The running back position alone is stocked with fresh faces, beginning with the aforementioned Williams of Carolina (1,337 yards), Chicago's Matt Forte (1,188 yards, eight touchdowns) and Tennessee's Chris Johnson (1,228 yards, nine touchdowns), who has helped keep the Titans going when early-season MVP candidates Kerry Collins and Albert Haynesworth slowed just a bit.
The Giants, Titans, Steelers, Panthers and Colts are all teams with double-digit win totals and legitimate championship aspirations, but there is no dominant team, not even a prohibitive favorite. Rarely, in fact, does the NFL go into the final week of the season with half of its division champions (NFC North and South, AFC East and West) yet to be determined.
