Lost in the madness of Sunday’s miraculous win over the Seahawks was how Andy Dalton made several critical audibles that led to big plays for the Bengals.
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“We have all types of players that can fit into really any offense”, Bernard said. Dustin Hopkins’ 52-yard field goal on the final play of regulation forced overtime. “We’ve done a good job of it all season”. Naturally, the Browns fall behind by 12.
The biggest example of this on Sunday came late in the fourth quarter when he called his own number on a QB sneak near the goal line that saw him score to cut Seattle’s lead to 24-21.
All good things must end.
Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers (12) fumbles the ball with St…
That ended Rodgers’ NFL-record streaks of 587 pass attempts and 49 touchdown passes at home without an interception. “We were able to stand tall when it counted”. “Have to start a new one”. I think the confidence that everybody around him has – and the fact that they are getting to the right spots and providing him the opportunity to deliver them the football – it makes a huge impression for those of you who are watching.
And finally, typical Detroit Lions. A couple of Rey’s open-field tackles helped stall Seattle drives as the Bengals rallied from a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to win in overtime.
Statistically Dalton is better, and although both teams remain unbeaten, it’s very apparent that Tom Brady has a better surrounding cast on both offense and defense. The Seahawks face another undefeated team this weekend. In fact, nobody got to 4-0. The schedule did not feature a single game pitting two teams with winning records against one another, and as such, expectations were tempered.
The road games are Atlanta at New Orleans, Cincinnati at Buffalo, Denver at Cleveland, Carolina at Seattle, and New England at Indianapolis. But 2015 has given every indication that Dalton and coach Marvin Lewis have found something that works, something special, and something that will carry the further than they’ve gone before. The preliminary diagnosis was a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which would end his season. Charles will have an MRI exam Monday. The Seahawks also blew 17-point leads in 2003 against Baltimore and 2004 against St. Louis, losing in overtime as well.
For a team that keeps winning, their defense isn’t doing them any favors.
BEARS 18, CHIEFS 17: Jay Cutler led Chicago (2-3) to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns in a comeback win at Kansas City (1-4), including a 7-yard toss to Matt Forte with 18 seconds left.
Russell Wilson was 15 of 23 for 213 yards with a touchdown, a tipped interception and four sacks.
“I trusted my instincts and the film study…” On the second, (CB Cary Williams) had a chance to make the play and missed it by inches.
Which brings me back to flukiness.
With a big lead in the first three quarters, things began to look more and more in focus for the team. They followed that with a blowout of Houston.
After being routed 42-17 by the Arizona Cardinals, the Lions (0-5) have the dubious distinction of being the NFL’s only winless team and are off to their worst start since becoming the league’s only 0-16 team in 2008. He is 0-4 in the playoffs, with one touchdown and six interceptions in those games. He now has 64 career interceptions, tied with Ed Reed for sixth on the all-time list.
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Doug Martin was the star for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, running for 123 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-31 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
