Week 13 Thoughts
1. The Jets moved a lot closer to a playoff berth, as they won while their two leading competitors for the two wild card slots (Denver and Baltimore) both lost.
2. Donovan McNabb threw for an Eagles' record 464 yards against the Packers. The odd thing is that the high yardage games usually show up in comeback attempts, but the Eagles never trailed and indeed seemed to be rubbing the Packers' noses in the dirt by the end of the game. Bad blood from last year's playoffs? McNabb making a statement that he should be MVP?
3. Peyton Manning didn't do much to move his case forward, with three TDs balanced by 2 interceptions. McNabb is at 29-5, while Manning has 44-9. McNabb adds something more to his teams in running (he has 185 yards compared to Manning's 17 yards), and his team is 11-1 compared to 9-3 for the Colts.
4. The losses by Denver and Baltimore the last two weeks have brought new life to the Cincinnati Bengals, who suddenly find themselves only a game out of the playoffs. They have a tie-breaker over the Broncos but not the Ravens.
5. While St. Louis is currently in the lead for the final NFC Wild Card, they have a tough schedule ahead, playing at Carolina and Arizona, and home against Philly and the Jets. Actually, Carolina may look like they're playing well lately, with four straight wins, but they've been playing some pretty wimpy teams with San Francisco, Arizona, Tampa Bay and New Orleans doing their respective Washington Generals imitation.
6. Chad Hutchison kept Jeff George on the bench!
