1. The Bengals are 5-2. Raise your hand if you saw that coming.
I certainly didn't, but in retrospect that defense is for real.
2. Everyone talks about the emergence of The Amish Riffle, but how about that Buffalo defense? NINE sacks against Washington. Wow!
Meh. IMO, that was more of a function of the opponent. Defense is the Bills weakness
3. The Eagles are now 13-0 after a bye week under Andy Reid.
Gotta give props to the big man. Thirteen years and the players still buy into his program. That said, he still hasn't won the big one.
4. The Cards, just can't close. What is this the third or fourth big lead they've blown in the second half? Unreal.
I watched the second half of that game, and that was as unprepared "deers in the headlights" look I've seen in a long time!
5. Dick LeBeau, after previously getting torched by Tom Brady and company, decided to mix up his defensive philiosophy and go man-on-man instead of zone coverage. It worked. And unlike Belichick, he was clueless as how to adjust. Yup, the Steelers finally got over the Brady hurdle, kudos to them.
6. The top 4 defenses in the NFL reside in the AFC North. Wow.
That's amazing!
7. Was Sean Payton not coaching from the booth this week? What happened? Talk about a letdown following a pummeling of the Colts a week before.
The Saints scored 62 points last week. Going into yesterday the Rams scored 56 points ALL YEAR! WOW!!
8. I don't care how you slice it, completing less than 50% of your passes, isn't good. Yet Denver continues to claim that when Teabow plays, it's way more "exciting". Come on Denver. WINNING is exciting. That's all that should matter.
I guess the Christian got thrown to the Lions yesterday!
10. Mark it down. The Eagles turning point came last night. They WILL win the NFC East.
No question. The NFC East is down this year, so they may even win it with a 9-7 record.