Thoughts

O Daunte Where Art Thou?

Was it out of spite that Daunte Culpepper took this week off? Could he have possibly known that I renamed my fantasy team The DaunteCulpeppers in his honor? Vikes won easily so there was not much production out of Culpepper.

Kansas City set all kinds of records with Holmes and Blaylock rushing for four (4) touchdowns each. Yes, each. That means that the Chiefs ran for eight (8) touchdowns in the game! Had Holmes' ankle not been slightly tender, maybe all 8 would have been his... Needless to say they annihilated the Atlanta Falcons.

Maybe that wasn't the Atlanta Falcons after all, however. How else do you explain a team that started out so hot and has gone ice cold since? Was the dominating defeat they suffered at the hands of the now 3-0 on the road Detroit Lions that devastating? Or is this what I like to call the "Villanova Syndrome?" (Allow me to explain: the Villanova Syndrome is a situation in which the Villanova men's basketball team would beat a team and shock the country. The team they "upset" would then have a less than .500 remainder of the season, thus completely devaluing the Villanova win.) The Detroit Lions beat a Falcons team that was to that point undefeated and is now apparently unable to win even an intrasquad scrimmage. I hope Atlanta is able to pick up the pieces some.

The Jacksonville Jaguars do not have any flashy superstar players, they do not blow other teams out of the stadium, what they do is win games. This team digs deep and comes out with victories. Week in and week out the Jags go down to the wire. I am not sure a team has shown this much heart in a long time.

Congratulations to the Miami Dolphins for saving what appeared to be an 0-16 season with a win in week 7 over the St. Lous Rams.

(My fantasy team is once again named "Privatjokr," Culpepper can go back to throwing 6 tds...I'll need it in week 8.)