Last Place Update

Welcome to this week's Last Place Update. The race for the number one pick in the 2013 Draft is heating up. There is a tie for this week's Kings of the Cellar. The 1-7 Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars have both lost their last five games, supplanting the 2-6 Carolina Panthers, who beat the Washington Redskins. The Chiefs have scored more points, but the Jags have allowed fewer points, thus a tie.

  We have kind of a tie and repeat for this week's honorable mention. As with the Jags and Chiefs, the 4-5 Arizona Cardinals get their second consecutive mention by losing their last five games. They did score 17 points, the most during this losing streak. However, they also allowed the Green Bay Packers to score 31 points, the most during this streak.

  The other honorable mention doesn't go to a team, but only part of it. Once again, the New Orleans Saints' defense allowed over 400 yards in their win against the Philadelphia Eagles. Although the Eagles scored only 13 points, the Saints showed how porous their defense could be. However, they did sack Michael Vick seven times and had a Pick 6 against him in the red zone. They way the Saints defense is playing right now, they will be no match for Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons offense this week.

  Speaking of the Saints/Eagles game, let's give the Philadelphia an honorable mention. They are 1-5 in their last six games and losers of their last four. The Eagles have scored no higher than 24 points this season and that was in Week 2 against the Baltimore Ravens. The Eagles defense has allowed at least 26 points in their last three losses and a minimum of 16 points in every game.

Next Loss...

   The Chiefs travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers. The series is 4-4 since 1997, with the Steelers winning last season. Although, as the trend goes, it would be Kansas City's turn to win and have an upset special, but it won't happen. Pittsburgh is too much for the Chiefs and will give them an easy loss.

   Jacksonville will host the defending Kings of the Cellar champion Indianapolis Colts on Thursday night.  The Jags have won three of the last four meetings, including the last two. This can be an upset special, but it won't. Jacksonville won their first meeting in Indy, however, they have scored no more than 14 points at home. The Colts will redeem themselves and hand Jacksomville yet another loss.

Trivia Note

Michael Vick has now become the first player in NFL history to pass for over 20,000 yards and rush for over 5,000 yards. Congrats on that great accomplishment.


Here are some historical scores for teams playing each other this week, on November 6:

1955  Los Angeles Rams 27 - San Francisco 14
1966  Philadelphia 24 - Dallas 23
1966  San Francisco 21 - Los Angeles Rams 13
1977  Buffalo 24 - New England 14
1983  New Orleans 27 - Atlanta 10
1983  New England 21 - Buffalo 7
1983  Dallas 27 - Philadelphia 20
1988  Minnesota 44 - Detroit 17
1995  Dallas 34 - Philadelphia 12
2005  Minnesota 27 - Detroit 14