-Matt Ryan is regressing. Thomas Dimitroff and the Falcon's front office have surrounded Ryan with wonderful skill players and he's not taking enough advantage of it. A 78.8 QB rating is near criminal when you have a guy like Tony Gonzalez running routes for you.
-Just how many of Carolina's good players can they lose and still expect to contend for the Wild Card? Not many linebackers were playing better than Thomas Davis and losing him for the year was a huge blow to the defense. Losing Jordan Gross for the year is an even bigger blow to the offense.
-Charles Woodson: Hall of famer, Period.
-Speaking of the Packer's defense, LOLB Brad Jones filled in more than admirably for the concussed Aaron Kampman. Some of those same pass drops in the flats that Aaron Kampman has struggled with all year, Brad Jones excelled in. It already looked like a strong possibility that Kampman wouldn't be a Packer next year. Now, with Jones' play it may be all that more likely.
-The NFC East is for anybody who wants to take it. Major injuries to Ken Hamlin and Marc Columbo makes the Cowboy's one game lead over the Giants and Eagles look awfully slim. I still like the Giants but they need to play better defense in the red zone.
-Yeah, the Rams put up a more than valiant effort against the undefeated Saints. Don't get too excited St. Louis. Your Rams are still very, very far away from contending. Priority number one for the Rams front office at this point is assessing just how serious Sam Bradford's shoulder injury is. Quarterback may be the only way to go for a team whose almost guaranteed a top five pick in next year's draft.
-Jacksonville fans get on David Garrard too much. This Jaguars team should not be contending for a wild card berth right now but they are, thanks to Garrard, and a 5'7 missile out of the backfield.
-Oh, and to go on record about the Jaguars possibly picking Tim Tebow in the first round to appease their Gator obsessed fan base: If a fan base demands their favorite team select their favorite local college hero in the first round when he's clearly not a first rounder to re-invigorate said fanbase, then I really don't think that fanbase deserves a team.
The Jaguars could be playing very meaningful football down the stretch this year and seeing empty seats in the stands for those games makes for a very awkward situation. C'mon, Commissioner Goodell, it's time to right one of Paul Tagliabue's wrongs. I don't care where the Jaguars end up, I just hope they don't stay in Jacksonville.
-The Bengals will continue to field a no-name defense but it shouldn't stay that way. Jonathan Joseph and Leon Hall may be the best corner duo in football, and tackle Domata Peko is simpy immovable.
-Bud, your team was up 41-17 in the fourth quarter. I know Dick Jauron can be a pretty surly guy, but what could possibly be the reason for flipping two middle fingers at the Buffalo Bills sideline?
