Monday, December 13, 2010

Monday Night Football 2-pack!

As the title would imply, we have two Monday Night games for your reading enjoyment. First off was the two-road team game, with the Minnesota Vikings "hosting" the New York Giants at Ford Field in Detroit. Ryan Longwell started the scoring for the Vikings with a 21 yard field goal. Brandon Jacobs answered in the second quarter with a 1 yard run for a touchdown, followed by a Lawrence Tynes extra point. Eli Manning found Kevin Boss for 6 yards late in the second quarter, good for a touchdown with Tynes supplying the extra point, making it 14-3 at halftime. Ahmad Bradshaw extended the lead to 21-3 with his 48 yard touchdown run, and Tynes added the extra point. This score would hold up to be the final, with New York improving to 9-4, also dropping Minnesota to 5-8.

The second game was in Houston, featuring the host Texans and the visiting Baltimore Ravens. Willis McGahee got Baltimore going first, with a 1 yard touchdown run, followed by Billy Cundiff's extra point. Joe Flacco connected on two touchdown passes to Derrick Mason in the second quarter, from 9 and 26 yards, and after Cundiff added both extra points, the Ravens had a 21-0 lead. Houston entered the scoring scene with a Matt Schaub touchdown to Andre Johnson, for 46 yards. Neil Rackers supplied the extra point. Baltimore was receiving at the start of the second half, and return man David Reed did his job, taking it back 103 yards to the end zone, with Cundiff adding the extra point for that touchdown. Rackers then supplied two field goals to make it 28-13, from 24 and 42 yards. Schaub kept the Texans scoring with a 7 yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Jones, and with Rackers' extra point, it was 28-20. Schaub found Johnson again later in the fourth quarter, for a touchdown of 5 yards, before he threw to Jacoby Jones on the two point conversion, to tie it up at 28, sending it to overtime. Josh Wilson gave Baltimore the 34-28 win with his 12 yard interception of Schaub, which improved the Ravens to 9-4, and dropped the Texans down to 5-8.

That's all we've got here. Check out Fantasy Football All-Stars week 14 tomorrow, along with a hockey recap. Honorable mention to Brett Favre's ironman streak of 297 straight games, and may that streak rest in peace.

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