4. I think, hmmm, now that I've opened that can of worms, let me close it. King's top long-haul quarterbacks if he was starting a franchise right now, in order: Peyton Manning, Brady, Brees, Marc Bulger, Rivers/Matt Hasselbeck (tie), Carson Palmer (just because I'm not sure of the mental scars from his knee injury right now).

5. I think, and this is no breaking story, the Raiders have to rip up their franchise. How much more proof do they need to start from scratch? This week's evidence of ridiculous badness, with the only hope being some occasional flashes on defense: The Raiders lead all NFL teams in losses (43) since Super Bowl 37. They're 15-43 since then. The Cards are 16-41 since, the Niners and Texans 17-41. They're worse than Bill Bidwill. The most sacked teams in the NFL this year: Oakland 47, Cleveland 34. The most offensive futile teams: Oakland 229.7 yards per game, Buffalo 241.3. There are 34 quarterbacks who qualify for the quarterback rating standings after 10 weeks. Andrew Walter of the Raiders is 34th, with a 54.6 rating. For perspective, that's 19 points behind the immortal Bruce Gradkowski.

6. I think it would be shame if the Browns blew up their front office and coaching staff -- unless Jim Tressel were available. Then I'd have to think about it if I were Randy Lerner.

7. I think this is what I liked about Week 10:

a. Vince Young's maturation. I love what I saw in him against the Ravens, particularly on the play when he was getting leveled and shovel-passed the ball to Bo Scaife, who ran it in for a 13-yard score.

b. Keenan McCardell is consistently underrated. What an excellent football player he is. He showed it on some outstanding sideline catches in Cincinnati.

c. Nice blocking for Corey Dillon, Matt Light and Daniel Graham.

d. Trevor Pryce deserves an extra playoff share if the Ravens win the AFC North, which they will do, and if they earn the second seed, which they could do, because of his huge block of the potential winning field goal by the Titans.

e. The defensive gameplan of Eric Mangini and the Jets defensive coordinator, Bob Sutton. Brilliant. "We ran everything we had,'' Mangini said. "You have to play Tom Brady the way you play Peyton Manning -- show them different looks on almost every snap.''

f. Great poise by Rex Grossman in the face of a lot of adversity.

g. Jerricho Cotchery is playing himself into the upper echelon of NFL receivers. As he showed again on the vital touchdown to beat the Patriots, he knows how to go get the ball against tight coverage.

h. You're doing the right stuff, Dick Jauron. That was one heck of an effort in Indy by the Bills.

i. Remember nine days ago, when Nick Saban couldn't coach? The guy is still one of the top five coaches in the NFL.

j. 4-0 on the road this year: Chicago, Indy ... and New England?

k. I love the Rams-Seahawks rivalry. Look at their games in the last four years. Seattle's won four in a row now: 24-22, 30-28, 31-16, 37-31. Before then, St. Louis won four in a row: 27-20, 23-12, 33-27, 27-22. Every game was a game with five minutes to go.

8. I think this is what I didn't like about Week 10:

a. Lost year for Clinton Portis. First the shoulder, now the broken right hand. No Portis, no last-ditch effort at contention.

b. Matt Leinart's looking pretty darned mortal. Quarterback rating the last three games: 41.8.

c. Two more drops for Terrell Owens. Surprise!

d. Wideout David Givens was a $24-million free-agent for the Titans, and he's missed most of the season with hamstring and thumb injuries. Sunday against the Ravens, he wrenched a knee and was carted off the field in pain. See you next summer, Dave.

e. I have no idea whatsoever why the Giants stopped blitzing Grossman. With a bad secondary, the only way to disrupt a passing game is to throw a lot of traffic at a quarterback, which worked for the Giants early. Then they just stopped. I'd love to hear Tim Lewis' explanation for that one.

f. How insane would you have thought me in Week 4 if I told you that after 10 weeks Atlanta would be getting outscored? Well, here's the tally: Foes 181, Falcons 180.

g. Have the Vikings fallen off the face of the earth or what?

h. Eli Manning is the bad Eli right now, not the good Eli. What bothers me about him right now is his accuracy. He can't keep drives going because he's too off-target.

9. I think it takes a pretty secure man to hand off the play-calling for a very big game, as Andy Reid did to Marty Mornhinweg. But let's not go too crazy over the decision. The Eagles were first in the NFL in total offense prior to Sunday's rout of the Redskins, averaging 393 yards and 26 points a game. Against Washington, they scored 27 and amassed 365 yards. Reid knows what he's doing, and the identity of the play-caller is no magic wand.

10. I think these are my non-football thoughts of the week:

a. Best movie I've seen in a while: Stranger Than Fiction. Strange and brilliant. One of the best, most imaginative plots I've ever seen in a movie. Will Ferrell can act, even in a serious role, as can Maggie Gyllenhaal and Emma Thompson.

b. Last Tuesday sure was a good day, wasn't it?

c. Coffeenerdness: Not sure if this man ran on the Espresso Ticket, but Bob Goodlatte ran unopposed and won a House seat in the 6th District of Virginia Tuesday night. I'd have thought Fred Finefrappucino would have made a swell opponent.

d. Coffeenerdness II: The eggnog lattes are back. (A bit early for the debut of the holiday drinks last week. We're still saying Roll Tide on Nov. 7, not Yuletide.) Anyway, the egg nog tastes a bit metallic to me. Maybe it's the regional egg nog; I've been told different areas of the country have different nog. The Jersey nog is tasting a little tarnished to me.

e. Early holiday recommendation: I'm a little prejudiced, because a friend, Tom Merritt, invented this, but you would be wise to spend $29.95 on "Gridiron Trivia Challenge'' for anyone who loves this game (at usaopoly.com). It's a Trivial Pursuit type of game -- "from Papa Bear to Belichick,'' as Merritt says -- with questions for an NFL beginning or savant. I actually played a round last week and hit on 13 of 15. That either says I'm not as smart as I think, or the game is pretty challenging.

Who I Like Tonight, and I Mean Tony Kornheiser

These byes. Hate 'em. Glad they're over. I look for a Steve Smith explosion tonight, with 15 days to treat those ouchy hammies. Carolina, 23-9.