It's the biggest game in Houston Texans franchise history. Admittedly, we're not talking about decades of legend here -- the team has been in existence since 2002 -- but at two games over .500 for the first time ever and facing a Colts team they've never beaten in Indianapolis, the Texans now have the opportunity to make a very large divisional (and potential postseason) statement. In beating the Bengals, 49ers, and Bills in the last three weeks, Houston's formerly porous defense hasn't allowed 100 yards rushing or 300 yards passing, and linebacker Brian Cushing(notes) looks like the leading Defensive Rookie of the Year candidate. That's all well and good, but we know that the 7-0 Colts will test that defense to its limits.

It's on the other side of the ball where you might find the surprises. Peyton Manning(notes) doesn't lead the league in passing yards; that would be Texans quarterback Matt Schaub(notes) with 2,342 to Manning's 2,227, though Schaub's played one more game. Schaub won't have tight end Owen Daniels(notes), out for the season with a torn ACL. But he will have Andre Johnson(notes), among the toughest receivers to stop in the game. And with the Colts' injury situation, expect the Texans to spread things out with multi-receiver sets.

In the last week, the Colts have found out the following: Safety Bob Sanders(notes) will be out for the season with a biceps tear, cornerback Marlin Jackson(notes) is out for the year with a torn ACL, and cornerback Kelvin Hayden(notes) will be out for up to a month with his own knee injury. Sanders hasn't played much in the last few years, and the Colts like replacement Melvin Bullitt(notes) enough to have people wondering about Sanders' future with the team. Rookie corners Jerraud Powers(notes) and Jacob Lacey(notes) have stepped up in recent weeks, but the depth situation is pretty woeful. And the challenges for that young secondary only increase as the season progresses -- in the next month, Indy faces Houston twice, as well as New England, and Baltimore. All high-octane passing offenses, and all will be ready to tee off on the kids.

Enter the Texans. At 5-3, this team could make some serious hay even if they split the season series with the Colts, and there's never been a better time to get that done. Look for head coach Gary Kubiak and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan to force matchups away from pressure, leaving the corners on an island and pass-rushers Dwight Freeney(notes) and Robert Mathis(notes) as the only real threats to Schaub's potential statistical dominance.

Shutdown Corner is proud to present the weekly quarterback power rankings. They're just as arbitrarily decided as normal power rankings, except they rank quarterbacks, not whole teams. Rankings are based on play this year alone and meant to represent who is playing the best football at the current moment.

