NFL WEEK IN REVIEW - WEEK 10

Week 10 - NFL Week In Review

Week 10 REVIEW - Final Score: Detroit 29, Arizona 21

Detroit, MI - (MySportsbook.com) - Joey Harrington threw three touchdown passes to Roy Williams, as Detroit beat Arizona, 29-21, at Ford Field. Harrington ended 22-of-32 for 231 yards with the three scores while Williams caught seven passes for 117 yards for the Lions (4-5), who put an end to a two-game losing streak. "You don't have to be perfect with him," Harrington said of Williams. "A guy like Roy can make plays that aren't there." Kevin Jones had 14 rushes for 81 yards for Detroit. Williams became the first Lions receiver to catch three TD passes since Herman Moore accomplished the feat on October 29, 1995. "Everybody's talking about us, doubting our talent, first-round bust and all that stuff," said Williams. "We're players. We've proven ourselves in this league. We've just got to be consistent. Next week I can't go out there and drop balls. We've just got to continue to be productive. I hope I set the foundation for this wide receiver corps."

Kurt Warner was 29-of-45 for 359 yards with a touchdown for the Cardinals (2-7), who have lost three straight contests. Larry Fitzgerald caught nine passes for 141 yards with a score in the setback. Detroit took the game's opening kickoff and marched 59 yards in seven plays before Harrington capped the drive with a seven-yard touchdown pass to Williams. The play was reviewed, but replays showed that Williams controlled the ball and did get both feet inbounds. The big play on the series was a 36- yard run by Jones on 4th-and-1 from just inside midfield. The Lions went ahead 9-0 late in the first quarter as they pinned Arizona at the two-yard line following an excellent punt from Nick Harris. On the next play, Obafemi Ayanbadejo was tackled in the end zone for a safety. Williams' second touchdown grab of the day, this one from 21 yards out, widened the gap to 16-0 with 11:13 left in the second period. Neil Rackers' 51-yard field goal with 5:33 left in the first half then got Arizona on the board and made it 16-3. He has now hit a franchise-best 27 straight kicks. However, Jason Hanson kicked a short 26-yard field goal as the first half expired for a 19-3 edge.

The Cardinals finally got in the end zone with 9:53 left in the third quarter as J.J. Arrington capped a nine-play, 79-yard drive with a one-yard TD run. Arizona then went for two points and got it to pull within 19-11. It marked the first rushing touchdown by a Cardinal player this season. Detroit, though, had a quick answer as Harrington found Williams for a 29-yard score to widen the gap to 26-11 with 6:03 remaining in the third. Arizona again used a Rackers field goal, this one from 28 yards, to pull within 26-14 with 14:09 remaining. However, Hanson's 20-yarder moments later restored the 15-point edge. The Cards were not done yet, though, as Warner orchestrated a quick six-play, 62-yard drive before capping it with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Fitzgerald to pull Arizona within 29-21 with 2:24 remaining. The onside kick then failed, but after a defensive stop, the Cardinals got the ball back with 1:01 remaining. Warner, though, failed to move the team downfield and Arizona eventually turned it over on downs with 13 seconds left. "It was obviously good to see everybody fight in the second half and put ourselves in a position to win," Warner said. "But I guess when you spot someone 30 minutes it's tough to battle back in this league, no matter who you're playing."

Game Notes

Detroit head coach Steve Mariucci improved to 7-0 all-time versus the Cardinals...Warner fell to 27-6 all-time in domes...Fitzgerald has 61 catches this season.

Week 10 REVIEW - Final Score: Jacksonville 30, Baltimore 3

Jacksonville, FL - (MySportsbook.com) - Greg Jones ran for 106 yards and a touchdown to lead the Jacksonville Jaguars to a 30-3 win over the Baltimore Ravens at ALLTEL Stadium. Jones carried the ball 25 times in place of starting running back Fred Taylor, who missed the game with a right ankle injury. Byron Leftwich completed 16 of his 30 attempts for 211 yards and a touchdown for the Jags (6-3), who have won two straight and four of their last five games. "I'll do whatever the team needs me to do to win," Jones said. "It felt real good getting over 100 (yards) today." Rookie wide receiver Matt Jones finished with 117 yards and a score on five receptions in the win -- Jacksonville's first in seven meetings with the Ravens. The Jaguars will travel to Tennessee next Sunday.

