Detroit would be on a four-game winning streak if it wasn’t for Aaron Rodgers’ miraculous game-winning pass last week, and the offense looks rejuvenated under new coordinator Jim Bob Cooter. Even a year ago when Newton dealt with a severe rib injury and a terrifying automobile collision that resulted in two transverse process fractures in his back, he only missed two games.
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“We’d love to have everybody healthy”. I’m not sure when Coleman will return and I think Hightower will be back soon. “It’s just not the reality at this point”. Barely. It would be the third time in four seasons John Elway’s bunch were the top seed in the AFC.
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals: Ben Roethlisberger tossed a season-high four TDs in Sunday night’s 45-10 win over Indianapolis, showing no effects of any concussion symptoms that had his status in doubt earlier in the week. And that’s what the Patriots could be facing following their perplexing loss to the Eagles Sunday.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger admits he didn’t play well when the team last faced the Cincinnati Bengals in November.
Cincinnati has the three-way tiebreaker with the better record in AFC games and could get the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a win at Denver.
-Perhaps the best aspect of Sunday’s blowout win was the opportunity to get snaps for a number of lesser-used Bengals, including quarterback A.J. McCarron and last year’s top draft choice OT Cedric Ogbuehi, who made his National Football League debut.
However, the Steelers are favored to win this game at home versus the Bengals to halt their winning run to two games.
Eli Manning threw a costly red-zone interception in the fourth quarter but benefits from the presence of one of the game’s most productive receivers in Odell Beckham Jr., who has racked up double-digit targets in four consecutive games and has racked up over 100 yards in five straight.
The Giants went scoreless in the second half and their offense looked pretty much like a one-hit wonder starring Odell Beckham, Jr. all afternoon. They succeeded, packing Pittsburgh best passing moments down into swings and screens around the line of scrimmage and coming away with a 16-10 win.
After a 1-5 start, no team in the AFC is hotter than the Chiefs, winners of six in a row.
Cincinnati has been solid against the pass this season as it is allowing just 240 yards per game through the air and has as many interceptions as touchdowns allowed (15).
“Fitz did a great job”, Jets head coach Todd Bowles said. He was under control.
Brown – as good a player as there is in the National Football League – provided the highlight of the night at the conclusion of his glorious punt return, when he launched himself, for reasons understandable only to him, testicles-first into the thankfully padded goalpost stanchion. “We had Buffalo in a big game. Each win gets us closer”.
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There were a lot of weird things happening during and after plays – including a player puking – as the playoff race gets even more scrambled. The rookie caught five passes for 119 yards, including a 47-yard touchdown after he bounced off an initial tackle attempt. All six of their Super Bowl appearances came with the benefit of a bye, out of nine tries.
