Week 4 of the NFL continued yesterday with us all thanking our refs and then yelling at them the next minute. After the awkward encounter, we pressed on.
The Sunday Night Football game featured the Giants going into Philly to take on the Eagles. Both teams were 2-1 entering the contest and looking to gain an edge in the NFC East (and hope that the Cowboys lose the next day). It was a slow start that picked up by the end of the first half with a TD pass from Michael Vick to DeSean Jackson to grab the lead for Philly. The Giants would answer back in the third quarter and it was neck and neck until the final drive of the game which had the Giants inexplicably getting first downs via Pass Interference calls. Finally an unfortunate offensive PI call causes Lawrence Tynes to miss the game winner (twice thanks to icing the kicker) for the Giants. Eagles win a close one at the end 19-17 and are somehow 3-1 on the season despite the turnovers and inability to score more points than 90% of the league (including the 49ers).
Earlier in the day, Lambeau had an interesting couple of teams with the Saints looking to get their first win while the Packers were looking to recover from the sacks and the bad call on the Monday Night game. Both Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers played the role of gunslinger in this QB duel. They threw for a combined total of 765 yards and 7 TDs. In the end, it was Aaron Rodgers and the Packers getting the last shot in with an 11 yard TD pass to Jordy Nelson to be the game winner in the 4th quarter. Packers win a close one 28-27. Saints are still winless and have a bigger grudge against the league than the Packers do.
As for the rest of the league, the Falcons survive a visiting Panthers and their QB Cam Newton 30-28 by Matt Bryant making a 40 yard FG leaving 5 seconds left. Cam Newton actually ran for a first down to seal the deal for the Panthers but forgot the ball fumbling it to lead to a 4th down punt. The Patriots adjust for the Bills at halftime and end up destroying them in the 2nd half. They scored 45 second half points to win the game 52-28. The Vikings rattle another team beating the Lions 20-13. The aid of 2 special teams TDs help them win that game and they are surprisingly 3-1. Last one I'll mention is the Redskins beating the Bucs with a FG at the end 24-22. A fine effort by the Bucs to make the comeback in the 2nd half only to come up short.
Another Sunday well wasted in front of the tube. Just wish I could find those chips I lost. I swear they were all in the bag this morning.
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