What were the Philadelphia Eagles wearing on Sunday? Holy my God!, as a dear, old friend used to say. It looked like the Easter Bunny got sick in the equipment room! The best part? Given the absolute beat down the "Iggles" laid on the Lions this past Sunday, we just might get to see those costumes, wretched excuses for regalia in every respect, a couple more times this year…

Bill Belichick is a dirty, rotten scoundrel. Period, end of discussion. Do other coaches cheat? Most likely. Are little kids encouraged, from the youngest of ages, that winning is the best medicine, that second place is just the first loser, that a foul isn't a foul unless you get caught? Way too often. Has cheating become so integral a part of sports that we actually encourage "good" cheating? You bet. None of that changes that what Belichick was caught orchestrating a few weeks ago against the Jets casts a pall over every Super Bowl the Patriots have won, dilutes New England's claim to dynasty and calls into question, through no fault of his own, all the acclaim that has been heaped upon Tom Brady.

Quarterbacks, it could be argued, do a lot better when their coordinators have a better than average idea of what plays the opposing defense is running. San Diego has a problem. Depending on which way the wind is blowing and how bad the stink is, San Diego may well have a BIG problem. LaDainian Tomlinson, the Chargers' all-world back, has 130 rushing yards on the season. That's a below-average GAME for LT. To be stuck there over three games is hard to believe. Now he and Philip Rivers are snipping at each other on the sidelines during the game, and the rumblings in San Diego have nothing to do with tectonic shifts. Marty-ball may have been over too soon every year once the playoffs started, but people in SoCal are starting to wonder whether or not Norv "Why is head-coaching so much harder than coordinating?" Turner is really the guy to get the Bolts over the hump. Anything less than a spot in the AFC Championship game will be considered the thudliest of failures for San Diego.

The Steelers look good. Really good. Dig a little deeper, though, and you'll notice the records of the teams they've beaten so far add up to a somewhat less than stellar 3-6. And two of those opponents' wins belong to the 49ers who had the luxury of playing St. Louis and Arizona over the first couple of weeks, two teams who've proven they're not quite ready for primetime just yet. Regardless, I like the swagger Mike Tomlin has brought back to the Steel City. Roethlisberger looks like he's put last year behind him and might be throwing the ball better than ever. It'll be interesting to see what happens when their schedule stiffens up a bit.

I'm hoping that New Orleans got well against the Titans. The only thing sadder than a perpetual doormat is watching a team convince themselves they really ARE a perpetual doormat. They're a better team than they're showing so far this year, but a few more losses and I worry about the temptation to drink the Kool-Aid and pack it in. Letting Joe Horn, the visible heart and soul of the team, go to the Falcons in the off-season probably wasn't the best of moves.

The Texans are 2-1. Holy shnikeys! I know, they only beat Kansas City and Carolina, but they played the Colts tight, and a toss-up of a schedule could see these onetime patsies improve to an impressive 4-2, or even more incredible 5-1, in a few weeks. Amazing what happens when your quarterback spends more time on his feet than on his rear end.

Nice to see Green Bay winning again. There's no quarterback more fun to watch run around the field like a Ritalin-deprived seven-year-old than Brett Favre after he throws a touchdown.

Lovie Smith has done a good, honorable job of standing beside his quarterback. It may be time to think about giving Rex a little bit of a sit-down, however. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on…. Shame on…. Shame on somebody else! The Redskins are a mystery. I still think they should have lost to Philly, but it looks like they caught 'em at the right time. The loss to New York was really a stinker, though. Three 3-and-outs to start the second half, a defense that finally broke instead of bent, your star running back sitting on the sideline at the most crucial period of the game, and a game ending series (1st and goal from the one!) that produced squat all must add up to a particularly nasty taste in the mouths of 'Skins fans. At least they'll have an extra week to brush their teeth.

And last but not least, THIS is the guy Notre Dame chose to lead them out of the desert?! If I were Tyrone Willingham, I don't know if I'd be laughing to split my short pants or crying myself to sleep. Charlie Weis, a Belichick disciple, rode Willingham's recruits to a 10-year, $40-million deal. Without those kids, check out the stinker he's laid in South Bend so far this season: worst record ever, and the team isn't even competitive. Yuck. If Weis won't give back the money, he should at least write Willingham a thank you. Maybe send him a ham or something…