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8/14/2019 Week 5 Game Reviews

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WEEK5 NFLGAMEREVIEWS


2/8

TenesseeTitans13 BaltimoreRavens10The40Titansrolled intoBaltimore,expectingtomeetastiff,topnotchdefence.Thatsjust

whatKerryCollinsgotonthefirstdriveofthegamehewaspickedbyJustinBannan.Thefirst

halfwas amess ofmore interceptions, ChrisMcAllister picked off Collins and ThenDavid

Thorntonpickedoff JoeFlacco,quickly followedbyMichaelGriffin.Theendresultwasonly

twofieldgoalsMattStoverfrom28ydsoutinthefirstquarter,andRobBironasfrom35yds

out in thesecond.StoverdidhaveachancetoputtheRavensupathalftime,but itwasno

good.The

second

half

opened

up

with

the

first

TD

of

the

game,

Laron

McLain

ran

it

in

from

1ydouttogiveBaltimorethelead.AfteraKerryCollinsinterceptionwasnullifiedbyapenalty,

RobBironasbroughttheTitansback,hehita fieldgoal from26ydsout.Thegamewasover

whenKerryCollinshithisfirstTDofthegametoTEAlgeCrumplertogivetheTitansa3point

lead. The Ravens tried to put something together, but Nick Harper ended the comeback,

pickingoffFlacco.TheTitansremainunbeatenandwin1310.

GameNotes....o NewDimensionTheTitansarenow50forthefirsttimeEVER!o RushRavens...No!TheRavenshavenowmanaged23 straightgameswithoutallowingmore than100yds rushing thats the

longest

active

streak

in

the

NFL.

KansasCityChiefs0 CarolinaPanthers34

Kansashavestruggledrecently...run,pass,kick...younameit...theycantstopit!Andwhen

the currentNFC South leaderswere their hosts, theywere in for a long day!DeAngelo

Williams opened up the scoring, a 10yd run capped off a solid drive. Delhomme then

openedup thecannon in thesecondquarter,heHitDeAngeloWilliamsdeep from25yds

out togive thema2score lead. Ifyoucouldnt tell...DeAngeloWilliamswason firehe

managed

to

burn

the

Chiefs

again

32yds

from

scrimmage,

he

managed

to

embarrass

the

Chiefstacklingcoach.ThePantherswentintohalftime210up.TheSecondhalfstartedoff

abit shaky forboth teams JuliusPeppers strippedDamonHuard, JakeDelhommewas

picked by Jarrad Page in the end zone, Jon Beason picked Huard, but then John Kasay

resumed theshowwitha32yd fieldgoalextending thePanthers lead.AfterHuardwas

intercepted for the second time,Delhommeplayedout the attention the Chiefspaid to

Steve Smith by hitting Mushin Muhammad, who took it 47yds for another TD. Kasay

finishedoffthescoringforthepantherswitha43ydfieldgoalandtheChiefsjustcouldnt

getanythingfromthedayatallItturnedouttobeashutout340Panthers.

GameNotes....o OfficiallythebestChiefsTETonyGonzalezbroketheNFLrecordformostreceivingyardsforaTE.Hecurrentlyholdstherecordfor

mostreceptions,yardsandTouchdownsinacareer.

o DeAngeloDoneDeAngeloWilliamshadagreatgameforthePanthersHeranforacareerhigh123ydsand2rushingTDs,andaddeda25ydTDcatchtohisday.


3/8

ChicagoBears34 DetroitLions7TheBearshavefoundhopebehindastrongrunninggame...Somethingthattheyhavent

hadforafewyears.TheLionshave...wellletsnotgetintothat!Itwasaquietstarttothe

game;theonlyscoreofthefirstquarterwasa37ydRobbieGouldfieldgoal.MattForte

hasbeengreatallseasonandwhenhecaughta9ydTDpassfromKyleOrton,heproved

somethingelsehecandefinitelybeareceivingthreat!WeallknowthatDevinHester

canbeareceivingthreat;hecaughtaTDfromKyleOrton12ydsouttoputtheBearsup

170at

the

half.

Matt

Forte

got

his

first

rushing

TD

of

the

game

1yds

out

gave

the

Bears

a24pointlead.JonKitnawassubbedoutforDanOrlovskywhoquicklygottowork...the

wrongway!HehitCharlesTillmanintheBearsbackfieldheranitbacktothehousefor

a 26yd defensive TD. The Lions didntwant to suffer the kind of embarrassment the

PanthersdealtouttotheChiefs...KevinSmithran infrom12ydsouttogetthemonthe

boardandavoidtheshutout.RobbieGouldendedthegamea45ydfieldgoalendedthe

game.347theBearswinandadvanceto32,theLionsdropto04!

