Kudos to the Broncos!  This weekend saw Paul the BUK Power blogger appriach Preacher-like numbers with his picks.  The Broncos win saved me from having to officially tip my hat to the chap, and my ego sends heartfelt thanks to Mike Shanahan.

Speaking of Shanahan, we’ve wondered when his fancy field-goal/time-out move would come back to bite him.  It might have last night.  Nothing like handing the opponent a do-over.  “Uh, ref… you suppose we can cancel that time-out?”

You can’t talk about second chances this week, however, without mentioning the do-over the refs took in the Browns/Ravens game.  How about shaking your opponent’s hand in defeat only to find out that the game isn’t over and then you wind up shaking his hand again, this time as the victor?  Wow! 

For fun, can you imagine how tough that would have been for a warm and fuzzy, hand-shake loving guy like Bill Belichick?

Speaking of Belichick, what about his Patriots?  How about Tom Brady and Randy Moss?  I get the feeling that they watched the Cowboys/Redskins game at 4pm and then talked on the bus on the way to the stadium.  Tom: “Hey Randy.  You see Romo and Owens hooked up for four TDs?” Randy: “Yeah.” Tom: “Want to do that?” Randy: “Yeah.” Tom: “Okay, but let’s one up them.  We’ll connect for our four on the first four drives of the game, be done by half-time and go watch the Bills cheerleaders.” Randy: “Yeah.”

Hey, Ricky’s back.  No, I didn’t smell it in the air.  I’m a long way from Davie, FL.  But, the Dolphins have announced that Ricky Williams will be on the practice field with the team beginning Wednesday.  Residents who live near the Dolphins training facility should be warned about second hand smoke.  Dolphin sideline assistants should add a case of Doritos chips to their game-day checklist.

My hero, goat and quote of the week look like this:

Hero ~ Vikings RB Chester Taylor.  Everyone is so sure that Adrian Peterson is the greatest back to ever lace his shoes.  Taylor’s performance tells us that the Vikings O-Line might not be too bad, either.  Of course, when you have zero QBs on your roster, you better be good at running the ball.

Goat ~ Falcons Coach Bobby Petrino.  Joey Harrington has led you to two victories in a row.  What do you do?  You bench him for Radio… I mean, Byron Leftwich.  (Come on, the guy looks like Cuba Gooding Jr. in the movie Radio, doesn’t he?) The Falcs looked so bad, Michael Vick turned himself into jail officials.  He couldn’t stand to watch anymore.

Quote ~ Bucs LB Derrick Brooks, speaking of teammate Cato June’s arrest on DUI charges: “He’s going to learn from his mistake and move on.” Cato can be thankful that he has some good guys around him.