I thought the first thing I was going to talk about was how the Cowboys redeem themselves against the Texans, but Michael Vick changed everything in Philadelphia and made a big statement on Sunday.
Vick has been amazing since he step on the football field this season. He completed 17 of 31 of his passes and had four touchdowns (3 pass TD and 1 rushing TD) against the Jaguars and led the Eagles to a 28-3. You had to enjoy watching him throw a 61-yard TD pass to Desean Jackson, a 16-yard and 45-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin, and when he ran in the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown.
Vick has thrown for 750 passing yards, six touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 110.2 QB rating. I'm glad he's doing so well after everything he's been through with the dog trial and not getting much playing time last year.
Michael Vick is back and we all need to get use to it now. The Eagles front office would be insane to let him go after this season.
Falcons stun Saints at the Superdome!!!!
Who Dat say the Falcons would beat those Saints at the Superdome? Me!!!!! It was going to happen sooner or later.
Saints kicker Garrett Hartley has to be sick to his stomach in the past 24 hours after missing a simple 29-yard field goal in overtime that would have given them the win in overtime. This is the same man that sent his team to the Super Bowl after a game-winning 46-yard field goal over the Vikings in the NFC Championship last season. Then Falcons kicker Matt Bryant kicked a 46-yard field goal with 1:55 left in overtime to give Matt Ryan and the Falcons a 27-24 overtime victory. Good job Sean Payton calling a timeout and icing Bryant as the Saints block Bryant's field goal before Bryant's big GW kick.
The Saints have invited John Carney and Matt Stover to practice with the team and possibly replace Hartley, talk about loyalty to your Super Bowl clinching kicker.
Roy Williams explodes against the Texans secondary!!!!
As soon as I read the Texans allowed 811 passing yards in their first two games, I knew I had to pick the Cowboys to win this game. Tony Romo completed 23 for 30 passes for 284 passing yards and two touchdown passes to lead the Cowboys to their first win of the season over the Texans 27-13.
Both of Romo's touchdown passes went to Texas Longhorn alum Roy Williams, who caught five passes for 117 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Williams caught a 15-yard touchdown pass to give the Cowboys a 17-3 lead in the third quarter and a 63-yard TD pass in the fourth to put the Texans away for good.
The Cowboys running game ran the ball 27 times for 101 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown (from Marion Barber to give the Cowboys a 7-0). Much better then averaging 63.5 rushing yards in the first two weeks of the season.
The Cowboys defense held the Texans to only one touchdown and two field goals. That was very surprising to me. They even held Andre Johnson to only four catches for 64 receiving yards and no touchdowns. Matt Schaub threw for only 241 passing yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions.
Braylon Edwards comes up big in Miami!!!!
First of all I'm glad Braylon Edwards finally cut off that ugly beard. It paid off after he sat out of the game briefly for his drunk driving arrest this week.
Edwards only had two catches and 87 receiving yards, but he made the biggest touchdown of the game when Mark Sanchez threw a pass to him, then juked Jason Allen and ran it for a 67-yard touchdown catch. How ironic LeBron James was in the house to witness it.
I've been impressed on how Mark Sanchez has taken control the the Jets offense in the last couple of weeks. Sanchez threw 15 of 28 of his passes for 256 passing yards and three touchdowns at South Beach. In the last couple of week he has thrown 36 for 58 of his passes for 476 passing yards, six touchdowns and no interceptions.
Shame on the Dolphins fans for booing Jason Taylor as well. He put his body on the line for you guys and you treat him that way. Come on that makes no sense, I don't care if the Jets are your rival.
LaDainian Tomlinson looks much better and being more productive with the Jets. Tomlinson finished the game with 15 carries for 70 rushing yards and ran a one-yard touchdown to give the Jets a 31-23 lead and the game.
Brett Favre and the Vikings finally win, but this will have to be Adrian Peterson's team!!!!
Until Brett Favre gets Sidney Rice back, they have to rely on Adrian Peterson to carry their offense.
Adrian Peterson ran 23 carries for 160 rushing yards and two touchdowns to help the Vikings get their first win of the season over the Lions 24-10. Half of his yards came from an 80-yard touchdown run to help the Vikes put them away.
Favre is still looking like a 40-year old man instead of the great Pro Bowl quarterback he was last season. He needs on more touchdown to have 500 touchdown passes of his career, but his performance against the Lions wasn't very good at all. He threw 23 of 34 of his passes for 201 passing yards and a touchdown pass, but threw two interceptions. When Percy Harvin has six catches and Adrian Peterson had the second-most catches with five, something is wrong with Favre's trust with the team.
After their bye week, the Vikings schedule will be brutal. They will visit the Jets, host the Cowboys, visit the Packers, and visit the Patriots in the next four weeks. I don't like their chances on the road at all and I think the Vikes are in trouble.
By the way Percy Harvin's 24-yard touchdown catch was one of the best catches this season. Way to dive in the end zone for the touchdown catch.
Other NFL thoughts
- Shame on the New York Giants for looking so bad against the Titans. Chris Johnson ran the ball 32 times for 125 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Eli Manning and the Giants better get it together soon or it will be a long season for the "G-Men" and more fun for the New York media.
- The 49ers had to get rid of offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye after that humiliating lost to the (3-0) Chiefs. Todd Haley is my coach of the year so far but let's see how well they play the next two weeks after their bye week when they visit the Colts and Texans. By the way thier defense has allowed only 12.7 points a game. Please keep an eye on Dexter McCluster the rest of the year.
- The Patriots defense allowed Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Bills to score 30 points....Unacceptable I don't care if the Patriots won 38-30.
- Welcome back Leon Washington!!!! a 101-yard and a 99-yard kickoff returns for touchdowns as the Seahawks beat the Chargers 27-20. Can someone fire Norv Turner already, the Chargers are a mess.
- Very happey for Charlie Batch and the Steelers defense!!!! They will be tough to stop as soon as Ben Roethlisberger comes back, but Big Ben won't play against the Ravens on Sunday.
- Joe Flacco throws three touchdown passes against the Browns but the Ravens D should have been much better against the Browns.
- The Bengals offense better get it together they look terrible in their first three games. They have only averaged 19.7 points a game.
- Donovan McNabb and the Redskins hand Sam Bradford his first career win and let the Rams beat you before the big game in Philly next week...Pathetic.
- Sebastin Janikowski misses a 32-yard field goal over the Cardinals? Come on son.
Monday Prediction!!!!
Packers will beat the Bears tonight.
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