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| Peyton Manning won the fifth matchup of the two quarterbacks and is now 3-2 against Brees. But Drew won the game that matters most. |
I spent the afternoon mostly watching the Giants/Cowboys
game. I switched over from time to time, but the Raiders game went about as I
expected as Oakland won 26-16 in Kansas City. Brady Quinn, poor guy, went down
early with an injury. Matt Cassel came in and played a decent game, but the
Chiefs are just a terrible team this year, there is no way around it. In a
league of mediocrity, they stand out as a truly bad team.
In Dallas, the Giants remained unbeaten at the new stadium
by a fingertip. On a bomb into the end zone – I still don’t know how Dez Bryant
got behind the Giants’ secondary – Bryant leapt up, made a catch, and came down
with the official signaling touchdown. But all scoring plays are automatically
reviewed and the replay showed that the tips of Bryant’s fingers touched the
chalk at the back of the end zone before any other part of his body landed in
bounds. To be fair, the Cowboys didn’t deserve to win the game. Tony Romo threw
four picks, which isn’t even his worst game of the season. That said, the
Giants didn’t exactly deserve the win either with how bad their defense was in
the second half.
The Sunday Night game featured two of the best quarterbacks
in the league right now; in fact, two of the best in the league’s history, in
Peyton Manning and Drew Brees.
Manning’s Broncos won as the defense showed just how good
they are. The Saints came in with the best offense in the league and were held
to 14 points, with 7 of them coming on a garbage-time touchdown pass to Jimmy
Graham. Manning became just the second quarterback in history to throw for 3+ touchdowns
in four consecutive games. The only other quarterback to do so is Steve Young,
who accomplished the feat in five consecutive games. With the easiest schedule
in the league over the final nine games of the season, Denver figures to be on
the brink already of winning the AFC West and is in a great position to lock up
a bye in the playoffs. However, if history is any indication, a playoff bye
does not spell good things for Peyton to get a second Super Bowl ring.
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