week 11 recap.

Recap time!! I was exceptionally busy yesterday, denying me the chance to do a recap then and also denying me the chance to check out highlights of some of the games, so I'll just have to quickly go through the weekends action now. Lets get on with it shall we, remembering that I took the Panthers for Thursday night (hate the Panthers) which leaves me 0-1 so far: Colts 17 @ Ravens 15 : The Colts seem to have a thing about tight games. No matter who they're playing, they seem determined to only win the game by a few points. Still, the Colts bandwagon rolls on. 1-1. Redskins 6 @ Cowboys 7 : Betts got himself injured and what ensued was probably one of the worst games of football in recent memory. The Cowboys are really starting to struggle lately. It's usually about this time of year that they disintegrate offensively, and this year looks no different. 1-2. Browns 37 @ Lions 38 : Who in their right mind would have picked this as probably the most entertaining game of the week? Check out Brady Quinn spreading the ball around, albeit against the worst pass defense in the league right now. And the Lions rallying to win it with no time on the clock? Crazy stuff. 2-2. 49'ers 24 @ Packers 30 : The score doesn't do Green Bay justice, as they leaped into an early lead. Contrary to my analysis on Friday, the 49'ers rushed the ball with Frank Gore just 7 times. I feel sorry for Frank. The guy has pro bowl potential in spades. I could understand if he wanted out of San Fran. 2-3. Bills 15 @ Jaguars 18 : Both Teams struggled on the ground. For Buffalo that's no real surprise. For Jacksonville that's big. Jones-Drew gives them their best chance of winning and I think they need to spell Rashad Jennings in more to ease the load. Their passing game is still a little inconsistent. 3-3. Steelers 24 @ Chiefs 27 : What in gods name happened? Answer, Ben Roethlisberger threw the ball 42 times. 42!!! The Steelers are suffering from "Mark Sanchez syndrome" as I like to call it. This is where a QB has a few good games, pretty solid, and then for no reason his team instantly heaps it's entire offensive hopes upon his back. 42 passes? When you have Parker, Mendenhall and Moore in the backfield? Are you kidding me? 3-4. Sehawks 9 @ Vikings 35 : Surprise, surprise. 4 TDs for the ancient one mark his place as the top QB in the land right now. 4-4. Falcons 31 @ Giants 34 : Mannings foot has healed, just ask the Falcons! 5-4. Saints 38 @ Buccaneers 7 : Ok, so this was perhaps a little optimistic on my part. 5-5. Cardinals 21 @ Rams 13 : Cards keep finding ways to win. Playing the Rams helps a lot. Losing Warner is a blow, but their rushing attack has matured at just the right time. Coach Ken Wisenhunt is sitting in his office somewhere, smiling evilly, as his grand master plan comes to fruition. 6-5. Chargers 32 @ Broncos 3 : Norv Turner is sitting in his office somewhere, smiling evilly........ as the Chargers chalk up another win, this time over their only real rivals for the division. Like the way that the Chargers aren't happy with the normal three back attack that a lot of teams favour, they went four ways against the Broncos. Worked as well. 7-5. Jets 14 @ Patriots 31 : It's the "Sanchize". Oops, no it's not. It's the "Bodden-chise". 3 picks for Bodden and another for Meriweather as the Lord of the Rings impersonators club takes the Jets to the cleaners. In Mordor. 8-5. Bengals 17 @ Raiders 20 : All the headlines seem to read "Gradkowski stuns Bengals". By completing more than 50% of his passes maybe? He still only went 17/34. Let's not forget that. The Bengals were just poor, as Palmer only connected on 14/22. 8-6. Eagles 24 @ Bears 20 : Heavens above, Cutler threw only 1 pick!! It was funny to hear Bears fans booing Matt Forte. I was thinking "c'mon guys, we all know the o-line is rubbish. Wait a minute, who the hell is Kahlil Bell?"...... and then he ran for 72 yards. Anyone getting excited that this might hail a resurgence was gutted to find out that on his next three runs he would combine for just another 9 yards. Michael Vick also came out and surprisingly rushed for more yards on one carry than he has all year combined. The Eagles still have their problems though. Like getting guys onto the field and into the huddle. 9-6. Titans 20 @ Texans 17 : The ball keeps rolling for Tennessee. Just. The wind helped them in this one, pushing Kris Browns 49 yard field goal attempt wide of the uprights. Well, they do say it's better to be lucky than good. Still, I'd rather have Chris Johnson in the backfield... oh wait, they do. 10-6. Right, that's that for the week. 10-6 not bad, but not great. The Bengals and Steelers games were a shock that otherwise would have left me at 12-4. And don't even get me started on the Panthers. I hate them. My season tally (started in week 7) now runs at 47-24. Not bad. Tomorrow I can feel some extra credit coming on.