NFL Week Six: My Three Wishes

1. Can We Stop All the Criticism of the Henne Draft, Please?

If for no better reason than it is applying hindsight in the most stupid, blinkered way.

The 'Fins were coming off what was, at the time, the worst season in NFL history. They needed to upgrade all positions, but there were a number of veterans available for each and every one of them.

By any measure, there were only three No. 1 pick candidates in that draft. Only one of them was a quarterback. And only one of them was a guaranteed starter at left tackle. There were a number of other later-rounders who would've been an upgrade for Miami behind center.

Moreover, without shoring up the feeble offensive line, picking a quarterback in the first round, be they Ryan, Henne, Flacco or whoever, would going to guarantee one thing; that come the end of the season, we'd be looking at the next David Carr.

Drafting Jake Long was the obvious and sensible option for the franchise at that time. (Even if you have to wonder about a player who feels the need to have his own name tattooed on his arm.) Anyone saying anything different at this time is only fooling themselves.

2. A Sense of Perspective In Buffalo, Please.

So Bills fans have erected a billboard to protest against the poor form of the franchise, have they? Could there be any bigger act of misplaced ire than this?

How appropriate is it that, in the 50th year since the formation of the AFL, they start to turn on the one remaining original owner.

Bills fans need to remember that the reason they love Ralph Wilson so much is that he has remained loyal to them. That he could have made another fortune by moving the franchise elsewhere is well known.

If they love his loyalty so much, isn't it hypocritical in the extreme for those fans to complain when Wilson shows the same loyalty to Dick Jauron?

3. Can The Packers Offensive Line Show Up Now, Please?

Your second-year starting quarterback has been sacked 20 times already. There's no reason to give up one sack against the Lions, let alone a season-average of four per game.

If they don't show, I fear that we really could be looking at the next David Carr