Speaking of Irony....

Deciding to focus on winning the Super Bowl and jettisoning a chance for a perfect season, the Indianapolis Colts pulled their starters in game 15 of the regular season which enabled the New York Jets to crawl back into the playoff picture.  The following week, the Cincinnati Bengals pulled their starters and also lost to the Jets.  In turn, the Jets beat the Bengals in the first round of the playoffs and now face the Colts this coming weekend.

The WRVA sports radio host Chuck Noe once said "you can' turn it off and on" when it comes to level of competition.  Teams and players can often look too far ahead to the big prize only to be knocked by the next opponent.