We have seven weeks of football behind us, and things are slowly beginning to take shape in each conference. While there’s no clear favorite in the AFC and the NFC, there are teams who’ve asserted themselves as forces to be reckoned with and definite contenders.
The day after his 40th birthday, the Minnesota Vikings’ Brett Favre threw for 232 yards and a touchdown against one interception as his team easily beat the pitiful St. Louis Rams by a final score of 38-10. The Vikings are now 5-0 for the first time in six years and Favre is 5-0 for the first time in his Hall of Fame career. The Rams dropped to 0-5.
The Dallas Cowboys entered Sundays game with the Kansas City Chiefs with a 2-2 record, and may have expected an easy afternoon. The winless Chiefs, however, hung around throughout the contest and forced overtime before a Tony Romo touchdown pass to Miles Austin secured the victory for Dallas by a final score of 26-20. Austin was the Cowboys offensive star, catching two touchdown passes as part of a 250 yard receiving day. Tony Romo played better than he has all year, finishing with two touchdown passes and 351 yards with no interceptions. The Cowboys improved to 3-2 with the victory, while the Chiefs remain winless at 0-5.
Most NFL head coaches place a priority on naming a starting QB before the regular season begins. The idea is that it helps the chemistry on the team, as well as helping the quarterback define himself as a team leader. Cleveland Browns head coach Eric Mangini hasnt named his starting QB yet. Nor will he, at least not publicly. Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson will find out if theyre the starting QB in the next couple of days, but the coach won’t divulge that information to the public until game day.
While everyone within the organization of the NFLs Minnesota Vikings is putting on a grin and bear it face and trying to maintain the party line that theres much rejoicing over Brett Favre being their QB this season, one former Viking great isnt playing that game. On the Sirius Satellite Radio NFL program The Opening Drive Fran Tarkenton pulled no punches with his criticism of The Gunslinger, describing the whole scene surrounding his signing by the Vikings as a circus.
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The 2001 season was the beginning of a dynasty for the Pats, but it didn’t exactly start out that way. Drew Bledsoe went down to injury very early in the season, and the Patriots started out 1-2. Somehow, backup QB Tom Brady led them to an improbable win over a very dangerous Colts team.