Monday Night Football weeks 4 and 5

I missed the last Monday night game due to hockey drafts, so here's how it went down. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted the Indianapolis Colts. Indianapolis started off with an Adam Vinatieri field goal from 45 yards away. The Colts took more control in the second quarter as Curtis Painter connected with Pierre Garcon for 87 yards and a touchdown, bringing Vinatieri on for the extra point. Tampa Bay got it back with a 1 yard Josh Freeman touchdown run, and Connor Barth made the extra point. Indianapolis led 10-7 at halftime, but it didn't last long in the third quarter, as the Buccaneers tied it on a Barth field goal of 46 yards. Indianapolis took the lead again with Painter and Garcon hooking up for only 59 yards this time, and Vinatieri made the PAT. Tampa Bay tied it with a Freeman touchdown pass of 13 yards to Preston Parker, and a Barth extra point. The Buccaneers took a 24-17 lead in the fourth quarter with a 35 yard touchdown run by LeGarrette Blount, and Barth's extra point, the final tally of the game. Tampa Bay went to 3-1 and dropped the Colts to 0-4.

Now, the current game, with the Detroit Lions hosting the Chicago Bears, (and the Tigers still alive in the playoffs, oh my). The first quarter passed without any scoring, allowing the two teams to get down to it in the second quarter. Detroit led off with a Matthew Stafford touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson for 73 yards, and Jason Hanson made the extra point. Chicago got on the board with Robbie Gould's 44 yard field goal. The Bears took a 10-7 lead with Jay Cutler throwing a 9 yard touchdown pass to Kellen Davis, and Gould made the PAT. This was the halftime score. The Lions took the lead in the third quarter as Stafford threw a touchdown of 18 yards to Brandon Pettigrew, and Hanson made another extra point. Detroit continued the onslaught with a Jahvid Best touchdown run of 88 yards, and another Hanson extra point. Gould cut the score to 21-13 with a field goal from 49 yards. Hanson replied for Detroit by pretty much sealing the game at 24-13 on a field goal of 31 yards. The Lions got up to 5-0 and the Bears fell to 2-3.