Week Seven of the National Football League's 2006 regular season dawns cold and crisp over our Bay Area teams. The Indian Summer is breathing its last and Autumn is seeping in. The advent of Halloween has always ever been a big deal here in the Bay Area. People are plotting their outfits. Candy clots our drug stores. Elaborate plans are made. It is a time when the Bay Area's wide swath of culture is one to be savored.

As for our two American football teams, at this point in the 2006 season, it's time for salvage and refinement. The question for both becomes "What will put the franchise in the best possible position for advancement in next season?" In-game vulnerabilities have been exposed, effort has been shown, and opportunities have been blown despite all. Here at American Football Spectacular we soldier on, as ever, warmed by the dream of a brighter tomorrow.

By SFist Christopher Rogers for "American Football Spectacular," contributing