"The old man showed Monday that, as the doubts grew that his career was finished, there might be life yet left in those legs.

Chiefs running back Thomas Jones, slowed this season presumably by his age, had his best game of the season in the Chiefs' 34-3 loss to the New England Patriots. He rushed for 48 yards in eight carries, and it was the season-long 26-yarder that stirred memories of the powerful, shifty runner of the past.

As always, Jones' mood was determined by the game's outcome.

"We didn't win the game," he said, "and that's what we came up here to do. I can't feel good about a good run or a couple good plays, if we didn't win the game. It doesn't make sense.""