Titans @ Bengals: 24-7 Titans
When your team is predicated on the downfield pass, playing in the remnants of a hurricane will never bode well and it didn’t for Cincinnati. Even though the Titans were sans Vince Young, they went into Cincinnati and won.
Carson Palmer and crew only amassed 134 yards through the air.
Neither team scored in the first. The first touchdown drive of the game concluded with 11:06 on the clock in the second quarter when Lendale White, former USC Trojan, ducked into the end-zone for six. Rob Bironas connected on the XP.
Two drives later the Bengals found the running game. They found their cajones too. Marvin Lewis went for the first on 4th-and-1 on the Tennessee 13 yard line and Chris Perry found the end zone – basically untouched.
Tennessee answered right back. They marched 80 yards in only seven plays, one of which was a 50 and scamper by East Carolina graduate Chris Johnson. The first round pick did not disappoint, he rushed for 109 yards
It was 14-7 at the break.
Bengals came out of the half fired up but could only finish their first possession with botched field goal – 14-7 still the score.
Rob Brionas can kick though – he hit a 34 yarder on the ensuing Titans possession.
At the start of the fourth quarter, Bengals to punt from their end zone and it was blocked. Keith Bullocks recovers – touchdown. Now its 24-7.
Palmer would try and lead the Bengals to comeback heroics but instead threw two interceptions on back-to-back drives Game over.
Packers @ Lions: 45-28 Packers
Aaron Rodgers got the Packers started early. He had three touchdowns before halftime. He finished the game with 328 yards and three touchdowns – no interceptions.
The Lions could only manage a field goal in the first half. 21-3 at the break.
The Lions came out of the half grabbed two field goals in the third and began to grab momentum. After a late third quarter field goal by the Packers, early in the fourth the Lions exploded all over Ford Field. Calvin Johnson had back-to-back scores for Detroit of 38 and 47 yards respectively. Add a safety on a blown punt attempt and it was 24-25 Lions.
The Packers answered back with a 6 play drive that resulted in a field goal and grabbed the lead again and then after a Charles Woodson interception former Cornhusker Brandon Jackson tiptoed into the zone for six – XP good – 34-25 Packers.
Then the Jon Kitna for old showed up and sealed the victory for the opposing team. He threw interceptions late and often, two more pick-six’s and that’s all she wrote, Packers win.
Saints @ Redskins: 29-24 Redskins
A team can’t win if they don’t run the ball. So when the Saints’ Reggie Bush finished with only 28 yards from scrimmage and the team only managed a total of 55 yards rushing in the game – it didn’t end well.
The Redskins bounced back from an embarrassing first week and Jason Campbell looked sharp and finished the game with 328 yards passing and a touchdown.
Shaun Suisham, a guy you have never heard of, kicked three field goals for Washington in the first half and the teams went into the locker room with the score 10-9 Saints at the half.
In the third quarter both teams’ offense came alive. The Saints opened up the third quarter with an 11 play 80 yard drive capped off by a Drew Brees touchdown pass. The team only ran two rushing plays the entire drive.
The Redskins answered back with a heavy dose of the run game. The 10 play drive was finished when Clinton Portis went off left end for nine yards, two point attempt fails. Portis finished with 96 yards and two touchdowns. 17-15 now the score – Saints still lead.
Then Reggie Bush shows why he is Reggie Bush. He returns a punt 55 yards to the end zone and the Saints are feeling good, 24-16.
Middle of the fourth Campbell continues to shine, drove Washington down the field through the air and allowed Portis his second touchdown, 22-24, Redskins still traied. Then later in the fourth, Campbell connected with Santana Moss for a 67 yard touchdown and the game winner.
Redskins get in the W-column.
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