The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Pigskin

This week in his MMQB article Peter King talks about Jay Cutler, what could happen if the Colts end up with Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck on the same roster, and much more. [Sports Illustrated]

What happened to Jay Cutler, you might be asking. Well he fractured the thumb on his throwing hand, which will require surgery. This is a tough break for a surging Bears team. [ESPN]

The winners and losers from Sunday include Bears’ wideout Johnny Knox representing the winners and the Bengals’ TE Jermaine Gresham in the loser’s column. [Yahoo! Sports]

Rex Ryan generated another headline as the NFL fined him $75,000 for cursing at a fan. [CBS Sports]

Here is a quick preview of the Monday Night Football matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots. [SB Nation]

After the weekend’s college football schedule wrapped up there were some changes at the top of the rankings. Currently, the top 3 teams in college football are 1. LSU, 2. Alabama, and 3. Arkansas. Not only are these three teams all from the SEC, they are from the same division of the SEC! LSU and Alabama are currently sitting pretty to match up in the national championship game. That is, unless Arkansas can play spoiler next week against LSU. [Sports Illustrated]