One week is way too small a sample size to judge a team, obviously. And we're not going to really know about the Kansas City Chiefs until they come back from their Week 4 bye and play two straight roadies at Indianapolis and Houston. But there they are, alone in first place in the AFC West after their 21-14 win over division favorite San Diego -- with a winnable game at Cleveland coming up.
Real bolts of lightning flashed across the sky. Yellow, painted bolts of it were always present on the Chargers' helmets. And these Chiefs fans, nearly all of the 71,297 in Arrowhead Stadium, created their own deafening streaks of stomps and yells.
The interminable seven-month wait over, the NFL returns to the national stage tonight when the Vikings and Saints kick it off in New Orleans. The only shame of it all, of course, is the lack of any real drama due to the outcome having been foreordained.
In case you hadn’t heard, the Green Bay Packers will host the Indianapolis Colts for the Super Bowl championship -- er, preseason Week 3 bragging rights -- Thursday night on ESPN. Let’s set up the game for you:
Albert Haynesworth had his say on Saturday night after the Washington Redskins 23-3 preseason loss to the Baltimore Ravens, informing all that the team was holding it against him that he did not participate in "their offseason program" and that the Redskins were underplaying his injuries in describing them only as headaches.
Brett Favre appears headed back to the Minnesota Vikings.
Favre boarded a plane in Hattiesburg, Miss., Tuesday afternoon and headed north on a Vikings' private plane. After arriving in Minnesota, Favre was driven to the Vikings' camp headquarters.
Cue the "Monday Night Football" theme. With the bragging rights for the new Meadowlands on the line tonight, the New York Giants and the New York Jets will square off in ...