Ten Things I Think I Think

1. I think these are my quick-hit thoughts of Week 13:

a. Chicago cornerback Charles Tillman may have made my all-pro team yesterday. Seven tackles, one sack, one interception (returned for 95 yards), three passes defensed, one forced fumble.

b. "They're not the Bengals of old,'' said Alan Faneca of the Steelers, and he's right.

c. Koren Robinson swore to Mike Tice he wouldn't be making a mistake if he signed him after he screwed up so badly in Seattle. Robinson's 148-yard receiving day against Detroit showed what a great signing this was.

d. I'm just hoping Dom Capers didn't jump over Nashville on the way home from that debacle in Baltimore. Can a team lose more painfully than Houston?

e. Nice run defense, Baltimore -- 155 yards to Domanick Davis? Sheesh.

f. An Indy-Chicago Super Bowl. Peyton Manning-Kyle Orton. That is the strangest thought of all time.

g. Trick Play of the Year: Bradlee Van Pelt runs in at quarterback for Denver with the ball at the Kansas City 7. Jake Plummer splits wide left as a wide receiver. Van Pelt takes the snap from Tom Nalen, and with the Chiefs looking around and saying, "What the ?'' Van Pelt, on his first touch of his NFL career, runs it in for a touchdown. Tie game, 21-21.

2. I think the Bengals will not be denied. I say they win their wild-card game the first week of the playoffs, no matter the opponent, no matter the site, although that will likely be Cincinnati.

3. I think this is what I liked about Week 13:

a. Loved Hines Ward imitating the Ickey Shuffle.

b. Reggie Bush.

c. The USC offense, which must be the best offense in the history of college football. Game-by-game points this year: 63, 70, 45, 38, 42, 34, 51, 55, 51, 35, 50, 66. Imagine going through a season scoring between 34 and 70 points in every game.

d. And Reggie Bush.

e. Tiki Barber might not be Reggie Bush, but he still gashed Dallas 30 times for 115 much-needed yards. 

f. Carson Palmer redeemed himself in a big way. Zero picks. Put the ball on the money consistently, and, unlike the previous big losses to Pittsburgh and Indy, didn't throw it to the other team in the second half.

g. DeShaun Foster. You don't have to say it, John Fox. After his last two weeks -- 46 carries, 205 yards -- Foster's the featured back on this team. It's a change that's needed. If Foster can hold up, he's just better than Stephen Davis right now.

h. Thomas Jones is a really good football player.

i. David Garrard: 55 percent passing, 26 rushing yards, two touchdowns, one pick. Good enough.

j. Did you catch the time of the Bucs-Saints? 2:36. That's Mark Buehrle time. Only 115 offensive snaps.

4. I think this is what I didn't like about Week 13:

a. Officials are doing a horrible job of calling the horse-collar tackle. Perfect example in the Giants-Cowboys game: Mr. Horse Collar himself, Roy Williams, grabbed Barber from behind late in the first quarter and tugged him down, backward, exactly like he did to Terrell Owens. No call. What, pray tell, are you waiting for, Zebras?

b. The attitude of Willis McGahee. After the horrible loss to Miami, he said, "I'm over 1,000 yards. That's my highlight of the day. It's out of my hands. If I called the plays, I'd have 60 carries.'' Attaway to be a team guy, Willis.

c. I don't believe a thing from the Giants about their support for kicker Jay Feely. They can say whatever they want, but you know they're all thinking the same thing: Is this guy taking the apple at the crucial time of the season.

d. Four Pittsburgh fumbles. Three Ben Roethlisberger interceptions. A bad Big Ben thumb. How are these guys going to salvage this season?

e. Can the Dallas tackles please hold their ground? Torrin Tucker, Rob Pettiti, you've got to do better than that.

f. Watching the Jets, they are to be pitied almost.

g. The luck of the Browns. Now Braylon Edwards?

h. Happy with that summer holdout now, Cedric Benson?

i. The Bills might not want to read the paper or listen to the radio today.