MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010
KLMNO PASSINGLEADERS
Peyton Manning, Colts Drew Brees, Saints
Aaron Rodgers, Packers
Donovan McNabb, Redskins Philip Rivers, Chargers Carson Palmer, Bengals Jay Cutler, Bears
CMP.-ATT. YDS. TD 36-48 365 24-29 313 21-30 298 26-44 296 23-39 280 23-33 249 21-26 234
2 2 3 1 1 1 1
RUSHINGLEADERS Maurice Jones-Drew, Jaguars
Jamaal Charles, Broncos Adrian Peterson, Vikings
LeGarrette Blount, Buccaneers Brandon Jacobs, Giants
ATT. YDS. TD 31 186
Knowshon Moreno, Broncos (left) 23 161 Chris Ivory, Saints
15 117 21 116 16 107 20 103 8 103
0 0 2 0 3 1
2
EZ SU
D9 RECEIVINGLEADERS
ReggieWayne, Colts Vernon Davis, 49ers Greg Jennings, Packers Robert Meachem, Saints Sidney Rice, Vikings Earl Bennett, Bears
BenjaminWatson, Browns
REC. YDS. TD 14 200 1 4 126 1 6 122 2 3 106 1 5 105 2 7 104 0 10 100 1
CREAMOFTHECROP
Mark Maske ranks the top teams in the NFL each week. His rankings through Sunday afternoon games:
1
2 3
4 5 7
Jets (9-2): The preseason hype was considerable, but they will be living up to it if they win Monday night at New England.
Falcons (10-2): They’re the first NFL team to reach 10 wins this season, although the Jets or Patriots will join them Monday night.
Patriots (9-2): Tom Brady enters Monday’s game with 25 straight regular season wins at home.
Ravens (8-3): They entered Sunday night against the Steelers with a chance to take control of the division race, given their earlier triumph at Pittsburgh.
Steelers (8-3): They’re a solid team but there are so many side issues, from Ben Roethlisberger’s injury to the team’s war of words with the NFL over illegal hits.
6Bears (9-3): They’re playing well on the road (5-1).
Saints (9-3): No one is paying them much attention, but they’re in position for another playoff run.
8Chiefs (8-4): They’re built to win the sort of tough game
they won against Denver.
9Eagles (8-4) Michael Vick is playing awfully well, but also
taking a lot of jarring hits.
10 Giants (8-4): They made it look easy against the
Redskins. JEFFREY PHELPS/ASSOCIATED PRESS Green Bay’s AndrewQuarless, top, blocks San Francisco safety DashonGoldson as Donald Driver makes his way to the end zone.
CHIEFS10, BRONCOS6
Make no mistake about it: Kansas
City was out to avenge a 20-point loss to Denver three weeks ago. Noneof the Chiefs said so during the
week leading up to Sunday’s rematch, but after their ragged win over the Broncos, there was no denying the game was extra special. “The performance they put on us
three weeks ago was disheartening. It was embarrassing,” CB Brandon Carr said. “We had a sick feeling in us.” JamaalCharles ran for116yardsand
Matt Cassel threwa three-yardpass to Leonard Pope for the only touchdown as the Chiefs improved to 6-0 at home and remained in first place in the AFC West. KnowshonMorenoran for161yards
for the Broncos (3-9), who are endur- ing one of their worst stretches in decades, losing 17 of their last 22 games under Coach Josh McDaniels. McDaniels, whowas snubbed in the
postgame handshake by Chiefs Coach Todd Haley after the 49-29 loss in Denver, actually got a postgame hug and a pat on the head this time. “There were some penalties and turnovers and different things that kind of swayedmomentuma little bit,” McDaniels said. “We just never could finish once we got down there in the red zone.” Dwayne Bowe, who had caught a touchdown pass in a team-record seven straight games and came in leading the NFL with 14 touchdown catches, was held without a catch by CB Champ Bailey. “He is a true pro,” saidMcDaniels, “a
guy that is a big time competitor. [Bowe] is a receiver who we think is certainly one of the very best in this league and has had a great stretch.” Kyle Orton, who came in leading the
NFL in yards passing, was 9 of 28 for 117 yards.
BRONCOS ................................. 0 CHIEFS ..................................... 7
SECOND QUARTER
Denver: FG Prater 25, 1:19. Kansas City: FG Succop 47, :03.
FOURTH QUARTER Denver: FG Prater 41, 13:42. Attendance: 67,267.
3 3
0 0
3 — 6 0 — 10
FIRST QUARTER Kansas City: Pope 2 pass from Cassel (Succop kick), 1:15.
