1. Bears Not-So-Impressive - I was certainly not the only one badly fooled about this hyped juggernaut. Granted, no one was taking the offence too seriously but most of us figured the defence would carry the day, especially against the dollops of underachieving Dolphins they were gathered against. Yes, now in hindsight we can point out that Rex Grossman is no John Brodie but perhaps we've all been blinded by the fact that he has played 8 games thus far without getting himself injured. The shocking thing was the Bears defence, letting Ronnie Brown run all over them like that. But six turnovers, well, no defence overcomes that kind of ineptitude. And now the best part, a smashmouth match to follow at Giants stadium. Can we officially begin the Brian Griese watch?
2. Last play of the game, Dallas at Washington - In the psychodramas of weekly football, Bill Parcells' soft touch kissing contest following last week's ridiculously simple victory at the Panthers should have been a sign that bad things were to follow. I just didn't suspect they would follow against the hapless Redskins who seem to have developed losing to their arch rivals into a science. Blocked field goal attempt, face mask and successful field goal attempt with no time left on the clock though, that was a finish to reckon with, even in the paen of wild Cowboy-Redskins finishes. It doesn't mean the Skins are a team to be reckoned with nor that Joe Gibbs is likely to turn his jesus skills back to NASCAR but for one play anyway, this was a helluva game. The Cowboys can lick their wounds on the Cardinals next week whilst the Redskins have to travel to Philly to face the angry and rested Iggles.
3. And Now we'll never hear the end of the greatness of the QB with the historic postseason choke - So Peyton and the Boys are 4-0 on the road against teams who are collective 22-10. Not bad at all. But hang tight, it's still the regular season. And as for his counterpart, some of the hagiographic lustre is wearing off Tom Brady it appears. Still, what does it all mean? That the Colts will go 16-0? That Peyton is a shoe-in to win the Super Bowl? Hardly. Let's remain comfortably sceptical about this one until February. It is an impressive run for the Colts who are now what, 23-2 in the regular season over the last two seasons but their Achilles Heel is the postseason and until the games really start to matter, they haven't proven a bloody thing.
Random Thoughts
If I hear or read one more gushing advertisement for the mobility of Tony Romo I swear I'll puke blood. Just for the record, Michael Vick is a mobile QB. After six and a half weeks of the statuesque Drew Bledsoe a quadraplegic would look mobile by comparison. Just because he doesn't stand there waiting to get hammered into another concussion like his teammate doesn't make him mobile.
On TO's pretending to fall asleep in the endzone on the football after scoring, nice one but he'll never be Chad Johnson. Especially from a guy who alleges sleep disorders that cause him to fall asleep during team meetings, this is funny. Especially when he drops a sure feckin touchdown pass like this is the first game of his life. Let's see him hump the football next time he scores. Let's see him hump the football and then see the football start producing little footballs out of wedlock. Or let's see him mime an overdose. Now THAT would be funny.
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