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| Gronk has the third most touchdown reception in the first three years of a career with 37 (Moss 43, Rice 40). After a broken arm, we may have seen his last spike for a while. Photo credit to ESPN. |
The Saints scored on their first possession, a 10-play drive
that featured two runs for over ten yards on consecutive plays and a 29-yard
pass play challenged and overturned into an incompletion. New Orleans never
looked back and beat the Raiders by 21 points.
As big a win as that was, it was nothing compared to the
59-24 route in New England. Indianapolis kept the game close early but a punt
return touchdown and two pick-sixes were enough by themselves to keep New
England in it. Of course, that wasn’t all they had as the offense contributed
early and poured it on late. If only the Patriots had stopped pouring it on one
score earlier. After their final touchdown of the game, on the extra point try,
Rob Gronkowski, easily a top 2 Tight End in the league and probably the better
of the two (sorry Jimmy Graham), broke his arm. He had surgery today and
expects to be out four to six weeks. He thinks he’ll be back in time for the
team’s playoff push. In the mean time, I’m just glad I have Graham and not
Gronk on my fantasy team.
Peyton Manning added another chapter the reasons why he
should not only get the Comeback Player of the Year award but maybe even the
MVP award in 2012. After an early interception, Peyton bounced right back
against a team that has given him nightmares in the past. He had a terrific
second half against the Chargers earlier this season but even I was
anticipating a possible let down yesterday. It wasn’t to be, however, as he
tossed three touchdowns and led the Broncos to their fifth consecutive 30+
point outing, a franchise record. The final score was 30-23 as the Chargers at
least made a game of it.
The Sunday Night game was interesting, but not particularly
exciting. The Ravens won as I expected, but the Steelers kept it close and
almost improved to 2-0 this season when they wear their throwbacks. They beat
one team that plays in Maryland, but couldn’t top Baltimore. The only real
excitement I got from that game was near the end of the fourth quarter when the
Steelers were trying to put a drive together and, on consecutive plays, Corey
Graham and Bernard Pollard lit up a pair of Pittsburgh receivers with perfect
defense and excruciating, but legal, hits. Those to plays alone made it worth
my time watching a game that was, for all intents and purposes, a drag.
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