Thursday, October 24, 2024

NFL Week 8

Here's the latest top 10 from ESPN:

1.  Kansas City:  6-0
2.  Detroit:  5-1
3.  Buffalo:  5-2
4.  Baltimore:  5-2
5.  Green Bay:  5-2
6.  Minnesota:  5-1
7.  Houston:  5-2
8.  Pittsburgh:  5-2
9.  Washington:  5-2
10.  Tampa Bay:  4-3

We have no teams on bye this week, which is always fun.  No one is in Europe, which is also good.  The World Series will not play on Sunday, recognizing the Power of the Shield, so we can settle in for a full day of NFL action.

Last week we had four Top Ten matchups, but this week we don't have any.  The Game of the Week is probably the Sunday Night game between the Cowboys and the 49ers.  Neither team is in the Top Ten, but they were both expected to go to the playoffs this year, and they both need this game rather badly.  The best action of the week, however, will probably be the last hour of the noon Central games on the Red Zone.  Anyway, I hope you enjoy a week without byes or Europe, because I don't think we'll have another one until Thanksgiving.

33 comments:

  1. At the half from Los Angeles, the Vikings and Rams are tied at 14.

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  2. Here are my pre-season predictions for week 8. My record going into this week is 54-53.

    Min @ LA 17-24
    Bal @ Cle 17-20
    Ten @ Det 10-28
    Ind @ Hou 14-28
    GB @ Jax 20-18
    Ari @ Mia 13-24
    NYJ @ NE 14-7
    Atl @ TB 13-24
    Chi @ Was 18-3
    NO @ SD 13-17
    Buf @ Sea 24-28
    Phi @ Cin 17-24
    Car @ Den 0-28
    KC @ Oak 10-18
    Dal @ SF 13-21
    NYG @ Pit 13-18

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    1. Went 9-7 for the week, that makes me 63-60 on the year.

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  3. Current scores (home team listed first):

    Cleveland 13 - 10 Baltimore (8:08 left in 3d)
    Detroit 42 - 14 Tennessee (12:46 left in 3d)
    Miami 20 - 10 Arizona (8:31 left in 3d)
    New England 14 - 13 N.Y. Jets (8:38 left in 3d)
    Tampa Bay 17 - 24 Atlanta (12:22 left in 3d)
    Jacksonville 10 - 13 Green Bay (Halftime)
    Houston 17 - 10 Indianapolis (Halftime)

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    1. Cincinnati 10 - 17 Philadelphia (10:35 left in 3d)

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  4. Cincinnati 17 - 27 Philadelphia (13:34 left in 4th)
    Cleveland 20 - 17 Baltimore (end of 3d)
    Detroit 52 - 14 Tennessee (0:28 left in 3d)
    Miami 27 - 18 Arizona (12:22 left in 4th)
    New England 14 - 16 N.Y. Jets (12:39 left in 4th)
    Tampa Bay 17 - 31 Atlanta (14:23 left in 4th)
    Jacksonville 17 - 20 Green Bay (0:21 left in 3d)
    Houston 20 - 13 Indianapolis (1:50 left in 3d)

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  5. Cincinnati 17 - 34 Philadelphia (4:39 left in 4th)
    Cleveland 20 - 17 Baltimore (11:31 left in 4th)
    Detroit 52 - 14 Tennessee (9:35 left in 4th)
    Miami 27 - 25 Arizona (8:47 left in 4th)
    New England 17 - 16 N.Y. Jets (4:44 left in 4th)
    Tampa Bay 25 - 31 Atlanta (6:52 left in 4th)
    Jacksonville 17 - 27 Green Bay (13:17 left in 4th)
    Houston 23 - 13 Indianapolis (11:43 left in 4th)

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  6. The Dodgers are telling the press that Shohei Ohtani will play in Game Three of the World Series.

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  7. Cincinnati 17 - 34 Philadelphia (2 minutes left)
    Cleveland 23 - 17 Baltimore (4:55 left)
    Detroit 52 - 14 Tennessee (3:02 left)
    Miami 27 - 25 Arizona (6:35 left)
    New England 17 - 22 N.Y. Jets (2:53 left)
    Tampa Bay 26 - 31 Atlanta (3:32 left)
    Jacksonville 17 - 27 Green Bay (7:36 left)
    Houston 23 - 19 Indianapolis (8:32 left)

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    1. Huge win for the Eagles, who had faced a lot of doubters in recent weeks. A disaster for Cincinnati.

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  8. Cincinnati 17 - 37 Philadelphia (Final)
    Detroit 52 - 14 Tennessee (Final)

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  9. Cleveland takes a 29-24 lead with 59 seconds left, but misses the two-point conversion.

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  10. New England 25 - 22 N.Y. Jets (Final)

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    1. The Jets fall to 2-6, and the whole Aaron Rodgers thing isn't working out for them.

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    2. Jets now 0-3 since firing Robert Saleh as their coach.

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  11. With 35 seconds left, Baltimore has advanced to the Cleveland 38.

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  12. On the last play of the game, Green Bay kicks a field goal to beat Jacksonville 30 - 27. Packers move to 6-2.

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  13. 14 seconds left. 3d and 10 for the Ravens at the Cleveland 24.

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  14. Jackson's pass to the end zone is incomplete. Ravens have one more chance with 3 seconds left.

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  15. No one can get open in the end zone, and Jackson's pass is incomplete. Baltimore falls to the Browns, 29 to 24. Really bad loss for the Ravens, but give credit to Jameis Winston, who was great for Cleveland.

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  16. Houston holds on to defeat Indy 23 to 20, and that wraps up the noon games.

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  17. Now we have Washington at home against Chicago. Washington has three big problems to overcome. First, Jayden Daniels may not be fully recovered from his rib injury last week. Second, the Bears and Caleb Williams have played really well lately. And third, Washington is wearing their ludicrous black alternate uniforms, which makes them look ridiculous.

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  18. With 11:56 left in the first half, Washington leads 6-0.

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  19. The Bears are wearing their real uniforms, and they look great. Washington looks like a USFL team.

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  20. Jameis Winston's record as a starter is now 35-46.

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  21. Fox just ran some footage from today's Marine Corps Marathon.

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  22. It's wild to see a full house at Commanders' Stadium, or whatever it's called these days.

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  23. I was all set to explain that Washington blew a 12-0 lead to lose 15-12 because of the horrible black uniforms. But on the last play of the game, Jayden Daniels threw a Hail Mary that was CAUGHT FOR A GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN. The announcers on WBIG-FM are saying that Washington has never won a game on a Hail Mary pass, and I certainly can't remember them ever doing so. Washington wins 18-15, and their record is now 6-2.

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  24. I was very impressed by both teams -- it looked like a playoff game from beginning to end.

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  25. Caleb Williams: 10-24, 131 yds, 0 TD's, 0 INT's, rating of 59.5

    Williams struggled mightily in the first three quarters, but down the stretch he made a number of huge plays. I think the Bears should feel good about him.

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  26. Jayden Daniels: 21-38, 326 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT's, rating of 92.7

    The Bears defended Washington better than anyone has done all year, and up until the last play it looked as though they had managed to hold Washington to only four field goals. But Daniels was consistently dangerous, and in the end he made the huge play he'd been threatening to make throughout the game.

    That's the best game played in Washington since I've been here, and I've been here since 1992.

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  27. It's amazing to think how hard these NFL guys work, and how often their games end on a fluky play.

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