Quarterback Kyle Boller returned to Baltimore's starting lineup Sunday after being out since Week 1 with a case of turf toe, but his return produced the same results. Boller was 19-of-33 for 142 yards and three interceptions, including a pick returned for a score, as the Ravens (2-7) suffered their fourth straight loss. Baltimore will try to halt its losing skid versus Pittsburgh next Sunday. Anthony Weaver's stuff of Greg Jones on fourth down early in the game led to Matt Stover's 41-yard field goal for a 3-0 Ravens lead. Stover's boot capped a 12-play drive that covered 39 yards. It turned into a defensive struggle until Leftwich fired a 32-yard TD strike to Matt Jones with 6:46 to go in the first half, giving Jacksonville a 7-3 edge. Leftwich was 3-of-4 passing for 59 yards during the seven-play, 78-yard march. The Jaguars grabbed a 10-3 halftime cushion courtesy of Josh Scobee's 48-yard field goal as time expired in the second quarter.

Terry Cousin intercepted a pass intended for Todd Heap and the Jags drove 92 yards in 13 plays, resulting in Jones' one-yard touchdown run. The score made it 17-3 with less than three minutes to go in the third quarter. Scobee nailed a 33-yard field goal at the 11:27 mark of the fourth quarter to give Jacksonville a commanding 20-3 lead. He later added a 26-yard boot to make it a 20-point advantage. Mike Peterson's 26-yard interception return for a touchdown just before the two-minute warning completed the scoring. Peterson finished the game with 10 tackles and a sack. "It was a good, solid, complete team effort. We executed at a high level," Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio said after the game.

Game Notes

Leftwich is 3-0 against the AFC North this season...Jimmy Smith ended with 43 yards on three catches in the win...Jacksonville racked up 338 yards of offense to 163 yards for Baltimore...Derrick Mason added 63 yards on four catches for the Ravens...Jamal Lewis was held to 44 yards on 14 rushes in the loss...Heap contributed 58 yards on five receptions...Jacksonville halted its NFL-record, 58-game streak of not scoring at least 30 points.

Week 10 Review - Final Score: Indianapolis 31, Houston 17

Indianapolis, IN - (MySportsbook.com) - Peyton Manning threw for 297 yards and three touchdowns, as the Indianapolis Colts remained undefeated with a 31-17 victory over the Houston Texans at the RCA Dome. Edgerrin James added 122 yards with a touchdown on 26 carries for the Colts (9-0), who are the lone unbeaten team in the NFL. Marvin Harrison finished with seven catches for 108 yards and a score in the victory. David Carr threw for a touchdown and Jonathan Wells ran for a score, as the Texans (1-8) lost their second straight and fell to 0-8 all-time against the Colts. Manning completed 26-of-35 passes and was not intercepted in the victory, as the Colts became the 11th team since 1970 to start a season with nine straight wins. Only the 1972 Miami Dolphins went on to complete a season undefeated and the Colts will have a pair of tough tests the next two weeks with a visit to Cincinnati followed by a Monday night home game against Pittsburgh. "Two games in six days takes something out of you no matter how it goes," said Colts head coach Tony Dungy in reference to Monday's 40-21 victory over New England. "But we were able to get this win and we will be able to move on and get ready for Cincinnati."

