Whew! 10-4 in Week 7. Not great, but certainly an improvement over four wonky near .500 weeks.
Perhaps now, we have this crazy National Football League figured out.
There are plenty of big stories this week. The Chargers and Saints will play in London, England; the Giants will meet the Steelers as Eli Manning goes toe-to-toe with Ben Roethlisberger; and the Tennessee Titans will try to get to 7-0.
In his 15th season, Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher is the longest-tenured head coach in the NFL and his undefeated team is off to the best start in franchise history at 6-0.
With a win on Monday night against his team’s arch-rivals, the Indianapolis Colts, Fisher can join Pro Football Hall of Famers Tom Landry and Don Shula as the only head coaches in history to start a season 7-0 in their 15th year of coaching or later. In fact, Fisher could seal his trip to Canton with a win this week.
With all that going on, let’s take a close look at Week 8…