GameNotes....o HesterCharm?TheBearsarenow102ingameswhereDevinHesterhasaTD.o

Orton

Top

Kyle

Orton

had

a

career

best

334yds

and

two

TD

game,

hes

hit

7

TDs

in

his

last

3

games.

AtlantaFalcons27 GreenbayPackers24TheFalconsarearealsurprisethisseason,22onwhatwasmeanttobearebuildingseason.

ThePackershavehada lotofmediapressureandhaveheldupwell.Thiswasgoingtobea

veryevenlymatchedgame.MattRyanhasaknackforscoringonthefirstdriveandhedid it

againa1ydTDtoJustinPeelle.JasonElamthenputtheFalconsupby10points;headded3

from42ydsout.IttookuntilthesecondquarterforAaronRodgerstorealisetheinexperience

of

the

Falcons

DBs,

but

when

he

did

he

hit

Donald

Driver

in

the

end

zone

from

44yds

out

for

a

spectacularcatch.MattRyanansweredRodgersthough,NohuddlehehitRoddyWhitefora

22ydsTDtoretaintheFalcons10point leadgoing intohalftime.Afteraquietthirdquarter,

which includeda50ydMasonCrosby fieldgoal, thepack interceptedMattRyanandsetup

RodgersdeepforGregJenningsfrom25ydsouttotiethegame.ElamgavetheFalconstheir

leadbackthankstoa41ydfieldgoal,thenMichaelBurnerTurnersrungamepaidoffhe

ran infrom2ydsout.Rodgerswouldnt letthegamego;hehitDonaldLeefrom4ydsoutto

bringthegamewithin3points.ThePackjustcouldntgettheballbackandtheFalconswere

abletorunouttheclock.TheFalconswin2724andgoontoa32record.

GameNotes....o HotRod!RoddyWhitehadastunningday;heledtheNFLinreceivingyardsthisweekendwith132ydsand1TD.o PenaltiesKillTheFalconshadonly2penaltiesfor15yds,whereasthePackcommitted9for97yds.


4/8

IndianapolisColts31 HoustonTexans27PeytonManningisgreatat4

thquartercomebacksandhesureashellproveditheretoday!

TheColtsstartedoffpromisingly,AdamVinatierihita47ydfieldgoalandJosephAddairan

infrom1ydouttoputtheColtsup10points.TheTexansweretheteamwhoturneditonin

thesecondquarter;SteveSlatonturnedtheleftcornerfora1ydTD,KrisBrownthenhita

37ydfieldgoal,SageRosenfelsgothisfirstpassingTDofthegamehehitAndreJohnson

from5ydsout.ThehalfendedwithaPeytonManninginterception,andtheTexansup17

10.The

third

quarter

was

low

scoring;

the

only

score

in

fact,

was

a43yd

Kris

Brown

field

goal.TheTexanswereupby10pointsat theendof the third.TheTexanskickedoff the

fourthquarterwitha1ydSteveSlaton ranaround the leftend.TheColtsweredown17

pointsandneededtorally.....andrallytheydid!First,PeytonManninghitToniSantinifrom

7yds out, Gary Brackett returned a Sage Rosenfels fumble 68yds to the house on a

spectacularplayandthentheColtsgottheclincheronaclassicManningtoReggieWayne

TD from 5yds out the Texans had one last shot, but it was overwhenMelvin Bullit

interceptedRosenfelsandtheColtsmakeastunning21pointrunin4minutesandstealthe

gamefromunderthenoseoftheTexans.

GameNotes....o WelcomeHomeThisgamewastheTexansfirstgameathome,afterhavingagamesuspendedduetoHurricaneIke.o AndreCatchAndreJohnsonhadastunninggamereceivingfortheTexans,hehad9receptionsfor131ydsand1TD.

SanDiegoChargers10 MiamiDolphins17If I had said to you this time last year...The Dolphins will beat the Patriots and theChargersyouwouldhavelaughedinmylyingface,this isanewyearthoughandanew

Dolphinsteam.

A

field

goal

exchange

was

the

major

action

in

the

first

quarter;

Nate

KaedinggavetheChargerstheearlylead,butDanCarpenterstruckbackonthenextdrive

from47ydsout.ChadPenningtongot theDolphins rolling in thesecondquarter,hehit

GregCamarillofora17ydTD.RememberhowtheDolphinsbeatthePatriots?Wellthey

pulled itoutagainRonnieBrowntookthedirectsnapfromcentreandranaroundthe

rightendforthe5ydTD.TheDolphinsup2TDsatthehalf.PhillipRiversgavesomehope

backtotheChargers late inthethirdwhenhehitChrisChambersfrom17ydsouttocut

thedeficitto7points.TheFourthquarterturnedoutscorelessandtheDolphinsedgethe

Chargers1710togoto22.

