1 pm Games Recap: Brady is Not Human, and Neither is Sage Rosenfels (Or Rod Bironas!)
Uncategorized October 21st. 2007, 4:27pm
New England 49, Miami 28: No words we can say will do this justice, so we’ll just post the stats: 21-for-25, 354 yards, six touchdowns. We had to play Brady in fantasy, too. Not pretty.
Tennessee 38, Houston 36: [UPDATE: Shocking finish in Houston - Kerry Collins got the job done. We were away from the radio applying peanut butter to a sandwich and missed how he got Tennessee into field goal territory, but Rod Bironas just nailed a 29-yard field goal (his eighth of the day!) as the cardiac Titans won on the road.] Sage Rosenfels (!) has amazingly led the Texans to a stunning 29 fourth-quarter points (on fourth TD passes), and with less than a minute to go, Kerry Collins must pull off a miracle. But the Titans have all three timeouts left, so there is hope.
New Orleans 22, Atlanta 16: The damn Saints didn’t cover -8, but won their second straight behind a solid second-half defensive effort. Did anyone have to actually watch this dreck? We kept calling our buddy for updates (he’s got the NFL package) but he said he watching only a few plays made his head hurt. This was Bubba Sparxx-ugly.
Washington 21, Arizona 19: Neil Rackers missed a 55-yard field goal in the waning seconds and the Redskins, despite 160 yards of total offense, held off the plucky Cardinals. Clinton Portis was held to 43 yards, but scored twice. TBL2 was at the game and nearly fell asleep, that’s how boring it was.
Tampa Bay 16, Detroit 23: Let it be known that the Lions hold it down at home. Rookie Calvin Johnson rushed for a touchdown and the defense bent against Jeff Garcia (316 yards) but didn’t break, and the Lions improved to 4-2.
Buffalo 19, Baltimore 14: Totally saw this one coming. McGahee did rush for 114 and a score, but Bills rookie Marshawn Lynch scored late in the third quarter and the Ravens scoreless first half was too much to overcome.
New York Giants 33, San Francisco 15: Awesome defensive effort from the Giants, who scored a touchdown on a fumble return, picked off Dilfer twice, and sacked him six times. Brandon Jacobs rushed for 107 yards and outside of the unbeatens, the Giants are the hottest team in the NFL.
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October 21st, 2007 at 4:41 PM
I have Ronnie Brown on my fantasy team. Cleo Lemon has been stealing touchdowns from him. Can we just call Lemon Willie Beamon?
October 21st, 2007 at 4:52 PM
Not a bad analogy.
Just thoughts on the late games … my gosh Adrian Peterson is a horse … Marion Barber might be the toughest guy to bring down in the league (damn, the announcer JUST STOLE THIS LINE FROM me) … of course Chad Pennington picks this week to show up, just in time to ruin my bets on the Bengals
October 21st, 2007 at 5:08 PM
The Saints-Falcons game was bad (hey, what do you expect when 1-4 meets 1-5?) but the winning-TD run/2-point conversion run by Reggie Bush were manly.
He just would not be denied.
As for the rest of the early games:
- Brady could have called Bar Refaeli and seen if she wanted to hook up, dumped Giselle Bundchen, find a way to arrange a trike with them and still had time to throw. That’s how much protection he had.
- Calvin Johnson is a man among boys. The NFC North will rue playing him every year.
- Who’d the Bills rather have? Macgahee or Lynch?
October 21st, 2007 at 5:18 PM
Can someone tell me why New Orleans went for 2? Not that I’m complaining (I played Bush this week), but there’s no difference between 5 and 6 points, but if they’d failed the two point conversion, now if Atlanta scores a TD, a FG just ties instead of wins.
October 21st, 2007 at 5:27 PM
The Cowboys are going to be in some trouble against the Vikings. Minnesota can’t tackle, but Dallas can’t hold onto the ball. If Minnesota goes up by two scores, it can just shove Peterson down their throats.
October 21st, 2007 at 5:33 PM
If Dallas loses to MN that would be hilarious….but the fact of the matter is a good defense and a good running game will get even the worst teams a few wins.
You were completely right about Tarvaris Jackson though…he’s awful. He hasn’t shown me a thing that would even lead me to believe he even has a little P-word in him.
October 21st, 2007 at 5:37 PM
The Lions do need to try and get Calvin Johnson the ball more. Then again, they actually had kind of a running game today, so they were pretty conservative….
October 21st, 2007 at 5:37 PM
The difference between 5 and 6 is the difference between having to make the extra point and not having to make the extra point to win.
October 21st, 2007 at 5:51 PM
The Vikings defense hasn’t even been good – just lucky as hell. The tackling has been AWFUL, and the Crayton and Romo fumbles were just unfortunate. Romo has thrown 30 passes in the first half!
If the Jets score here and go up 17, I may cry. Seriously.
October 21st, 2007 at 5:56 PM
That Titans finish was amazing. We had the game on here in Nashville, and wow was that an emotional roller coaster there at the end. Great job by Rob (not Rod) Bironas.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:13 PM
Is Marion Barber the toughest back in the NFL? He just TRUCKED Ben Leiber, a Vikings LB around the goal line. Glad to have him on my fantasy team, even if he doesn’t put up monster numbers.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:18 PM
“Can someone tell me why New Orleans went for 2? ”
Maybe they thought Jim Haslet was still coaching.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:34 PM
Jesus Lord, Tavaris Jackson is terrible. Imagine what the Vikes would be like with remotely competent QB play.
I can understand why LJ is struggling in KC, but what happened to Shaun Alexander? How does a guy go from 1800 yards/20 TDs to looking like he is completely washed up in less than 2 years? And why would I draft this soft douchebag 2 years in a row?
Tom Brady is from another world. Impregnating hot chicks, on pace for 60+ TDs, motoring towards a 4th SB ring. As a Steeler fan I’d like to hate, but sometimes you just gotta recognize and tip your hat.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:56 PM
I don’t believe what I’m seeing in Cincy. The Bengals finally woke up and started playing physical football. The game changed when they started riding Watson on the ground.
Almost unreal. Please don’t blow it.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:59 PM
ALexander is still hurt, right?
Poor Mangenius. Can’t call him that anymore, right? They’ll have a crack here with about 90 seconds left to tie the game up …
October 21st, 2007 at 7:09 PM
My man JJOE with finally got a pick, and a TD to boot. He’s dropped about 10 balls in 2 years, but got one when it mattered.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:40 PM
Shaun Alexander was probably on HGH those couple years, now he’s breaking down.
Seriously, think about it.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:50 PM
You go for two so that a TD ties the game (not win it). Saints fans know that a PAT is not guaranteed.
Oh and why is NBC pimping Bee Movie during Football Night? Wait, better question: why do I have to suffer through Football Night in America?
October 21st, 2007 at 10:21 PM
Matt Vasgersian had the line of the day, something to the effect of “While Tiki Barber is talking shoes and handbags every morning with Ann Curry, Derek WArd, Brandon Jacobs and Reuben Droughns keep on rolling.”