The 15-Play Drive

15 thoughts on week-6 in the NFL...

1. You can say it's a nice dilemma to have, like Andy Reid choosing between a Philly cheese steak, or a sausage, onions and peppers sandwich...he'd probably order both...but I wouldn't want to be in Reid's shoes right now. How can you tell Kevin Kolb to take a seat? Both Kolb and Michael Vick have put up good numbers, but I'm giving Kolb the edge here. He's done it against the Niners and Falcons. To me that's more impressive than Vick's performances versus the Lions and Jaguars.

2. No head coach sounded more defeated after a loss yesterday than Wade Phillips. Make no mistake, at 1-4 the Cowboys are done. Phillips might as well get a head start and begin packing up his office now. I'm sure Jerry Jones will offer to help.

3. So much for Marcus McNeill solidifying the Chargers offensive line. In their first 5-games, the Rams had 10-sacks. Against the Chargers Sunday, they dropped Philip Rivers 7-times.

4. Let me end the Tim Tebow hype right now. Yes, he ran for a TD Sunday. No, he never came close to attempting a pass. Tebow is Brad Smith minus the athleticism. And the Jets didn't spend a 1st round pick on Smith. (He was a 4th rounder in case you were wondering)

5. Spoke with three different wide receivers on the Sunday Drive and they each had something interesting to offer. The Steelers Mike Wallace told me and Steve Torre, with Ben Roethlisberger now back they can actually use the whole playbook.

6. When we caught up with Deion Branch, he said it felt like he'd never left the Patriots. In fact, Branch revealed that he stayed in the same hotel the night before the game, and thought it was the same room for that matter.

7. During our interview with the Jets Braylon Edwards, I asked about Mark Sanchez's 2-interception day. His response, "Mark didn't go into a shell like he would've last year."

8. Back to Deion Branch for a moment...He had 9-receptions in his return to the Patriots. In the 4-games Randy Moss played with New England this season...9-receptions total.

9. Jason Campbell gets the Todd Collins award of the week. In their 17-9 loss to the Niners, the Raiders QB completed just 8 of 21-passes for 83-yards with 0-TD's and 2-INT's. Think Al Davis is still comparing Campbell to Jim Plunkett?

10. Believe it or not it took until week-6 for Drew Brees and the Saints to score more than 25-points in a game. Why do I get the feeling a sleeping giant just woke up?

11. Maybe South Beach really is a distraction. The Dolphins are now 3-0 on the road, and have given up 40-points in those 3-games. At home they're 0-2 and have allowed 72-points.

12. Alex Smith is a smart guy, but the Niners quarterback has zero pocket presence. How many more times is he going to run directly at a defensive lineman?

13. Nice one handed catch Pierre Garcon. Now if you could only make more two handed receptions.

14. That was a franchise QB performance in the 4th quarter by the Texans Matt Schaub in their comeback win against the Chiefs. He completed 11 of 14-passes for 155-yards including the game winning 11-yard TD strike to Andre Johnson with 28-seconds remaining.

15. Does the NFL really need to throw Jacksonville a bone with a Monday night game?