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Monday Morning QB (cont.)Posted: Monday September 17, 2007 1:54AM; Updated: Monday September 17, 2007 1:01PM The Fine Fifteen
1. New England (2-0): I switch the Pats and Colts because of quality of victories -- New England routing the Jets and manhandling the Chargers; the Colts routing the Saints (0-2) and hanging on to beat Tennessee. 2. Indianapolis (2-0): Colts-Pats, deservedly, is the best game in the NFL right now. Colts-Titans is close. Three great games in the last 12 months: 22-20 and 14-13 Colts, and 20-17 Titans. In the last 12 quarters, the composite score is Colts 53, Titans 53. 3. San Diego (1-1): This is the kind of night it was for the Chargers in Foxboro: Third-and-1, eight minutes left in the second quarter, Pats up 17-0. LaDainian Tomlinson, who owns third-and-1, runs behind the vaunted left side of his line. Swarmed by the Pats. Nothing. Chargers punt. 4. Chicago (1-1): If Cedric Benson is as good and as tough as he was Sunday afternoon, that's a huge plus for a team that has to run well to win -- especially on a day when Rex Grossman played another C- game. 5. Pittsburgh (2-0): Steelers 60, Foes 10. Though Foes are Cleveland and Buffalo, don't concentrate on that. Concentrate on the fact the Steelers are playing terrific, bone-crunching, Bear-like football. 6. Baltimore (1-1): Best game I've ever seen Kyle Boller play. 7. Dallas (2-0): Two games, more points (82) than any other team in the league. 8. Tennessee (1-1): Sometimes you win by losing. And Tennessee played its third straight ultra-competitive game with the defending Super Bowl champs. 9. Green Bay (2-0): Play of the day: Brett Favre, 37, double-pumps under pressure to avoid a deflection, then lays a perfectly led three-yard out pattern into the hands of Donald Lee. Thing of beauty. That capped a 9-of-9 drive that made Favre look like he was 27, not 37. 10. Houston (2-0): Last team to beat Indianapolis? Houston, 27-24, last December. Next team to play Indianapolis? Houston, next Sunday at Reliant Stadium. 11. Denver (2-0): Jason Elam for mayor. For governor. 12. San Francisco (2-0): Game of next week? Might be Niners at Steelers. 13. Detroit (2-0): Does any player enjoy his second life in football more than Jon Kitna? Doesn't look like it to me. He is overjoyed out there. 14. Seattle (1-1): Anyone have any idea whether Matt Hasselbeck was trying to hand off to Shaun Alexander when The Fumble happened or simply making a really stupid play 15. Philadelphia (0-1): Tough game for the Iggles tonight. The Redskins are in Joe Gibbs' likely swan-song season, and this is a game they'll need to have a good shot at winning the division. (Click here for Page 3)
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