Monday night’s Steelers-Dolphins game was simply unwatchable. A 3-0 game can be exciting if it’s a defensive battle, not a battle against the elements. There have been so many complaints about this game that I won’t rehash, but could that have been the Dolphins’ best chance to win? Would it have been a hollow 1-15 if they had won? Also, how miserable for the fans it must have been, to sit through the rain and watch bad football. Too bad you can’t get a rain check simply for a bad game.

More on the weekend that was:

– I’m calling it now, two 9-7 teams will make the playoffs. I’d say two 8-8 teams, but I think the Seahawks and Chargers might have enough momentum to stay above .500.

– It’s been a bad month for running backs returning from “retirement” only to watch it end quickly. First Priest Holmes reinjures his neck, then Ricky Williams tears a chest muscle on the sixth play of his comeback. At least Williams knows how to stay mellow. WITH YOGA! What do you think I was going to suggest?

– One interesting thought I heard over the weekend was Donovan McNabb as a Bear next season. It makes sense, he’s from Chicago, would be a good fit for that offense, and is clearly a step up from Rex Grossman or Brian Griese. That said, without Devin Hester, the Bears’ record is even worse. It’s been that rough a season.

– Finally, on a serious note, how sad is the death of Washington’s Sean Taylor? For a moment, forget about the effect on the Redskins and the shock and sadness when this happens (and the sadness that this happened again after the death of Denver’s Darrent Williams) and how a young life was cut down too early, and keep in your thoughts the 18-month-old daughter he leaves behind. Amidst all the tragedies of his death, that’s the greatest one.