We are at that time of the season when we are reminded again and again that there is no such thing as a moral victory in the NFL, and in the Grill Room we toast that.

Moral victories are for sissies, and the politically correct, who can't bear to watch anybody lose, but mostly their fat, uninterested kids who they occasionally scrape off the couch to play some sport and not keep score. Apparently, we are at the point where the fact that they competed at all, is its own victory, and probably a moral one at that.

So let's make this clear: That was no moral victory you saw when that banged-up Redskins team went into Philadelphia yesterday and came within a hair of limping out with an improbable victory. Though I gotta tell you, for a minute or two, we were actually crediting the Redskins around here for playing hard when, really, they had nothing to play hard for.

Thank goodness, then, that we had an ornery Redskins' beat writer around the place to shake us back to our senses. Thank goodness, he was here to remind us that all that ball-and-chain of a team that he has been sentenced to cover did...was lose -- again.  

You want moral victories? Have a kid.

Now onto a sampling of what the rest of the nation's sportswriters and columnists are saying about their football teams across every NFL city, because in the Grill Room we love the newspaper business, even if it hates itself.

(17) Atlanta 20
(31) Tampa Bay 17

• Desperate Falcons avert season-ending dive.
• There's no call for berating Bucs' effort.

(26) Buffalo 31
(13) Miami 14

• No guts, no glory for Bills, Fewell.
  
• Dolphins finally finish what they started -- when they were 0-3.
  

(5) Cincinnati 16
(32) Cleveland 7

• Bengals keep their feet on the ground against hapless Browns.
• Browns offense turns corner, hits wall.

(16) Houston 27

• Colts aren't picture-perfect, just undefeated.
• Texans quit early, but the pay's the same.
  

(19) Carolina 6

• Sanchez colors inside lines to make a pretty picture.
• Jake's fallen, unfortunately he keeps getting up.
  

(21) Washington 24

• The Eagles are surviving just fine, thank you.
• Redskins lower bar to meet expectations.
  

(28) Seattle 27
(29) St. Louis 17

• Seahawks dine on cupcake to get full of themselves.
• Reeling Rams have self-improvement issues.
  

(15) Tennessee 20
(7) Arizona 17

• Young WRs give it the old college try in big win.
• Leinart, Cards tired of feeling Young again.
  

(3) Minnesota 36
(23) Chicago 10

• Vikings mighty defensive after mauling Bears.
• Hibernating Bears say, goodnight, Lovie, wake us in 2011.

(25) Kansas City 14

• Chargers in perfect spot heading into December.
• Let's just pretend none of this happened.
  

(20) San Francisco 20
(18) Jacksonville 3

• Some great 49er defense helps cover the spread.
• Jaguars' playoff hopes go west.
  

(12) Baltimore 20
(10) Pittsburgh 17, OT

• Ravens' backup plan pays dividends.
• Steelers better Ward this headache off fast.