The Sunday Evening Post: Week 7

The best team in the NFL is the New Orleans Saints. It's a conclusion reached with some cynical use of the process of elimination.Yes, Peyton Manning's Colts pummel weaker teams with precise, quick-strike offense, but they have proven themselves against two borderline playoff teams, the Cardinals and Dolphins, and no one else. The Giants got steamrolled by the Saints last week: They're out. The Broncos, good as they may be on defense, do not have the firepower to keep up with these Saints. The Vikings would fold late against them; the Patriots would lose a shootout; the Ravens would be carved up.And so I come to praise the Saints because no other team is as worthy. They did more than enough on their own, though, in today's 46-34 win over the Dolphins to prove they would not be buried.With 24-3, 27-17, and 34-24 scores against them in the ledger, the Saints didn't panic, keeping pace until they rattled off 22 fourth-quarter points. Drew Brees threw three intercept...