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The 2009 NFL season continues to be one of the more exciting, story-line filled seasons, and through 10 weeks we still have two teams that are undefeated. Obviously two of the things we'll all be looking for is if either of these two teams will finally fall. Read on for the remaining hot topics in this Week 11's Five Things to Watch for: 5. Can Ricky Williams Be an Elite Starting RB Is there any question All the 32-year-old does is make plays, and despite losing his partner in crime, Ronnie Brown, he should still keep on trucking as the Miami Dolphins continue their dominance in the rushing attack. There's no guarantee his jump to the elite level will mean Miami beats Carolina this week, or goes on to make the playoffs, but there's little doubt that he'll be making several fantasy owners very happy 4 Can the Patriots Bounce Back Definitely. Head coach Bill Belichick made a tough call last week and basically gave the Indianapolis Colts their ninth win in 2009.

Look for the offense to continue itsrampage on opposing defenses against a depleted and shaky New York Jets team that has gone 1-4 in its last five games Rex Ryan will be crying all week long Patriots 41, Jets 17 3 Will the Saints Keep Winning Let's be honest. Did anyone with a football brain, that has watched this team this year, actually smell a possible upset against St Louis No, probably not, but they should have. Any team that is smart enough to run up the gut against this lousy Saints run defense will be able to compete with them, regardless of their overall talent level On a lighter note, if Drew Brees and Co can ever find their mojo again, it likely won't matter. The Buccaneers will try theirdamnedest, but the Saints pass defense will be good enough to keep Josh Freeman from getting his second win Saints 31, Buccaneers 21 2.

Are the Packers Playoff Contenders Considering they face the 49ers, and San Francisco is likely being asked the same question, we're about to find out. Both teams take pride in their defense, but really have only made strides in that department in the past week. Unfortunately for football fans, instead of an offensive explosion between two former first round quarterbacks, we're more likely to see something like the 10-6 game the 49ers played against the Chicago Bears Same ugly style, same ugly result 49ers 16, Packers 13 1. Can the Cardiac Colts Continue the Streak It's been a remarkable ride, and as much as some experts want to believe the Baltimore Ravens are turning a corner after their shut-out against the Cleveland Browns, it's more likely that they're not. The Colts did need a gimme fourth down call from the Patriots to enter Week 11 as 9-0 and the arguable best team in the league, but they are still undefeated, and are on a much higher level than the Ravens.

Baltimore's run defense should help their offense keep it close, but it'll be the same oldmediocre ending for a disappointing Ravens team Colts 34, Ravens 24. We learned yesterday that the baseball writers of America voted for Royals stud Zack Greinke the American League Cy Young award winner over Mariners young phenom Felix Hernandez.Today it's been announced andconfirmed that the product of the University of Washington baseball program and bona fied San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has won his second consecutive Cy Young award in the National League beating out the two birds Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright for the award.Lincecum now has become the only player to win the Cy Young award in consecutive years since Randy Johnson did it four years in a row from 1999-2002.So now the question becomes did the writers get it right with Greinke and Lincecum Well let's take a look at both players compared to their voting counterparts.AmericanLeague: Zack Greinke : 16-8, 2.16 ERA, 242 SO, 1.07 WHIP, 6 CG, 229 IP, 9.5 K/9 and 2.2 B/9.Greinke shot onto the scene in the beginning of the season winning his first six starts andaveraging 7 1/2 innings through those six games. His ERA through those six games was 0.40 and it finally crossed over the one run per game mark on May 31st in a 7-4 lost to the Chicago Whitesox.However Greinke would have another six game skid except in the losecolumn. From July 3rd to August 3rd he lost his six straight starts and averaged 6.1 innings per game in thatstretch.So yes Greinke had his higest high and his lowest low much like any pitcher does but he still finished the season in the top five of every major pitching stat.Greinke averaged near seven innings per game in 2009 (6.9 to be exact).Felix Hernandez: 19-5, 2.49 ERA, 217 SO, 1.14 WHIP, 2 CG, 238 IP, 8 K/9 and 3 B/9.Felix Hernandez has been "on the scene" a little bit longer than Greinke has but no doubt they are the two best pitchers in the AL. Felix won his first five decisions, one short of Greinke's six. In those five games Felix averaged 6.8 IP/G.Now the main argument for Felix outside the W-L and SO stat is that Felix had to face a lot more harder lineups than Greinke did on a consistent basis. Felix faced the Yankees, Rangers (x6), Angles (x4), Boston as well as a few other high powered offenses.Now Felix had a five game win steak to start the season but herecorded and eight game win steak from June 10th-July22nd.