King Kevin seems to have temporarily abdicated his throne so I will step in as guest NFL commentator. Please pardon any parochial POV. What is your take on this weekend's games? "Pretty damned interesting" is my take. And don't get me started about the Bears. That was the best and most important game of the weekend, with the most memorable play. I am still smiling. But not through worrying. This is, after all, Chicago sports. We have been conditioned to worry. That said, I like this team. They could .... go .... all .... the .... way!

haha, 'King Kevin' has been shoulder-deep in client work. I've been so busy that I had to miss the ESPN pre-game show tonight.

I really believe that a healthy Giant team might have beaten a healthy Bear team. Don't get me wrong, the Bears are very very good, and took over the 2nd half.

But most of the analysts agree that they're not that strong against the run. I like Rex Grossman, but either he'll need to be consistent, OR the Bears will need to run the ball more, if they're going to go all the way.

I look at the Bears the way I look at the Indy Colts....both teams will smoke their opponents and finish 15-1 or 14-2, but as we've seen the last several years, the teams playing deep into January aren't always the ones with the best records.

The Panthers won a must-win game tonight, but they're purely Peppers and Smith. Even though I'm not a fan of Philly and Seattle, don't count them out.

Kevin