Posted by guido in Philiadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons
The Eagles rolled the Falcons on both sides of the ball. Michael Vick accounted for two scores in his homecoming to Atlanta one of which was a touchdown pass to Brent Celek. Philly’s D was the big fantasy winner with two sacks, two interceptions, a fumble recovery and a touchdown.
The Falcons offense struggled predictably without stars Matt Ryan and Michael Turner. The lone Atlanta touchdown was scored by Roddy White.
St. Louis Rams at Chicago Bears
The Rams offense is consistently awful. As usual, the only standout performance (if you can call it that) from a fantasy standpoint was Steven Jackson. Jackson had 121 total yards, but could not find the end zone.
The Bear’s offense didn’t light up the scoreboard either. Matt Forte and Earl Bennett scored the touchdowns for Chicago.
Detroit Lions at Cincinnati Bengals
The Lions got up early thanks to a fifty-four yard touchdown reception by Calvin Johnson. Johnson finished with 123 yards and the score. After that, the Lions didn’t score again until late in the fourth quarter on a two yard Kevin Smith touchdown run.
The Bengals passing offense struggled to score touchdowns on the NFL’s worst passing defense. Carson Palmer finished with pedestrian numbers. He threw for 220 yards and a score but also had two interceptions. Chad Ochocinco had a rare big game. He caught a touchdown and had 137 yards receiving.
Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis
The Titans hung in there for a while, but eventually fell to the unbeaten Colts. Vince Young put together a decent game with 241 yards passing, two touchdowns and a interception. Chris Johnson was held in check, relatively speaking. He still had 113 yards on the ground and twenty-eight yards receiving. Kenny Britt caught a touchdown for the third straight week.
Joseph Addai scored two touchdowns on seventy-nine yards rushing and added seventeen yards receiving for the Colts. The rest of the usual suspects on Indy’s offense didn’t show up. Dallas Clark fumbled and finished with negative fantasy points and Reggie Wayne only had four catches for forty-eight yards.
Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs
Denver took out weeks of frustration on the Chiefs. Knowshon Moreno had two scores on eighty-six yards rushing. Brandon Marshall and Daniel Graham caught Kyle Ortons’ two touchdown passes.
The Matt Cassell experiment hasn’t gone so well for the Chiefs. He may not have much of a supporting cast, but he hasn’t done much with what talent he does have around him. Cassell threw two interceptions on just eighty-four yards passing. Jamaal Charles scored the lone Cheif’s touchdown.
New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
Tom Brady aired it out against Miami to the tune of 352 yards and two touchdowns. He also threw two picks, one of which cost the Pats the game late in the fourth quarter. Randy Moss and Sam Aiken each caught long touchdown passes from Brady. Wes Welker added 167 yards receiving.
The Dolphins won this game thanks to Dan Carpenter and Chad Henne. Carpenter kicked three field goals in the win, including the game winner. Henne threw for 335 yards and hooked up with Davone Bess and Brian Hartline for a score each.
Oakland Raiders at Pittsburgh Steelers
This game proves why betting on the NFL isn’t as easy as people think. Oakland won this game thanks to Brad Gradkowski playing out of his mind. He threw for 308 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. Some guy named Louis Murphy torched the Steelers defense for two scores and 128 yards receiving.
The Steelers had a chance to win this game, but fell short. Santonio Holmes and Hines Ward each caught a touchdown and Rashard Mendenhall added a touchdown on 103 yards rushing in the loss.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers
Josh Freeman did his best Jake Delhomme impression by throwing five interceptions. Not surprisingly, the Bucs scored no offensive touchdowns and lost the game.
Jonathan Stewart filled in nicely for the inactive DeAngelo Williams. Stewart scored a touchdown and rushed for 120 yards. John Kasay kicked three field goals.
Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars
Matt Schaub got hurt, but returned to the game to hook up with Andre Johnson on a late fourth quarter touchdown. The Texans running game was contained by the Jags defense.
David Garrard played well, but turned in only a so-so fantasy performance. He threw two touchdowns, but only passed for 238 yards. Nate Hughes and Ernest Wilford each caught a touchdown.
New Orleans Saints at Washington Redskins
The Saints managed to stay undefeated, but just barely. Drew Brees and the Saints were down by ten points three different times, but kept managing to get back in the game. Brees only tossed two touchdowns, but threw for over 400 yards. Robert Meachem caught a touchdown for the fifth straight game, going over 140 yards receiving in the process. He also scored a touchdown on a heads up fumble recovery.
Redskins fans should feel good about the way they played the last three weeks, but I can’t remember three more heartbreaking losses suffered all in a row. Their running game was largely ineffective all day. Jason Campbell played well most of the game. He threw for 367 yards and three touchdowns. His lone interception cost the Skins a chance to win the game late.
San Diego Chargers at Cleveland Browns
This game was not nearly as close as the final score indicated. Philip Rivers threw all over the Browns, finishing with 373 yards and two scores. LaDainian Tomlinson, Darren Sproles and Mike Tolbert all scored touchdowns for the Chargers. Antonio Gates had a big game for the second week in a row. He didn’t find the end zone, but had 167 yards receiving.
Brady Quinn played admirably in the loss, throwing for three touchdowns and 271 yards. Jerome Harrison was on the receiving end of two of those touchdown passes.
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
Alex Smith continues to impress in his bid to return as the full time starter in San Francisco. He threw two touchdowns on 310 yards passing. Vernon Davis caught a touchdown for the third week in a row and eclipsed the 100 yard mark for the third time in five weeks.
The Seahawks had no outstanding performances on offense. Matt Hasselbeck played well in the win. He finished with 198 yards passing and two touchdowns. Julius Jones ran for sixty-seven yards on twenty carries in his return to action.
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants
Cowboys critics will pile on Tony Romo for losing again in December, but Romo played as well as he could have in the loss. He also had a stellar fantasy day. Romo threw for 392 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. Jason Witten, Miles Austin and Roy Williams all had huge games, each scoring at least 15 fantasy points.
The Giants won on the strength of several huge individual performances. Brandon Jacobs turned a routine outlet pass into a seventy-four yard touchdown reception and Domenik Hixon ran a kick back late to put the Giants ahead for good. Hakeem Nicks also had a nice catch and run for a score.
