1. Carry Me (Out of), Ohio - The Buckeye State has two NFL franchises and amongst them have five victories (and one tie!). The Browns seemingly have a great deal of talent, but it has either decided not to play this season or has been riddled by injuries. The same could be said about the Bengals, but one thing is abundantly clear; New coaches are in order for both because it has obviously gotten out of hand.
2. All For Nothing - The building process that has been taking place over the past three seasons in Jacksonville will apparently start anew yet again. Yet another team plagued by injuries and the shooting that led to the amputation of Richard Collier leg is a variable that no team has a plan to deal with, ever. David Garrard and the passing game is non-existent, Fred Taylor is playing old and all of the sudden their defense is porous. Not saying that this spells the end for Jack Del Rio, but he'll be sweating until the draft.
3. Big Apple, Bigger Egg - The New York Jets squandered a perfect opportunity to solidify themselves as the cream of the AFC's crop. With the complete domination of the Titans in their rear view mirror, they forgot to look up and see that Jay Cutler (And yes, Peyton Hillis) were charging down their throats. It was just another example of why you cannot trust this team in January anymore that you could trust them in September; They play to the level of their competition more than any team you'll ever watch and their 1-3 record vs. the horrendous AFC West is exhibit A.
4. I've Seen This Before - Another draft, another opportunity to colossally fail for the Detroit Lions organization. The firing of Matt Millen means that Michael Crabtree is safe, but it still does not make anyone in a football circle feel any confidence that the Lions are going to make the right pick. Or even who would be the right pick. They've got problems at every position so nobody should be considered a Golden Calf, but they're yet again in that familiar situation where they could easily draft Joey Harrington all over again. Here's to hoping that the Lions actually get someone worthy of a number one selection and I'm just guessing that someone is Matthew Stafford.
5. Good Game, Rook! - Jim Zorn and his Redskins lost to the absolutely dominate New York Giants in a sloppily played game at FedEx, but he was the only blemish of the rookie head coaches in the league on Sunday. A combined 30-18 record has the new faces breathing easy through three quarters of the season with all of them in legitimate playoff opportunities. Sparano seems to have the inside track on Coach of the Year honors and while rightfully so, it's hard to argue against any of the others because of their vast turnarounds (excluding Zorn, whose team did make the playoffs last year, though no discredit).
So we're on to Week 14 and besides wishing a terrific week of football is ahead of us, here's to hoping that the Plaxico Burress thing just goes away. Seriously, I'm done with it already.