1. Drew Brees(notes), New Orleans Saints
		Once again, this week features the Brees/Manning flip-flop at the top, with Brees placing his foot squarely on top of Manning's head this week. He did have the one interception where Falcons DB Brett Grimes climbed air to snatch it out of the sky, but Brees spent most of the game being pretty damn brilliant. I'm not predicting 16-0 for the Saints, but if there's one reason they can get there, it's that the play they get from the quarterback position gives them a very big margin for error in every game. Like last night, for example.
2. Peyton Manning(notes), Indianapolis Colts
		Not a great week for Peyton, but his season so far gives him enough juice to keep the top spot. It's kind of funny that the guy can complete 31-of-48 passes for 347 yards, and I'm calling it "not a great week," but that's the level of quarterback play we're being blessed with this year in NFL National Football League. Sorry, I wanted to try that.
3. Aaron Rodgers(notes), Green Bay Packers
		The Vikings outplayed the Packers, but did Brett Favre(notes) outplay Aaron Rodgers? Sort of yes, sort of no. Favre was just about flawless, but the burden on Rodgers was far greater. The Packers had no Adrian Peterson to lean on, they don't have a great defense, and they didn't get to play with a lead. They asked Rodgers to do everything, and he responded with 287 yards, three touchdowns, and no picks. I'm giving the edge to Rodgers based on degree of difficulty. As a side note: You know who has the best quarterback rating in the league right now? It's not Brees, and it's not Manning ... it's Mr. Aaron Rodgers. The top two is dangerously close to being broken up.
4. Brett Favre, Minnesota Vikings
		Continuing the Rodgers vs. Favre on Sunday discussion from above, I do have to acknowledge some bias towards Rodgers. I know this, and you know this. I still think a slight edge to Rodgers is the right call. Favre's been amazing, but the Minnesota offense is so perfectly tailored to putting the quarterback in a great position. Obviously, that doesn't mean just anyone could step in and put up the kinds of numbers Favre is putting up, but he doesn't have the weight of an entire offense on his shoulders, either.
5. Ben Roethlisberger(notes), Pittsburgh Steelers
		A week off for Pittsburgh, and Roethlisberger stays put in the five-hole.
6. Matt Schaub(notes), Houston Texans
		Matt Schaub slides a bit this week after a zero touchdown, two interception performance against the Bills. I don't think Schaub will mind, though, because he also got some good news this week: he might soon have a running game, courtesy of Ryan Moats(notes). If the Texans add a consistent ground game to what Schaub and Andre Johnson(notes) are already doing ... sweet sassy molassey, that's going to be quite an offense.
7. Philip Rivers(notes), San Diego Chargers
		It's so difficult to hash out the bottom of this list every week, because there's so little separating so many quality quarterbacks, but it seems like Philip Rivers is the one guy who can be counted on for consistency. His QB rating has been 93 or better in his past four games, and he's never been below 84.5 on the year. Thank you, Phil, for making this slightly easier.
8. Tony Romo(notes), Dallas Cowboys
		Just 15 minutes and 30 seconds into the Cowboys/Seahawks game, Tony Romo had already hit five different receivers. By the end of the game, 10 different Cowboys had caught passes. I love that stat, because it shows that a quarterback is getting through his progressions, making all kinds of different reads, and isn't relying too heavily on one guy. Three stellar weeks for Romo and counting.
9. Joe Flacco(notes), Baltimore Ravens
		Here's what Flacco accomplished on Sunday: 20-of-25, one touchdown, no interceptions, one win against an undefeated team and one big, sloppy wet kiss from Dan Dierdorf avoided after the game. I like Dierdorf, but he does tend to get carried away at times ... and yet, the unyielding river of verbal lust that he lavished on Flacco on Sunday was completely warranted.
10. Tom Brady(notes), New England Patriots
		Brady had the week off, so let's talk about the two other guys who were considered for this spot. First, Eli. After reaching as high as number two on this list, he is now completely gone. Sorry. There are too many good quarterbacks here for three bad weeks to be tolerated. Second, Mr. McNabb. Great, great game on Sunday, but you know what I'd like you to do? Have two of them in a row. You've burned me before, sir.
Noses pressed against the glass: Donovan McNabb(notes), Philadelphia Eagles; Carson Palmer(notes), Cincinnati Bengals; Eli Manning(notes), New York Giants; Kyle Orton(notes), Denver Broncos; Jay Cutler(notes), Chicago Bears

Shutdown Corner is proud to present the weekly quarterback power rankings. They're just as arbitrarily decided as normal power rankings, except they rank quarterbacks, not whole teams. Rankings are based on play this year alone and meant to represent who is playing the best football at the current moment.

