Thanks for the kudos.

Yeah, I think Jason Taylor is on track to be the NFL defensive player of the year. He should be, but being on a sucky team works against him. Don't forget Zack Thomas, the NFLs leading tackler....also a Dolphin.

I can't figure out the Fins.

>Total change of subject: you must have enjoyed the last Dolphins game. I sold them short in the message you replied to previously and I hereby say you were right and I was wrong. They still dug themselves too deep a hole with the 1-5 (or was it 1-6?) start but any team that can beat the Bears by 18 and the Patriots by 21, the Patriots' first shutout loss in years, is not a lame team. On the drive home Monday I caught an interview with Brian Urlacher. He was asked who he thought the defensive player of the year should be and he said Jason Taylor. (He added, in the laconic style that has made him such a fan favorite here, that he didn't think he deserved it last year. So much of it depends on the guys who are out there with you, he said. Unfortunately a number of those guys are injured at the moment but Brian is still playing like a madman).