Lions Lose 2nd Game, Tebow Leads Comeback, Burress Big for Jets and More

Last week I was giddy that the 49ers were able to hand the Detroit Lions their first loss of the season. All due respect, I actually root for the Lions when they are not playing San Francisco. I love underdog teams, for the most part. So it saddened me that the Lions were unable to rebound from their loss to the Niners. This week, the Lions played the Falcons and boy did Stafford under perform. He was 15/32, for 183 yards, and 1 TD pass. At the end, he was unable to make a comeback drive for a second week in a row. To make things worse, he got hurt on the last Lions offensive play. Lions lose, 23-16, and might have lost their QB for some time. Meanwhile, the Falcons have won 2 in a row and are contenders again in the NFC South.

You know who did manage to make an impressive comeback? The Broncos lead by Tim Tebow. Tebow did not have a good game at all leading up to the final minutes. He missed open receivers and just couldn't get anything going for the offense. But in the final three minutes, a minor miracle happened: a comeback was achieved. Down by 15, Tebow threw a TD pass to Demaryius Thomas with 2:44 left. After a successful onside kick by the Broncos, Tebow lead them down field again and threw another TD pass, this time to Daniel Fells on a screen play. Then Tebow ran in a two point conversion to tie the game at 15. OT came and the Dolphins fumbled it to give Matt Prater a winning FG shot which he made 52 yards out. Broncos win, 18-15. Need better results from Tebow earlier in the game but you got to love that will to win.

Other games included the Jets defeating the Chargers, 27-21. A major aid to Mark Sanchez was Plaxico Burress who caught 3 TDs in this game. Huge game for the Jets to win. Packers manage to defeat the Vikings and debuting, Christian Ponder, 33-27. Rodgers was the man again but the Vikings did scare the Pack a little. The annual London game, which could become much more, was won by the Bears, 24-18, over the Bucs. Two TD passes by Freeman is good but not 4 INTs. Don't get caught up in a INT competition with Cutler. Last, the Raiders did not start Palmer but he did play later in the game. He was no better than the starter, Kyle Boller, as they threw 3 INTs apiece. Of course the Raiders lose with 6 INTs to the Chiefs, 28-0, with 2 INTs returned for Chief TDs.

Week 7 ends tonight with the Ravens vs. the Jaguars. Sounds like a no contest like the Colts-Saints game.