NFL: 32 Lines to Sum Up The Season

The 2008 NFL regular season is over. Twelve teams will be going to the playoffs, and the rest will be going home. This season had its share of history made, its feel-good stories, and its bittersweet endings. Now that it's over, I will attempt to sum up the regular season for each of the 32 teams in one (or two) lines.

Let's begin: In order of final winning percentage:

Tennessee Titans: Are they really as good as their record suggests?

Carolina Panthers: "Smash and Dash" is looking forward to their next victim...

Indianapolis Colts: Peyton's play dictates their success. 

New York Giants: Eli's still trying to escape Peyton's shadow...and he's getting better at it.

Pittsburgh Steelers: Defense, defense, defense.

Atlanta Falcons: A quarterback (Matt Ryan) and a running back (Michael Turner) can turn a team around 360 degrees...

Baltimore Ravens: See what a difference a quarterback makes?

Miami Dolphins: Turnaround story of the year.

New England Patriots: They can win without Brady...But c'mon? 11-5 isn't good enough for the playoffs?

Minnesota Vikings: Defense + Adrian Peterson makes up for marginal quarterback play.

Philadelphia Eagles: You mean that tie actually worked to our advantage??

Arizona Cardinals: Someone had to win the NFC West...

Chicago Bears: Where'd the defense go?

Dallas Cowboys: Romo really can't win when it counts...Wade Phillips better start preparing his resume.

New York Jets: You did realize that Brett was 40 years old, didn't you?

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: It's not how you start, it's how you finish.

Denver Broncos: When you're -17 in net turnovers; When you lose seven starting running backs...8-8 isn't bad.

Houston Texans: Can we transfer out of this division?

New Orleans Saints: Clearly, passing isn't everything.

San Diego Chargers: Woah! We're in the playoffs? Weren't we 4-8 a minute ago?

Washington Redskins: The whole west coast thing worked pretty well for a while...

Buffalo Bills: 0-6 in the division...that hurts. Starting 5-1 and finishing 7-9...that hurts more.

San Francisco 49ers: Seeing Coach Singletary without his pants on spurred them to a few extra wins.

Green Bay Packers: We'll take Brett back!

Jacksonville Jaguars: What happened to being a favorite to win the AFC?

Oakland Raiders: Maybe they'll be ok eventually...

Cincinnati Bengals: A Harvard quarterback won four games in the NFL...not bad.

Cleveland Browns: Couldn't handle success...B. Edwards lost his hands somehow.

Seattle Seahawks: And Coach Holmgren goes out with a...fizzle.

Kansas City Chiefs: Are we still rebuilding?

St. Louis Rams: Hmmm...Where should the overhaul start?

Detroit Lions: Jim Rome's dream has come true!

On this note, let the road to Tampa commence on its final stretch!