After the teams traded punts to start the game, the Colts scored on three straight possessions to take control. Indy's second series started with a four-yard loss by James on first down, but Manning twice converted third down with completions and finished the 10-play, 70-yard drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Dallas Clark late in the first quarter. Manning then directed a 12-play, 86-yard march for another score. A Houston penalty for offside on 4th-and-1 prolonged the series and James did most of the work with six carries for 36 yards, including a five-yard scoring run for a 14-0 lead with 11:14 remaining in the opening half. The Colts followed a Houston punt with a nine-play, 71-yard drive for another touchdown. Manning hit Reggie Wayne with a 17-yard pass on 3rd-and-3 to keep it alive, then finished the march with a 21-yard scoring toss to Brandon Stokley to make it 21-0. "I thought we were able to spread the ball around pretty well," Manning said. "In this offense it can be anybody on any given Sunday. I think you see on film that we do spread it around and you can hit them with Marvin, Reggie, Stokley, Dallas and Edgerrin out of the backfield. It can put the defense in a bind as far as who to double team."

Houston managed just 51 yards on 15 plays during its first four possessions, then caught a break when the Colts muffed a punt with just 2:55 left in the half. Carr needed just three plays to put his team in the end zone, as he threw passes of 14 and six yards before Wells raced 14 yards for a touchdown on the first play after the two-minute warning. he Texans had just four first downs and 84 total yards in the first half, compared to 16 first downs and 231 yards for the Colts. Houston then took the opening kickoff of the second half and drove 60 yards in 11 plays for another touchdown. Carr completed each of his four passes during the series, including a 13-yard scoring strike to Jabar Gaffney to make it a seven-point game. It didn't take long for the Colts to answer as Manning finished a five-play, 75-yard march with a 30-yard touchdown pass to Harrison.

Another special teams mistake cost the Colts when a Houston punt hit the helmet of Indy's Jason David and the Texans recovered at the Indianapolis 30. It led to a 24-yard field goal by Kris Brown, pulling Houston within 28-17 in the final minute of the third quarter. The Colts extended the lead back to 14 with a 45-yard field goal by Mike Vanderjagt early in the fourth quarter. Houston followed with a drive to the Indianapolis 27, but a fourth-down pass from Carr fell incomplete with 7:06 left to end the last real Texans threat. "We weren't consistent enough," said Texans head coach Dom Capers. "We played better in the second half."

Game Notes

Manning and Harrison became the first quarterback/receiver duo to reach 10,000 career yards...James reached the 100-yard plateau for the 47th time in his career, tying Franco Harris for eighth-most in NFL history. The Colts improved to 41-6 when he reaches the century mark, including 7-0 this season. He also went over 1,000 yards in a season for the fifth time in his career...Indy defensive end Robert Mathis did not have a sack, ending his string of eight straight games with at least one...The Texans were without running back Domanick Davis, who sat out his second straight game with a knee injury...Houston's Jason Simmons injured his hamstring on the first punt of the game in the first quarter and Texans offensive tackle Todd Wade left in the fourth quarter with a sprained right knee.

Week 10 Review - Final Score: Buffalo 14, Kansas City 3

Orchard Park, NY - (MySportsbook.com) - J.P. Losman relieved an injured Kelly Holcomb and threw a pair of touchdown passes, as Buffalo defeated Kansas City, 14-3, at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Losman came in early in the second quarter after Holcomb left with a head injury. Holcomb, who was sacked by Jared Allen and fumbled the ball, had his head bounce off the ground before exiting the game on his own power. The 24-year-old Losman ended 9-of-16 for 137 yards while Lee Evans was the recipient of both touchdown passes for the Bills (4-5), who put an end to a two-game losing streak. "It was a little bit of a comeback for me," said Losman, who lost his starting job in Week 5. "I feel like it was a comeback. Whether I play good or bad, I loved the way I focused. I loved the way I was concentrating. I love that anger, I love it." Evans had three catches for 66 yards while Willis McGahee, who briefly left with a hand injury, rushed for 66 yards on 20 carries in the win. Holcomb was 4-of-6 for only 25 yards.

Trent Green had a miserable afternoon, going 23-of-40 for 220 yards with three interceptions and a fumble for the Chiefs (5-4), who failed to follow up their last-second Week 9 win over Oakland. "That's just part of the game," Green said of the interceptions. "I could have made some decisions differently. I could have tried putting the ball in different places. You just can't turn the ball over, especially on the road when your defense is playing so well." Larry Johnson, who is the now the team's full-time starter after Priest Holmes was placed on injured reserve with a neck injury, ran the ball 27 times for 132 yards in the KC setback. Tony Gonzalez made eight catches for 81 yards for Kansas City. After a series of punts to begin the game, Kansas City got on the board as Lawrence Tynes booted a 35-yard field goal with 1:17 left in the first quarter. The seven-play, 45-yard drive was aided by Johnson's 24-yard run.