1. Peyton Manning(notes), Indianapolis Colts
		Again, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees(notes) trade spots. What did Peyton do against the Rams? Nothing too special: 235 yards passing, three touchdowns, no interceptions. Nothing that set the world on fire, but nothing to dispel the notion that he's the best quarterback in football, either.
2. Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
		Besides, it was more about what Brees did than what Manning did. I don't want to send the message that a game-winning second half is outweighed by a horrendous first half, but if you want the top spot, you can't have one touchdown, three interception days. You just can't. He might've even fallen out of the top two if he didn't lead that tremendous comeback.
3. Aaron Rodgers(notes), Green Bay Packers
		Making the biggest jump this week is Aaron Rodgers, who benefits from a week where a lot of the top guys weren't overwhelmingly awesome. Rodgers -- and this is a sick statistic -- has a quarterback rating of over 110 in each of his past four games. And he does this while leading the league in number of times sacked. Incredible.
4. Matt Schaub(notes), Houston Texans
		He leads the league in yards passing, and he leads the league in touchdown passes. Whether or not your brain is ready to accept it, Matt Schaub is one of the NFL's most dangerous offensive weapons. Riding Schaub's arm, the Texans are winners of three of their last four.
5. Ben Roethlisberger(notes), Pittsburgh Steelers
		There is one quarterback in the NFL completing more than 70% of his passes (actually, there are two, but Peyton Manning doesn't count, because I believe he's actually half robot), and his name is Ben Roethlisberger. He slides a tad, because he didn't have a great day against a tough Vikings defense: 14-of-26, 175 yards, one touchdown.
6. Brett Favre(notes), Minnesota Vikings
		Likewise, Favre also slides a bit because he didn't have a great day against a tough Steelers defense. He had a touchdown taken away from him on a phantom leg-whip call, and the interception bounced off of Chester Taylor's(notes) palms, but still, he didn't do enough to win.
7. Philip Rivers(notes), San Diego Chargers
		Rivers jumps back up the list a little bit after a week of feasting on the Chiefs secondary: 268 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. Even better news for Rivers is that the Chargers showed some slight signs of maybe doing some things that might help him, like, oh, I don't know ... blocking and having a running game.
8. Eli Manning(notes), New York Giants
		Poor Eli continues to tumble down the list. Giants everywhere are tumbling down all kinds of lists, as we see that maybe their dominant start had something to do with the meatballs on their schedule: Washington, Dallas, Tampa Bay, Kansas City and Oakland to start the season. All the sudden, Eli plays two good defenses, and he has two bad games. Perhaps this is not a coincidence.
9. Tom Brady(notes), New England Patriots
		Handsome Tom drops two spots in the rankings: One for each interception he threw this week. I'm not going to get too down on the guy, though, as he also threw for 308 yards and three touchdowns. He's had big games in the last two weeks against bad defenses, while struggling a bit earlier in the season against some good defenses. He's sort of the anti-Eli, in that way.
10. Joe Flacco(notes), Baltimore Ravens
		I kept going back and forth here between Kyle Orton(notes) and Joe Flacco. Orton's doing a fantastic job with the Broncos this year, but here's the question that decided it for me: If I had to pick one guy to take his team the length of the field in 60 seconds, where there's no time for screens, slants, or dump-offs, who would I take? I take Flacco. Orton's doing great in a take-care-of-the-ball, don't-risk-much offense, but I see Flacco as the more dangerous quarterback.
Noses pressed against the glass: Kyle Orton, Denver Broncos; Tony Romo(notes), Dallas Cowboys; Carson Palmer(notes), Cincinnati Bengals; Donovan McNabb(notes), Philadelphia Eagles; Matt Ryan(notes), Atlanta Falcons; Jay Cutler(notes), Chicago Bears

The last time the Steelers and Vikings met, it was December 18, 2005, and the Steelers won, 18-3. Current Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was Tampa Bay's secondary coach, current Vikings head coach Brad Childress was Philly's offensive coordinator, and Brett Favre(notes) hadn't even started waffling yet. It was a very different time, as evidenced by the rush/pass totals for both teams. The Steelers were still into smashmouth back then, using power running to protect quarterback Ben Roethlisberger(notes), who threw 15 passes all day. Big Ben came close to having more rushing attempts (six) than completed passes (10). Brad Johnson(notes) threw 30 passes and completed only 16 against the vaunted Pittsburgh defense.

45 passing attempts in a single game? When the Vikings and Steelers face off today, we may see more than that by the end of the first half. Minnesota has gone a bit more pass-happy with Brett Favre in charge -- they average 30.7 attempts per game as opposed to 28.2 with Tarvaris Jackson(notes) in 2008 -- but the balance has to be there with Adrian Peterson in the backfield. It's just not the same Vikings offense that opposing defenses could stack the box against. The Steelers, however, have absolutely switched from Bronko Nagurski to Air Coryell. Only the Colts sling it more often than Pittsburgh's 34.7 attempts per game, and no quarterback has more total passing yards than the Big Ben's 1,887. Roethlisberger isn't just a guy who can take a lot of hits anymore; he's now one of the most efficient and productive quarterbacks in the NFL. His 9.1 yards per attempt is tied with Peyton Manning(notes) for the league lead, and he has completed an astonishing 72.5 percent of his passes. That's why Football Outsiders ranks him third overall in opponent-adjusted efficiency, behind only Drew Brees(notes) and Peyton Manning.

It's a long way from 2005, when the Steelers won the Super Bowl with an incendiary late-season surge despite averaging a league-low 23.7 passing attempts per game. If you need any further evidence that the NFL is moving away from a run-first theory in favor of schemes more in line with the more wide-open offenses of the NCAA, look no further than the Steelers and Vikings airing it out downfield.

Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher is the longest-tenured head coach with one franchise currently doing business in the NFL, having coached the Oilers/Titans since just about the time Buddy Ryan tried to punch Kevin Gilbride's lights out in 1994. He's been to a Super Bowl and almost won it, and has guided the franchise through more than one salary cap purge. By any standard, he's one of the most respected coaches in the NFL, and that hasn't really changed despite the fact that his team is 0-6 and just got destroyed 59-0 by the Patriots.

What, then, can we make of Fisher's gesture at a benefit rally Tuesday for Rocketown, a Nashville music venue/skatepark/coffee bar? He spoke at the dais for a while before stepping back, taking off his shirt, and revealing ... a Peyton Manning(notes) jersey.

Fisher explained himself as follows: "I just wanted to feel like a winner." As you can see from the video, the crowd found it funny at the time, and there's no reason for Fisher to bash himself upside the head in public for his team's terrible season when he's taking time for the public good.

That said, and judging from the R-rated delayed fan reaction, this might be one of those things that backfires on a guy who just turns off his brain for a minute, kinda like Howard Dean's shrieking "YEEEEEEAH!" or Jim Mora's insistence to a Seattle radio station that he'd quit the Falcons to coach the Washington Huskies.

Titans fans are understandably apoplectic about their team's current fate, and I can't imagine the front office and ownership are too pleased about it, either. This shouldn't be a misstep that costs Fisher his job, or even leads in that direction, but methinks he's got some 'splaining to do before this one blows over.

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Shutdown Corner is proud to present the weekly quarterback power rankings. They're just as arbitrarily decided as normal power rankings, except they rank quarterbacks, not whole teams. Rankings are based on play this year alone and meant to represent who is playing the best football at the current moment.

1. Drew Brees(notes), New Orleans Saints
		What do you do if you want the top spot back? You go up against the best pass defense in the league (though I think that myth is pretty much dispelled at this point) and you carve them up like a delicious glazed ham. It was Peyton Manning's(notes) turn to lose the top spot while on a bye week=. You got served, sucker!
2. Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts
		I hope you had a wonderful bye week, Peyton, filled with dreams of even more endorsement dollars and Kenny Chesney concerts. Looking ahead, it's the Rams this week and their 27th-ranked pass defense. If this Brees vs. Manning battle were to go on all year, you wouldn't hear me complain about it.
3. Ben Roethlisberger(notes), Pittsburgh Steelers
		Between Tom Brady's(notes) day, Drew Brees' day and some other dramatic happenings around the league, Ben Roethlisberger's 417-yard day against the Browns somehow got lost. Roethlisberger is now your NFL yardage leader with 1,887 on the year.
4. Brett Favre(notes), Minnesota Vikings
		I feel dirty when I have to move him up the list, but that's just it: I have to. When the Vikings need big chunks of yardage, Favre gets them. He doesn't have the yardage total of some guys, but that's only because the Vikings didn't need or ask him to throw the ball in the first two weeks. The last four, they have, and he's been top-notch.
5. Eli Manning(notes), New York Giants
		'Twas not a great day for Eli against the Saints, as he only managed 178 yards, one touchdown and one interception. I'm going to consider the whole year's body of work before I start dropping him too far, though. Some guys are gaining on him, but I still love the efficiency.
6. Matt Schaub(notes), Houston Texans
		Quick: Who leads in the NFL in touchdown passes? Did you guess Matt Schaub? I hope so, since this is the Matt Schaub section, and if you didn't, you might be a bit of a numbskull. I'm even open to arguments for Matt Schaub cracking the top five here. He's first in touchdowns and second in yardage. His day of 392 yards and four touchdowns sort of got overshadowed, too.
7. Aaron Rodgers(notes), Green Bay Packers
		Another week, another quietly excellent performance from Rogers. True, it was only the Lions, but 358 yards are 358 yards. It also helps that he was playing against Daunte Culpepper(notes) (6-of-14, zero TDs, one INT) and Drew Stanton(notes) (5-of-11, zero TDs, two INTs), because those two can't help but make another quarterback look good.
8. Tom Brady, New England Patriots.
		It took six weeks, but here he is. I get hate mail all the time from Brady fans for not including him in the power rankings, but based on his play this year, he just hasn't deserved it. In fact, I'd still caution everyone from jumping on the "Brady is Back" train, because that otherworldly performance on Sunday came against possibly football's worst secondary since the invention of the forward pass.
9. Joe Flacco(notes), Baltimore Ravens
		Flacco threw for 385 yards in Baltimore's comeback attempt against the Vikings, but couldn't pull out the win. No disrespect to Derrick Mason(notes) is intended here, but would anyone else like to see what Flacco could do with a deeper receiving corps and a better tight end?
10. Philip Rivers(notes), San Diego Chargers
		I suspect that many of you will accuse me of a homer pick here, selecting Rivers for the final spot ahead of Orton. And that's fine, since I am a homer. I still think this is the right call, though. I've been amazed by what Orton's been doing all season, and it's not meant to slight him, but the Chargers just ask Rivers to do more. He goes downfield more, and he's basically their whole offense. Believe me, it's much better to do it the other way.
Fell out: Donovan McNabb(notes), Philadelphia Eagles; Matt Ryan(notes), Atlanta Falcons; Kyle Orton(notes), Denver Broncos Also narrowly missed: Jay Cutler(notes), Chicago Bears

