- I know everyone is talking about it, so I'd better join in the bandwagon too. Brian Westbrook is definitely one of the smartest and most unselfish players in NFL. No other players in the league, I would say, are willing to sacrifice the chance to score an easy touchdown in order to secure his team's victory. Instead, he took a knee at the one-yard line to allow his team to run out the clock.
- Minnesota Vikings' coach Brad Childress doesn't look like an NFL head coach. His baldness and spectacles notwithstanding, his body language tells me that he isn't even a guy with confidence. I am not at all comfortable to see how he talks and interacts with his players. I would be extremely worried if I were the Vikings' owner Wilf. I would also put him in the coaches' box high in the stadium and let him talk to his players through the headsets. That would definitely make me, and him, more comfortable.
- Since Bobby Petrino's ignominious exit from the Atlanta Falcons, teams will be far less likely to pursue college coaches to lead their football teams. Instead, young NFL assistants have now become the red-hot commodities. Two of the hottest names at the moment are Josh McDaniels and Jason Garrett, offensive coordinators of the New England Patriots and the Dallas Cowboys respectively. McDaniels has the upper hand right now as he knows when to rely on his running backs to win a football game. On the other hand, Garrett appears to have the Mike Martz mentality that he always prefers throwing the ball, regardless of the situation.
- Upset extraordinaire: A really extraordinary one. I'd bet $50 to see the Miami Dolphins to finish the season with a nice little three-game winning streak. And yes, that would mean a victory against the unbeaten Patriots at the frigid Foxboro.
- Quirky stats of the week: Todd Collins, who before last Sunday had not started an NFL game in 10 years, had fewer interceptions (0) than Tom Brady (1) and Tony Romo (3) last week. He also had the same number of touchdown passes (0) as the two star quarterbacks.
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