I'm not sure if I shared this story before, but I once had a friend of mine, who isn't a sports fan, approach me about my fanhood.  He thought I was getting a little obsessive.  I asked him why.  He said that keeping up with the team's travels plans was a bit much, because he saw that I was posting "Flight Connections" everyday.  So I explained to him that these were links to stories.  Connections, get it?

And so, just to make it perfectly clear during this bye week: Here are links.  Click them.

HC Rex Ryan used to look like a mother effin' CEO.

His son's Summit High School team is playing well.

STC Mike Westhoff has an excellent squad as usual.

WR Plaxico Burress celebrated in Hoboken after the win.

Plax and WR Santonio Holmes were in South Florida recently.

The Rome News-Tribune writes about hometown boy DT Marcus Dixon.

The Reno Gazette-Journal writes about hometown boy LB Josh Mauga and his big little brother.

Randy Lange: Ground and pound is back.

Rich Cimini: The playoffs are within reach, but there is still work to do.

Yahoo!: What is roughing the passer, anyway?

NPR: How we become sports fans.

QB Coach Matt Cavanaugh talks about the quarterback on the move, after the jump.

Have a good bye, everybody!