Game 1 Falcons 22 Bears 20
I saw this as a very clean game with no turnovers. Depending on how you saw the game, I felt the Bears defense played well; they only allowed one touchdown and kept the Falcons out of the end zone. However with that said, the Bears did allow six scores totaling 22 points. Not only that the Bears gave up an almost 30 yard pass to allow the Falcons get into field goal range and take the victory against the Bears in the final minutes. A positive for both teams was the play at quarterback. Both Matt Ryan and Kyle Orton showed that they are more than just game managers. Obviously with Ryan getting the win and putting the offense in a position to score seven times(including one missed field goal), he was 22-30 for 301 yards a TD and no INT's. Orton also had impressive numbers at 26-43 for 286 yards with a TD and no picks. However unlike Ryan, he did not get the win despite what should have been a game winning touchdown drive and beautiful touchdown pass to Rasheed Davis.
Game 2 Vikings 12 Lions 10
I guess this was a historical Black&Blue division game? Only the way I saw it was one really bad team against a not quite as bad team. Honestly, the Vikings got lucky to hoard off the winless Lions and claim a tie for first place in the division at 3-3. I mean who is Dan Orlovsky? Apparently the Lions got tired of hearing about the 10-win guarantee from John Kitna that they benched him for some other QB who has no right to be a starter in the NFL. The Vikings may be tied for first in an average at best division, but this is the second straight week where they've squeeked by and eventually they'll be exploited and fall off.
Game 3 Rams 19 Redskins 17
The biggest shocker of the week was this game. The depleted and winless Rams took out arguably the best team in football, the Redskins on the road. I put this loss on the entire Redskins organization, as their star RB flat out said according to NFL.com, "We hadn't thought ahead all season long until this week...The previous four games the focus was there." Although I'm not entirely sure why the Redskins would look ahead, they play the Browns next week who will be 1-4 after tonight's loss to the Giants. In any case, the Rams won on a last second field goal off the leg of Josh Brown from 49-yards out, if only it was as easy as it sounds. The Rams tried to give it away in the closing moments following a 15-yard personal foul penalty after Richie Incognito started arguing with a ref, forcing Brown to make the 49 yarder instead of what would have been a much easier 34.
Game 4 Texans 29 Dolphins 28
Another winless team gets their first victory of the year against arguably the most over-achieving team in the NFL. The Dolphins fall to the Texans despite claiming the lead in the final two minutes of the game. After a Ronnie Brown TD run for the Dolphins seconds after the two-minute warning, the Texans came down the field and put together a touchdown drive of their own, thanks to a Matt Schaub 3 yard TD run with three seconds left. Prior to the start of the season I thought the Dolphins would be bad and the Texans would be competing for a playoff spot. So to say the outcome of this game was a little shocking is ironic. However, I'll look for the Texans to turn it around after they've had the past month entirely on the road thanks to Hurricane Ike. With a second half full of home games, I'm not going to rule out the Texans.
Game 5 Cardinals 30 Cowboys 24
For all you Cowboy haters out there, this was the complete package loss for the 'Boys. The scene: 24-21 Cardinals, Cowboys ball and Romo completes a pass to David Witten at the Arizona 40 and ensues to spike the ball with 3 seconds left. Unfortunitely for the Cardinals, one of their players was offsides after getting hurt on the previous play so the ball gets moved up five yards to the Arizona 35. With only three secons remaining the Cowboys kick and it gets blocked, only Cardinals head coach calls a time out right before the kick to negate the blocked kick. Cowboys kicker Nick Folk capitolizes and makes the 52-yarder to send it to OT. With everything looking right for Dallas, they also get the ball and a chance to put it away. On the first play in OT, Tony Romo gets sacked and ends up breaking his pinkie which will sideline him for upto four weeks. He stays in the game but the 'Boys get no where. They're forced to punt, but on the punt gets blocked and returned by Monty Beisel to score and finish the game.
I say this is the complete package loss for the Cowboy haters because, 1) they lose. 2) the only reason they go to OT is because everything was in their favor, but... Tony Romo goes down and will the next four weeks.
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