By The Pigskin Of Our Teeth, Week 16: Small Stakes

Signal Finder: PHI @ NO, CLE @ CIN, MIA @ NE

McNabb's been running a lot more in the last month and has looked better doing it. Hey, somebody get that! Aaron Stecker? Twice? Really? Is this the Lions game again? I'm not sure Patten made it. And now is the time where the Eagles have yet another goal-line stand. Bradley's playing big today. Good thing his teammates reminded him he could run after the interception. Where was this all year? (Eagles 38, Saints 23)

I'd posit that the Packers' punter had a worse day that Favre. (Bears 35, Packers 7)

The Bengals' offense struggling to move the ball? The Bengals' defense making stops? What universe is this? Is this a replay? No? Wow. That's Testaverde-esque. All the good things the Browns have done in the last month are going up in smoke right here. How about throwing the ball down the field? Why are you RUNNING OUT OF BOUNDS? (Bengals 19, Browns 14)

Taylor just faked out five guys. Warren Sapp got tossed? The Silver and Black is BACK, ladies and gentlemen! (Jaguars 49, Raiders 11)

Troy Brown lives! Nice ovation. Way to shove Moss right into the path of the ball. Hell, great coverage all around. *rolls eyes* See the Maroney touchdown? There weren't even any officials downfield once he got past five yards. It's getting chippy out there already. I'd say something about giving the Dolphins second chances but let's be honest. You could even argue Brady's been off and these guys just can't capitalize. How does Lemon not dive for the corner there? Or at least make one more move back inside? What's he got to lose besides his job? That's why they're 1-13. This looked like it was gonna be a lot worse than what it ended up as. And even that wasn't very good. (Patriots 28, Dolphins 7)

Interesting that the rules on touchdowns and safeties in that situation are basically the opposite. That's a rare five-point swing. Wow. This is turning into a beatdown quickly. Jackson looks like a guy who's started 10 games, and Peterson hasn't done anything. That's a bad combination. Oh, hang on - the Redskins might be about to blow this against Jackson's arm, no less. The Redskins are hurrying to the line because Santana didn't catch that and they know it. FUMBLE! They're challenging the number of men on the field? That seems petty. Well, so much for that. (Redskins 32, Vikings 21)

What the hell? This also got out of hand in a hurry. The Broncos just are... not good. I'm not sure how this happened. (Chargers 23, Broncos 3)

FANTASY REPORT

aPaFL:CI: Won the 7th-place game.

JackSux 4: A postscript: Because Gates ended up winning his final regular-season game, Butch would have gotten knocked out if Yahoo hadn't changed the scoring. As it was, Butch lost to Rob in the finals. RIGGED.

RANKINGS

TOP 3:
1. New England (15-0) - Really, three more to go
2. Dallas (13-2) - Slipping a bit?
3. Indianapolis (13-2) - Don't sleep

BOTTOM 3:
30. Baltimore (4-11) - Billick shouldn't survive this
31. Atlanta (3-12) - Pretty sure it can't get worse
32. Miami (1-14) - Dolphins caught in Tuna net