BEARS 24, LIONS 20 Chicago made some breaks and
might have received one in a win over Detroit. Again. QB Jay Cutler threw the go-ahead
touchdown pass to Brandon Manu- maleuna one play after a question- able call midway through the fourth quarter, lifting the Bears. Referee Ed Hochuli flagged Ndamu-
kong Suh for unnecessary roughness after Suh seemed to hit Cutler’s shoulder pads, jolting him to the turf from behind when the quarterback was running downfield. Instead of facing second and two
from the Detroit 14, Chicago had a first down at the 7, and Cutler threw the scoring pass with 8:39 left. The Bears, of course, thought
Hochuli got it right. “He put a forearm into the back of
his head,” RB Matt Forte said. “He should’ve been penalized for it.” The Lions, meantime, were livid. “It wasn’t like elbowing himdown, it
was pushing him down,” CB Chris Houston said. Suh said he wasn’t going to judge
the flag. “I really don’t carewhat he called or
if it was a penalty or not,” he said. “I’m just going out there to make a play.”
Detroit lost its first game this
season at Chicago, where WR Calvin Johnson appeared to catch a game- winning touchdown, only to have officials rule he didn’t complete the play. The Bears improved 9-3 and remain
atop the NFC North, one game ahead of the Green Bay Packers. Detroit lost its fifth straight.
BEARS ..................................... 7 LIONS ...................................... 7 10
FIRST QUARTER
Detroit: Stanton 3 run (Rayner kick), 6:36. Chicago: Taylor 1 run (Gould kick), :03.
SECOND QUARTER Detroit: FG Rayner 50, 9:31. Chicago: Forte 14 run (Gould kick), 4:40. Detroit:
C.Johnson 46 pass fromStanton (Rayner kick), :34.
THIRD QUARTER
Detroit: FG Rayner 25, 12:38. Chicago: FG Gould 54, 2:40.
FOURTH QUARTER Chicago:Manumaleuna 7 pass fromCutler (Gould kick), 8:39. Attendance: 58,119.
BRONCOS
First Downs .......................................... 13 Total Net Yards ................................... 247 Rushes-Yards ............................... 23-161 Passing .................................................. 86 Punt Returns ..................................... 3-37 Kickoff Returns ................................. 3-49 Interceptions Ret. ............................... 0-0 Comp-Att-Int ................................. 9-28-0 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 4-31 Punts .............................................. 7-41.1 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-1 Penalties-Yards ................................ 4-35 Time Of Possession ......................... 22:46
RUSHING
Denver: Moreno 23-161. Kansas City: Charles 21-116, Jones 11-53, McCluster 5-11, Cassel 2-5.
PASSING
Denver: Orton 9-28-0-117. Kansas City: Cassel 17-31-0-196.
RECEIVING Denver: Lloyd 2-31, Gaffney 2-28, Royal 2-7, Decker 1-28, Moreno 1-14, Gronkowski 1-9. Kansas City: Jones 4-54, Moeaki 4-54, Tucker 2-28, McCluster 2-25, Charles 2-20, Copper 2-13, Pope 1-2.
MISSED FIELD GOALS None.
CHIEFS 21
359
39-185 174
4-14 3-60 0-0
17-31-0 2-22
7-41.9 2-1
8-60 37:14 BEARS
First Downs ........................................ 23 Total Net Yards ................................ 311 Rushes-Yards ............................... 28-114 Passing ............................................. 197 Punt Returns ................................... 2-37 Kickoff Returns .............................. 5-101 Interceptions Ret. .............................. 0-0 Comp-Att-Int ............................. 21-26-0 Sacked-Yards Lost ........................... 4-37 Punts ............................................. 3-45.0 Fumbles-Lost ..................................... 1-1 Penalties-Yards ............................... 4-25 Time Of Possession ....................... 33:19
RUSHING
Chicago: Forte 13-64, Taylor 9-33, Cutler 5-12, Hester 1-5. Detroit: Best 9-65, Morris 10-37, Logan 2-18, Stanton 5-12, Felton 1-2.
PASSING
Chicago: Cutler 21-26-0-234. Detroit: Stanton 16-24-0-178.
RECEIVING Chicago: Bennett 7-104, Taylor 5-31, Knox 3-34, Forte 2-36, Manumaleuna 2-23, Olsen 1-5, Hester 1-1. Detroit: Pettigrew5-36,
C.Johnson 3-66, Burleson 3-27, Scheffler 2-9, Best 1-32, Heller 1-5, Morris 1-3.
