Week 8: Favre Hit Hard, Saints Get By the Steelers, Shanahan's Two Minute Failure and More

A question mark for the week was whether or not Brett Favre would start and keep his consecutive starts streak alive. He would start and lead the Vikings into the hostile territory of Gillette Stadium. Though Favre did perform well, it was not good enough for the win as the Patriots won it, 28-18. In fact, Favre would leave the game in the 4th Quarter after a hit to the jaw by Myron Pryor (started as a clean hit). He would get 10 stitches under the jaw but would be well enough to answer questions after the game. Well or not, the Vikings are still struggling as they are now 2-5. Meanwhile, the Patriots have the best record in the league at 6-1.

As for the defending champs, the Saints took on the previous champs, the Steelers, at New Orleans. Drew Brees and the Saints would regain some of their composure and beat the strong Steelers' defense, 20-10. Brees threw 2 TDs, both in the 4th Quarter, to help get them the win. Meanwhile, their NFC South Rivals, Tampa Bay, barely got by the Arizona Cardinals, 38-35. The Cardinals actually made a comeback to take the lead but the Bucs manage to score a TD with a 1 yard score by LeGarrette Blount with just over 5 minutes to go. The last place team in the NFC South, the Panthers, lose again, this time to the Rams. Sam Bradford threw 2 TDs and no INTs in this game as he seems to be this year's "rookie that leads a team into the playoffs."

A controversial move that has been talked about non stop is the QB exchange near the end of the Redskins-Lions game. Being down by 6 with less than 2 minutes to go and with no Time Outs, Shanahan pulled McNabb and put in Rex Grossman later saying that Grossman was more prepared to run the two minute offense than McNabb. How did that work out? Grossman immediately fumbled the ball and Ndamukong Suh picked it up and ran in for the put away TD. Lions beat the Redskins, 37-25. Possibly Shanahan's worst move ever but perhaps aimed to get some respect in the locker room. It's seems he may have lost some, though, with his team and the fans.

Other games of the week include the Chiefs edging out the winless Bills in OT, 13-10. The Chiefs scored the game winning field as time expired in OT. Cutting it really close there. The Jets got shut out by the Packers in a close game, 9-0. No TDs for either side in this game but the offense of the Jets was out of sync as Sanchez threw 2 INTs. The Colts get some revenge over the Texans beating them, 30-17. Manning threw 2 TDs in their first divisional win of the year.

Of course the week ends with us talking about Shanahan's move and Moss being put on waivers. Is this "bad move week" or something?