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Jet of the week: Laveranues Coles. Coles not only comes up with a team-high eight catches for 89 yards, but he takes the bullet for Chad Pennington afterward.

Giant of the week: Plaxico Burress. Eli-to-Plaxico is becoming one of the most effective qb-receiver combos in the league. And to think: Former Ravens TE Shannon Sharpe used to call him Plexiglass.

Team in trouble. Saints. At 0-4, looks like they’re done. Since the NFL went to its current playoff format in 1990, only the 1992 Chargers have rallied from an 0-4 start to make the playoffs.

Dominating performance award: Steelers over Seahawks. In a rematch of Super Bowl XL, the Steelers stomp over the Seahawks and win 21-0 at home, as the defense limits Shaun Alexander to just 25 rushing yards and Matt Hasselbeck to 116 passing yards. (We know, Black N Gold. We just made your day.)

Offensive juggernaut award: The Patriots’ incredible season rolls on. They put up another 34 points, making it five straight with 34 or more. Tom Brady added three more touchdown passes, tying the NFL record with three or more TD passes in the first five games of a season. Pats are the fourth team to start a season with five wins by at least 17 points. And for those of you degenerate gamblers keeping track of such things – are you listening, Ed McNamara? – that was a push on most betting sheets.

Player of the week: Kris Brown, K, Texans. We’re not normally inclined to give a kicker our player of the week award, but Brown gives us no choice. He kicked five field goals, including a 57-yarder with one second to play that gave Texans a win over the Dolphins. It was one of three field goals of over 50 yards.

Comeback player of the week: Kurt Warner, QB, Cardinals. Warner goes back to St. Louis and beats his old Rams team. He’ll now be the full-time starter with Matt Leinart knocked out with a broken collarbone.

Emerging player of the week: Jason Campbell, QB, Redskins. You see flashes in this kid. Against the Lions on Sunday, Campbell was 23-of-29 for 248 yards, two TDs and no picks in a 34-3 laugher over Detroit.

Losing streak of the century: Lions haven’t won in Washington … ever. No, really. Ever. They’ve played the Redskins 21 times in Washington since 1934, and are 0-21.

Coach on the hot seat: Cam Cameron, Dolphins. At 0-4 in his first gig as a head coach, Cameron is finding out the hard way that this head coaching thing isn’t as easy as it looks.

Best play: Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew’s 52-yard touchdown run in the second quarter against the Chiefs. It turned out to be the game-winning score, as the Jags improved to 3-1.

Worst play: Pennington’s interception that was returned 43 yards by rookie Aaron Ross for the game-clinching score with 3:15 to play.

Surprising performance: Chargers 41, Broncos 3. In Denver! It was the Broncos’ worst home loss since 1966. And it might be a sign that the Chargers are ready to bury their woeful 1-3 start.

Season-saving win: Bears over the Packers. They trailed 20-10 in the second half, and their season looked dead. But the Bears rally to beat Green Bay at the Tundra and keep their hopes alive. Barely.

Can’t wait for next week award: Patriots at Cowboys. ‘Boys need win over Buffalo tonight to make this a battle of the unbeatens. Should be an awesome game.

Stupid, stupid, stupid play of week: Travis Johnson of the Texans taunting an unconscious Trent Green after Green went down to block Johnson and got kneed in the head. Green suffered a potentially career-ending concussion, but Johnson’s histrionics were totally out of line. After the game, Johnson laid it on even thicker, suggesting Green wasn’t man enough for blocking him higher. Travis, you owe this man an apology.

Best supporting role: Kenton Keith, RB, Colts. If you heard of Keith before Sunday’s win over the Bucs, you’ve been spending far too much time indoors. Keith is a 27-year-old rookie who once tried out for the Jets but then spend three seasons in the CFL before getting a look-see with Indy. He ran for 121 yards in place of the injured Joseph Addai in Indy’s 33-14 win over the Bucs.

Rookie of the week: Aaron Ross, CB, Giants. After being benched in the first half for violating a team rule, Ross came up with a pair of interceptions in the second half. The first saved what would have been a Jets’ touchdown. The second put the game away, as Ross returned it 43 yards for the score.

Statistical anomaly of the week: Ok, it was a way of getting the word “anomaly” in our memo. Look it up. This one has to do with turnovers. The Packers committed five and lost. The Titans committed five and won.

Game that set the NFL back 20 years award: Ravens 9, 49ers 7. Painful.

Coming tomorrow: Week 5 power rankings