There were six games on for the first wave of kickoffs, as the Giants-Vikings game was moved to Monday. The first of which involved the...
Host Washington Redskins and the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Donovan McNabb opened the scoring in the second quarter, following a scoreless first, with a 1 yard touchdown pass to Logan Paulsen, which was followed by a Graham Gano extra point. Connor Barth and Gano exchanged second quarter 25 yard field goals to make it 10-3 Redskins at the half. Barth added two field goals in the third quarter, from 44 and 35 yards, to make it 10-9. The Buccaneers took the lead with a Josh Freeman touchdown pass of 41 yards to Kellen Winslow, and after a two point conversion off of a Freeman run, Tampa Bay led 17-10. Washington got within one thanks to a McNabb touchdown pass to Santana Moss, good for six yards, but Hunter Smith could not run the two point attempt in, on what was a botched extra point, and Tampa Bay held on for a 17-16 victory. With the win, the Buccaneers advanced to 8-5, while dropping the Redskins to 5-8.
Going to Buffalo, where the Bills hosted the Cleveland Browns. Phil Dawson allowed the Browns to strike first with a 19 yard field goal. The Bills answered with a Ryan Fitzpatrick touchdown pass to David Nelson, good for 11 yards, and followed by a Rian Lindell extra point. Dawson added a 25 yard field goal, and was one-upped by Lindell's 30 yard kick to make it 10-6 at halftime. Lindell added one more field goal in the game, a 19 yard chip shot to make it 13-6, which was the final. Buffalo improved to 3-10, while Cleveland fell down to 5-8.
The third game on the list featured the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, playing the first game of the weekend at Detroit's Ford Field. The whole first half was scoreless, and it took Mason Crosby's 42 yard field goal in the third quarter to create some scoring. The Lions answered in the fourth quarter with a Drew Stanton touchdown pass to Will Heller for 13 yards, and a Dave Rayner extra point followed. This proved to be the final, and Detroit improved to 3-10, while the Packers fell to 8-5.
Getting out of the overly cold weather and into Florida, where the Jacksonville Jaguars hosted the Oakland Raiders. Oakland struck first with a Jason Campbell touchdown pass to Darren McFadden for 67 yards, which was followed by a Sebastian Janikowski extra point. David Garrard and the Jaguars answered in the second quarter, with a touchdown pass to Marcedes Lewis, for 1 yard. Josh Scobee added the extra point. Janikowski kicked a 26 yard field goal to break the tie, and added the extra point on the Campbell touchdown pass to Louis Murphy for 8 yards. The Raiders took a 17-7 lead into the locker room. Garrard found Jason Hill in the third quarter, connecting for 48 yards and the touchdown, followed by another Scobee extra point. McFadden had another long touchdown for the Raiders, running 51 yards to dent the goal line, followed by Janikowski's extra point. Jacksonville got an even longer touchdown run from Rashad Jennings, who took it 74 yards and allowed Scobee to add another extra point, before Garrard found Mike Sims-Walker for 10 yards and another extra point was provided by Scobee, who made it 31-24 in the early fourth quarter with a 19 yard field goal. McFadden added his third touchdown of the game, this time running a (measly) 36 yards to reach the end zone, and Janikowski provided the tying extra point. Maurice Jones-Drew put Jacksonville ahead for good with a 30 yard touchdown run, followed by Scobee's extra point. the Jaguars would hang on for a 38-31 victory, improving to 8-5 while dropping the Raiders to 6-7.
Moving back into frigid land, where the Pittsburgh Steelers hosted the Cincinnati Bengals. Carson Palmer and the Bengals drew first blood, with a touchdown pass of one yard to a lineman, Andrew Whitworth. Clint Stitser added the extra point. Pittsburgh evened the score with Troy Polamalu's interception of Carson Palmer for 45 yards, and the Shaun Suisham provided the tying extra point. Suisham added a late 23 yard field goal to give the Steelers a 10-7 lead at halftime. Suisham added another field goal, good from 35 yards, in the third quarter, and supplied the extra point on Lamar Woodley's interception of Palmer. That interception was good for 14 yards. Suisham topped it off with a 41 yard field goal to give Pittsburgh the 23-7 win. The Steelers improved to 10-3, simultaneously dropping the Bengals to 2-11.
Last in the morning games was the Carolina Panthers hosting the Atlanta Falcons. Matt Ryan busted the game open with his touchdown pass to Tony Gonzalez, good from 4 yards, putting the Falcons ahead 7-0 early after Matt Bryant added the extra point. Michael Turner added his own first quarter touchdown on a 1 yard run, followed by a Bryant extra point. Bryant provided the only point in the second quarter, making it 17-0 Falcons by halftime with his 39 yard field goal. Carolina was invited to the scoring with a Mike Goodson 13 yard touchdown run, followed by a John Kasay extra point, making it 17-7 Atlanta. Turner answered with a 3 yard touchdown run, and Bryant added the subsequent extra point. Kasay tacked on a 36 yard field goal for the Panthers in the fourth quarter, but it was put away by Turner's 4 yard touchdown run and Bryant's extra point. The Falcons went on to win 31-10. They improved to 11-2, while the Panthers stayed at a league worst 1-12.
That's all for the morning games, with the afternoon games to follow after the dinner hour or so.
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