GameNotes....o WildcatWinThiswasthesecondgameinwhichtheDolphinsusedtheirnewWildcatformation.TheysnappedtheballtoRonnie

Brown11timesandthisledtoaTD.

o LadanianWho?TheDolphinsdefencecompletelyshutdowntheChargersstarback.Hehad12carries for35ydswitha longof11yds.


5/8

SeattleSeahawks6 NewYorkGiants44Thechampsarerolling...undefeatedandreturninghomeitlookedlikeapromisingdayforthe

Giants.Itcouldnthavestartedanybetterforthem;EliManningwentdeeptoDominickHixon

fora32ydTD togive them theearly lead.OrlandoMaregot theHawkson theboard from

30ydsout,but itwasBrandonJacobswho litupGiantsStadiumwhenhetookthe leadto11

points,thankstoa3ydTDrunfromscrimmage.JohnCarneystartedthesecondquarterwitha

29ydfieldgoal,quicklyfollowedbyalongdrivewhichwascappedoffbya1ydBrandonJacobs

TD.The

game

was

starting

to

get

alittle

bit

one

sided

and

the

half

ended

with

afield

goal

exchangeCarneyfrom33ydsoutandMarefrom29yds.Giantswereup276atthehalf.Sadly

theHawks scorewould increasenomoreand theGiantskepton scoring.EliManningwent

deep toSinoriceMoss from23ydsout,Carneyhitanother fieldgoal35ydsoutand finally

DavidCarrcameon inplaceofEliManningandhitSinoriceMoss from5ydsout toend the

game.TheGiantsdominatetheSeahawks446

GameNotes....o Rumblin,Stumblin,NOTfumblinBrandonJacobshadastunningdayontheground,hehad2rushingTDsandcarried15times

for136yds.

oShell

Shocked

The

Giants

had

342yds

of

offense

during

the

first

half,

the

most

any

team

has

had

this

season.

WashingtonRedskins23 PhiladelphiaEagles17Gameof theweek...aspickedby theNFL.com fans.Would it liveup to thehype?Brian

Westbrookwouldhaveyoubelievesowhenheran9ydsupthemiddletogivetheEagles

the lead. It didnt take long before the next score; DeShaun Jackson weaved his way

through the Redskins special teams for a 68yd punt return electrifying the crowd in

Philly.

The

Skins

started

to

answer

back

in

the

second

quarter;

Shaun

Suisham

hit

a

41yd

fieldgoal,thena48ydattemptandTHENa50ydattempt3fieldgoalsforSuisham.149

Eaglesathalftime.TheSkins took the leadthanks to theonlyscoreof the thirdquarter,

Campbellpassed toAntwanRandleElwho threw theballhimself connectingwithTE

ChrisCooley from18ydsout for theTD.ClintonPortisroundedoff therungame forthe

Redskins,witha4ydTDrunup themiddleand itwas left toDavidAkerstokick the last

pointstheEaglescouldmusterRedskinswin2317andtheSkinsareprovingtobeaforce

tobereckonedwith!

GameNotes....o LeadDrivePortisClintonPortiswasthisweeksrushingleader,hehad29carriesfor145ydsand1TD.o Possessionis9/10ofthelawJasonCampbellhasstillnotthrownaninterceptionallseason,andtheSkinshaveonlyturnedtheball

overonce!


6/8

TampaBayBuccaneers13 DenverBroncos16

The Florida sunshine travelledwithTampa to Invesco Fieldwhere theywouldmeet Jay

Cutlerandhismonsteroffense.GreatOffense...Vs....GreatDefense.....Wegotagame! It

was thedefenceswhowereholding throughout the firstquarter, thebesteither team

couldmanagewasa33ydMattBryant fieldgoal togive theBucs the lead.MattPrater

evenedthegameupatthestartofthesecondquarter,hehithisattemptfrom55ydsout.

Prater andBryant then had another exchange to end the halfPrater nailed his from

41ydsout

and

Bryant

from

33yds

out.

After

atouchdown

less

first

half,

the

game

was

tied

at6apiece. It tookuntilmidway through the third for theTDdrought to replenish, Jay

CutlerfoundBrandonStokelyfrom10ydsoutforthelead.Praterhithisfourthfieldgoalof

thedaytoputtheBroncos10pointsahead,butJeffGarcias7ydTDtoIkeHilliardsetthe

Bucsup foranupset...unfortunately they couldnt stop theBroncos rungameand they

endeduprunningouttheclock.BroncosedgetheBucsandgo41.

