The
government may be shutdown but the NFL's 2013 season continues on.
Five
teams remain undefeated. Denver hummed along like they always do in their win
over the Eagles. The Chiefs thumped the Giants at home, 31-7. Got to give the
Giants credit, they lost and unlike
Congressional Republicans took it quite well by not demanding the Chiefs give
them 25 more points or demand a shutdown of the entire NFL.
The
Patriots survived a late surge by the Falcons to hold on to a 7-point victory.
On Monday Night, the Dolphins were competitive through 1-1/2 quarters but then
the Saints shut it down. Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw for 413 yards
while the Saints defense forced 4 turnovers in 38-17
win.
Seattle
is still undefeated and I bet Monica
doesn't want to talk about it. Going into the 4th quarter, Houston led 20-6 and
it was looking like they were going to give the Seahawks their first loss of
the season. Russell Wilson engineered a 14-play, 98-yard drive that included a
Wilson 4th down run and was capped by a Marshawn Lynch touchdown to cut the
Houston lead in half. With 2:51 to play, Matt Schaub threw an interception to
Richard Sherman that was returned for a tying score. In overtime the Seahawks
kicked a field goal for the win.
The
Lions dropped the Bears from the unbeaten ranks by putting 40 points on their
defense.
The
winless ranks thinned out. Tampa, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, and the Giants are
the last 4 winless teams. Minnesota got their first
win over the Steelers in London. Washington beat the Raiders for their
first win. The Jaguars... it might be a while before they win a game.
As
for Dallas... well.... not good.
Dallas
jumped out to a 21-10 lead over the Chargers in the 2nd quarter due to an
interception return by linebacker Sean Lee. Dallas didn't score any points the
rest of the game in part due to the offense did not complete any drives the
rest of the game and quarterback Phillip Rivers tore up the Cowboys' secondary.
Rivers threw for his 200th career touchdown pass that day. His 100th? Was
against Dallas 4 years ago.
A
late fumble by wide receiver Terrance Williams as he was trying to stretch the
ball into the end zone secured the Chargers victory.
Well...
Dallas is 2-2 and surprisingly still in first place in the NFC East.
Up
next for the Cowboys is the Denver Broncos. This is where the NFL schedule
makers screwed up. I think this should have been the Thanksgiving Day game
instead of the Raiders as it was four years ago.
It's
true. I can't find the YouTube clip because I think Jerry Jones ordered the NFL
to have footage of that game destroyed or else. Anyways, here is the box
score of that game courtesy of the good folks at Pro Football Reference.
Some
folks might be inclined to pick the Broncos to beat Dallas because of Peyton
Manning and you wouldn't be wrong to do so, but Manning is only 2-2 vs. Dallas
including losing the last two matchups in 2006
and 2010
when he was the quarterback of the Colts. This game has a lot of star power
attached to it and could serve to be one of the more memorable games of the
weekend.
The
following teams have a bye week in Week 5: Buccaneers, Redskins, Steelers, and
Vikings. Fantasy owners, adjust your rosters accordingly.
Week
5 starts with the Bills traveling to the shores of Lake Erie to take on the
Browns. This could be an interesting game. Both teams are coming off of wins
over AFC North teams at home. The Bills upset the Ravens and since trading
Trent Richardson the Browns have won two in row in part due to the play of
quarterback Brian Hoyer.
Other
Sunday Games features the Giants hosting the Eagles. Both teams are in the NFC
East cellar and looking to crawl out. Kansas City is looking to continue their
winning ways when they go to Nashville to face the Titans. The Dolphins are
looking to rebound from their first lost by hosting the Ravens who are coming
off a loss to the Bills. The Saints are looking to continue their undefeated
season when travel to Chicago. Packers-Lions go at it in Wisconsin in a battle
of NFC North rivals.
The
49ers and Texans face off on Sunday Night. Houston is making their second
appearance in primetime so far this season while the 49ers are making their
third prime time appearance. Houston's last appearance in primetime was shaping
up to be like their trip to New England last year, but they pulled off a come
from behind win over the Chargers. The 49ers lost in Week 2 at Seattle on
Sunday Night, but destroyed the Rams on Thursday Night last week.
Due
to the Oakland Athletics winning the American League West (at the expense of
the Texas Rangers) and hosting the first two games of their playoff series, the
Raiders had to move their game against the Chargers to 10:30 PM (CT). I might
find out the results of the game the next morning. And boy, does baseball have
the NFL by the balls.... literally and figuratively.
On
Monday the Falcons return to primetime hosting another AFC East opponent, this
time the New York Jets who are coming off an embarrassing loss at Tennessee.
For
those of you wondering, I broke Eli's streak. I came out with the best record
for the weekend while Monica
and Eli
tied at 8-7. The good news is that no one finished under .500. The bad news,
Eli still holds a five game lead over me. Even worse, Monica is in third.
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Me
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Monica
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Eli
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Week
4
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10-5
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8-7
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8-7
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OVERALL
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40-23
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36-27
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45-18
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Picks
are in BOLD
Times
are Central Time Zone
Games
airing in DFW are noted by (DFW)
BYE
WEEK: Buccaneers, Redskins, Steelers, Vikings
THURSDAY NIGHT, 7:20 PM (CT) NFL NETWORK
Bills
at Browns
CBS NOON
Patriots at Bengals (DFW)
Chiefs at Titans
Jaguars
at Rams
Ravens at Dolphins
FOX NOON
Saints at Bears (DFW)
Eagles at Giants
Lions
at Packers
Seahawks at Colts
CBS 3PM
Broncos at Cowboys
(DFW)
FOX 3PM
Panthers at Cardinals
SUNDAY NIGHT
Texans
at 49ers, 7:20 PM (CT) NBC
Chargers at Raiders,
10:30 PM (CT) NFL
MONDAY NIGHT, ESPN 7:30 PM (CT)
Jets
at Falcons
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