The Fine Fifteen

The Steelers' Jerame Tuman celebrates a touchdown in Pittsburgh's win over San Francisco. AP

MAILBAG Peter King will answer your questions each week in Monday Morning Quarterback: Tuesday Edition. Your name: Your e-mail address: Your home town: Enter your question:

1. New England (3-0). They haven't had a real game yet, winning by 24, 24 and 31 against two 2006 playoff teams and a division rival. Do you ever remember a team starting a season hotter? Next up, Bengals and Browns, before an Oct. 14 trip to Dallas.

2. Indianapolis (3-0). You might look at the last two weeks and say, "Well, the Colts have struggled to win at Tennessee and Houston. Are they really that good?'' Take these tidbits into account: The AFC South is vastly underrated. Houston is the most improved team in football, and every game Peyton Manning plays, we all think he's going to win.

3. Pittsburgh (3-0). Gotta love the Steelers' schedule. It's allowed them to get off to a fast start. Now, before the Week 6 bye, they're at Arizona and home against Seattle. Two quite-winnable games for a very impressive team.

4. Dallas (3-0). The more I see Tony Romo, the more I say to Jerry Jones: Pay the man.

5. Green Bay (3-0). How sweet it would be for Favre, sitting on 420 touchdown passes, to break Marino's record this week at Minnesota, with all the anti-Pack vitriol that's filled the Metrodome. For the record, Favre's 3-1 since 2003 in Minneapolis, but only 5-10 there in his career.

6. San Diego (1-2). Elliott "Mr. Stats'' Kalb's note of the week, fresh from the Sunday night NBC set: 32 rushing touchdowns for the Chargers in 16 games in 2006, one in three games in 2007.

7. Baltimore (2-1). For a team with such a good defense, the Ravens are developing a penchant for letting teams back in games.

8. Chicago (1-2). With apologies to one of the great Seinfeld lines of all time, "The bell tolls for thee, Grossman.''

9. Jacksonville (2-1). I'm starting to believe in David Garrard. On four of Jacksonville's first five possessions in Denver, he led scoring drives.

10. Tennessee (1-1). If I were Jeff Fisher, I'd like to see some clock-eating drives out of Vince Young tonight in the Superdome to take the crowd out of the game. That crowd can be a maneater.

11. Washington (2-1). You know what's a shame? We don't get to see Dallas play Washington for eight more weeks. They meet in Weeks 11 and 17.

12. Philadelphia (1-2). I asked Andy Reid what he said to McNabb after the game. "'Nice job,''' he said, then laughed. "You know me. If it doesn't fit on a 3-by-5 index card, I don't say it.'' And if you want to know Reid, that says it all.

13. Tampa Bay (2-1). One more Kalbism I simply must steal: "If you had told me at the beginning of the year that the Bucs would face Matt Hasselbeck, Drew Brees and Marc Bulger in the first three games and allow a total of two passing touchdowns, I would have laughed in your face.''

14. Houston (2-1). Speaking of interesting scheduling notes, the Texans play at Atlanta one time every eight years. Pretty eerie that the first meeting ever in Atlanta between the teams comes this week, in the fourth game of transplanted ex-Falc Matt Schaub's Houston career.

15 (tie). Carolina (2-1). Nice day for DeShaun Foster: 20 carries, 122 yards. The Panthers look like they're getting back to the ground-oriented way of winning that's best for them, particularly now that Jake Delhomme is nursing an injured throwing elbow.

15 (tie). Seattle (2-1). I just don't like the way this team is playing. Not at all. But I'll go by what I saw in training camp, when I thought this was a better version of the Seahawks than the team that made the Super Bowl two years ago.

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