Sunday, October 14, 2007

NFL Highway, Week 6

The NFL highway is long. It's really long if you're the Chicago Bears, and had to watch Adrian (Oklahoma) Peterson run today.

We begin in Dallas, where the New England Patriots scored a season-high 48 points today and pounded the Cowboys, 48-27. Tom Brady threw five touchdown passes for the Pats. The Pats are a well-oiled killing machine. They have a great chance to go 16-0 if they can get by Indianapolis in three weeks. The Patriots' smallest margin of victory is 17 points. The Cowboys return to NFC competition next week.

Chicago has a RB named Adrian Peterson. They wish they had the one that plays for Minnesota. The rookie from Palestine, Texas and the University of Oklahoma had 361 all-purpose yards, including touchdown runs of 67, 73, and 35 yards. He also set up the game-winning field goal with a 53 yard kickoff return. The Bears' Devin Hester is living up to the standard set by his mentor, Deion Sanders. Hester played defense, offense, and special teams for the Bears. He returned a punt 89 yards for a touchdown, then caught an 81 yard touchdown pass to tie the game late.

Note to self: Play Derek Anderson in your fantasy league. Anderson threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another as the Browns defeated the Miami Dolphins, 41-31. Cleo Real Lemon threw for two touchdown passes and rushed for two more for the Dolphins. The Dolphins are in sad shape at 0-6. The Browns are in uncharted waters at 3-3.

Matt Stover was the player of the game for the Baltimore Ravens, as he kicked five field goals in a 22-3 win over the St. Louis Rams. Gus Frerotte was a turnover machine for the Rams, throwing four interceptions and losing a fumble. The Rams are bad, bad, bad. They're 0-6.

In an unlikely battle of NFC playoff contenders, the Green Bay Packers came from behind to beat the Washington Redskins, 17-14. The Packers now find themselves tied for the best record in the NFC at 5-1. I wouldn't want to go to Green Bay for a playoff game in January.

For three quarters, the Houston Texans were right with the Jacksonville Jaguars. That all changed in the 4th quarter, as the Jaguars put it into high gear to pound the Texans, 37-17. Maurice Jones-Drew had 260 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns for the Jags. The Texans stumble to 3-3.

The Kansas City Chiefs are a surprising 3-3. They outscored the Cincinnati Bengals today, 27-20. The Bengals are a bad 1-4. They have some great offensive talent, but no defense. That's too bad, because coach Marvin Lewis made his reputation on defense. The Bengals have not been the same since QB Carson Palmer busted his knee in a playoff game in 2005.

The New York Jets dressed up as the New York Titans today, but had no luck as they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, 16-9. The Jets need help, bad. The Eagles needed the win and got it. The Eagles didn't need their throwback uniforms for this one.

Tampa Bay is a surprise in the NFC South. The Bucs continued their winning ways with a 13-10 win over the Tennessee Titans. Vince Young was injured in this game for the Titans. The Bucs are now 4-2 and in first place in the NFC South.

The late games saw some interesting action. Last week, Vinny Testaverde was watching the games on TV. This week, he led the Carolina Panthers to a win, 25-10 over the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals have quarterback problems, as Kurt Warner was hurt in the first quarter. Tim Rattay, who was also on the street last week, played most of the game for Arizona. I've heard that George Blanda, Joe Theismann, Bernie Kosar, and Tim Couch are available for next week.

The return of the San Diego Chargers is well underway. LaDainian Tomlinson scored four touchdowns, as the Chargers handled the Oakland Raiders, 28-14. L.T. helped me in one of my fantasy leagues, on a team that also happened to have Adrian Peterson. The Chargers are now in a tie for first place with the Chiefs. Two weeks ago, they were given up for dead.

Speaking of dead, the New Orleans Saints rose from the dead Sunday night by handling the Seattle Seahawks, 28-17. Drew Brees threw for 246 yards and two touchdowns as the Saints earned their first victory of the year. The Seahawks remain tied for first place in the NFC West with the enigmatic Cardinals.

4 comments:

Zee said...

I was wondering when this was going to happen:

Overhead Cam Falls Onto Field in Seattle

John said...

I saw that this evening. That was so unstable. It reminded me that the NFL is really just a big TV show. I could do without that camera anyway.

Zee said...

They don't use that camera that much anyway. I hope that someone doesn't get hurt by it one day.

John said...

Me, too. That's just a few too many bells and whistles for me.