Early in the second, Buffalo then went for it on 4th-and-inches from its own territory, but Holcomb botched the play on what appeared to be a quarterback sneak, and it gave the Chiefs excellent field position. However, Green fumbled shortly after and Jeff Posey picked up the ball for the Bills and ran it back all the way to the Kansas City 12. Buffalo, though, could not capitalize as Holcomb was hit on 3rd-and-5 and fumbled the ball where Carlos Hall recovered for the Chiefs. The hit put on by Allen also knocked Holcomb out of the game, as he exited with the head injury. Kansas City tried to take advantage of the turnover as it drove down the field, but it also could not score as Tynes missed a 44-yard kick. Tynes had made 14 straight field goals prior to the miss. The Bills then took the field with Losman under center and the second-year pro provided a much-needed spark. Losman orchestrated a seven-play, 66-yard drive before finishing it off with a 33-yard touchdown pass to Evans. Losman passed for 65 yards on the series, which also included a 28-yard strike to Josh Reed.

Green was then intercepted on the ensuing drive, but the turnover was not costly as Rian Lindell missed a 28-yard field goal. Buffalo took advantage of Green's second interception of the game as it scored a touchdown midway through the third period. After beginning inside the Chiefs 30-yard line courtesy of Rashad Baker's interception, Losman hooked up again with Evans, this time from 29 yards away, to make it 14-3. "We knew they could present some problems for us and we just couldn't get it solved completely," said Kansas City head coach Dick Vermeil. "I thought the defense did a lot of good things and kept the game close enough, other than the two big plays they gave up. We would have had to shut them out to beat them 3-0."

Tynes missed a 43-yard kick early in the fourth quarter, and Green then threw another pick later in the period, but it did not hurt the Chiefs as Lindell missed another short field goal. Kansas City, though, could not mount any comebacks this week and failed to get in the end zone for the first time since a 24-0 loss at Oakland on December 28, 2002.

Game Notes McGahee fumbled late in the fourth quarter, the first ball he coughed up in a span of 240 touches...Buffalo is 11-2 all-time when McGahee gets at least 20 carries...Gonzalez became the Chiefs' all-time leader with 7,362 receiving yards, surpassing the previous mark held by Otis Taylor (7,306)...Green, who was also sacked six times, entered the game having not thrown an interception in 145 attempts. He was intercepted on his 15th pass of the game...Tynes, who was 1-for-3, has made at least one field goal in 12 straight games, which ties Pete Stoyanovich for the second-longest streak in team history. Jan Stenerud made a FG in 16 straight contests from 1969-70...Vermeil lost for the first time in five career games against Buffalo (4-1)...Kansas City All-Pro guard Will Shields started his 200th straight game, becoming the fourth player since the AFL-NFL merger to accomplish the feat...Buffalo cornerback Troy Vincent also left with a shoulder injury...The Chiefs are 1-9 all-time at Buffalo.

Week 10 Review - Final Score: Minnesota 24, NY Giants 21

East Rutherford, NJ - (MySportsbook.com) - Paul Edinger missed his first two field-goal attempts, but nailed a 48-yarder with 10 seconds remaining in the game to lift Minnesota past the New York Giants, 24-21. Edinger's clutch field goal gave Minnesota (4-5) its first win on the road this season. The Vikings were 0-4 outside the Metrodome before Sunday's matchup at Giants Stadium. Darren Sharper intercepted three passes and returned one for a 92-yard touchdown for the Vikings, who won for the second straight week and ended a three-game slide to the Giants. Minnesota, which will face Green Bay next Monday night at Lambeau Field, became the first team in NFL history to return a kickoff, a punt and an interception for a touchdown in the same game.

