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Hello everyone.  What a fantastic weekend of football right?  And it was all capped off by a wild game down in New Orleans Monday night as the Saints improved to 7-0.  We went 10-3 in picks last week giving us an overall record for the season of 81-35.  We're going to continue the same format as we have the last few weeks, so let's get right into the week that was in the NFL, Week 8:

Top 5 peformances

1. Brett Favre.  Hard to argue with his day.  Sure he got booed ruthlessly and constantly throughout much of the game.  The big question was how would Favre handle his emotions? Well pretty good I'd say.  Four touchdowns and zero interceptions against his former team in the house in which he played so well in for 16 seasons.  The four touchdown passes in one game ties him for first all-time with Dan Marino for number of games with four touchdown passes with 21.  That is a really good.  Know what else is good?  7 TDs, 0 INTs against the Packers this year.

2. Jared Allen.  Don't mean to be biased here, but how can you argue with Allen's performance on Sunday?  Another three sacks against the Packers horrific offensive line, giving him 7.5 sacks against the Packers THIS season.  That is unbelievable.  He has 10.5 sacks for the year and is clearly the top candidate for NFL Defensive MVP.  

3. Saints running game.  Remember when the Saints threw the ball on almost every down?  Well somewhere in that time, they have found some good running backs and developed a very good, yet underrated rushing attack.  They are fourth in the NFL in rushing yards.  I know right?  At one point in last night's game against the Falcons, they had 14 rushes for 100 yards and 14 passes for 108 yards.  Pick your poison with the Saints future defenses.  With this balance, the Saints should have no trouble making a deep run in the playoffs and possibly the Super Bowl.

4. Steven Jackson.  Yeah the Rams are 1-7, but they did get their first win of the season on Sunday in large part to Jackson.  22 carries for 149 yards and the GW-TD.  He said after the game, that it felt good to get the win and he hasn't experienced it for a long time.  Good for him, good for the fans, and good for the Rams.

5. Ted Ginn.  Sure Ginn may not be a good wide receiver, but when then Dolphins coach Cam Cameron said after he drafted Ginn that Dolphins fans would enjoy seeing him return kicks and punts for years to come, he may have been on to something.  Ginn became the first player in NFL history to have two kickoff TDs of 100 yards or more.  His returns were 100 and 101.  The Jets had no answer for him.  

Unfab 5

1. Browns offense.  Did you know that the Browns have fewer offensive touchdowns (5) than the Saints have defensive touchdowns (6)?  Enough said.

2. Lions.  What goes around comes around.  The Redskins gave the Lions their first win of the season back in Week 4 at Ford Field.  The Lions coming off of a bye decided to return the favor to the then winless Rams by helping them earn their first victory of the season.  The Lions are better than last season, but not that much better.

3. James Butler takes a safety.  We're staying in Detroit and despite the Rams win, they can't escape a bad play by safety James Buter.  Butler intercepted a Matthew Stafford pass in the end zone, ran out, then tried to dodge a Lions player, went back in the endzone, and got tackled for a safety.  Only the Rams, only the Rams. 

4. Bart Scott's comments.  We're going off the field for this one.  After the Jets 30-25 loss to the Dolphins, Bart Scott was only slightly sarcastic, and I am being sarcastic when I say this.  Among other things, he said that the Dolphins offense was great and that it is one of the best in the league, and that the Dolphins "Are a great team," and "they'll probably contend for the Super Bowl."  Regardless if it was out of frustration or not, that is something that Bart Scott cannot say and he looks foolish for saying it.

5. Kurt Warner.  We head out to the desert where Kurt Warner clearly thought it was Christmas because he was in the spirit of giving.  He threw 5 interceptions and also lost a fumble in the Cardinals 34-21 loss to the Panthers.  The Cardinals looked to finally be turning the corner and then they have a performance like that?  Not good Warner, not good.

Bonus: Brandon Spikes and the University of Florida.  Brandon Spikes as I'm sure most of you have seen by now, tried to gouge Georgia running back Washaun Ealey eyes in Saturday's 41-17 victory for the Gators.  That is bad.  Then coach Urban Meyer comes out on Monday and says they have suspended Spikes for the first half of their next game.  If that wasn't weak enough, their opponent is: Vanderbilt.  Last I checked, Vandy is not a threat in the SEC and this year, they are pretty bad.  Why not suspend him for the entire game?  If they were playing Alabama, I could maybe understand that.  Or do something internally with Spikes.  But the first half against Vanderbilt, a  33.5-point underdog?  Come on, the punishment is a joke.

Well that is all I have for today.  Have a good week and we will see you back here on Thursday for our Week 9 NFL preview.  Until next time c ya.

Denver 7 Baltimore 30                         Houston 31 Buffalo 10

Cleveland 6 Chicago 30                        Seattle 17 Dallas 38

Miami 30 New York Jets 25                 San Francisco 14 Indianapolis 18

New York Giants 17 Philadelphia 40     St. Louis 17 Detroit 10

Oakland 16 San Diego 24                     Jacksonville 13 Tennessee 30

Minnesota 38 Green Bay 26                 Carolina 34 Arizona 21

Atlanta 27 New Orleans 35