Week 3 of the 2010 NFL season was quite eventful and I have to say not all too surprising...
Are the boys back in town? The Dallas Cowboys had their best performance of the season Sunday in Houston. They held the number one offensive team to only 13 points and scored 27 points themselves. Apparently the Cowboys ate their Wheaties Sunday morning and it looks like they all took that player meeting they had on Monday seriously. Tony Romo threw for 2 touchdowns and Marion Barber ran for another. The Boys finally established their running game, and the defense performed like the defense we saw last season. Matt Schaub was picked off twice and sacked four times, three of those sacks coming from DeMarcus Ware. We finally saw the team that everyone was expecting to see this year.
Tom Brady led the New England offense to 38 points, bringing their 3-week total to 90 points. He threw for 252 yards, 3 touchdowns and no interceptions. Randy Moss was on the receiving end of 2 of those touchdowns and Danny Woodhead, who was let go by the Jets earlier this month, scored another. The Patriots defense continued to look spotty in comparison to the offense. The Bills combined score for the first 2 weeks was 17, but somehow they scored 30 points on the Pats’ D. Bill Belichick, the defensive minded coach that he is, needs to get his defense in line. Yes, they are a young team but they’ve had the entire off-season to prepare. They can’t rely on the offense to score 5 touchdowns a game, to bail them out. Bottom line: They need to get their act together. In other news, the Bills let go of veteran QB Trent Edwards on Monday, one day after their loss to the Pats. Do they really have that much faith in Ryan Fitzpatrick? Yeah, he helped their offense score 30 points but what if he gets hurt. I can promise you the Jets' defense will not be as lackadaisical as the Pats' D looked on Sunday. After all, Fitzpatrick's got that Harvard degree to fall back on, what do the Bills have to fall back on? Edwards was picked up on waivers by the Jacksonville Jaguars, who failed to score a touchdown against the Eagles on Sunday.
There was a showdown Monday night in Chicago as the Packers took on their division rivals, the Bears for the 180th time. Aaron Rodgers looked solid, throwing for 316 yards, one touchdown and one interception, with a passer rating of 92.5. The Packers really hurt themselves with penalties (18 for 152 yards). With 2 minutes left in the game and the score tied at 17, the Packers, instead of capitalizing on an interception thrown by Jay Cutler, fumbled the ball and lost their chance to be 3 and 0. And now the Bears are leading the NFC North at 3-0. Lovie Smith was the winning coach on Monday and he's hoping to avoid another mediocre season following their 13-3 Super Bowl run in 2006, where they lost to the Colts.
Speaking of the NFC North, the Detroit Lions continue to impress me despite their losing record. They are currently 0-3, but have looked like a great team in their losing effort. They have also had some questionable calls against them (that Calvin Johnson touchdown in week one against the Bears! C'mon man! He's on my fantasy team). In week 2 they lost to the Eagles after Shaun Hill failed to complete a single pass in the Lions' last drive, but the final score was 35-32. So close! This past Sunday the Bears faced their foes from the West, the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikes ended up winning 24-10. Maybe things will turn around once Matthew Stafford is back under center.
The New York Jets traveled to Miami on Sunday to play the Dolphins. This battle was close the entire time. Every time the Jets scored the Dolphins would counter it with a score of their own. It came down to the last 2 minutes, the score 24-23 in favor of the Jets. Chad Henne, looking to go ahead was picked off in the end-zone when he tried to complete a pass to his tight end Anthony Fasano, who was in double coverage (Come on, he's not Randy Moss). Ladainian Tomlinson ran in the final TD to end the game at 31-23, and to solidify the Jets' spot at the top of the AFC East standings. Next week the Jets head to Buffalo while the Patriots head to Miami... Should be interesting.
Now I thought the Steelers were done before the season even started with Ben Roethlisberger being suspended for the first 4 games. Then they won their first 2 games with Dennis Dixon leading them. Then Dennis Dixon got hurt, they let go of Byron Leftwich and announced the Charlie Batch would be the starter. I thought they were really screwed. But low and behold they beat the then 2-0 Buccaneers 38-13. Whoa Charlie Batch, Ben might have some competition.
I'd like to end this week by saying, Michael Vick. Holy Crap Michael Vick. You play D.Mac next week, can't wait to see what happens.
That's it for this week,
Sports Truly
Speaking of the NFC North, the Detroit Lions continue to impress me despite their losing record. They are currently 0-3, but have looked like a great team in their losing effort. They have also had some questionable calls against them (that Calvin Johnson touchdown in week one against the Bears! C'mon man! He's on my fantasy team). In week 2 they lost to the Eagles after Shaun Hill failed to complete a single pass in the Lions' last drive, but the final score was 35-32. So close! This past Sunday the Bears faced their foes from the West, the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikes ended up winning 24-10. Maybe things will turn around once Matthew Stafford is back under center.
The New York Jets traveled to Miami on Sunday to play the Dolphins. This battle was close the entire time. Every time the Jets scored the Dolphins would counter it with a score of their own. It came down to the last 2 minutes, the score 24-23 in favor of the Jets. Chad Henne, looking to go ahead was picked off in the end-zone when he tried to complete a pass to his tight end Anthony Fasano, who was in double coverage (Come on, he's not Randy Moss). Ladainian Tomlinson ran in the final TD to end the game at 31-23, and to solidify the Jets' spot at the top of the AFC East standings. Next week the Jets head to Buffalo while the Patriots head to Miami... Should be interesting.
Now I thought the Steelers were done before the season even started with Ben Roethlisberger being suspended for the first 4 games. Then they won their first 2 games with Dennis Dixon leading them. Then Dennis Dixon got hurt, they let go of Byron Leftwich and announced the Charlie Batch would be the starter. I thought they were really screwed. But low and behold they beat the then 2-0 Buccaneers 38-13. Whoa Charlie Batch, Ben might have some competition.
I'd like to end this week by saying, Michael Vick. Holy Crap Michael Vick. You play D.Mac next week, can't wait to see what happens.
That's it for this week,
Sports Truly
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