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| Jimmy Graham overshot a fumble near the goal line in overtime, but turns his body to cover it up. Photo credit to The Times-Picayune. |
Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! We had 15 games yesterday, so
I’m going to get right into the 11 early ones, and I’ll try to keep everything
short and sweet.
Cam Newton’s attitude issues apparently don’t only come out during losses. He got into
it with a ref during yesterday’s 17-6 win against Oakland. He apologized after
the game, but this is the kind of thing he’s got to clean up if he wants to
have a long, successful career.
Green Bay thrashed the Titans, 55-7. There really isn’t much
more to say about it other than that it is scary how many teams there are who
can put up 50+ points right now.
Minnesota surprised Houston as Christian Ponder had a decent
game throwing the ball and ran for more than half the yards Adrian Peterson
did. AP got just 86 yards and is still over 200-yards away from the
single-season rushing record, and the Vikings have to play the Packers, who
will be playing to keep the #2 seed in the NFC.
Tom Brady played awful early and at one point was 9/18 with
no scores and 2 interceptions, letting Jacksonville lead early. He cleaned it
up after that, though it was surprising not to see the Patriots run away with
is like they usual do after poor starts to games. Brady finished with two touchdown
passes in New England’s 23-16 win in Jacksonville.
The Colts looked good early against another terrible team,
but let Kansas City back in it during the third quarter. Andrew Luck got his
only touchdown pass of the game in the fourth quarter, for the go-ahead score
that ultimately was the final score of the game. Luck also broke Cam Newton’s
rookie single-season passing yards record in the game.
Miami handled Buffalo with little difficulty, 24-10. The
Jets stayed close but fell 27-17 to the Chargers. And St. Louis took care of
business against the Buccaneers, who were squarely in the playoff race a few
weeks ago. The final score in that one was 28-13.
Dallas took advantage of a poor New Orleans defensive
effort, but Drew Brees came to life late in the game to lead the Saints to a
14-point comeback to send the game into overtime, where they finally got a
defensive stop and then drove the ball downfield for a game-winning field goal.
Washington, meanwhile, won their game in Philadelphia,
27-20. But it doesn’t mean all that much because next weeks matchup with
Dallas, which has been flexed to Sunday Night Football, will decide the winner
of the NFC East. If Dallas looses, they’re out. If Washington loses, they are
almost definitely out, and we’ll know for sure by the time the game starts.
These are two of the hottest teams in the NFL right now, and I’m sure this game
will remind many people of past days when this was a common division-deciding
matchup to see late in the season.
The final game of the early afternoon was in Pittsburgh,
where Cincinnati knocked the Steelers out of the playoffs and knocked
themselves in. All six AFC playoff spots are decided, the only thing left to
determine is seeding, so there won’t be too much resting of starters next week
because there is still plenty to play for.
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