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| Romo out-dueled Matty Ice, but his Cowboys lost as Atlanta maintained their unblemished record. |
I got the Thursday Night game incorrect. I picked one of the
early Sunday games incorrectly. Then I got just one of the later games wrong. I
wonder what that spells for tonight? But my Afterwords are not about looking
forward; they are about one final glance back.
The Raiders put up quite a fight as Carson Palmer played a
pretty solid game. However, the Buccaneers, and specifically Doug Martin, were
not going to be stopped. The rookie running back ran the ball 25 times for 251
yards and four touchdowns. In my fantasy league, he scored 59 points. Now, it is custom scoring settings, but the best
score a running back has posted in my league before was when Arian Foster
scored in the 40s last year.
The Vikings put up a valiant effort against Seattle’s 12th
Man. Adrian Peterson has a fantastic day, racking up almost 200 yards and
punching it in twice. But between the fans and the Seattle secondary, Christian
Ponder had a terrible day, reminiscent of an early-2011 game Donovan McNabb had
in the same uniform. Russell Wilson tossed three touchdown passes to lead the
Seahawks to a 30-20 victory.
In the third game I’ve picked incorrectly this week, Eli
Manning and the Giants were shocked by the Pittsburgh Steelers at home, 24-20.
But they shouldn’t be shocked. They played a terrible game. At least one of New
York’s touchdowns was very controversial. Yes, I’m talking about the fumble
return. Don’t get me wrong, there is no
doubt – I repeat, NO DOUBT – that it was a fumble.
Pushing the ball forward doesn’t matter, Roethlisberger did not have control
and that makes it a fumble no matter what angle you look at it. However, there
should have been a clip called near the end of the play. The Giants were
outplayed and deserved to lose. That loss keeps the rest of the NFC East close
enough for hope to still be a prevalent emotion, especially for the Eagles who
desperately need a win tonight.
The late game featured Dallas in Atlanta to take on the last
unbeaten team in the NFL this season. The numbers were fairly similar, but I
really felt like Tony Romo outplayed Matt Ryan and it took a little luck for
the Falcons to remain undefeated with the 19-13 win. Right now, the biggest
problem for Dallas is the running game, or lack of one. They need DeMarco
Murray back. With him, this is a completely different team, one that doesn’t
need Romo to throw as much and, therefore, can deal with a little bit of inconsistency
from him.
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