1 pm Games Recap: Steelers Barely Beat Browns; Rams Finally Get a Win, Titans Falter
Uncategorized November 11th. 2007, 5:35pm
Pittsburgh 31, Cleveland 28: The Browns whittled away a 21-6 halftime lead and lost when Phil Dawson’s 53-yard field goal attempt fell a few feet short at the buzzer. Wait till you see the Josh Cribbs kickoff return for a score. Awesome. Great game, tremendous fourth quarter.
St. Louis 37, New Orleans 29: Whew. When the Saints hit 0-4, we said no playoffs. By the time they reached 4-4 last week, everyone looked at the schedule and considered the postseason a lock. Think again. The Saints surrendered 302 passing yards to Marc Bulger (27-for-33) and the Rams notched their first win of the season. New Orleans is better than its 0-4 start … but this team is not a legit NFC contender.
Washington 25, Philadelphia 33: Talk about a choke job. Skins led 22-20 and McNabb had fumbled deep in his own territory. We switched back to Cleveland-Pittsburgh, thinking the Skins were a lock with eight minutes left. Turns out the Skins had to settle for a field goal, Brian Westbrook then scored on a 57-yard TD pass, the Redskins fumbled on the next possession, and Westbrook scored on a 10-yard run. Love that NFC East parity!
Green Bay 34, Minnesota 0: Adrian Peterson had 45 yards on 11 carries. Admit it – that’s all you care about, right? In case you missed it, the Vikings made that Troy Williamson snafu right. Favre threw for 351 yards and three scores, and Ryan Grant ran for 119 yards.
Jacksonville 28, Tennessee 13: Frauds! Frauds! We called them the most fradulent 6-2 team in the league last week and a few of you went to town on us. So, how do you want to explain this home loss when the esteemed Quinn Gray passed for just 101 yards? Jacksonville controlled the ball and the clock, and Vince Young was intercepted twice.
Atlanta 20, Carolina 13: Clearly, we were drunk when we picked the Panthers to reach the Super Bowl. Joey Harrington threw a 30-yard TD pass to Alge Crumpler with less than a minute to go, securing the Falcons’ road triumph. Vinny T started and was ineffective. The Panthers had 10 first downs. That’s it.
Buffalo 13, Miami 10: And then there was one. Ryan Lindell’s 34-yard field goal in the final minute kept the Dolphins winless. Really, really feel bad for anyone who paid to attend this stinker.
Denver 27, Kansas City 11: Both of these teams are deadful and we refuse to write about them.
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November 11th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
AD left early because of a knee injury. Didn’t appear to be anything TOO serious as he was able to walk off the field. But still, I nearly had a heart attack.
November 11th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Or you could call him Brian Westbrook, as Brian Mitchell is currently an inept Redskins commentator on Comcast SportsNet.
November 11th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
The saints need to stop letting Drew Brees kill them. Reggie got 7!!! rushing attempts, 12 touches overall. Give the boy his touches, and you win (this of course, has nothing to do with the fact that I started him today over Selvin Young, it’s purely in the best interests of the Saint’s organization).
Oh, and Carolina got real old, real fast. And that was before they signed Vinnie.
November 11th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
God bless Ryan Lindell.
November 11th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Come TBL the Pack hands it to Purple Jesus and the Queens to go to 8-1 and no love from you
November 11th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Are the Browns actually a good team? And you say KC is dreadful but weren’t they like .500.
Actually you’re right, they are dreadful. In fact, there are about three or four teams that aren’t dreadful, and winning teams like the Lions, Jags, Browns, Titans, etc. don’t count. How did the 2 good teams get so much better than everyone else?
November 11th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Can the Bengals just play Baltimore every week? Somehow, Marvin is 7-3 against them.
November 11th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
“How did the 2 good teams get so much better than everyone else?”
2 teams? So, Dallas is far behind Indy? NOT. Nor is Green Bay for that matter.
November 11th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
And how about that Detroit choke job in Arizona? Gotta love them Lions!!
November 11th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Don’t know if it’s a choke job … it’s not like Detroit ever wins on the road
November 11th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Boned the Ravens on MNF and beat the Brownies to wrap up the division. Not a bad week.
November 11th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Yeah, I agree with Dirty Sanchez. Not a bad week for the Steelers at all. We have the division rapped up by week 10. not bad.
November 11th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Not a fan of the redesign
November 11th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
OMG, Site Redisgn is live. One question is TBL a Steelers fan? With these colors, I’ve gotta ask.
November 11th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
I like the redesign. It feels like a grown-up site now and not something I could have put together.
November 11th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Ok, so we’re 1 for, 1 against … keep it coming … there will be a post to express your views
November 11th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Love the re-design. Much better.
November 11th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Hadn’t thought about the colors. But the banner is being designed … will have a new one this week.
