Pats 38, Bengals 13

I'm not sure whether or not to be happy about this. A Bengals loss is always a reason to celebrate, but a Pats win (especially on the heels of the Bengals' win over the Steelers) guarantees that the sports un-intelligentsia will continue to worship at the crotch of Tom Brady and Bill Bellichek for at least another week. Blech.

Here's what I do know, though: the Pats won how? By running the ball, and by capitalizing on Carson Palmer's mistakes. Take the Bengals-Steelers game and subtract two red-zone INTs, and you have the Pats-Bengals game. Moral of the story? The Bengals aren't as good as everyone says.

But this is a strange league: the Rams beat the Broncos, who throttled the Pats, who crushed the Bengals, who stole one from the Steelers. Looks like the Rams are going to the Super Bowl.