A belated happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

I hope all of you enjoyed that quarterback battle on Turkey Day between the immortal Drew Henson and the amazing Craig Krenzel. I know I did.

Just as I know you all shared a gleeful smile with me when Vinny Testaverde and Jonathan Quinn entered the fray.

We got four magnificent quarterbacks for the price of two. What a deal!

Sarcasm aside, the above game in part reminded me that it is indeed week 13 in the NFL season, and we’re a month away from the playoffs.

That means it’s time for some bozo sports columnist to step forward and pen a scatterbrained NFL thoughts column. I will be your bozo for the day.

Seriously, on that Thanksgiving Day embarrassment, I just want one question answered: Who was the guy that decided pitting the Cowboys against the Bears on Thanksgiving Day was somehow a good idea?

Can’t we just get Mike Vick, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and Daunte Culpepper to go at it every year on that day? Would that be too much to ask? Is it?

Can we at least let Favre and Vick square off at pool or cards and televise that?

Anything competitive to spare me from another turkey meal served over Joey Harrington and Patrick Ramsey.

In a league where finesse passing and speed rushing teams have become the norm, the Steelers are a joy to watch.

They intimidate other teams by physically beating them, play after play. You know they’re gashing you up the middle with their two monsters, Duce Staley and Jerome Bettis, and you’re powerless to stop it.

Back when you played ball in your neighborhood as a kid, do you remember that group of big, scary kids that ran and hit so hard that nobody wanted to tackle them?

The scary kids are the Steelers.

I really want to join everyone and anoint Peyton Manning as the league’s best quarterback. I really, honestly do. He commands his offense better than I’ve seen anyone do it before.

He’s going to break Dan Marino’s once untouchable touchdown record. But Peyton needs to do one last thing: beat Tom Brady.

As pro wrestling legend Ric Flair always says, “To be the man, you got to beat the man.” And Brady’s still the man among NFL quarterbacks.

He raises his game to whatever level is necessary to get a win. And he’s always done it against Manning’s Colts, including a win this season. If Manning throws four touchdowns, I’d almost expect Brady to throw five.

If I had to stake my life on one game and pick any NFL quarterback to lead my team, I’d pick Brady.

The Buffalo Bills would probably be the third best team in the NFC, yet they’ve long been out of the AFC playoff chase.

They pasted the Seahawks last week 38-9 and the Rams 37-17 a week earlier. Those are NFC playoff representatives if we started today.

How bad is the NFC? To put it in perspective: the Saints vs. the Panthers game Sunday carries playoff implications. Every

4-7 team in the conference still has a chance. NBA East, you have competition.

Steelers over Eagles in the Super Bowl. Very inventive picks, I know.

But some things are just inevitable, right? Like the Steelers beating up everyone and taking their lunch money.

Like Terrell Owens making Super Bowl Sunday his own personal episode of “Soul Train.”

And like Drew Henson and Craig Krenzel slowly putting me to sleep after my Thanksgiving dinner sets in.

Hey, maybe that’s why they scheduled it after all.