ROUNDOFFS: TIME TO REMEMBER

• Remember several weeks ago when the Giants, Redskins, and Cowboys were gonna be the three NFC east teams heading to the playoffs?
• Or how about when Donovan NcNabb didn't know that tying was possible and the Eagles were done for?
• Or, or how about when everyone thought the Bills could put the wagon in cruise control and coast into the playoffs?
• Or when Brett Favre was fallible?
• Or when Chris Berman was original and funny?
• Or when Sportscenter was actually informative and funny?
• Or when Mike Vick wasn't in prison?
• Or remember Dante Hall?
• Or when Devin Hester was a return threat?
• Or when Ladanian Tomlinson was a threat at all?
• Or how about when Kerry Collins was just a drunken punchline?
• Or when Gus Frerotte was just a punchline?
• Or when people in "the know" expected big things from the Jaguars?
• Or when Chad Ocho Cinco was just Chad Johnson, and actually caught passes?
• Or when Marvin Lewis cared?
• Or when the Rams were turning their season around with Jim Haslett?
• Or when the Panthers weren't the best team in football?
• Or when people cared about the Pro Bowl rosters? Okay I guess that was probably never true.
• Or how Romeo Crennel was a genius?
• Or when Pacman Jones wasn't in trouble?
• Or when the Bengals showed promise and were on the rise?
  
• Or when no one knew how clueless Andy Reid was?
• Or when John Madden provided insight?
• Or when Sean Payton and the Saints were ready to take the world by storm?
• Or when people thought Aaron Rodgers would make Green Bay forget about Brett Favre?
• Or when no one had heard of Tyler Thigpen?
• Or Dan Orlovsky?
• Or when there were some creative end zone dances?
• Or when you didn't love you some "Shirtless Gutenburg"?