NFL GAMEDAY WEEK 4 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ DALLAS COWBOYS THE COWBOYS OFFENSE WAS IN PRIME-TIME FORM ON NATIONAL T/V. THEY MARCHED 80 YARDS ON THE OPENING DRIVE AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. THE DALLAS DEFENSE LACKS STAR POWER. JUST A BUNCH OF FORGETTABLE NAMES, MAKING MEMORABLE PLAYS. THE NFL RUSHING LEADER DEMARCO MURRAY POUNDED OUT 149 YARDS AND A PAIR OF SCORES, AS DALLAS RAN AWAY WITH A THIRD STRAIGHT WIN. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS CAM HEYWARD AND THE STEELERS HAD THEIR HANDS FULL AGAINST THE WINLESS BUCS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (NO SCRIPT) DETROIT LIONS @ NEW YORK JETS BEING A JETS FAN IS LIKE DRIVING ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE – IT TAKES A TOLL AND DROWSINESS IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD. CHRIS JOHNSON DEMONSTRATED WHAT THE TEAM IS CAPABLE OF WHEN ITS RUN GAME IS CLICKING. BUT MATTHEW STAFFORD EXPLOITED A SECONDARY THAT WAS MESSIER THAN A TURNPIKE REST STOP. Page 1 of 4 NEW YORK GIANTS @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS NOTE TO YOUNG QUARTERBACKS: BEWARE OF INSTANT SUCCESS. IT CREATES UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS AND YOU’LL NEVER SEE THE HARD TIMES COMING. KIRK COUSINS THREW FOUR SECOND-HALF INTERCEPTIONS. ELI MANNING MADE SHORT WORK OF WASHINGTON’S DEFENSE, THROWING FOR 300 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. THREE OF THE SCORES WENT TO SECOND-YEAR TIGHT END LARRY DONNELL. MANNING MADE EVERYTHING LOOK EASY. THE GIANTS HAVE WON 10 OF THEIR LAST 15 AT FED EX FIELD. BUFFALO BILLS @ HOUSTON TEXANS RYAN FITZPATRICK HAD PAYBACK ON HIS BEARD AGAINST THE TEAM THAT SHAVED THEIR ROSTER AND RELEASED HIM IN 2013. ALT: RYAN FITZPATRICK WANTED PAYBACK AGAINST THE TEAM THAT SHAVED THEIR ROSTER AND RELEASED HIM IN 2013. TRAILING BY 10 IN THE 4TH QUARTER, THE BILLS DIDN’T BLINK. THERE IS NO DEFENDER IN THE NFL BETTER THAN NUMBER 99, JJ WATT. CAROLINA PANTHERS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS ONE RAVEN WAS TRULY SEEING RED ENTERING THEIR GAME WITH THE PANTHERS. AFTER 13 SEASONS IN CAROLINA, STEVE SMITH SENIOR WAS RELEASED BY THE PANTHERS. Page 2 of 4 CAROLINA’S RECEIVING CORP HAS BEEN INFUSED WITH YOUNG BLOOD. EVEN THE ELDERLY SOMETIMES NEED A HELPING HAND FROM THE YOUNG. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SCORE POINTS IN THE NFL. WHILE THE EAGLES SPECIAL TEAMS AND DEFENSE TOILED UNDER THE HOT SUN, THE OFFENSE CHILLED…SIPPED MAI TAIS AND COMPARED TANS. SAFETY ANTOINE BETHEA MADE SURE PHILADELPHIA’S OFFENSE STAYED ON THE SIDELINE. HE LED THE 49ERS IN TACKLES // FORCED A FUMBLE // AND HIS INTERCEPTION WAS ONE OF 4 EAGLE TURNOVERS. THE 49ERS WITHSTOOD THE EARLY ONSLAUGHT AND TOOK THE LEAD THANKS TO TWO COLIN KAEPERNICK TOUCHDOWN PASSES. THE NFL’S NUMBER 1 OFFENSE HAD JUST 5 FIRST DOWNS. BUT LATE IN THE GAME, NICK FOLES REELED OFF 6. DOWN BY 5, IT CAME DOWN TO A CRITICAL 4TH AND 1. GREEN BAY PACKERS @ CHICAGO BEARS TEAMS VISITING SOLDIER FIELD SOMETIMES NEED TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO ENJOY A FOOTBALL GAME. FOR BEARS WIDE RECIEVER ALSHON JEFFREY, TIME ON THE BENCH, GAVE HIM TIME TO PREPARE. EARLIER IN THE WEEK, PACKERS QUARTERBACK AARON RODGERS TOLD GREEN BAY FANS TO RELAX. HE THEN THREW FOUR TOUCHDOWNS TO HAMMER HOME THE POINT. RODGERS WASN’T JOKING WITH THE BEARS DEFENSE, AS THE PACKERS SCORED ON EACH OF THEIR FIRST SIX DRIVES. Page 3 of 4 MIAMI DOLPHINS @ OAKLAND RAIDERS PRIOR TO KICKOFF, DEF LEPPARD PLAYED EIGHTIES FAVORITES LIKE “POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME.” THEN MIAMI POURED IT ON THE RAIDERS, WHOSE PERFORMANCE RECALLED THE TITLE OF ANOTHER OF THE HAIR BAND’S HITS – “LET’S GET ROCKED.” ATLANTA FALCONS @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS TEDDY BRIDGEWATER’S FIRST NFL START INCLUDED HIS FIRST 300 YARD PASSING GAME AND FIRST TOUCHDOWN. BUT TEDDY FOOTBALL WATCHED MATTY ICE TAKE THE LEAD. THE VIKINGS TRAILED BY 1 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. TENNESSEE TITANS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS THE COLTS ARE SO BAD-ASS THAT EVEN PUNTER PAT MCAFEE HAS A “DON’T MESS WITH ME” ATTITUDE. THE COLTS DEFENSE DISPLAYS A SIMILAR DISPOSITION. AGAINST TENNESSEE, ANDREW LUCK PASSED FOR NEARLY 400 YARDS AND 4 TOUCHDOWNS. AHMAD BRADSHAW ACCOUNTED FOR ONE SCORE AND 35 YEAR OLD REGGIE WAYNE CAUGHT HIS FIRST SCORING PASS OF THE SEASON. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS A RAUCUS ARROWHEAD STADIUM WATCHED THE CHIEFS DISMANTLE TOM BRADY AND THE PATRIOTS ON MONDAY NIGHT. Page 4 of 4 .