Indianapolis Colts– Peyton is officially better than Matt Leinart.
New Orleans Saints – Some people say it’s better to lose a game during the regular season so the pressure doesn’t get too big. Will this win come back to haunt them?
Minnesota Vikings – They got wrecked. Not a good sign facing a team they very well may play in their first game of the playoffs.
WORD
San Diego Chargers – Chugging along. The Chargers are good. Lots of cylinders clicking over there in San Diego.
Arizona Cardinals – Very impressive. Whissenhunt’s a good coach. They didn’t just outscore Minnesota. They beat them at their game. They won in the trenches on both offense and defense.
New England Patriots – We don’t know what to say about them. We’re just disappointed. They’re 7-5. The Jets and Dolphins are 6-6.
Cincinnati Bengals – A win’s a win, but the Bengals would probably like to see more from Carson Palmer.
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WORD AND AIGHT
Philadelphia Eagles – The only exciting thing about this game was Vick scoring two touchdowns, one in the air and one on the ground. Not positive, but were those the only chances he’s had in the red zone this year? Would he be impressing more if given the chance?
Green Bay Packers – Big win on Monday night. Looking like playoff team. Coming on strong at the right time.
Pittsburgh Steelers – What’s more surprising, that the Steelers lost to the Raiders or that it was their 4th loss in a row?
Tennessee Titans – No shame in losing in Indianapolis to an undefeated Colts team. Let’s see how they recover now that the magic carpet ride is over.
Denver Broncos – They’re 8-4 and most likely on their way to 10 wins. They’re probably going to make the playoffs.
New York Giants – Giants finally showed a little bit of heart/moxy/chutspa.
Baltimore Ravens – All their losses are to probable playoff teams. We hope they can get in. Would like to see them play in January.
Dallas Cowboys – Brutal schedule from here until the end. They’re 8-4 right now and Chris is confident they won’t make the playoffs.
Miami Dolphins – They might have been out of the wild card race with a loss. Now all of a sudden they’re in the race for the division.
Jacksonville Jaguars – If the playoffs started today they’d be the sixth seed and get rocked in the first round.
AIGHT
San Francisco 49ers – There’s something here to build on for next year.
New York Jets – The Jets don’t lose in Canada.
Houston Texans – Done.
Atlanta Falcons – Probably done. Especially with Ryan and Turner out.
Washington Redskins – That win could have made their season a little less sour. The players haven’t given up on Jim Zorn, which is surprising based on how poorly their season started. They aren’t bad.
Carolina Panthers – No Jake, no Brown Sugar, and an uninspired victory over the Bucs. Great.
Seattle Seahawks – Seahawks might turn this into a semi-respectable season. They might be better off losing though because they could use a high draft pick.
YOU’RE NOT GOOD
Chicago Bears – They beat the Rams. Awesome. Now we see why they got Cutler.
Oakland Raiders – This team would probably be in the thick of the wild card race if Bruce Gradkowski had started the season as their starting quarterback.
Buffalo Bills – We love alliteration. So they have that going for them.
Kansas City Chiefs – Who cares.
Detroit Lions – As much as we love the Stafford/Smith/Calvin trio for the future, this team still looks a long way from being relevant.
St. Louis Rams – Steven Jackson’s still good. The Rams still aren’t.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Antonio Bryant is playing pretty well.
Cleveland Browns – We hope they were paying close attention to the Texas/Nebraska game on Saturday night…specifically the monster in the middle of the Huskers defensive line. Suuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.