OK, I watched the rest of the games.  I decided that I am going to watch every game, because I complain that national NFL writers could, and don't.  I have a full-time job to attend to, and I can do it by Tuesday night.  Why can't they?  More observations....

23.  LaRon Landry showed why he was such a high draft pick on Sunday.  Dude was just everywhere, all day long.  I'd hate to think how they'd look on the back line if Sean Taylor hadn't been killed.

24.  Chris Horton looked like a ballhawk for the Redskins at the other Safety position.  He got 2 interceptions and recovered a fumble.  I'd never even heard of him, so I looked him up in the Pro Football Weekly draft guide... only he didn't make their list of the top 25 safeties.  It was an impressive performance, and I'll be interested to see if he has long-term success.

25.  The Saints offense looks like it did last season, as opposed to its breakout year in 2006.  I generally mentioned last week that they struggled to run between the tackles.  Their problems are deeper than that, though.  They really miss Marques Colston, and they don't seem to know where to go to get a first down.  They tried Shockey a couple times, and he struggled to beat CB coverage from a split end position.  I think they are undertalented on offense right now, with the exception of Bush.  Shockey was a great player as a rookie, who has become a completely average one as his career has worn on.  Their only hope is Robert Meachem emerging, which could happen.  Everybody else they have is medium-to-lousy.

26.  Their pass defense is still abysmal too, by the way.  Our guys have to be getting excited.

27.  The Titans looked better with Kerry Collins than they did the week before with Vince Young.  I think you'd have to call Vince's future career questionable at this point.  This is America, and we love redemption stories, but I think he just doesn't understand or have what it takes to be an NFL starting QB.  Read this Jason Whitlock column for more insight on it.  His 2006 ESPN.com pre-draft column was right on the money too.

28.  The Detroit Lions just make me scratch my head.  They have good enough players to be dangerous, as we saw last season.  They just make the kind of mistakes that lose games for you.  Ill-timed penalties, dropped passes, missed tackles.  They cover every base, like they want to lose the game or something.  It made me wonder how many guys on their team was ever a key player on a winning team.  The best answer I could come up with was 1, that being Brian Kelly, who was a good corner in Tampa, but is now pretty much washed-up.  He made one of the game-costing mistakes, failing to even try to get a bump on Jordy Nelson on Green Bay's 3rd Touchdown.  Loseritis Footballus must be contagious in Hockeytown USA.

29.  It's shocking how good Aaron Rodgers looks, even if he has done his thing against two terrible pass defenses.  If you watch Mr. Rodgers play, he's doing exactly what Brett Favre did for all of those years, except he's more accurate and more mobile.  The inference which I draw from this is that he was likely very actively coached over the past 3 seasons.  The rumor is that Favre mostly ignores position coaches, and deals straight with the Head Coach.  I wonder if that didn't leave their QB coach a lot of time to develop Rodgers, more than a backup usually gets.  You have to take a look at this guy, it's amazing how good he has been,

30.  Chicago has very self-destructive tendencies on Offense. I think Ron Turner is not a very good coach.  The Bears would do well to realize that there is no rule that says that they are required to have unimaginative offensive schemes and subpar QBs.  It seems to me that they've been trying to win with both since the days of Sid Luckman.

31.  Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams make a really nice combination for Carolina.  That's quantity of quality.

32.   Speaking of RB committees, all I can say for the Giants' trio is Wow.  They have a hammer (Jacobs,) a slasher (Ward,) and a speedster (Bradshaw,) and they get contributions from all of them.  I know a lot of people don't like committees, but I would honestly think about taking that trio over any one back in the NFL (except Adrian Peterson.)

33.  Marc Bulger needs great talent around him, and doesn't have it.  He looks tentative and just really terrible.  They are obviously squarely in the Matthew Stafford sweepstakes, and ought to take him (or Tim Tebow) if they have a chance next spring.

34.  Who do you think the Rams would rather have right now?  Jay Cutler or the marginal Tye Hill, and the suspended (and underwhelming) Claude Wroten?  Just asking.

35.  Speaking of QBs, the Chiefs sure could use one.  Tyler Thigpen looked like an arenafootball2 caliber player.  They need to face the reality that they share a division with Jay Cutler and Phillip Rivers (who are franchise QBs) and JaMarcus Russell (who has the potential to be one.)  It's the Quarterback, stupid.