Shutdown Corner is proud to present the weekly quarterback power rankings. They're just as arbitrarily decided as normal power rankings, except they rank quarterbacks, not whole teams. Rankings are based on play this year alone and meant to represent who is playing the best football at the current moment.

1. Peyton Manning(notes), Indianapolis Colts
		Another week, another 300 yards, another leisurely jog to victory. Up next, the Colts have a bye week, and then in Week 7, it'll be a bloodbath against the Rams. Enjoy your mop-up time, Jim Sorgi(notes).
2. Eli Manning(notes), New York Giants
		Watching Eli against the Raiders defense was like watching an in-his-prime Mike Tyson fight Urkel. He just did whatever he wanted. He didn't even play an entire game; in fact, he played just a smidge more than a quarter. What he did do, though, was perfect. He had a 158.3 quarterback rating on the day.
3. Drew Brees(notes), New Orleans Saints
		Is it a teensy bit unfair to drop him a spot when he didn't play? Yes. It's nothing against Brees, of course, it's just how strongly I feel about Eli Manning at the moment. Those of you who prefer Brees, though, don't fret: They'll get a chance to sort it out when they go head-to-head this week.
4. Ben Roethlisberger(notes), Pittsburgh Steelers
		Large Benjamin inches up a spot after a 277-yard, three-touchdown day in Detroit. He hit six different receivers, too, and spreading the ball around isn't always a strength for him.
5. Brett Favre(notes), Minnesota Vikings
		After last week's fantastic performance against the Packers, the Vikings slipped back into "We don't need Brett to be great, and he wasn't, but he was certainly good enough for us to win" mode. He also threw a lollipop of an interception to James Laurinaitis(notes), which doesn't help him in these power rankings.
6. Philip Rivers(notes), San Diego Chargers
		Rivers and the Chargers had the week off, so he'll stay in the six hole. I'll say this, though: If the Chargers weren't able to use the bye week to make improvements in the offensive line, the running game, and the defense's ability to stop anyone, it will be extremely difficult for Rivers to stay here.
7. Aaron Rodgers(notes), Green Bay Packers
		In a lot of ways, Rodgers is in the same boat as Rivers. If the help around him doesn't improve, it's going to be really hard for him to keep playing well. Chad Clifton(notes) is back at practice this week, so that's a positive. So is playing Detroit on Sunday.
8. Matt Ryan(notes), Atlanta Falcons
		Ryan finally slips into the top ten this week, on the shoulders of a 22-of-32, 329-yard, two touchdown day against the 49ers. He's played well all year, but there's so much great competition at the quarterback position in the NFL this year, that his yardage totals needed a bit of a bump to be among the elite. This week was his first game of the season with better than 250 yards.
9. Kyle Orton(notes), Denver Broncos
		Say, before the season, someone asked you how many games the Broncos would win when Kyle Orton had to throw the ball 48 times. Your answer, unless your last name is Orton, would have likely been "none of them." But not only did they win one, they did it against the Patriots. Orton had a completion percentage of 72.9, and went for 330 yards.
10. Donovan McNabb(notes), Philadelphia Eagles
		He's only been back for one week, but what a week it was: 16-of-21, 264 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. That's a rating of 157.2, which led all quarterbacks with more than 10 attempts this week. Expect the McNabb train to keep rolling along with the Raiders on the schedule next week.
Fell out: Joe Flacco(notes), Baltimore Ravens, Matt Schaub(notes), Houston Texans, Jay Cutler(notes), Chicago Bears Also narrowly missed: Matt Hasselbeck(notes), Seattle Seahawks, Kurt Warner(notes), Arizona Cardinals, Tom Brady(notes), New England Patriots

Ray Lewis's little "Waaaaah" fit after losing to the Patriots made this a popular week for complaining that quarterbacks are coddled, pampered and protected like fairy princesses.

