NFL GAMEDAY WEEK 10
CHICAGO BEARS @ GREEN BAY PACKERS
THERE’S NO MASKING CHICAGO’S RECENT STRUGGLES. JAY CUTLER TRIED TO GRIN AND BEAR IT, BUT THE PACKERS WIPED THE SMILE RIGHT OFF HIS FACE.
(Alt.) THERE’S NO MASKING CHICAGO’S RECENT STRUGGLES. JAY CUTLER TRIED TO DISGUISE THE PAIN, BUT THE PACKERS WIPED THE SMILE RIGHT OFF HIS FACE.
THE BEARS COULD ONLY WATCH AS AARON RODGERS TIED AN NFL RECORD WITH SIX TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN THE FIRST HALF.
THE BEARS ARE MOVIN’ ON UP THE RECORD BOOKS. THEY JOINED THE 1923 ROCHESTER JEFFERSONS AS THE ONLY TEAMS EVER TO GIVE UP MORE THAN FIFTY (50) POINTS IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES.
GREEN BAY’S “REAL RANDALL” PUT A MEMORABLE EXCLAMATION POINT ON THE PACKERS’ 42-POINT FIRST HALF.
EVEN AFTER AARON RODGERS TURNED THE GAME INTO A LAUGHER, SOME BEARS KEPT CLAWING AWAY. // WIDE RECEIVER BRANDON MARSHALL CAUGHT 8-PASSES FOR 112-YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN.
MIAMI DOLPHINS @ DETROIT LIONS
AFTER BEING SIDELINE FOR THREE WEEKS….
CALVIN JOHNSON WAS BACK…
…AND MEGATRON LOOKED JUST AS AWESOME AS EVER.
THE DOLPHINS TRAILED 10 TO 3 AT HALFTIME IN A GAME FEATURING EXCELLENT REDZONE DEFENSE BY BOTH TEAMS.
THE LIONS TRAILED BY THREE WITH 3:13 REMAINING. THEY HAD WON THEIR LAST TWO GAMES IN THE FINAL MINUTES. MATTHEW STAFFORD HOPED TO MAKE IT A THREE IN A ROW.
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DALLAS COWBOYS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
AMONG BOYS, DEZ BRYANT IS A MAN.
NUMBER 88 HAD 6 CATCHES FOR 158 YARDS…IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
TONY ROMO REMAINED UPRIGHT AND HEALTHY AND IMPROVED HIS NOVEMBER RECORD TO 25-5.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
EVEN WHEN HE DIDN’T HAVE TIME, COLIN KAEPERNICK HAD WEAPONS.
THE SAINTS ARE TOO GOOD TOO LET ANYONE ROLL THEM AT HOME.
THE SAINTS TIGHT END SHOULD NEVER BE SURPRISING…
BECAUSE JIMMY GRAHAM IS DREW BREES’S FAVORITE TARGET.
THE LEAD LASTED LESS ABOUT A MINUTE.
JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR GRAHAM TO FINISH A HAT TRICK.
IN OVERTIME, BREES’S PROTECTION WAS OVERWHELMED.
IT WAS; FROM THAT SPOT, A CHIP SHOT FIELD GOAL WAS A NINERS GIMME.
ST LOUIS RAMS @ ARIZONA CARDINALS
ON FRIDAY, CARSON PALMER SIGNED A CONTRACT EXTENSION. ON SUNDAY, NEGOTIATING HIS WAY PAST THE RAMS’ DEFENSE PROVED MORE DIFFICULT.
A TORN ACL FORCED CARSON PALMER’S EXIT. BUT HOPE REMAINED IN ARIZONA.
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CAROLINA PANTHERS @ PHILADLPHIA EAGLES
MARK SANCHEZ LOOKED JITTERY BEFORE MAKING HIS FIRST START AS AN EAGLE. BUT JITTERBUG DARREN SPROLES QUICKLY PUT HIS NERVES TO REST.
PHILADELPHIA SCORED ON SPECIAL TEAMS, DEFENSE AND SACKED CAM NEWTON 9 TIMES.
SANCHEZ SETTLED IN NICELY WITH A TURNOVER-FREE TWO TOUCHDOWN PERFORMANCE.