GameNotes....o MistakeFreeFootball ItsnotjustCutlerwhosperformingamazinglywell,hisoffensive linegavehimenoughtimetocomplete

23/34passes,avoidthrowinganinterceptionanddidnotallowhimtogetsackedallday.TheyaretheunderlyingreasontheBroncos

areflying.

BuffaloBills17 ArizonaCardinals41

The Bills are unbeaten...the Cardinals have shown signs of greatness, sometime great,

sometimesawfulWhichCardinalscameout toplay inPhoenixStadium?Well itstartedoff

witha2ydTD fromKurtWarner toLarryFitzgerald,and thenTimHightower ran17yds fora

TD...goodstart!J.P.Losmanhadotherideathough,hetorchedtheCardinalsDBswhenhehit

littlestar

Lee

Evans

for

an

87yd

bomb.

Edgerrin

James

added

7points

for

the

Cards

from

1yd

out, but J.P. Losmanmatched the Cards point for point he ran up themiddle for the TD

himself2ydsout.Thehalfendedwitha47ydNeilRackersfieldgoaltogivetheCardsa2414

leadgoing into the locker room.RyanLindellkickedoff the third...literally...witha48yd field

goal,butKurtWarnerjust lovesLarry...hehitFitzgeraldfrom2ydsoutforhis2nd

TD.Rackers

added3 for theCards from38ydsoutand thenTimHightowerput the icingon theCardinal

Cake...2ydTDruntogivetheCards44pointsandtheBillsarefinallydefeated.

GameNotes....o Flawless?KurtWarner?...Flawless?...Wellyesitstrue33of42passesfor250yds...2TDs...0Picks...Onlytwopunts.o LongevityYoucanreallytireadefenceoutwhenyoukeepthemonthefield.TheBillsdefencewereonthefieldfor35minutesand

theCardinalsputtogetherscoringdriveswith14,13and12playsintiringoutthedefence!


7/8

CincinnatiBengals22 DallasCowboys31Greatmatchupof twogreat teams...wellonegreat teamandonedisappointment.Carson

PalmerwascertainlydisappointedwhenhethrewhisfirstpassofthegametoGregEllis...of

theCowboys.Thissetupa30ydNickFolkfieldgoal.FelixJonesisarookie,buthecertainly

didntlooklikeonewhenheslicedthroughtheBengalsdefencefrom22ydsoutfortheTD.

Romohit JasonWitten from 4ydsout toextend the lead and thebest theBengals could

manage in thehalfwere two ShaneGraham fieldgoals from31 and 41ydsout.Carson

Palmerfinally

got

his

throwing

arm

on

after

halftime

when

he

hit

T.J.

Houshmandzadeh

from18ydsout,hebroughttheBengalswithin4points.ThefourthquarterwasTDpacked

aftera40ydShaneGrahamfieldgoalRomoconnectedwithT.O.TerrellOwensfrom57yds

outonthepostpattern.PalmerconnectedwithHoushmandzadehforasecondtimetoclose

thegapto2points,butRomoputthegameoutofreachwithhisfinalTDofthedayhitting

PatrickCraytonintheendzonefrom15ydsoutCowboyswin3122.

GameNotes....o PerryWorryTherookiefortheBengalshasalreadylost5fumblesthisseasonalready!

NewEnglandPatriots30 SanFrancisco49ers21Whathashappened to thePatriots?Well theyre31and rollingonwithoutBrady...Maybe

hesnot quite as essential as he seemed?After an early interception exchange, itwas J.T.

OSullivanwhogoton theboard firsthestruckHBFrankGore from16ydsout for theTD.

CassellprovedhecandojustwhatBradydoeshehitRandyMoss from66ydsout for the

classicNewEnglandTDbomb.J.T.hitIsaacBrucefrom6ydsouttoputtheninersup147at

theendofthefirstquarter.ThePatsansweredback inthesecondthough,SteveGostkowski

hit

a

35yd

field

goal,

followed

by

a

Kevin

Faulk

rush

from

2yds

out

for

the

lead.

It

was

17

14

Patsatthehalf.AfterhalftimeKevinFaulkpickedupwherehe leftoffanother2ydTDrun

extendedthePats lead.Gostkowskiopenedupthefourthquarterwitha40ydfieldgoal,but

J.T.had an answer...Itwas a 5yd TDpass to IsaacBruce.Gostkowskinailed the final three

pointsanditwasoverwhenJ.T.threwapickinthedyingminutes,allowingthePatstorunout

theclockfora3021 lead.ThePatsaresodifferentfrom lastyeargameswiththem inare

nowclose!

