PLAYER OF THE WEEK: No surprise that Andy Dalton and Ben Roethlisberger are both looking like strong POTW candidates for this week, but while both clubs won this week, we have to give the award to Dalton for yet another 400-yard and 5-TD game. Dalton was on fire against a pretty lackluster NJ team as Pittsburgh rolled to a very strong 13-3 final record.
PLAYOFF PICTURE: A very different picture from last week as Portland snags the Pacific Division title and the 2 seed, Baltimore edges New Orleans on a tie breaker for the top seed in the East, and Oakland drops from the 3 seed down to the 6 after a home loss. With the Wild Card round next week, here are the seedings in both conferences:
EAST: 1-BAL 2-NOR 3-CHA 4-PIT 5-HOU 6-ORL
WEST: 1-ARZ 2-POR 3-STL 4-TEX 5-MGN 6-OAK
Roethlisberger quietly had the best season for a QB since peak Kerry Collins