MISSED FIELD GOALS None.
7
3 3
7 — 24 0 — 20
RAMS19, CARDINALS6
St. Louis didn’t need a great offen-
sive performance to end its eight- game losing streak to Arizona. Not against a Cardinals team that
can’t muster a touchdown. Steven Jackson rushed for 102
yards, including27onthe game’s lone TD, and St. Louis sent Arizona to its seventh loss in a row. The Rams won consecutive road
games for the first time since Nov. 18, 2007, and remained in a first-place tie with Seattle in the weak NFCWest. Josh Brown kicked four field goals
for St. Louis. Rookie QB John Skelton made his
NFL debut for Arizona (3-9) in the fourth quarter after Derek Anderson was benched and backup Max Hall went out with a dislocated left shoul- der.
After the game, Coach Ken Whisen-
hunt said Anderson “didn’t seem right” after taking several hard hits in the first half. He said Anderson would be checked out for a possible concus- sion. The Cardinals didn’t score a touch-
down for the second game in a row and have just one in their last three contests—on the final play of a 31-13 loss at Kansas City. St. Louis scored 19 consecutive
points after Jay Feely’s first-quarter field goals of 45 and 41 yards put Arizona up 6-0. Rams rookie QB Sam Bradford
passed for 187 yards and threw just his second interception in the last seven games. Arizona’s Tim Hightower rushed for
81 yards, but he had just 14 in the second half.
RAMS ....................................... 3 CARDINALS ............................. 6
FIRST QUARTER
Arizona: FG Feely 45, 11:14. Arizona: FG Feely 41, 5:26. St. Louis: FG
Jo.Brown 28, :24.
SECOND QUARTER
St. Louis: FG
Jo.Brown 52, 10:23. St. Louis: FG
Jo.Brown 20, :04.
THIRD QUARTER St. Louis: Jackson 27 run (
Jo.Brown kick), 7:40.
FOURTH QUARTER St. Louis: FG
Jo.Brown 43, 14:55. Attendance: 61,874.
LIONS 14
302
27-134 168
1-19
3-116 0-0
16-24-0 2-10
4-43.3 1-0
6-42 26:41
First Downs .......................................... 18 Total Net Yards ................................... 288 Rushes-Yards ............................... 36-119 Passing ................................................ 169 Punt Returns ..................................... 3-82 Kickoff Returns ................................. 3-78 Interceptions Ret. ............................. 2-24 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 18-29-1 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 2-18 Punts .............................................. 4-50.0 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 0-0 Penalties-Yards ................................ 2-15 Time Of Possession ......................... 33:46
RUSHING
St. Louis: Jackson 28-102, Darby 4-10, Bradford 3-7, Amendola 1-0. Arizona: Hightower 15-81, Wells 3-24, Stephens-Howl- ing 1-0.
PASSING
St. Louis: Bradford 18-29-1-187. Arizona: Anderson 7-20-1-93, Skelton 3-6-0-45, Hall 1-3-1-10.
RECEIVING
St. Louis:
B.Gibson 6-54, Fells 3-18, Bajema 2-39, Robinson 2-24, Alexander 2-20, Amendola 1-17, Jackson 1-13, Darby 1-2. Arizona: Fitzgerald 4-61, Breaston 3-62, Maui’a 1-10, Dray 1-6, Hightower 1-5, Doucet 1-4.
MISSED FIELD GOALS None.
RAMS CARDINALS 14
224
19-105 119
3-18
6-146 1-10
11-29-2 4-29
6-43.8 1-0
6-54 26:14
6 0
7 0
3 — 19 0 — 6
SEAHAWKS31, PANTHERS14
A trio of touchdowns from Mar-
shawnLynchandanearly perfect third quarter made up for one miserable half by Seattle. Against hapless Carolina, that was
more than enough. Lynch scored on a pair of one-yard
runs in the third quarter, sandwiched around Lofa Tatupu’s 26-yard inter- ception return for a score, and the Seahawks rallied from a 14-0 deficit for a critical win over the Panthers. Lynch added a 22-yard touchdown
in the fourth quarter for the first three-touchdown day of his career as Seattle overcame injuries to their top two receivers and an awful first-half performance to stay even with St. Louis on top of the NFC West. Seattle broke a two-game losing streak. Lynch ran 21 times for 83 yards, his
most since posting a season-high 89 yardsagainst Arizona nearly sixweeks ago, and Seattle’s 162 yards rushing were a season-best. Matt Hasselbeck was intercepted twice, but threw for 229 yards despite losing WRs Mike Williams and Ben Obomanu to injury. Williams had his ankle rolled up on
while blocking on Seattle’s first pos- sessionandreturned to the sideline at halftime in street clothes. Obomanu was hurt getting crunched by Carolina safety Charles Godfrey on a 27-yard reception in the second quarter. Obo- manu immediately went to the locker room holding his hand and never returned. Appearing headed for a season-de-
flating loss to the worst team in the NFL, the Seahawks rebounded with 21 points in the third quarter, thanks to a trio of big plays.
