NFL Week 7 Observations

I usually say that by week 8 of the NFL season you usually have a pretty good idea of which teams are for real. But, as week 7 comes to a close I don't think I am anywhere near knowing which teams are real and which are not. I know the Colts and the Patriots are good teams but I'm not too sure where everybody ranks after them. I'm starting to think the Cowboys aren't near as good as everybody thinks they are. The Steelers have looked good at times, but they make a lot of costly mistakes at inopportune times. Are the Jaguars any good? How about the Packers? I think after week 8 I might start listing my own "Power Rankings" just for the fun of it.

Oh well, here are some of my random thoughts and observations from week 7.

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1) If I was an Eagles fan I would be really pissed off. How the hell do the refs miss the blatant holding by Fred Miller on the Bears last touchdown pass? It was more of an outright tackle than a block. That one missed call changed the outcome of that game.

2) New England won convincingly again, but the Pat defense gave up 382 yards and 25 first downs to an anemic Dolphin offense. Most of the Dolphins yards were gained in the second half after the game was already decided, but it still makes you wonder just how good that Pat defense really is. On the bright side for Pats fans, the Pats offense may be so good that the strength of their defense doesn't really matter.

3) I actually fell asleep watching the Texans/Titans game and missed the Texans' incredible comeback. I woke up just in time to see Kerry Collins move the Titans offense 69 yards on 6 plays to set up the game winning field goal. It was a pretty exciting 4th quarter. Too bad the first 3 quarters were so boring.

4) The pathetic Titans offense put up their best offensive showing of the year with Vince Young on the bench. Hmmmm.

5) The Buffalo Bills became the first team from the AFC Least Division not named the New England Patriots to beat a team outside of their own Division. The Bills beat the Ravens 19-14.

6) Tavaris Jackson just flat out sucks. Tavaris has a 45.9% completion percentage with a quarterback rating of 48.7 this season. The Vikings would be better off just snapping the ball directly to Adrian Peterson and running it on every play.

7) Speaking of just flat out sucking, how 'bout those St. Louis Rams? The Rams have now been outscored 192 -79 after 7 games. They have played 4 games where they have failed to score more than 7 points.

8) The Arizona Cardinals had 364 total yards of offense compared to the Redskins' 160 total yards of offense in their week 7 matchup. Unfortunately the Cardinals also committed 3 turnovers, had an extra point blocked, had an interception returned for a touchdown, and missed a 55 yard game winning field goal at the buzzer. Redskins win.

9) The Redskins play the Patriots next week. Can you imagine what the final score will be if Washington only manages 160 total yards in that game? Every time I start to think that Jason Campbell might be the real deal he turns in a game like this. 12 of 18 passing for 95 yards and an interception against the Cardinals.

10) From top to bottom the AFC South is the best Division in football. The NFC East is a close second.

11) I predict the Jacksonville Jaguars will beat the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night. My predicted final score is Jaguars 27, Colts 17.