Come Sunday evening it will be a threegame lead

New England Rex Ryan was moved to tears this week when meeting with his team. Lately, though that defense has become less dominant and the Pats offense seems to be as good as ever New England has a two-game lead on the New York in the east. Come Sunday evening it will be a three-game lead.San Diego vs. DenverAfter week six when Denver went into San Diego and won the Broncos had a three-and-a-half game lead Just three-and-a-half weeks later and the lead is gone. The Broncos have dropped three in a row since their week seven bye week and the Chargers have streaked to four in a row. The Broncos shocking loss to the Redskins last week can be put partly on the fact that starting QB Kyle Orton missed the second half with an injury, but it doesn't excuse the defense's inability to stop a Washington offense that has been pretty lousy this season and relies on a punter to score TDs. The Bengals' defense has been outstanding and held a powerful Pittsburgh offense without a touchdown last week.

Does anyone thing JaMarcus Russell can do something Ben Roethlisberger could not Everyone should look forward to whatever celebration Chad Ochocinco has in store Bengals Big.Philadelphia vs. Of course the injury isn't good news, but LeSean McCoy has been capable in Westbrook's stead and should do just fine. Chicago is wondering what on Earth is going on with its QB, Jay Cutler, who leads the league in interceptions with 17, five of which came last week Cutler threw 18 total last season. Some will say it's been Vince Young, and others will say it's been Bud Adams's intimidating middle fingers, but it's more likely the defense getting healthier and the eye-popping play of Chris Johnson, who leads the NFL in rushing yards and ran for 197 of them against the Texans in week two.

Meanwhile, Houston has issues at running back with Steve Slaton struggling to protect the ball and Ryan Moats showing flashes of brilliance but no consistency. Things are getting awkward, but at least Matt Schaub continues to have little problem throwing the ball all over the park. The question in the game may be if it's Chris Johnson or Houston wideout Andre Johnson has the bigger day Andre has a giant day: Houston wins at home on Monday.. The outrage in the Republic of Ireland can be heard all the way across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States.

The world ended up focused on the tiny island with a population of just over 4 million people over a soccer game.Unless you do not watch sports or you were living under a rock, here is what all the controversy is about. The French were leading the two leg series on a 1-0 aggregate after winning in Dublin in the first game.In the second leg of World Cup qualifying the Irish were leading France 1-0 in overtime. First of all, the French had two players off-sides before the ball reached the box and a call should have been made by the referees assistant.The off-sides was not called when French and Arsenal striker Thierry Henry cupped the ball into his arm to control the ball. Henry then was able to pass the ball to William Galla who was able to finish and put the French ahead 2-1 on aggregate and on to South Africa.You can view the video and decide for yourself if it was a bad call for not. The handball has been compared to the famous goal by Argentinas Diego Maradona.