Blowout City

That was the story of week 7. As the gap between the best and worse teams in the NFL widens, we are bound to get a couple of weeks like this. I will not be doing a full recap this week, because so many of the games didn't warrant being written about. Here's a few things that I actually did learn from week 7.

- Alex Smith will be the 49ers quarterback for at least the rest of this season. The Texans shouldn't have given up such a big lead. Unacceptable. At least they escaped with a win.

- The Vikings gave away a game to the Steelers defense. I do think the Steelers are the better team in this one, and it was good to see them hand the Vikings their first loss. Expect their second to come in Lambeau this week. Brad Childress made a few awful decisions in this one., like not going for it on 4th and goal at the one, and not giving the ball to Adrian Peterson a lot more than he did. No excuse for that.

- Ryan Fitzpatrick is a better quarterback than Trent Edwards. That isn't saying much, but the Bills soundly beat the Panthers. A lot of people said the Panthers were back after last week. The Bills proved that Carolina just stinks.

- Bengals showed up to blow out the Bears. I think the Bears are done this year, and the Bengals are proving to be a damn good team. I wouldn't want to see Cincinnati on my schedule in the coming weeks. Carson Palmer is finally all the way back.

- The Cowboys proved more to me in this game than they have all season. With the Romo-Austin hook up in full gear, this team is a lot better than they have played previous. They certainly showed me more than anything the Giants have done this year.

- The Saints are really, really good. They can prove that even when they are playing poorly, you can't knock them out. They adjusted their game plan on defense and just used their historically awesome offense to pulverize the Dolphins, 43-10 after the Dolphins jumped out to an early 24-3 lead. They are still the best team in the league.

- The Giants continue their fall back to mediocrity, losing to a solid Cardinals team. 9-7, you heard it here FIRST!

- The Eagles should have beaten the Redskins by more than they did. I no longer think they will make a dep playoff run. They seem to lack heart.

Fantasy pick ups- Shonn Greene, Alex Smith, Vernon Davis (if available), Fred Davis (Cooley done for the year), Beanie Wells, Hakeem Nicks, Sam Aiken

That will do it. New Power Rankings up next!