Guest Author - Kori Ellis

The story of the weekend, and perhaps of the story of the season, is Sunday's game between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts.

The game features two of the best quarterbacks in the league in Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. The match-up could be a preview of the AFC Championship game.

Though he has been extremely successful in the past, this season Brady has offensive weapons that he has never had in his career. Randy Moss, Wes Welker and Donte Stallworth have proved to come up big in New England. On the season, Brady has 30 passing touchdowns and only two interceptions through the first eight games. He is on pace to shatter Manning's single season passing touchdown record of 49 set in 2004.

Protecting Brady is one of the best offensive lines in the NFL. Brady has only been sacked eight times on the season. However the Colts have one of the best pass-rushers in the game in Dwight Freeney. Something has to give.

On the other side of the ball, Manning is no slouch either. He has wide receiver Marvin Harrison, who returned from injury last week, plus big play target Reggie Wayne and one of the best tight ends in football in Dallas Clark. Running the ball, second year player Joseph Addai has been outstanding.

Though Manning has played well this year, leading his team to a 7-0 record to date, he has just 13 touchdowns and 1,833 passing yards. Though those might be good numbers to the average NFL quarterback, this is Peyton Manning. And right now, he pales in comparison to Brady.

So as the teams get ready to face off on Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis, fans around the country prepare to watch possibly the best game of the regular season. We sure hope with all the hype, this contest does not disappoint.

In addition to the Colts-Patriots game, here are the rest of the games on the NFL schedule this weekend in Week 9.

Washington @ New York Jets - 1:00pm
San Francisco @ Atlanta - 1:00pm
Arizona @ Tampa Bay - 1:00pm
Green Bay @ Kansas City - 1:00pm
Cincinnati @ Buffalo - 1:00pm
San Diego @ Minnesota - 1:00pm
Denver @ Detroit - 1:00pm
Carolina @ Tennessee - 1:00pm
Jacksonville @ New Orleans - 1:00pm
Seattle @ Cleveland - 4:05pm
Houston @ Oakland - 4:15pm
New England @ Indianapolis - 4:15pm
Dallas @ Philadelphia - 8:15pm
Baltimore @ Pittsburgh - 8:30pm (Monday)

All times are Eastern.