Week 15

The Minnesota Vikings had Benny Sapp, Marcus Sherels and Brandon Burton at cornerback for most of the game. Against Drew Brees! Game over. Sapp did play well. 42-20 Saints.

It was fantastic to see Adrian Peterson run again. I missed watching him run. 10 carries is at least 10 too few.

Everyone pegged Saints coach Sean Payton as a genius for his onside kick in the Super Bowl. Well, he was an idiot for pulling a similar stunt in the second quarter with a 14-6 lead and few worries. It set the Vikings up nicely for a touchdown. Sweet call, Sean.

Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder had no time to throw against the Saints. He showed some good stuff late in the game but it was exhibits A-Z plus some more that left tackle needs to be addressed in the first round of the draft. The secondary needs serious help but left tackle is priority #1. Capitol 1. Matt Kalil?!? I'd like to know the future plans of Alabama's Barrett Jones. Stanford's Jonathan Martin?!? Adding that one left tackle improves the entire line and it needs serious improvement.
It was interesting to see a Vikings defensive front of Everson Griffen, Fred Evans, Letroy Guion and Christian Ballard on a fourth and one late in the game. They made the stop. Just saying the Vikings have some nice depth on the defensive line.

I'm surprised that little is being said about Drew Brees' consecutive games with a touchdown streak. He's currently six behind Johnny Unitas' record of 47 consecutive games. Perhaps the lack of attention is because the record wouldn't be broken until next year. Unitas put the record so far out there that it was at one time considered untouchable. Right now, its hard to imagine Brees not reaching it.

So, the Colts win their first game the same week the Packers lose their first game.

Tim Tebow finally led a touchdown drive in the first quarter. That was more incredible than the Packers losing to the Chiefs. He could have used some of that first quarter magic in the fourth quarter. Tebow time ran out of time.

Nice "fumble-rooski" type play by the Carolina Panthers. Cam Newton sure puts a lot of pressure on a defense.

I wonder who Tebow credits when he throws an interception or, heaven forbid, loses a game.

The New York Giants had another one of those unexplained down weeks. I just don't understand the inconsistencies in that team.

Its frustrating to hear fans and media hacks write of players or teams after one mediocre or worse game. Rough games happen during the regular season. The Packers lose one game and suddenly the Saints are the team to beat. The Saints lost to the Rams. If one game writes off a team, the Saints should be out of it entirely for losing to the Rams. People should let the season play out before they spout their nonsense.

If "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" is played in an NFL stadium that team should no longer be in the NFL. Denver pulled out that musical gem and I don't think that it was even John Denver belting out the words.

Nice comeback win by the Detroit Lions over the Oakland Raiders.

Good to hear that Chicago Bears receiver Johnny Knox will make a full recovery. He's due to have back surgery but should be fine for next year. I'm not sure that I've ever seen a player bent in half quite like that.

I love watching Ray Lewis play football. I'm not sure that he'll ever retire.

Its hard to imagine any team going an entire calendar year without a loss. Congratulations Green Bay Packers for doing just that.

Next week is bad news for the Washington Redskins. I really mean it this time.