• Sure enough, the Dallas-Minnesota game is the nuttiest of the 4 o'clock bunch. After Vikings' defensive tackle Kevin Williams ran back Tony Romo's fumble about 80 or 90 yards into the end zone, you could see the trainer come out and squirt a water bottle on the back of his neck, because that's exactly how you cure fatigue. Don't squirt the water in the mouth. Just aim for the nape.
There was also another goofy fumble recovery where Patrick Crayton's slippery hands gift-wrapped the ball for Vikings' linebacker Ben Leber, whose lateral to Cedric Griffin was initially bobbled, but he scooped it back up and ran for a touchdown. Trumpy, you can do stupid things! Vikings 14, Cowboys 7
• It's time for the Marc Bulger watch: 2-of-10 for 42 yards, one interception. He's also been sacked four times. His ribs are hanging onto his vertebrae much like the Grinch's sleigh holding onto the edge of the mountain. Still, they're not down by much. Seahawks 10, Rams 3
• We got a real yawner over in Philadelphia. No interceptions. No fumbles. No sacks. No touchdowns. No field goals longer than 40 yards. If this game gets any more bland, we'll have to run to the store and buy more rice cakes. Eagles 9, Bears 3
• Fresh off his interview this morning with Keyshawn Johnson on Sunday NFL Countdown, (dear Lord, can Goodell ban it so former wide receivers don't interview current wide recievers? That was clothespins-on-nipples painful) Chad Johnson has two catches for ocho cinco yards, but Chad Pennington and Laveranues Coles are singlehandedly — well, technically there are four hands involved in that tandem — beating the Bengals in a hardly interesting battle of one-win teams. Jets 20, Bengals 10
• Kansas City / is winning now / until their coach / blows it somehow / with Herma-Shave. Chiefs 6, Raiders 0