If I could, I'd like to cast a vote in favor of the coddling. As far as I'm concerned, Tom Brady(notes), Peyton Manning(notes) and Drew Brees(notes) are America's darlings and our most precious national treasures. If Ray Lewis(notes) even looks at a picture of one of them on the internet, it's fine with me if he's penalized, fined, imprisoned and flogged.

Protecting the quarterbacks of the NFL is a good thing. Good quarterbacks are what make for good football games. Good quarterbacks are the reasons third downs are converted, red zone opportunities are cashed in, and long, pretty drives are possible.

We need these guys healthy. We need them upright. At just about any cost.

And yes, this means that we'll sometimes get chintzy calls like the ones that went against the Ravens last Sunday. I look at calls like that as an unavoidable byproduct of a sound policy. Sometimes, it looks, and is, a little weak, but we're still better off having these policies than not having them. They make for a better league and a better football product.

I wish, just for comparison's sake, we could have a week where all 32 teams took the field with their backup quarterbacks instead of their starters. You think that would be pretty? You think you'd enjoy that Sunday? We'd go from Manning, Brady, Brees, Favre and Roethlisberger to Sorgi, Hoyer, Brunell, Tarvaris, and Batch. Are you still willing to spend seven hours a Sunday watching football with that lineup?

We can't have it. One week with the backups, and people will be on their knees, praying for quarterback safety. They'll petition the league for quarterbacks to be able to play the game in protective bubbles. They'll beg scientists to figure out a way to give every decent quarterback the power to shoot lightning out of his fingertips at pass rushers, as if he were The Emperor.

Maybe, from time to time, we get a weak call or two. What are we really missing out on? A few blows to the head? A couple of knee shots? Come on. There's enough violence in a football game, isn't there? If not, maybe before every game you watch, you should rent a Bumfights video. That way, you still get your violent, bloodthirsty fix, and we can still keep the good quarterbacks of the world alive.

I'm not saying there's no such thing as a bad call when it comes to quarterback contact. There are, and there's room for common sense here, too. A fingernail grazing a facemask does not constitute a blow to the head. Inconsistency in how things are called, obviously, can't be tolerated, but it's like any other area of officiating. Mistakes are going to be made, and one guy's going to call things different than another guy. It's not perfect. Nothing is.

Quarterbacks play the most exposed position in a dangerous game. The very nature of their job requires them to not protect themselves and leave their bodies exposed to vicious shots on almost every passing play. as at least three or four men try to do nothing but turn their lights out. They deserve a little extra protection, because they deal with the most risk.

More importantly than that, though, they're the most important things to the existence of quality football.

With most teams having 1/4th of the season in the rearview mirror, Danks and I check in with the NFL's MVP race. Without ruining the suspense for you, here are the main candidates involved in the discussion: Drew Brees(notes), Peyton Manning(notes), Brett Favre(notes), Adrian Peterson and obviously, JaMarcus Russell(notes).

We mix in some other dark horse candidates, as well as guys who maybe should be considered for the award, but won't be, because the teams they're on aren't very good. I've also got a theory about how Adrian Peterson can't possibly win the award, and that makes me sad. We look at defensive MVPs, too.

We also hit the Hot Routes, which include brief thoughts on the Braylon Edwards(notes) trade, the Michael Crabtree(notes) signing, and Junior Seau's(notes) impending return. The Abusive E-mail of the Week segment leads to a brief discussion of Rush Limbaugh, which I should have learned to just leave alone last week, but evidently, I haven't. Here are the games we pick:

New York Jets vs. -1½ MIAMI DOLPHINS
BALTIMORE RAVENS -8½ vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Pittsburgh Steelers -10½ vs. DETROIT LIONS
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 2½ vs, Atlanta Falcons 
Indianapolis Colts 3½ vs. TENNESSEE TITANS

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