NFL Recap: Week 13

--I'm still trying to catch my breath from the Monday night thriller. That has turned out to be maybe the best game of the year so far, in my humble opinion. Baltimore completely outplayed New England through most of the game and looked to have Brady really rattled in the pocket but as he has done so often, when it counts, he made the throw, New England wins and are still undefeated. You just can't seem to beat these guys no matter what you throw at them. Tom Brady must have a horse tattooed on his butt. He keeps winning games, marching towards the undefeated season that while it is not spoken of would mean a tremendous amount to the organization. Brady is young, talented, making millions and he gets to date a supermodel. It's just not fair.

--Mark the Broncos off of your playoff schedule. After the loss to Oakland on Sunday they are going to need some serious help to win the West division. They go to Kansas City next week, always a tough trip and the following week they have the Chargers at home. They have to win at least both of these games and hope that San Diego reverts back to their early season problems to have a chance at playing in January. Cutler is still struggling to find his role as the on-the-field leader and Denver's defense has shown signs of cracking in the last couple of games.

--Eli and the Giants live again!! After another poor start by the Giant QB, Eli led the Giants to a come-from-behind win over the Bears after trailing 16-7 going into the fourth quarter. They travel next week to take on the Eagles and Eli has another chance to establish himself as a take charge QB and lead this team in the playoffs.

--I think you can mark off Brian Billik in Baltimore as "fired" after the latest debacle on Monday night. Calling a time out when they had the Pats stopped on 4th down which would have been the ball game, and then when they did get the ball back, the unbelievable lack of communication with the offensive unit proves once again that change is a coming in Baltimore. Baltimore has struggled all season long and while it was a great performance against the best team in football, it is still a loss that drop the Ravens to 4-8.

--I thought I had seen some bad officiating in the Dallas-Green Bay game but the call at the end of the game that cost the Cleveland Browns against Arizona was simply awful. After a great throw and a greatest catch by Kellen Winslow he managed to hand onto the ball and got one foot down before being forced out of bounds by the AZ defender. You see this call almost every week but not in this case. Replay showed time and time again that Winslow had the ball was were it not for the force out would have come down in bounds. Terrible call, but hey, what else is new? Years ago a good friend told me when we were in Las Vegas "Always bet with the zebras". Boy, was he right. Oh wait, that was the NBA.

--Pittsburgh moved to 9-3 with their victory over the Bengals. This team is going to cause many sleepless nights for coaches and players come the playoffs. They have the tools to go all the way, can they execute with those tools is the big question. We shall see come January.

--Speaking of the Bengals, their loss against Pittsburgh assures them of ANOTHER non-winning season, the 15th one in the last 16. Marvin Lewis has to go. I know that he has brought this franchise back from the dead but they are becoming stagnant once again and the off-field problems that have plagued this team the last couple of seasons have definitely had an effect to what is happening on the field. Something has to change.

--Gus Ferrotte had a big game and the Rams were victorious over the Falcons on Sunday. Not that big a deal but I just haven't had a chance to say that very often this season. The Rams have definitely played much, much better the second half of the year, although I'm still not sure if head coach Scott Linahan can save his job or not. Stay tuned for more on that.

--Two other quick notes: The BCS system is a joke. Just say what it is, a big money game for high profile schools only. Neither Ohio St. or LSU are the best team in the nations and if ever there was a need for a playoff system, this season PROVES it. Secondly: Tim Tebow is probably going to win the Heisman this coming Saturday and that's a shame. First, he's not even the best QB in college, you can easily make an argument for Hawaii's Colt Brennan, Tech Tech's Graham Harrell or MU's Chase Daniel not to mention Arkansas RB Darren McFadden. But Tebow will probably win and will be another in a long line of great QB's to come out of Florida and play in the NFL like Danny Weurfel..........ah.............oh, Rex Grossman.......okay I give. He will end up being another NFL footnote. Won Heisman, NFL BUST!!!

Have a great day and see you later this week!!