Tradition Tuesday: Chailey's & Dry vs. PySaw

The rough focus of this blog is the rivalry between the Kansas City Chiefs (heralded by Bankmeister) and the Denver Broncos (championed by Cecil and Old No. 7). It may seem unfair that it's two versus one, but once KC gets that second Super Bowl win we'll even out the delegation.

Seven years ago we started The Tradition, in which Bronco fans travel out to the Truman Sports Complex with their team, and Chief lovers return to the Rocky Mountains with theirs. We tailgate, we talk massive amounts of shit, our wives are occasionally assaulted by rival fans, and we almost always watch the visiting team lose. It's a grand old time.

Here at the HoG, we're going to keep The Tradition going with Tradition Tuesday--a weekly state-of-the-rivalry address.

Leading up to the first of two Tradition Weeks here on the HoG, we've got some interesting things going on matchup-wise. As the world of football bloggery knows, Brett Favre and the Pack just left AmCoVesCapIn with a shocking OT victory; Shanahanigans would be denied their late-game field goal trickery. Now, on a short week, the Pack rolls into the 'Head for a squaring off of Favre against the one team he has never defeated. It's no secret the Pack can't run the ball; Old No. 4 likes to heave the long ball. And he can do so with success against the alleged best corner duo in the league, also known as Champ Bailey and Dre Bly, or as I like to call them,



Chailey's and Dry.

Yes. Mr. Fah-vuh-ruh just lit up this pair to the tune of a buck eighty through the air, the receivers to whom he was throwing were no seasoned veterans by any stretch. And, I'm not sure how to say this properly in English, but here goes: It fucking ruled. Yes, the collective Bronco fan base was forced to remove the shafts of Chailey's and Dry from their orifii for a moment, slide the hairy bean bag over and say, "Well, I guess 'shutdown' is subjective."

Don't get me wrong. The Chiefs cornerback duo of Pat Surtain and Ty Law -- a.k.a. PySaw -- is prett abysmal. In fact, I'm not sure there's a worse duo in the league. Come to think of it, this duo



could probably cover receivers with more shrewdness and mobility, but what can you do. Granted, you can say cool cut-that-meat things about them, like the following:

1) Ty Law historically owns Peyton Manning, especially in the post-season.
2) Pat Surtain was allegedly an outstanding prep quarterback in New Orleans and once started a high school all-star game in place of Peyton Manning.

Neither of those tidbits will get you into the playoffs (playoffs?!?), though.

That said, the Broncos travel to Ford Field this week, where 10-win Kitna, who apparently mixes humor with God, looks to keep his surprisingly accurate prediction on pace. Meanwhile, Mike McCarthy and company will lose to the favored Chiefs, setting up one hell of a kickass debut to the 2007 version of The Tradition. Stay tuned.