Boy, that was fun.

Fun game last night, huh? For a bunch of you Steeler fans, probably not. And the generic football fan might've grown bored. I was riveted. I told y'all about karma and The Rapist....it's comin' round.

Which is a shame, because the Pittsburgh Steelers have a damned good football team. Until last night.

Weird season, isn't it? They keep talking about how this year represents Pete Rozelle's "any given Sunday" paradigm at its' best. I respectfully disagree, and offer the following as evidence:

1- The 1999-00 Rams come out of nowhere to win a title

2-The 2000-1 Ravens come out of nowhere to win a title

3- The 2001-2 Patriots come out of nowhere with a no-name QB and win a title

4- The 2002-3 Buccaneers handily demolish a supposedly superior Raider team

5- After the coronation of a New England dynasty and Peyton Manning, the 2007-8 NY Giants come out of nowhere to win a title, beating the supposedly unbeatable Patriots.

6-The 2009 Arizona Cardinals take a superior Steeler team to the LAST DAMNED PLAY of the Super Bowl.

OK, so there was a lull there between 2004 and 2008, wherein the Steelers, Patriots, and Colts all won titles they were expected to compete for. This year is not really different, the surprises being (so far) the implosions of teams in Dallas and Minnesota.

So, back to yesterday. I was 5-7, makes me 58-57 going into tonight- and I'm on record for the Eagles.

Atlanta beats Baltimore: how? I wasn't expecting the result even though I picked it.

Buffalo beats Detroit: missed this one. Should've checked to see if Stafford was playing. This was The Toilet Bowl, 2010

Chicago beats Minnesota: no more texting jokes. It's played. Stop. Just. Stop.

NY Jets beat Cleveland: what's with Cleveland? They take New England O-U-T. Take the Jets to OT. Old-time football, methinks.

Colts beat Bengals: poor Bengals. Awful ballhandling, I prefer that balls are handled with much more care than the manner in which the Cincinnati Bengals handled their balls yesterday. Colts are beatable but still in the mix.

Miami beats Tennessee: with a 3rd string QB. Titans still have CJ, but a couple more like this and they'll be done.

TB beats Carolina: Bucs are patsies no more. Lengthy season on Carolina.

Jax beats Houston: the DUHHHHHH move of the week (so far, as the Redskins play tonight). Last play of the game, the Houston D-back bats the ball TO THE WRONG PLAYER. Who scores. Classic. Cue the carnival music!

Denver beats KC: badly. The spiral apparently went upwards for Denver instead of downwards as predicted by my jackass self. The spiral must've been in Australia, I guess.

Dallas beats NY Giants: Redskin fans needed Dallas to win to slow down Big Blue, if the 'Skins are to have any hope of competing in the division. Now, that sounds like a laugh right now, but...any...given.....Monday...

Seattle beats Arizona: roller-coaster ride in Seattle. Fine.

SF beats St. Louis: another Toilet Bowl. I picked Rams and lost. Whatever.

New England beats Pittsburgh: AT PITTSBURGH. This was huge after the Browns manhandled the Patriots last Sunday. The Rapist manages to hang in there (hey, he's a fine QB, apparently just a louse of a guy - it happens) and keep the game tight. The real head-scratcher is the Steeler running game, it disappeared. I know they were banged up on the offensive line, but the Patriots don't exactly sport a D-line like Baltimore or the 1985 Bears.

I should probably get of The Rapist's back. This season we have two QB's looking for PR help in The Rapist and The Dog Butcher. Somehow, The Dog Butcher seems to be held to a higher standard than The Rapist - like Vick's got more to atone for than The Rapist does. I don't get it, they're two very inappropriate and unacceptable behaviors. Vick went to jail. The Rapist lost 4 games. Tell me that's fair treatment. Go ahead, try and convince me.

Who's the best team going right now?

In the NFC they told us Philly was the best team, we'll see tonight. Or the Giants, whoopsies! Or the Saints? Meh, not yet. How about the Falcons? They beat Baltimore. Or the Packers? The Redskins beat the Packers, can't be them. The Redskins? Please. As we said in high school, get off my jock.

The AFC? Oh, definitely the Steelers. Wait, not anymore. The Colts, yes. Or not. The Ravens, but wait they lost to the Pats and Falcons. The Jets. Clearly the Jets. Oh wait, they've lost to Green Bay (who lost to the Redskins). Let's try the Patriots. But they got shellacked by Cleveland. OK, then, Cleveland.....nope, as the old commercial said, "not thick enough." Let's try Kansas City. Nope. Cleveland? ummmmmmmmmmmmmm

And therein lies all the fun. Only 8 teams can make the playoffs. See you in Raljon tonight