PANTHERS ............................... 7 SEAHAWKS ............................. 0
SECOND QUARTER
Carolina: Stewart 3 run (Kasay kick), 8:05. Seattle: FG Mare 24, :38.
THIRD QUARTER Seattle: Lynch 1 run (Mare kick), 10:46. Seattle: Tatupu 26 interception return (Mare kick), 9:18. Seattle: Lynch 1 run (Mare kick), 6:09.
FOURTH QUARTER
Seattle: Lynch 22 run (Mare kick), 4:24. Attendance: 66,577.
First Downs .......................................... 18 Total Net Yards ................................... 283 Rushes-Yards ............................... 30-131 Passing ................................................ 152 Punt Returns ..................................... 3-10 Kickoff Returns ............................... 6-130 Interceptions Ret. ............................. 2-16 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 18-34-1 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 3-17 Punts .............................................. 7-45.6 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-0 Penalties-Yards ................................ 8-53 Time Of Possession ......................... 30:30
RUSHING
Carolina: Stewart 21-92, Goodson 3-19, Sutton 4-17, Fiammetta 1-3, Clausen 1-0. Seattle: Lynch 21-83, Forsett 6-60,
M.Robinson 1-14, Washington 2-5, Hasselbeck 1-(minus 1).
PASSING
Carolina: Clausen 18-34-1-169. Seattle: Hasselbeck 17-30-2-229.
RECEIVING Carolina: Smith 3-54, LaFell 3-33, Rosario 3-26, Sutton 3-14, Fiammetta 2-17, Gettis 2-16, Stewart 1-7, King 1-2.
Seattle: Stokley 4-47, Butler 4-43, Morrah 3-69, Obo- manu 2-40, Tate 2-13, Lynch 1-17,
M.Robinson 1-0.
MISSED FIELD GOALS Seattle: Mare 47 (WR).
PANTHERS SEAHAWKS 25
371
31-161 210
4-92 3-47 1-26
17-30-2 3-19
3-51.0 0-0
4-20 29:30 7 0 3 21
FIRST QUARTER Carolina: Goodson 6 run (Kasay kick), 10:51.
0 — 14 7 — 31
COWBOYS38,COLTS35 COWBOYS ......................... 10
COLTS ................................. 0 FIRST QUARTER
7 10 7
8 7 21
Dallas: Choice 20 run (Buehler kick), 10:15. Dallas: FG Buehler 30, 1:38.
SECOND QUARTER Dallas: Scandrick 40 int. return (Buehler kick), 14:12. Indianapolis: Garcon 13 pass from Manning (Vinatieri kick), 5:57.
THIRD QUARTER
Indianapolis: Wayne 34 pass from Manning (Vinatieri kick), 13:53. Dallas: FG Buehler 46, 5:47. Dallas: Lee 31 int. return (Buehler kick), 4:53.
FOURTH QUARTER
Indianapolis: James 1 run (Vinatieri kick), 14:56. Indianapolis: Smith 2 blocked punt return (Vinatieri kick), 12:56. Dallas: Witten 2 pass from Kitna (R.Williams pass from Kitna), 2:38. Indianapolis: James 2 run (Vinatieri kick), :29.
OVERTIME
Dallas: FG Buehler 38, 7:55. Attendance: 67,471.
COWBOYS
First Downs .......................................... 24 Total Net Yards ................................... 368 Rushes-Yards ............................... 46-217 Passing ................................................ 151 Punt Returns ....................................... 1-2 Kickoff Returns ............................... 5-144 Interceptions Ret. ............................. 4-84 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 18-26-0 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 2-16 Punts .............................................. 4-36.5 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 2-0 Penalties-Yards ................................ 5-35 Time Of Possession ......................... 40:00
RUSHING
Dallas: Choice 19-100, Jones 22-83, Kitna 4-28,Austin 1-6. Indianapolis: James 6-18, Garcon 1-11, Hart 5-8,
D.Brown 4-4, Manning 1-(minus 1).
PASSING
Dallas: Kitna 18-26-0-167. Indianapolis: Manning 36-48-4-365.
