Week 4 Rewind

The first quarter of the NFL season was officially over when the Steelers beat the Ravens in OT last night.  Before diving into the Pick'em stats though, let's take a look at the NFL standings.  In the AFC the leaders are the Bills are 4-0 in the East, Pittsburgh 3-1 in the North, Titans 4-0 for the South, and the Broncos 3-1 for the West.  In the NFC, 3 of the 4 divisions have ties as only the Giants in the East are alone at the top with a 3-0 record.  The Packers and Bears share a record of 2-2 in the North while the Panthers and Tampa Bay both have 3 wins and 1 loss in the South, and the Cards and 49ers are both 2-2 in the West.  It's still too early to tell and too much football is left to be played, but these standings tell us who is starting off strong.  Now the questions are what teams will continue with the momentum and which teams drop back AND which teams will bounce back from a mediocre start to become a contender.  13 Weeks left folks.

This is also a good time for us to look back at ourselves to determine how we are doing in the K&S Enterprises Football Tourney.  After 4 weeks, the Chairman is off to a fast start with a total of 42 points.  Stapleton is off to slow start with 30 points.   In the middle it's few and far between. The good news is Brady finally fell down to single digits this past weekend, probably thanks to the bye weekend.  To round out the top three Superbowl Bound 'Hawks and Chief Red Beard are tied with 38 points for the year.  

Looking at past weekend, the high score was held by three participants: The Chairman, Chief RB and me.  The low score of the week was 6 and I'd rather be fishin' and Perry took that score home.  So, the best pick of the week had to Chicago over Philly by "Fishin" and "Chief RB" although second up was the Cleveland over Cincy which three people got right.  The losing picks of the week was Fishin's upset pick of Minnesota over Tennessee and then Perry's pick of Baltimore over Pitt.  I'll be honest though, the Ravens should have won that game - tough loss.   All of us went with Jax, Denver, San Deigo, Buffalo and Dallas, so those in essence didn't matter.  

Continue to pay attention to news and injury reports.  Supposedly, Palmer will be back for the Bengals agaist Dallas and Rodgers will start for GB against the Falcons.  Two coaches were fired in two days.  St Louis let Linehan go and wacko Davis finally fired Kiffin.  I could sound off on the Raiders right now, but I'll spare you.  I just hope Kiffin will get another opportunity and will be surrounded by a supportive organization.

Oh and one last thing, The Chairman is now 4-2 with his Preview Guarantees.  Just for the record, Kansas City put up more points (33) than the New Orlean Saints (31).  Second, Brett Favre beat his age of 49 with 56 points.  Man, if he was playing Family Feud, one more "x" and the other family would steal the question.

13 weeks left, where do you want to be and how do you get there?  That is it for the Rewind, have a great week.

--KK