The No. 1 attribute is accuracy, what Cutcliffe calls of the ball. No.Our defensive line and front seven have to play well to give us an opportunity."Carolina's defense has produced three sacks in the first two games and Godfrey had one them. Sack master Charles Johnson has one as well and he's the Panthers' best option up front. Johnson must get to Manning on Sunday to give his defense a chance, otherwise it will be a long afternoon.

We're not aware of much in the Alaska blogosphere presenting a regular alternative point of view these days (if you know otherwise, let me know). But there's certainly no shortage of proPalin voices out there, starting with the prolific Conservatives4Palin and Palin's own Facebook page (now with 905,872 followers). Update: A reader pointed me to The Palination blog, which appears to have an Alaskan as a main contributor..If the latter is chosen, one should prepared to spend anywhere from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand for them t