The current Minnesota Viking QB, almost 40-something, NFL legend, man’s man and undisputed champion script writer decided it was time to add to his legacy with some late-game heroics/antics in defeating the 49ers and leading the Vikings to a 3-0 record heading into the most hotly anticipated game of the season so far; Packers @ Vikings. Aaron Rodgers, the Packers 1st round draft pick back in the 2005 season (and don’t get me started on him falling to no.22, that’s 21 spots lower than Alex Smith and behind Troy Williamson and Mike Williams amongst others - terrible top-10 if you care to take a look but I digress…) will always be inextricably linked to his former mentor and fellow Packer Favre and this will be their first meeting. I could say more. I don’t need to. Everyone else has done it for me. Good, lets me get back to watching some College Football.
Randy Moss has 9 100+ yard receiving games in the last 20 games Tom Brady has started.
Tony Gonzalez was held to just 1 catch for 16 yards against the Pats, his lowest receiving totals since the start of the 2006 season.
Tampa Bay didn’t gain a 1st down until almost 40 minutes into their game with the Giants. Let’s throw out some stats from this ‘game;’ the Bucs QB’s went a combined 11 or 26 for 58 yards. The Giants had 28 1st downs to the Bucs 5. The Giants went 10/16 on 3rd down, the Bucs were 0/9. The Giants outgained the Bucs 397-86 in total offense, 226-28 on the ground and 43:38-16:22 in time of possession.
The Bucs still haven’t kicked a successful field goal thus far this year.
Mark Sanchez is the first QB since the 1970 merger to win his first 3 games. The Browns could have picked him at no.5 in the draft, instead they traded down twice and got Rookie C Alex Mack, DE Kenyon Coleman (0 sacks, 12 tackles), SS Abram Elam (0 INT’s, 1 sack, 26 tackles), RB James Davis (9 attempts, 15 yards) and QB Brett Ratliff (0 minutes but may get a chance soon the way things are headed) Ouch.
Kerry Collins didn’t complete any of his last 13 passes.
Ryan Mouton, the rookie Titans kick returner and DB, has 4 fumbles on just 7 kick and punt returns this year and helped the Jets get off to their fast start in Tennessee’s latest loss.
The Chiefs were penalised the same number of yards on offense (90) as Matt Cassel was able to throw for.
Brett Favre passed for 301 yards against the 49ers, after just 265 yards passing in their opening two games. He is the first quarterback in the Brad Childress era to throw for more than 300 yards. Greg Lewis, Favre’s dramatic late-game recipient, had not had a catch this season before the game winning catch with 2 seconds to go.
Big games for this week; Titans @ Jags (in an early win or bust matchup), Ravens @ Patriots, Cowboys @ Broncos, Chargers @ Steelers (huge game for Pittsburgh), Jets @ Saints and…Favrebowl - This time its personal. The return of the gunslinger. 2009: A Favre Odyssey. Mutiny on the Bay. Rebel without a cause. Wait, that’s an actual movie. Never seen James Dean and Brett Favre in the same place. Can’t imagine anybody has. Where was I? Packers @ Vikings…Monday Night Football.
Vernon Davis, the 4th year phenom TE, had 7 catches for 96 yards and his best game as a pro.
Pierre Thomas, who ran for 126 yards on just 14 carries against the Bills, has a 5.1 yard per carry career average. Team mate Reggie Bush has a 3.7 ypc average and still only has 1 100+ yard rushing game in his career, when he ran for 126 yards v the Giants in his rookie season.
The Cardinals had 21 1st downs against the Colts, 0 rushing the football and only 24 total yards on the ground. They have the least rushing attempts in the league (57) after 3 weeks and the most fumbles (9), that’s a fumble almost every 6 touches.
Cedric Benson leads the league in rushing attempts with 66 and has the 3rd most yards (293).
Willis McGahee has 6 total TD’s. That’s more than 10 teams.
Marc Bulger has 2 games with a 100+ passer rating since the start of the 2007 season.
Kyle Orton has a 137.5 QB rating in the 4th quarter, the best in the league.
Note to Jim Mora Jr: Olindo Mare kicked FG’s from 37, 39, 46 and 46 yards and provided 13 of your team’s 19 points. You didn’t lose because of your kicker. You lost because you couldn’t turn FG’s into TD’s.
The Lions won. Seriously.
Shaun Rogers, the colossal Browns DT, is a combined 35-96 on teams he’s played for since entering the league in 2001. Rough deal to get drafted by the Lions and then traded to the Browns. And people wonder why he doesn’t always appear to give 100%?
Best division in football? The NFC East and North are both 8-4 while the NFC West is only 4-8.
JaMarcus Russell Watch! He’s still really bad.
T ‘Eldorado’ O Watch! He is flat out pissed. ‘It’s really unfair. It’s my team. It’s my quarterback…’ Oh wait, wrong quote.
Is Brent Celek the new breakout TE? In his position, he’s 1st in receptions (22), 2nd in yards (245), joint 1st in TD’s (2) and joint 1st in 1st downs (12).
3 of the top 4 leaders in pass completion % Drew Brees, Chad Pennington, Peyton Manning. No.1 on the list? Big Ben Roethlisberger.
The Browns have one offensive TD since week 11 of last year. And that was in garbage time at the end of the game. That’s 1 score in 36 quarters and 60 points in 9 games.
The Broncos have only conceded 16 points, 644 total yards and 0 passing TD’s in 3 games. But, then again, they’ve only played the Bengals, Browns and Raiders…
Tom Brady’s QB rating by quarter; 50.8, 68.8, 82.2, 107.9.
DeSean Jackson has 60+ yard TD’s in each game so far this season.
Game of the week - Vikings 27 - 24 49ers. Brett Favre! Brett Favre! Brett Favre! Greg Lewis….doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.
Stat of the week - Here’s how you win a starting job at QB. Apparently. Derek Anderson went 11 for 19 for 92 yards and 3 picks to oust Brady Quinn in Cleveland.
Winner of the week - Brett Favre. Still got it. In Week 3. At Home. In the Dome. In the warmth. Against the 49ers…
Loser of the week - The Skins going down to the team that’s gone down more times recently than
Play of the week - Favre. Lewis. Yup. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un3B7Og-FS0
Player of the week - Brett Favre? Don’t be silly. Peyton Manning? 24-35, 379 yards, 4 scores and 1 pick in a master class against the Cardinals. Since recovering from his knee injury last year (so let’s say week 6 of 2008 onwards) he has been supreme.
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