Captain Craptastic



34 points in their last 12 quarters and an inexplicable loss to the previously winless Houston Texans. That's what the Miami Dolphins have accomplished.

Duante Culpepper has been sacked 21 times in 4 games and all the little dreams of the Dolphin worshippers who predicted great things for this team have simply vanished. Which came first, Culpepper's immobolity or the Dolphins' offensive line's fallability?

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Is the 700 page playbook finally being read by the offence in Washington? 22 first downs, 482 total yards, 36 points and 100 yards rushing against a vaunted defence.

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What did we learn from the battle of the unbeatens, Ravens v Chargers, Bears v Seahawks?

1. Bwahahhaaha. Seahawks suck. Let them have their homefield advantage, the veil has been lifted to reveal an ugly bride. Allowing 37 points to the Bears, a traditionally meak offensive team led by a QB who has never played a full NFL season demonstrates that the Seahawks are frauds.

2. Steve McNair is competent enough to lead the Ravens to success and but the Ravens, playing at home was just enough to offset the Chargers having a week off. The rap against the Chargers has been the weakness of their opponents but they've proven themselves, even in losing to be one of the top AFC teams.

3. The Bears are the favourites to go to the Super Bowl.

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Who are more real, the Saints or the Panthers?

The Panthers started off losing two in a row and barely beating a team that hadn't won a game themselves and lost their starting QB. The Saints were playing away from home and coming off a short week and an emotional victory. That the game was this close proves that the Saints are for real. More real than the Panthers? Not yet. But if this game had been played in New Orleans with equal amounts of rest, the Saints might have won it. The Saints are therefore, more real. But no one is as real as the Bears.

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Who is the worst team in the NFL at the moment?

1. The battle of the unwinning, Browns v Raiders netted the Browns a satisfying victory on the heels of an impressive performance against the Ravens the week before.

2. The Tennessee Titans lost yet again in even more humiliating fashion than the week before, this time by a 45-14 margin to the Cowboys.

3. If the Titans met the Raiders on a neutral field who would win? Probably end in a 3-3 tie.