs, four from the National and four from the American league, which are 3 divisional champions and a single wild card (this is the team with the best record but that didn’t won a division).

 This year, these are the teams whom made it:

National League:

Cubs vs. Dodgers

Phillies vs. Brewers

American League:

Angels vs. Red Sox

Rays vs. White Sox

At each league, the winner of each series of the best-of-seven will play the other for the Conference championship and a ticket to the World Series.

Chicago fans are waiting the Cubs and the White Sox to play that very last game; it would be the first time since 1906.

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Last year the Celtics were in many magazine covers because of their new acquisitions: the power trio of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, and they were considered the team to beat, but they were on those covers without having achieved anything. This year the story is different; they are the current NBA champions and are again the team to beat.

There were a little concern about the compatibility between the 3 NBA all-stars, but that’s an old story, and along with guys like Rajon Rondo, Boston has proved that they are a very compact team and have done enough merits to earn the ‘unbeatable’ title.

Now, the Lakers have Andrew Bynum back, and they are better than ever with Pau Gasol feeling more at home, plus Kobe Bryant is at his prime having won the NBA MVP title last year.

If there are no serious injuries on either team, I think there are good chances about watching Boston and Los Angeles on this year’s NBA finals.

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Will Marvin Lewis run with the same luck as Scott Linehan who just got fired from the Rams? I guess it will all depend on how Cincinnati does against the Cowboys on week 5, and with a Dallas team (3-1) coming hurt by a defeat against the Redskins, the chances for the Bengals are not so good.

With Cincinnati’s defeat against the Browns on week 4 they are now at the bottom of the AFC North.

This season started badly for both teams from Ohio and now both teams are struggling for a better spot at their division, with the Browns at 1-3, and the Bengals at 0-4

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Carl Landry was unable to reach terms with the Rockets since the beginning of the free agency period, and so the Bobcats wanted the power forward (who can also play center) on their roster, and came up with a 3-year $9 million dollar deal, but since he was a restricted free agent, Houston matched Charlotte’s deal and kept Landry in despite of having a very decent depth up front, which is what the Bobcats are lacking.  and so Charlotte is still on a quest to find the right guy to help out Emeka Okafor and Nazr Mohammed.

Last NBA season, Carl Landry averaged 22 points, 4.8 rebounds in 42 games.

Houston’s indecision about extending Landry’s contract was based on a knee injury he suffered last year, but Rockets general manager has stated that they have a good sense of the state of the knee, and Landry himself said he feels 100% healthy.

If no good deal had appeared, Landry and his agent were to opt for a contract overseas.

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Troy Brown will not be wearing a Patriots shirt anymore… at least as a player.

The 37 year-old wide receiver retired from the NFL yesterday after a press conference at Gillette Stadium where team owner Robert Kraft and Coach Bill Belichick were present also.

Brown played a single game last year and remained unsigned this current season. “It’s hard to let go, but I know, at the end of the day, I played this game the way it supposed to be played.” he said.

Troy Brown remained his entire career with the Patriots, the team that drafted him at the 1993 NFL draft, he’s saying good bye to professional football with 3 Super Bowl rings , one invitation to the Pro Bowl and a few team records including Career Receptions Leader with 557, Career Punt Return Yards Leader with 2625 and Single-Season Receptions Leader with 101(on 2001).

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The Yankees 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays was a bitter sweet one for New York, as they will not be taking part on this year’s postseason; this is due to the Red Sox 5-4 win over the Indians, which is giving Boston a playoff spot and leaving the Yanks out.

“It’s really devastating, there’s absolutely no excuse for a team with this talent to be going home. It’s hard to believe right now that we’re out. As inconsistent as we were, to have an opportunity this late in the season just makes it that much more frustrating.” A-Rod said.

The Yankees are missing the postseason in despite of having winning their last 9 of 10, but their record on a total of 162 games is 86-71, nothing compared to the Red Sox 92-65 record.

This is the first time since 1993 that the Yankees are not part of the playoffs.

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I guess that is like asking what your favorite team is, but the difference is that on NFL your team of choice has to play different rivals from different divisions, one more tougher than the other.

And so I would say that I have two favorites on both conferences, one is the AFC East and the other one is the NFC East.

AFC East… why: Well because this year this division is more interesting that ever with the Patriots being an underdog and a team like the Bills coming with great chances of winning the division, plus we got the increased rivalry between the Dolphins and the Jets, with Chad Pennington proving that he’s a qualified quarterback and Brett Favre proving that even being an old man, he still has a lot of football on him.

Divisional winner prediction: Bills

NFC East… why: On this division we got the Giants, whom came up with a Superbowl victory against the previously undefeated Patriots, and the Cowboys, whom are favorites to win the conference, but there are also the Eagles, a team that has a long rivalry with Dallas, and whom looked great on their game against the Cowboys on week 2 in despite of loosing.

Divisional winner prediction: Cowboys

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