And then there were none – the Colts are no longer undefeated. They pulled their starters with only a slim lead in the game, thus ensuring the loss.
The Steelers managed to hang onto a faint playoff hope thanks to all the Ravens penalties and dropped balls.
QB’s
Matt Moore had a strong showing.
Brian Brohm was less than spectacular in his debut.
Charlie Frye did little to impress.
Drew Stanton was terrible in his first start and was yanked in the fourth quarter and replaced by Dante Culpepper.
Keith Null did little to show he’s the QB of the future for the Rams.
Notable:
Tom Brady – 267 yds, 4 TD’s
Jay Cutler – 273 yds, 4 TD’s, 1 INT, 10 yds rushing
Donovan McNabb – 322 yds, 3 TD’s, 1 INT, 29 yds rushing
Matt Ryan – 250 yds, 3 TD’s
Matt Moore – 171 yds, 3 TD’s
Kyle Orton – 189 yds, 3 TD’s, 1 INT
Kurt Warner – 313 yds, 2 TD’s, 10 yds rushing
Brett Favre – 321 yds, 2 TD’s
Philip Rivers – 264 yds, 2 TD’s
Matt Schaub – 286 yds, 2 TD’s, 1 INT
RB’s
Arian Foster scored his first NFL TD and saw the bulk of the workload over an ineffective Ryan Moats.
Jerome Harrison turned in another solid performance.
Lex Hilliard had a big game in which he scored his first and second NFL TD’s (1 rushing, 1 receiving).
Carnell Williams had his first 100 yd rushing game since 2006 and scored his seventh TD of the season.
Notable:
Jonathan Stewart – 206 yds, 1 TD, 2 rec for 16 yds
Lex Hilliard – 12 yds, 1 TD, 9 rec for 74 yds & 1 TD
Chris Johnson – 142 yds, 1 TD, 3 rec for 37 yds
Adrian Peterson – 94 yds, 2 TD’s, 3 rec for 43 yds
Darren Sproles – 38 yds, 2 TD’s, 2 rec for 23 yds & 1 TD
Brandon Jackson – 20 yds, 2 TD’s, 3 rec for 19 yds & 1 TD
Carnell Williams – 129 yds, 1 TD, 3 rec for 19 yds
Frank Gore – 71 yds, 1 TD, 4 rec for 81 yds
Ryan Grant – 97 yds, 2 TD’s
LaDanian Tomlinson – 59 yds, 2 TD’s, 2 rec for 4 yds
WR’s
Devin Aromashodu – more than doubled his season’s production with a 150 yd day and notched his second TD of the season.
Jabar Gaffney scored his first and second TD’s of the season with Eddie Royal sidelined.
Rookie Mohamed Massaquoi scored his third TD and now has over 600 yds on the season.
Muhsin Muhammad had his first TD of the season.
Notable:
Roddy White – 8 rec, 139 yds, 2 TD’s
Devin Aromashodu – 7 rec, 150 yds, 1 TD
Wes Welker – 13 rec, 138 yds
Randy Moss – 4 rec, 45 yds, 3 TD’s
Jabar Gaffney – 7 rec, 69 yds, 2 TD’s
Steve Smith (NYG) – 7 rec, 70 yds, 1 TD
Santonio Holmes – 5 rec, 86 yds, 1 TD
Anquan Boldin – 8 rec, 116 yds
Robert Meachem – 5 rec, 66 yds, 1 TD
Andre Johnson – 5 rec, 71 yds, 1 TD
TE’s
Zach Miller scored only his second TD of the season, but leads the team in receiving yards.
Desmond Clark scored his first TD of the season and is clearly #2 behind Greg Olsen.
Notable:
Brent Celek – 4 rec, 121 yds, 1 TD
Zach Miller – 9 rec, 110 yds
Jason Witten – 6 rec, 117 yds
Todd Heap – 2 rec, 37 yds, 2 TD’s
Antonio Gates – 3 rec, 74 yds, 1 TD
Desmond Clark – 5 rec, 39 yds, 1 TD
K’s
Sebastien Janikowski connected on a 61 yd FG, the fourth longest in NFL history. He is the league leader this season in 50+ yd FG’s.
Top performers this week were Robbie Gould, Mason Crosby, David Akers, Sebastien Janikowski, Phil Dawson, Jeff Reed, John Kasay, Matt Prater and Kris Brown.
D/ST’s
Ray Rice ended the Steelers 33 game streak of not allowing a 100 yd rusher.
Bottom feeders this week were the Vikings, Titans, Jaguars, Seahawks and Giants.
Leading the pack this week were the 49ers, Falcons, Jets, Panthers, Cardinals, Packers, Cowboys and Browns.
