at Atlanta 38, Kansas City 14: This...

at Atlanta 38, Kansas City 14: This just hasn’t been a good month for current or former professional athletes named Thigpen.

at Buffalo 24, Oakland 23: So does Lane Kiffin start calling colleges looking for a job now, or does he wait until his firing becomes official?

Tampa Bay 27, at Chicago 24 (OT): Brian Griese passes the ball 67 times, which is the same number of passes Kobe Bryant made in his last two seasons with the Lakers.

at Tennessee 31, Houston 12: Kerry Collins becomes the 15th NFL quarterback with at least 35,000 yards passing. The other 14 were actually good.

at N.Y. Giants 26, Cincinnati 23 (OT): After the loss, Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer guarantees that his team could beat Ohio State.

at Minnesota 20, Carolina 10: Gus Frerotte leads Vikings to victory, which comes as a surprise to most NFL fans, who didn’t realize Gus Frerotte was still in the league.

Miami 38, at New England 13: Not only did the Patriots’ streak end, amazingly, but this was Matt Cassel’s first loss as a starting quarterback in almost nine years.

at Washington 24, Arizona 17: The Cardinals were trying to go 3-0 for the first time since 1974, when the price of gas was 55 cents.

at Seattle 37, St. Louis 13: The remaining winless teams in the league are busy checking their schedules to see whether they play the Rams this season.

at San Francisco 31, Detroit 13: All it took for Mike Martz to look like a genius again was to leave Detroit and have his new team play the Lions.

at Denver 34, New Orleans 32: It would have been fun to see Martin Gramatica make that winning kick just to see if he would hurt himself while celebrating like his brother did.

Jacksonville 23, at Indianapolis 21: The Colts still haven’t won in their new home. Obviously, it’s time to bring in a feng shui expert.

at Baltimore 28, Cleveland 10: Forget Steve McNair and Kyle Boller. The quarterback the Ravens have needed all this time is Derek Anderson.

at Philadelphia 15, Pittsburgh 6: After giving up 41 points to the Cowboys last week, the Eagles obviously went out and hired a brand-new defense.

Dallas 27, at Green Bay 16: How long after the final gun do you figure it took some Packers fan to say “Favre would have won this game”?