GameNotes....o AllStarsDidyouknowthatthePatriotshavenowwonagameineverycityexceptWashington!o BallControlThe49erscouldonlymanagetoconvert1thirddown,thismeantthePatsoffensespentmoretimeonthefield.The

Patsran

80

plays;

the

49ers

managed

only

48.


8/8

PittsburghSteelers26 JacksonvilleJaguars21Thebattleoftheclassicimage...toughness,defencewinninggamesanddrivingtheballhard

butitwasfarfromaclassicimagewhenRasheanMathisinterceptedBenRoethlisberger,and

tookit72ydstothehouseforanearlyJacksonvillelead.Roethlisbergermadeupforhisearly

mistakeswhenhehitHeathMillerintheendzonefrom1ydoutfortheTD.Jacksonvillethen

gottheiroffenserolling;MauriceJonesDrewwentupthemiddlefromayardouttogivethe

Jags the leadagain. JeffReednaileda38yd fieldgoal to start the secondquarteroff, then

Roethlisbergerrubbed

salt

into

the

wound

when

he

went

deep

to

Nate

Washington

from

48ydsout. JeffReedfinishedthehalfwithanotherfieldgoalputtingtheSteelersup2014.

After a scoreless thirdquarter,DavidGarrard threw his TD of theweek, hittingMarcedes

Lewisfrom24ydsout toputthe Jagsonly1pointbehind.TheSteelersmanaged toput the

gameoutofreachwhenRoethlisbergerhithisgotoguyHinesWardforthe8ydTDThey

wentfortwopointsandfailed.TheJagscouldntputtogetheradriveandtheSteelerswinthe

battleoftheclassicimage...inaveryunclassicway!

GameNotes....o HinesQualityBeansHinesWardhasnowsurpassedover9,000receivingyardsforhiscareer.o

Penalties

Jags

had

8

penalties

totalling

89yds,

the

Steelers

were

even

worse,

with

10

penalties

for

129yds!

MinnesotaVikings30 NewOrleansSaints27MondayNightfootballagainandboywasthisagame!DewBreesopenedupthescoringearly

hehitDeveryHenderson from17ydsout,andallwas looking rosy!WhenMartineGramatica

cameontokickafieldgoal,hedidntexpectPatWilliamstogetapawuptoblockit,andtipit

righttoAntoineWinfieldwhowouldrun it59ydsfortheTDallofasuddentheVikingwere

backinit.Gramaticapulledsomedignitybackwhenhehita35ydfieldgoalbuteventhenhe

was

eclipsed

by

Ryan

Longwells

53yd

shot.

It

was

10

all

after

1

quarter.

The

Vikings

broke

out

some ingenuity in the second quarter, Chester Taylor throwing a 4yd TD pass to Visanthe

Shiancoe.ADrewBreesinterceptionthensetupa33ydRyanLongwellfieldgoal,Minnesotaup

2010atthehalf.TheSaintsweretheonlyteamwhocouldscoreinthethirdquarter,itwasan

electricReggieBushpuntreturn,hetookit71ydstothehousebut,moreimportantly,sparking

theSaintsoffensereadyforthefourthquarter.Gramaticakickedoffthefourthquarterwitha

53ydfieldgoalandthen...hediditagain...KluwepuntedtoReggieBushagainandhetookitto

thehousefrom64ydsoutforasecondpuntreturnTD.GusFrerottemanagedtogethisoffense

onlinewhenthepressurewasonhehitdeepthreatBernardBerrianfrom33ydsoutforthegametyingTD.Itcamedowntoa

MartineGramaticafieldgoalfrom46ydsoutitwasnogood,wideleftthatgavetheVikingstheballbackFrerottedrovethe

balldowntotheNewOrleans12ydlineandthatsetupRyanLongwellfrom30ydsout...ItwasonlineGOOD!AndtheVikings

edgethe

Saints

thanks

to

apoor

kicking

game

from

the

Saints.

Doesntthisshowyouhowimportantspecialteamscanbe!?

GameNotes....o HoldOn!TheSaintscompletelydominatedthestatsineverywaypossible...apartfromone...Turnovers!TheVikingsdidnotcough

uptheballonce...TheSaintsturneditover4times,2ofwhichwereTDs

o 48TimesacharmAntoineWinfieldsblockedfieldgoalforaTDwasthefirsttimeaVikinghasmanagedthatin48years!o BushHush!ReggieBushtiedtheNFLrecordforpuntreturnsinagamewith2...hecouldsomeasilyhavehad3,butheslippedover

atacrucialtime!

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