NEXT TIME MARK…NO WORRIES.
TENNESSEE TITANS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS
NO SCRIPT.
NEW YORK GIANTS @ SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
THE 2014 SEAHAWKS HAVE YET TO SOAR TO THE SAME LOFTY HEIGHTS REACHED BY LAST YEAR’S TEAM. THEY STRUGGLED IN THE EARLY GOING AGAINST THE GIANTS.
WITH A 17-14 HALFTIME LEAD, NEW YORK WAS FEELING CHEEKY, BUT THEN “BEAST MODE” KICKED IN.
LYNCH SCORED A PERSONAL-BEST 4 TOUCHDOWNS AND CONTRIBUTED 140 OF SEATTLE’S FRANCHISE-RECORD 350 RUSHING YARDS.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ NEW YORK JETS
IT’S RARE THESE DAYS TO SEE A PLANE OVER MET LIFE STADIUM WITHOUT A BANNER CRITICIZING THE JETS. AGAINST BEN ROETHLISBERGER, THE NEW YORK SECONDARY ALSO HAD TO WATCH THE SKIES.
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BUT BIG BEN’S 13TH SCORING PASS IN 3 GAMES CAME AFTER THE STEELERS COMMITTED 4 TURNOVERS.
OPPORTUNISTIC DEFENSE AND MICHAEL VICK SNAPPED PITTSBURGH’S 3- GAME WINNING STREAK.
VICK’S PERFORMANCE HELPED PRODUCE ANOTHER SELDOM-SEEN SIGHT FOR THE JETS – A VICTORY.
CLEVELAND BROWNS @ CINCINNATI BENGALS
LAST THURSDAY WAS A SPECIAL NIGHT FOR BENGALS DEFENSIVE TACKLE DEVON STILL…LEAH, HIS 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO IS BATTLING CANCER WAS IN ATTENDANCE.
CLEVELAND’S DEFENSE DOGGED QUARTERBACK ANDY DALTON ALL NIGHT…FORCING 4 TURNOVERS AS THE RED RIFLE REPEATEDLY MISFIRED.
ALL THREE OF CLEVELAND’S STARTING RUNNING BACK FOUND THE END ZONE… AND AS A RESULT THE BROWNS FOUND THEMSELVES IN UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY…
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ BUFFALO BILLS
IN THE PAST, IT SEEMED THE BILLS WERE ALWAYS PLAYING CHECKERS WHILE THEIR OPPONENTS PLAYED CHESS. BUT DOUG MARRONE IS NO LONGER A ROOK, AND THE SECOND-YEAR HEAD COACH HAD HIS 5 AND 3 TEAM DOMINATING EARLY.
DEEP IN CHIEFS TERRITORY, THE BILLS WERE POISED TO EXTEND THEIR 10-3 THIRD QUARTER LEAD. BUT CHESS IS A GAME OF CONCENTRATION. THE MOMENT YOURS BREAKS, A WORTHY ADVERSARY WILL PUT YOU IN CHECK.
ATLANTA FALCONS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
A MATCHUP BETWEEN THE BUCS AND FALCONS FEATURED TWO TEAMS WHO HAD LOST A COMBINED 10 GAMES IN A ROW. TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES BY
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JOSH MCCOWN GAVE TAMPA BAY A 17-16 4TH QUARTER LEAD.
BUT THE FALCONS RESPONDED BY SCORING THE FINAL 11 POINTS.
SYMBOLIZING A GAME THAT WAS SHORT ON SURPRISES WAS THE ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT THE WINNING COACH WOULD BE NAMED SMITH.
DENVER BRONCOS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS
WHEN TONY SPARANO BECAME OAKLAND’S HEAD COACH HE CONDUCTED A SYMBOLIC FUNERAL CEREMONY TO BURY THE TEAM’S LOSING WAYS. BUT AGAINST DENVER, THE RAIDERS WERE ONCE AGAIN LAID TO REST.
PEYTON MANNING THREW 5 TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN ROUGHLY 16 MINUTES.
FOR SPARANO, ADMINISTERING LAST RITES WAS A MOTIVATIONAL TECHNIQUE THAT HAS YET TO INSPIRE HIS TEAM’S FIRST VICTORY.
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