New England beating Detroit.  Detroit kept it close for over three quarters, until the Patriots and Tom Brady found Lions corner back 180 pound turkey Alphonso Smith and fried him good the entire second half.  Brady finished with a perfect passer rating of 158.3 (which even Will Hunting can't figure out).  Tom Brady is the ultimate man.  I bet he went home and whipped up a five course thanksgiving dinner without even breaking a sweat.
New Orleans edging Dallas.  The Saints won a game they were in control of for most of the game.  They were not very efficient in the red zone, and Reggie Bush who had every reason to be rusty after being out for eight weeks and he was.  He dropped sure touchdown pass that cost the Saints a chance to put the game away in the 3rd quarter and his punt return fumble allowed the Cowboys to get back in the game.  The Saints do have a top five quarterback in Drew Brees though.  When the Saints got the ball back with three minutes to play it was a ... [more]

Green Bay over Chicago. This was a game that had a playoff type edge to it.  The Packers needed a win to get in which they did, it just wasn't pretty.  There normally high powered offense was held in check for most to the game.  Some of it can be attributed that the Bears know them so well, and maybe there was more pressure on them because they needed to win to get in.  Aaron Rodgers was just a little off, he just missed on open receivers, but he did connect when he had his go to guy Greg Jennings on big plays in the fourth quarter.  The Packers defense was outstanding sacking Jay Cutler six times and constantly putting pressure on them.  Clay Matthews continued his quest to be  defensive of year player by sacking  Cutler twice by himself.  He had a lot of help from a defense that has been superb all year.  The Bears should be commended by playing to win the game.  There was no incentive since they were locked in 2nd seed.  But the same thing that hurt them earlier in the ... [more]

Philadelphia edging Dallas.  The Eagles earned a tough road win against a hated division rival.  Michael Vic started off the game with his usual long distance laser shot bomb to speedy, svelte receiver DeSean Jackson which put the Cowboys are there heels.  The Eagles finished the game by running out the clock behind an often criticized offensive line when the defense was looking for the run.  In between the Eagles overcame a below average performance set by his own standards Michael Vic, who turned the ball over two more times and was sacked and often hit.  Some of the hits were more than a little late and Vic is not getting the kind of calls that other elite NFL quarterbacks get, but he toughed out the game which is a testament to his mental and physical strength.  His short hitch pass to Jackson was the biggest play of the game, when Jackson glided 91 yards for go ahead touchdown.  Jackson then made a bone head play by falling backwards into the end zone and drawing an unsport... [more]