like professional sports should be...

...Indeed, in a season in which New England has decided to play with absolutely no regard for down, distance or score -- and in which offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels regards a running game as something only the opposition secondary should do in chasing his talented receiving corps -- Smith was turned into the latest ember in the Patriots' scorched earth policy.

...Asked after the game to describe Brady's most notable attributes, Moss, who finished with seven catches for 135 yards, said: "Poise. Patience. And the determination to go out and kill you at any given time."

..."It was obvious that they didn't care about running the ball," Pittsburgh cornerback Ike Taylor said. "Not at all. They were in attack mode all the way.