They're pass rush -> their pass rush.

I mean, seriously.

Kerry Collins ---> Todd Collins.

...get this analysis just anywhere...I'm off to put all my money down on New Orleans...Dyne-O-mite!

...but these two teams neighbors could spend the next few years....

Should either be "teams" or "neighbors," or possibly "team-neighbors." And the rest of that sentence should read, "...frustrating us with the obvious unfulfilled sexual tension between them."

See what I just did there? You can't get this kind of editing anywhere...

The Dolphins' best chance for a 'W' is this Sunday, with the Baltimore Ravens - who have lost 7 straight, and have nearly as many problems as the Phins.

Kyle Boller will be starting for the Ravens, and he has a number of negative tendencies - including: staring down receivers, panicking, melting down in the red zone- tossing picks, and lousy foot work. McGahee, if he runs well, may be the only card in the deck - but I am predicting the Phins will stack the line with seven, maybe eight - like NE did in the last ten mins. of the Monday night game with the Ravens. They will then dare Boller to throw long.

On the defensive side, both Ravens' star corners, Chris McCallister and Samari Rolle will be out - replaced by two rooks. Meanwhile, Cleo Lemon will be the Dolphins' QB and he has shown he CAN throw the long ball, and more importantly get into the end zone- unlike John Beck.

The game will likely turn on which team makes the most turnovers. That team will likely lose.

I think Miami also has an emotional edge, given Wayne Huizenga just announced that there will be a half-time commemoration and celebration of the perfect, '72 team. Think the current wants to lay a duck egg with that background???

And for reference, let's recall the game some five yrs. ago when the Ravens' melted down and lost in another Miami game - and Marino's career was being celebrated at half time.

It pays to have these special celebrations when you are against the wall.

Prediction: Miami 14 Ravens 10

hnutsworth - right on the CLE-BUF relationship. In fact, nothing like a trip to Hamburg, NY or Conneault, OH to feel the love.

on kk's miscues on column - remember he's been drinking since breakfast. Maybe he needs a pre-game Clemens-style shot in the ass to get him ready to go. He's stealing Jimmie Walker's stuff ferchrissakes...

I agree on Mia v Balt. They looked completely spent against the Colts Sunday. I would start Troy Smith over Boller.

And here I thought they were chilling a case of Fresca. Wonders never cease.

...about the game this weekend until King picked Cleveland. Now, I can breathe more easily.

Our young RB dynamic duo Lynch and Jackson are going to eat up yards and minutes on the cold, frozen, windswept ground and the Bills will win out until their inevitable wold card game loss.

It's not too much to hope for, is it?

This has to be one of the better things I will read today:

Good news for the Raiders: The Michael Vick era could be as close as 20 games away.

The Browns are a cold weather team too. I've sat in Browns Stadium & it can get mighty cold when that wind comes howling off Lake Erie.

Makes our fans sorta surly.

That’s what you get for building a park on the ocean.

These kinds of picks help explain the 2-11 What the Heck record you have. Any worse luck, and you'd get a call from the MGM Grand asking you to work the casino floor as a "cooler".

I WANT to see Miami go winless and the Patriots to go undefeated. It should take care of the arrogance of Miami fans once and for all.

Well, since no one else has said it, I suppose I will:

Dec. 14, 2007 | What's happened to the madcap NFL? Where's all the end-of-season intrigue? With three games left, seven of the eight division leaders have at least a two-game cushion, and there are no ties for wild-card spots.

It's all so dang orderly.

And Week 15 promises little help on the excitement scale, but plenty on the Alpometer, with a heaping helping of pooches on the schedule. There are exactly two games being contested between winning teams.

It's too bad the NFL isn't more like college football, where upsets throughout the season - and especially the last weekend - continually changed the post-season picture. That was some exciting football.

Appalachian St. vs. Delaware this evening for all the marbles in Div. I-AA (ESPN2, 8 pm eastern). Both beat a I-A team that beat Notre Dame (Michigan & Navy). The ASU QB may be the best player in all of college football, and the Delaware QB may be a first round draft pick. The game will have to be good to match last week's Delaware-SIU semi. ASU has the experience, but both have explosive offenses, so it could turn into a shoot-out. Definitely a better prospect than yer average 3-10 vs. 5-8 snoozer.

The solution to this boredom is obvious...the NFL should adopt the BCS system!

It's also interesting that we're shocked that there are no undefeated teams in the top ranked BCS standings, while we're shocked that there may be an undefeated team in the NFL.

I hate the Miami Dolphins; specifically, I hate the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Have you ever noticed that every other time a major sports record is broken the person whose record it was before seems genuinely happy for the new record holder?

Not the AssHat 1972 Miami Dolphins. A bunch of the sorest winners I've ever seen. I can't wait for the Patriots (I'm an Eagles fan) to smash the record.

Something tells me they won't be sending champagne to teams.

The 1972 Dolphins are classless.

I can't wait to see them recordless too.

To be fair, jamartinjr, the media may just be playing up the "champagne" story to generate conflict and drama. I agree it sounds classless and mean-spirited, but I think some members of that team have claimed it's a myth, or at least they themselves don't do it.

Just look at what the pundits are writing about the Jets/Patriots game. Since actual analysis is hard, every story on the SI and ESPN websites are about manufacturing drama, rather than, y'know, the GAME.