Jags-Eagles game, Jags’ Fred Taylor rips a 16-yard run and immediately goes out of the game.

Fine. Give him a breather.

The Jags proceed to run the ball six plays in a row, all with Maurice-Jones Drew. He gains a total of 19 yards.

Can someone please explain the thinking here (wrote the frustrated Fred Taylor-owning fantasy football player)? Taylor has carried the ball 13 times for 95 yards. Drew has carried 11 times for 28 yards. And a fumble.

The best I can figure is that Jags coach Jack Del Rio worried that if he kept running Taylor his team would not take enough time off the clock.

There are things we know we know. And then there are things we knew we knew — about, say, NFL football — but really didn’t.

Think back to August and early September…

* We knew that Peyton Manning and Carson Palmer would be one-two in the league’s quarterback rankings. But we did not foresee that come mid-October neither would be in a top five that includes David Carr and Damon Huard at 1-2, and also has Rex Grossman.

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The numbers have been stark for Chad Pennington and the Jets in recent match-ups against the Patriots — but now Pennington has a secret weapon: Chad Pennington.

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How bad was the Kansas City offense on Sunday?

Their rookie offensive coordinator didn’t know down-and-distance. Or maybe it was just down.

In any case, the Chiefs offense doesn’t look like it’s going to move th ball any distance … and could be on a steep drop down.

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