This morning we have seven games on the slate. I'll try to keep these as accurate as possible, as I am a bit under the weather this weekend.
First up, the Detroit Lions hosting the Atlanta Falcons. Jason Hanson put Detroit on the board first with a 43 yard field goal. Atlanta tied it on a 23 yard field goal by Matt Bryant. The Falcons took the lead with a 1 yard Matt Ryan run, capped off with a Bryant PAT. The Lions pulled back with a 38 yard Hanson field goal. Atlanta made it 17-6 at halftime on a touchdown pass from Ryan to Roddy White, an 18 yard play, and Bryant made the extra point. Hanson got Detroit going in the third quarter with a 29 field goal, but Bryant replied for the Falcons with a 47 yard kick. The Lions finally added on a touchdown, pulling closer with a Matthew Stafford pass to Calvin Johnson, good for 57 yards. Hanson made the extra point. Bryant made it a 7 point lead for Atlanta on his 40 yard fourth quarter field goal. This held to be a 23-16 victory, improving the Falcons to 4-3 and dropping the Lions to 5-2.
Down to SoBe, with the Miami Dolphins hosting the Denver Broncos. The scoring opened in the second quarter with Dan Carpenter nailing a 38 yard field goal, and he followed that up with a later 36 yard kick. This made the score 6-0 Miami, which lasted until halftime. The Dolphins got to work again in the fourth quarter, where Matt Moore passed 16 yards for a touchdown to Anthony Fasano, but they failed on the two-point attempt, as Moore's pass to Brandon Marshall was incomplete. Miami made it 15-0 with a 43 yard Carpenter field goal. Denver finally showed up to the game in the fourth quarter on a Tim Tebow pass to Demaryius Thomas for 5 yards and a touchdown. Matt Prater supplied the extra point. With just 17 seconds on the clock, Tebow added a touchdown of 3 yards to Daniel Fells, making it 15-13. The two point attempt was converted on a Tebow run, which tied the game at 15. The Broncos won the game 18-15 in overtime on a Prater field goal of 52 yards, and improved to 2-4, leaving the Dolphins winless at 0-6.
Backing it up to Tennessee with the Titans hosting the Houston Texans. Houston led off with a Neil Rackers field goal from 32 yards out. The Texans extended the lead with Matt Schaub finding Joel Dreessen on a 10 yard touchdown pass, and Rackers added another extra point. Houston made it 17-0 on a 78 yard catch and run from Schaub to Arian Foster, good for a touchdown with Rackers making the extra point. Rackers made it 20-0 at halftime for the Texans with a 29 yard field goal. Houston got back to work in the third quarter on a 1 yard touchdown rush by Foster, and a Rackers PAT. Tennessee finally found the scoreboard with Matt Hasselbeck throwing 5 yards to Jared Cook for a touchdown, and Rob Bironas supplied the extra point. The Texans made it 34-7 on another Foster touchdown run, this time a 5 yard play, and Rackers added another extra point. Houston was defensive on the next touchdown, as Brice McCain intercepted Hasselbeck for 38 yards and a touchdown, and Rackers would succeed on another extra point. The final favored Houston 41-7, and they improved to 4-3, while dropping the Titans to 3-3.
Heading to Florida again, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers welcome the Chicago Bears to Wembley Stadium in London, England. Chicago busted out the first touchdown with a Matt Forte run of 32 yards to score, and Robbie Gould supplied the extra point. Forte was also involved in the next scoring play, running -2 yards for a safety for Tampa Bay. The Bears added on to the lead with a 25 yard touchdown pass from Jay Cutler to Roy Williams, and Gould made the extra point. The Buccaneers made it 14-5 with a Connor Barth field goal from 33 yards. Chicago added on in the third quarter with a 12 yard Marion Barber run for a TD, and a Gould extra point. Tampa Bay added on a little more in the fourth quarter with a 2 yard touchdown pass from Josh Freeman to Kellen Winslow, but left the score at 21-11 after failing on the two-point attempt from Freeman to Mike Williams. The Buccaneers kept charging with Freeman throwing a touchdown to Dezmon Briscoe for 24 yards, and Barth had the PAT. Gould added a Bears FG of 25 yards to make it 24-18. This would hold up for a Chicago win, improving them to 4-3 and bringing Tampa Bay down to the same level.
North to Ohio, where the Cleveland Browns will host the Seattle Seahawks. Cleveland opened the scoring with a Phil Dawson field goal from 52 yards in the second quarter. This would put the halftime score at 3-0. Seattle tied it in the third quarter on a Steven Hauschka field goal of 20 yards. The Browns retook the lead in the fourth quarter with a 53 yard field goal from Dawson. The final was 6-3 Cleveland, moving them to 3-3 and knocking the Seahawks to 2-4.
East to the Meadowlands, with the New York Jets welcoming the San Diego Chargers. San Diego opened with an early touchdown on a fumble return by Donald Butler, good for 37 yards. Nick Novak made the extra point. New York replied with a Nick Folk field goal, good from 35 yards. The Chargers got offensive on the next touchdown, as Philip Rivers threw 2 yards for a connection with Antonio Gates, and Novak tacked on the extra point. The Jets took those points back on a 3 yard Mark Sanchez touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress, withe Folk adding on the PAT. San Diego went ahead 21-10 with a Mike Tolbert touchdown run of 1 yard, and Novak added on the extra point. This was the score going into halftime. New York got closer once again as Sanchez and Burress met up again for a 4 yard touchdown, and Folk made the extra point once again. The Jets got the lead on a third Sanchez-Burress touchdown connection, another 3 yard play, with Folk adding another extra point. Folk made it 27-21 New York on a 30 yard field goal. They won by this score, improving to 4-3 while knocking San Diego to 4-2.
Finally, the Carolina Panthers host the Washington Redskins. Carolina struck first with an Olindo Mare field goal from 20 yards out. Graham Gano replied in the second quarter for Washington with a 31 yard field goal. The Panthers retook the lead as Mare nailed a 45 yard field goal. Gano retied it for the Redskins on a 49 yard field goal. Mare kept up with the field goal theme, making it 9-6 for Carolina with another 45 yard goal. This was the score going into the locker rooms. The Panthers were back to scoring in the third quarter, beginning with the bucking of the trend by Cam Newton, who ran 16 yards for a touchdown, and Mare only tacked on one point for the extra point. John Beck replied for Washington with his own touchdown rush, a 4 yard play, with Gano making the PAT. Keeping with square-rooting the yardage, Jonathan Stewart ran 2 yards for a touchdown for the Panthers, and Mare made the extra point once again. Carolina struck again with Newton throwing 2 yards to Brandon LaFell, and Mare added an extra point to put the score at 30-13. The Redskins got closer with a touchdown from Beck to Fred Davis, a 7 yard connection iced off by Gano's extra point. Mare put the game away at 33-20 for the Panthers with a 40 yard field goal. They improved to 2-5 and dropped Washington to 3-3.
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