A lot of questions last Tuesday, most of which resembled, "Hey Pat, what does 'denouement' mean?"  Allow Webster's Dictionary to fill you in.

[dey-noo-mahn]
–noun
1. the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama.
2. the place in the plot at which this occurs. 
3. the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences. 
4. the end. 

So yeah, it's a fancy word meaning the end; in this case, the end of the week in the NFL.  As all of you know, I'm a huge proponent of big, fancy words.  I'm a wordsmith... a mother fu**ing wordsmith.

Kornheiser loses to Mother Nature in fantasy football
With no score in the 4th quarter, Ben Roethlisberger completed 4 of 5 passes for 44 yards on the Pittsburgh's last drive and Jeff Reed kicked a game winning field goal for a 3-0 win.  Ben set a club record completing 85.7 percent of his passes (18-of-21), breaking Kordell Stewart's record (84.6 percent) in a game which flashbacked to Roethlisberger's first career start in 2004 - a rainy game in Miami which the Steelers won 13-3, only this one was way more wet and way more disgusting to watch.

Um, there really isn't anything else to add, other than the Dolphins have lost 6 games this season by 3 points or less.  That stat leads me to believe they'll win at least one game this year (they do still have the Jets, after all).  As is the case most of the time in the NFL, sometimes a team doesn't look nearly as good or bad as their record indicates.  You'd have to think Miami's luck will turn around and break for at least one win, don't you? 

Ricky Williams had 15 yards rushing, by the way.

Defenses plan to stop Rams by letting them inside 20 yard line
One thing lost in the shenanigans of Gus Frerotte failing to grab the football like a normal quarterback on 4th and goal in Sunday's Seahawks game was the fact that the Rams were inside Seattle's 2 yard line twice and came away with 3 points.  For the season, the Rams have scored 12 touchdowns in 32 red zone opportunities.  They have just 13 field goals, meaning they've come away with zero points on 7 occasions.

The only teams with worse red zone TD percentages than the Rams' .375 are the Ravens (.367), Falcons (.308), and Titans (.300).  Considering St. Louis has Steven Jackson, Randy McMichael, Torry Holt, Drew Bennett and Isaac Bruce, it's safe to say they are the most disappointing red zone team in the league.  And only the Titans, Chiefs, Redskins and Lions have a worse red zone scoring percentage than the Rams 78%. 

That's awful, by the way.

R.I.P. Sean Taylor
Tough to write about athletes dying - especially on this site, since we tend to keep things light and focus on the absurd angle - but what a horrible story.  Taylor died early this morning, a day after being shot in the leg and losing enough blood to potentially cause damage to the brain.  There's not much more to say, other than we hope all those who were involved with Taylor find peace.  He was definitely loved by his teammates and fans.