It was a busy exciting day around the NFL today, with a lot of close games, the usual blow outs, and even a game over seas. Let's start with the game overseas, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Chicago Bears playing in London. This game didn't start well for the Bucs, turning the ball over and giving up points on the first possession of the game. Josh Freeman didn't have the day he should have had throwing 3 INT's and only 2 TD's. But the Bucs didn't give up after going down 14-5 in the first half. Now I know what your thinking, 5 as a first half score in football? Yes the Bucs D got in there and picked up a safety in the first quarter of the game. Chicago did not give up either during this game, they put up a touchdown in the first 3 quarters of this game, but could only manage a field goal in the 4h. That was all that was needed to finish off the Bucs in this game, even after Tampa put up 13 points in the 4th quarter. The final in this game was 24-18 in favor of the Bears in a hard fought second half of this game in London. I think, personally, the NFL shouldn't have regular season games overseas. Preseason on the other hand, that would be okay, because it would be a great experience for the players who are trying to make the team. Most players in the NFL don't like making long plane on away game in the States, let alone going outside the country to play a game. Given most of the players love playing overseas and think that it's really fun and can't wait to get there, but this is just my opinion.
The game that was the blow out today was that of Tennessee Titans and the Huston Texans. The final score in this game was 41-7 in favor of the Texans, which shouldn't surprise anyone who watches football this season. Matt Schaub had himself a day 18-23, 296 yards, 2 TD's, and no INT's. Foster also had a fantastic day running the ball. He had 115 yards on 25 carries and 2 TD's, and that was just him running the ball. He was also the leading receiver on the team today with 5 catches 119 yards and a TD, this is unbelievable for one man to be the leading rusher and leading receiver in the same game.Tennessee just couldn't get anything going in this game with Chris Johnson having under 31 yards rushing and no TD's, plus he had 6 catches but only 27 yards to show for that. Not a good day when your stars can't seem to get anything going for you.
There was another game that was a blow out and that is the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals. This game changed pas a few times throughout the entirety of the game, first the Steelers went up by 14 early, then the Cards came back and made a game, then the Steelers just ran away with it in the second half. The final score in this game was 32-20, now I know the score doesn't show that it was a blow out, but the way the game went did. The second half of the game the Steelers only allowed Arizona to score 13 points, compared to the 7 that was allowed in the first half. Arizona did keep the running game of the Steelers in check only allowing Mendenhall to rush for 32 yards on 13 attempts. This was much needed for the Pittsburgh Steelers who just can't seem to get anything going on the road this season. This should have brought some life to the Steelers team as a whole getting into a routine and staying in it for the entire game. If they can keep this up for the rest of the season then they will have no trouble making a playoff run this season.
All the games today were fun to watch and kept everyone who watched them interested throughout the day. Whether it be Tim Tebow getting his first start this season, or all the blow outs that happened, or even all the games that were too close for comfort anyone who is a football fan should have been too excited to handle it today. If every week turns out like today did then the lock out would have been well worth it and everyone will come back and love football that much more.
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