November 11th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Like the little toolbar for comments. No way yet to upload an avatar.
November 11th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
ugh, the website went from understated elegance to tacky overwrought crap in a heartbeat. Protip: black is very rarely, if ever, pulled off right as a main website color. I do like the new comment controls, but otherwise…ugh
November 11th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
When did the Black Panthers start running the site?
November 11th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Ack.. What have you done? No need for fancy font gimmicks or garish design. This isn’t Deadspin damnit!
I guess I’ll give it a week and see if it grows on me. Then I’ll go back to bitching.
November 11th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
well this new set up will take a while to get used to, by the way who had McNabb throwing 4 TDs today against the Washington D?
November 11th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Wow the new design is a bit rough on the eyes.
“Ach mine eyes the goggles do nothing”
But then I am a reactionary I do not handle change well.
November 11th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Dunno, fellas, the old design was real clean. Gotta get used to this one.
November 11th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
WAY too much real estate wasted at the top. I understand turning ads for cash, but having 364 pt font for your title? C’mon.
And I agree the black and yellow is garrish. It’s as if you’re giving us a warning there’s nuclear waste on site.
Of course, I’ll get used to it and it won’t really matter.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
the black and yellow will be gone … new banner coming this week
November 11th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Wow, how much is TBL banking off all these ads now?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Burning My Eyes…
November 11th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Love the re-design, TBL. I also love getting the Bills at -2.5 instead of -3, like it was all week.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
The timestamp on the comments is an hour ahead. Or, we’ve all traveled an hour into the future. Either way, something ain’t right.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
good catch, Mike B!
keep these coming, we got a guy fixing it
November 11th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
Meh. Why not take some of that Ad cash and have a pro design something. I wish the blogroll didn’t disappear when you view an entire article. By the way, what do you have to do to get in that blogroll?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
Keep the comment controls and put everything else back the way it was.
This sucks.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Do I still get an I-Phone?
November 12th, 2007 at 12:32 am
Hey sorry I never commented here before but I read everyday. I just wanted to let you know I like the changes.
November 12th, 2007 at 12:40 am
The new look sucks….gone all corporate on us, might as well post on espn.com. It’s never too late to go back. Bet you’ll lose some folks.
November 12th, 2007 at 1:02 am
I liked the “less is more” look you had, but I will give it a chance to grow on me until I bitch about it again next week.
Btw, whats up with C. Benson showing up the week I bench him? Also, let it be known that the Steelers and the Browns are not rivals as every commentator would have you believe. A rivalry requires a team to win at least once in 9 tries, something the Browns have failed to do.
November 12th, 2007 at 1:03 am
I love the new layout, forget the haters.
And respect the Packers, the verbal slurpings of Favre are well deserved and there are not many teams in the NFL that could say they would be better of without him.
November 12th, 2007 at 1:06 am
People will always find something to complain about.
November 12th, 2007 at 1:26 am
I like the redesign, although I’m not big on the banner. I could probably hook you guys up with a better one.
November 12th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Love the redesign.
It’s so ‘adult’
November 12th, 2007 at 1:47 am
I fear change. Don’t like the re-design. I refuse to you read this blog anymore…until tomorrow.
November 12th, 2007 at 1:48 am
Wow. Don’t post while drunk. What the eff did I write in the previous post?
November 12th, 2007 at 2:09 am
It’s not TOO bad, but why on Earth did you need to change at all? You have the best blog in town, there’s point in messing with it. By pointless random redesign standards it’s OK, but I still want the old design back, it was much better.
November 12th, 2007 at 2:32 am
I hate change, but I will say I don’t mind this. I’ll see how it goes tomorrow. This does seem vey grownup right now. Hey Cedric Benson had a TD today!
November 12th, 2007 at 3:59 am
Agree with Mike: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Not only was the old design not broke, the minimalism and simple layout was a positive attribute of the site.
I welcome some change, but I think this is too much at once. It’s a COMPLETELY different site now. Sure it looks more professional, but also more corporate and overbearing.
Not only is the banner bad, but I feel like I’m at a gambling site. A more gradual change woulda been better. All in all, not a fan.
November 12th, 2007 at 4:17 am
That new banner looks like it should actually say “Tecmo Bowl”.
I miss the old layout. It was nice and simple, but I’ll get use to this I think. It is a little more organized looking when you scroll down the page.
Oh well, Bengals are back baby! 3-6 and rising.
November 12th, 2007 at 8:36 am
I agree with the majority here: I think the “less is more” aspect of the old design was a strong point, not something to compensate for. The new look feels sort of busy, and while I could get used to it, I don’t see it as an improvement in aesthetics.
November 12th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
The Washington Redskins are not the team I grew up loving. They’re a joke. And I loved the first Joe Gibbs run. These guys are clueless and they’re ruining my Sunday Ticket.