41) Any given Sunday. Unlike baseball or basketball, in football, any given team can win on any given Sunday. 0-2 Miami won against 2-0 New England. 0-3 Kansas City beat 3-0 Denver. St. Louis (0-4) won at Washington (4-1). The 1-3 Cleveland Browns jumped back into the playoff hunt by clobbering the previously undefeated Super Bowl champion Giants (4-0) in front of a national audience on Monday Night Football. And the 1-4 Rams laid a pounding on the Romo-less 'Boys (4-2).
42) Minnesota's special teams. The 3-4 Vikings would lead the NFC North with a 5-2 record if it weren't for special teams miscues. In seven games, the Vikings have given up five touchdowns on special teams. Will Blackmon's 76-yard punt-return touchdown proved to be the margin of victory in the opening game against the Pack.
The Vikes won in week five, despite Reggie Bush's record-tying two punt-return touchdowns. In week seven, the Bears won by seven, thanks to a blocked punt return for a touchdown and a fumble recovery in the end zone.
43) Terrell Owens is not the big-name wide receiver in the headlines, thanks to the recent signing of Roy E. Williams from the winless Detroit Lions. Although Roy E. Williams caught zero passes against the Rams, he remains the big headline in Dallas, along with Romo and Pacman.
44) A lot of blowouts this year. A lot. Twenty-four games have been decided by 20 or more points. The biggest win of the season goes to the Super Bowl champions, who clobbered the pathetic Seahawks 44-6.
45) Coaches still call timeouts a tenth of a second before a kicker attempts a clutch field goal. Personally, I think this rule is stupid. If you want to freeze the kicker, call the timeout well before the play starts. Ken Whisenhunt of Arizona and Tom Cable of Oakland were burned by timeouts at the end of regulation, and yet each saw his team win in record-setting fashion in overtime (blocked punt return for a touchdown/57-yard field goal).
46) Dan Orlovsky ran out the back of the end zone...
47) DeSean Jackson cost himself his first NFL touchdown by throwing the ball down on the one-yard line in front of a record-setting audience on Monday Night Football against the rival Dallas Cowboys.
48) The top five teams in the NFL, by average margin of victory per game: the Titans, the Giants, the Steelers, the Bucs, and the Eagles. The five worst teams in the NFL, by margin of loss per game: the Chiefs, the Rams, the Lions, the Bengals, and the Seahawks.
49) Dumbest Coaching Move of the Year: Mike Nolan of San Francisco challenges David Akers' field goal, then asks the referee if he is allowed to challenge. No, Mike, you can't, and that's one of the big reasons why you lost your job.
50) Top 5 Games of the Year: 5) Denver 39, San Diego 38; 4) Indianapolis 31, Houston 27; 3) Minnesota 30, New Orleans 27; 2) Chicago 48, Minnesota 41; and 1) Dallas 41, Eagles 37.
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