Koren Robinson had an 86-yard kickoff return for a score, while Mewelde Moore took a punt back for a 71-yard touchdown. The Vikings had their worst offensive performance of the season with 137 total yards and produced just six yards in the first half. Eli Manning finished 23-of-48 for 290 yards with a touchdown and four interceptions in his worst outing for the Giants (6-3), who had their three- game winning streak halted despite having 405 total yards. "That was not anywhere near close to the football that we teach or talk about," said Giants head coach Tom Coughlin. "We turned the ball over like it was a non-issue."

Tiki Barber did all he could for New York, racking up 95 yards rushing with a score and a career-high 111 yards receiving. Amani Toomer chipped in 61 yards and a touchdown on six receptions in the loss. The Giants will battle NFC East-rival Philadelphia next Sunday. After the Vikings had a touchdown negated on an offensive pass interference call against Travis Taylor, Minnesota was forced to punt. The Giants went three-and-out, however, and Moore made them pay with a 71-yard punt return for a TD with less than six minutes to go in the third quarter to give Minnesota a 21-13 lead. Barber then had a touchdown nullified with less than five minutes to go in the game after a New York lineman was whistled for being downfield. Manning was then intercepted by Sharper for the third time, tying a Minnesota record. The Vikings couldn't produce anything offensively and punted the ball back to New York, which put together a game-tying drive.

Consecutive 11-yard passes by Manning put the Giants in Minnesota territory and a defensive holding penalty later in the drive set the offense up at the 21-yard line. Barber then hauled in an 18-yard pass and reached the end zone on a three-yard run to make it a two-point game. Barber got the call again on the two-point conversion and busted up the middle from three yards away for a 21-21 score with 1:21 remaining in the game. Brad Johnson, who was 17-of-30 for 144 yards, drove the Vikings 42 yards in eight plays and completed four passes in the march to set up Edinger, who booted a 48-yard field goal with 10 seconds left. "You get in a two-minute mode and you have to stay relaxed, stay with your game, stay with your calls that you practice and practice and that's what we did," said Johnson about the winning drive. "We got a few completions, we didn't panic on the sack on the very first play."

Edinger then squibbed the ensuing kickoff out of bounds, giving the Giants the ball at their own 40-yard line. However, Tim Carter was tackled after taking a lateral pass from Barber at midfield. Willie Ponder fumbled the opening kickoff, but the Giants dodged a bullet when Edinger was wide right on a 40-yard field goal try. Sharper's first interception later in the first quarter was wasted when Edinger had his field-goal attempt blocked by Damane Duckett. New York was putting together a decent drive towards the end of the first quarter and Jeremy Shockey's 12-yard catch set up the offense inside the Minnesota 20-yard line. Barber got four yards on first down, but Sharper stepped in front of a pass intended for Plaxico Burress and raced 92 yards for a 7-0 Vikings lead at the 14:43 mark of the second quarter. "I saw a three-step drop by Eli and just basically took off to the rout," said Sharper. "He threw it and I just was happy I held onto it and then I was just clear sailing."

Jay Feely got the Giants on the board with a 35-yard field goal minutes later and then made it a 7-6 contest on a 48-yarder with 3:39 to go before the half. Minnesota opened the second half on a good note as Robinson took the kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown, extending Minnesota's lead to 14-6 just 11 seconds into the period. "This is an awesome team performance, especially the way the defense came through," said Johnson. "Special teams were awesome." Manning then orchestrated a quick 85-yard drive and pulled the Giants to within one on a 23-yard TD pass to Toomer at 11:46. The good field position was keyed by a defensive pass interference penalty against Antoine Winfield.

Game Notes

Vikings head coach Mike Tice hurt his knee when he was taken out along the sideline during a return...Robinson led all Vikings receivers with 44 yards on one catch...Minnesota running back Michael Bennett was limited to 16 yards on 19 touches...Shockey had 55 yards on five catches, while Burress recorded 50 yards on three receptions...The Giants were seeking their third 7-2 start since 1990...Manning has fired a TD pass in 10 straight games -- the longest current streak in the NFL.

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