The good, the bad and the ugly
NFC:
The good:
- Doug Martin RB Tampa Bay Buc's - Martin runs for 251 and 4 touchdowns as the Buc's win over the Raiders to move to 4-4. This is an amazing feat not only for the yardage and scoring by Martin but that he has done it without the services of all-world offensive lineman Carl Nicks on one side and minus Pro Bowler Davin Joseph on the other. Martin is the first RB in Buc history to run for 3 touchdowns longer than 40+ yards. Simply amazing.
- The Bears defense - The Monsters of the Midway forced 6 turnovers including a pick six by Brian Urlacher. The Bears humiliated the Titans from the word go today prompting owner Bud Allen to state all facets of the Titans will be evaluated for the remainder of the season from front office to coaches to players. The Bears also get a blocked punt for a TD just to rub salt in the wound.
- The Green Bay Packers - Are the Pack back? It certainly seems that way. After most of America had written the Packers off as the Packers were below .500 for the first time in recent memory, Green Bay has stormed back into contention. Aaron Rodgers has thrown 14 touchdowns to one interception over the last 3 games and is also getting done on his feet. This team's defense has confounded me over the last 2 seasons. They have a one man wrecking machine in Clay Matthews Jr., a mammoth on the line in B.J. Raji and and superstar in the secondary in Charles Woodson. Despite all this they rank nearly dead last in total team defense. Despite all this the Packers are now 6-3 and on a tear.
- The Dallas Cowboys - America's team is in a downward spiral and this week Tony Romo can't be blamed. The fact of the matter is that the 'Boys gave the Falcons everything they could handle and then some but in my opinion Felix Jones and the Dallas running game are completely ineffective. Felix Jones is just not an every down back and despite being given the opportunity with DeMarco Murray being hurt, Jones just continues to underwhelm. The Cowboys have a greatly improved defense and held Atlanta to just 16 points, but again they cannot close the deal in a game that matters. DeMarco Murray cannot back soon enough, but it's too little too late for Dallas at 3-5.
- The Washington Redskins - Washington loses to one win Carolina and looked bad doing so. Despite the emergence of rookie running back Alfred Morris, and soon to be superstar RG3, this team cannot put it together week to week. Injuries to Pierre Garcon, Brain Orakpo, Fred Davis and others have hindered this team, and today they lost WR Santana Moss to a concussion thinning an already weak WR corps. The Redskins came out flat at home to the Panthers however, and never recovered. The Redskins are headed n the wrong direction and quickly.
- The Minnesota Vikings - The Vikes started out on an improbable run winning four of their first five games. They've gone just 1-3 since and they get the Detroit Lions next week who seemingly have their ship righted and at just the right time. Minnesota should have lost to Detroit in their first match up and the fact that Minnesota looks completely one dimensional right now does not bode well for them as they prepare to face the Lions. Christian Ponder has regressed and Adrian Peterson is literally carrying this team. The Lions have a horrific secondary and a stout front seven which is worst case scenario for a team in Minnesota that relys so much on Peterson in the run game and who seemingly can't count on Ponder for anything. They may want to ponder getting a new QB next season.
- In Minnesota's loss to Seattle Sunday, Adrian Peterson had a whopping 144 yards rushing in the first half! Why is this ugly? Peterson only touched the ball 5 times in the second half registering just 40 yards. Christian Ponder was even worse falling from the top of the ugly tree and hitting every branch on the way down. He finished 11 for 22 for 63 yards. For the game. That's ugly.
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