RECEIVING Dallas: Witten 5-42, Austin 4-47, Bennett 3-24, Jones 3-8, R.Williams 2-32, Bryant 1-14. Indianapolis: Wayne 14-200, Garcon 8-56, Tamme 4-47, White4-32, James2-17,Hart2-1,Eldridge1-8,
D.Brown1-4.
MISSED FIELD GOALS Dallas: Buehler 48 (WR).
VIKINGS38,BILLS14 BILLS ......................................... 7
0
VIKINGS .................................... 7 24 FIRSTQUARTER
SECONDQUARTER
Minnesota: Peterson 2 run (Longwell kick), 14:56. Minnesota: Peterson 3 run (Longwell kick), 11:00. Minnesota: Rice 6 pass from Jackson (Longwell kick), 8:00. Minnesota: FGLongwell 38, :00.
FOURTHQUARTER
Minnesota: Peterson 43 run (Longwell kick), 14:46. Buffalo:
D.Nelson 12 pass fromFitzpatrick (Lindell kick), 4:43. Attendance: 64,012.
BILLS
FirstDowns ............................................ 10 TotalNetYards .................................... 239 Rushes-Yards ................................... 23-84 Passing ................................................. 155 PuntReturns ....................................... 2-12 KickoffReturns ................................... 6-75 InterceptionsRet. ............................... 4-77 Comp-Att-Int ................................ 15-25-1 Sacked-Yards Lost ................................ 1-3 Punts ................................................ 6-44.2 Fumbles-Lost ........................................ 5-4 Penalties-Yards .................................. 6-54 TimeOf Possession .......................... 26:03
RUSHING
Buffalo: Jackson 11-42, Spiller 7-35, Fitzpatrick 4-5, Jones 1-2. Minnesota: Peterson 16-107, Gerhart 12-54, Young 10- 27, Jackson 2-22.
PASSING
Buffalo: Fitzpatrick 15-25-1-158. Minnesota: Jackson 15-22-3-187, Favre 0-1-1-0.
RECEIVING Buffalo:
D.Nelson 4-34, Evans 3-72,
St.Johnson 2-36, Spiller 2-1,McIntyre1-8, Jackson1-6, Jones1-1,Martin1-0. Minnesota: Rice 5-105, Kleinsasser 3-25, Camarillo 2-27, Shiancoe 2-17,Berrian1-14,Peterson1-1,Gerhart 1-(mi- nus 2).
MISSEDFIELDGOALS None.
NF407 1x10
0 0
COLTS 24
405
17-40 365
2-22 4-79 0-0
36-48-4 0-0
3-41.7 0-0
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INJURYREPORT Favre sprains shoulder, Jackson leads Vikings
Shortly after extending his NFL record by starting his 297th consecutive regular season game, Vikings QB Brett Favre, 41, was blindsided by Bills LB Arthur Moats as he threw his first pass, which was intercepted by Drayton Florence. Favre was slow to get up and staggered to the sideline, later walking to the locker room. Tarvaris Jackson finished the 38-14 win in place of Favre, who has a sprained joint in his throwing shoulder. He is scheduled to have anMRI exam on Monday. . . . CowboysWRDez Bryant fractured his right ankle during the fourth quarter against the Colts. Indianapolis’s Kavell Conner held on to Bryant’s leg while tackling him on a kickoff return. . . . Ravens TE Todd Heap hurt his hamstring in the first quarter against the Steelers and was ruled out for the remainder of the game. He had been expected to spend time as a blocker in place of starting FB Le’Ron McClain, who was out with a sprained left ankle. . . . Chargers RB Darren Sproles was injured by a helmet-to-helmet hit from Raiders LB Rolando McClain just before halftime. Sproles caught a pass from Philip Rivers and was turning to run when the Raiders linebacker led with his shoulder, but made contact with Sproles’s helmet. . . . Cardinals QBMax Hall suffered a shoulder injury after coming on in relief of starter Derek Anderson vs. the Rams and was replaced by rookie John Skelton. . . . SeahawksWR MikeWilliams again injured his left foot, spraining his ankle while blocking on Seattle’s first possession. Later, fellowWRBen Obomanu injured his hand on a hit by Panthers S Charles Godfrey. —From news services
7 — 14 7 — 38
Buffalo: Florence 40 int. return (Lindell kick), 4:34. Minnesota: Rice 31 pass from Jackson (Longwell kick), 1:45.
VIKINGS 22
387
40-210 177
3-25 2-55 1-41
15-23-4 1-10
4-43.8 0-0
4-20 33:57
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