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Much has been made of Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt's decision to keep his team on the East Coast following its road loss to the Washington Redskins in Week 3. Needless to say, the second-year sideline boss learned a hard lesson when the Cardinals committed mistake after mistake during an embarrassing 56-35 rout by the New York Jets at the Meadowlands a week later.

Luckily for the San Diego Chargers, Oakland and Kansas City are still in their division.

Aaron Rodgers did his best Brett Favre impression this past Sunday, but the new Green Bay Packers quarterbacks gutsy effort under center still wasn't enough to prevent his team from enduring a revealing 27-24 loss at home to the improving Atlanta Falcons.

New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter had risen to the top of the depth chart in his rookie season only to see it all come to an abrupt end Tuesday as the team placed him on injured reserve.

Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy said the intensity and emotion his team played with in Sunday's 31-27 come-from-behind victory over the Houston Texans could be a season-saver.

History dictated that the New York Giants might have some trouble coming back from their week off when they took the field for Sunday's clash with the Seattle Seahawks. The absence of game-changing wide receiver Plaxico Burress, the team's best offensive weapon, figured to provide another tough challenge for the defending world champions to overcome.

In the beginning of AC/DC's hit song "Hell's Bells", the sound of a ringing bell can be beard before and during the opening guitar riff.

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Mewelde Moore knew before the regular season started that he had two players to leapfrog before getting his shot at carrying the ball. Little did he know that opportunity would come Sunday night in Jacksonville.

Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Darryl Blackstock received a four-game suspension Tuesday for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing drugs.

- Its beginning to look more and more like 2003 for the Carolina Panthers. The teams 4-1 start is its best since that magical season five years ago, when the Panthers won their first five games and eventually came within a whisker of defeating the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. Muhsin Muhammad was a highly-valued contributor to that 2003 squad, and the veteran wide receiver was an even bigger part of Carolinas offense the following year, when he established career bests of 1,405 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns. The 2004 campaign would also be Muhammads last as a Panther, with the Midwest native bolting for Chicago as a free agent following a decorated nine-year career with the Cats.