This week saw a number of high-profile players go down due to injury, including a scary moment in the Seahawks and Cowboys game, with Ricardo Lockette leaving the stadium on a stretcher, I sincerely wish all of those injured a speedy recovery and hope to see them back at full strength next season.

Lions at Chiefs (in London)

For the second week in a row, we had an early London kickoff, and for the second week in a row, this game was unpredictable. The Chiefs throttled the poor Lions 45-10, having 4 different players score rushing touchdowns, and Alex Smith throwing for 2 more, it just seemed like everyone on the Chiefs roster got in on the fun. As for the Lions, it appears that Joique Bell has life, rushing for 56 yards on 7 carries, other than that though, there wasn’t much in the way of good news for them in this game. At least they have Jim Bob Cooter calling the plays, that’s a positive.

Buccaneers at Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are the #1 team in the league at shooting themselves in the foot, they established their dominance in that category throughout this game, turning the ball over 4 times, leading to 20 of the Buccaneers points. Kwon Alexander had himself quite a game, getting 6 tackles, forcing a fumble, recovering a fumble, and even intercepting a Matt Ryan pass. In the second half, the Falcons seemed to remember how to play football, scoring 17 straight points to take the game to overtime, where the defense gave up a field goal, then the offense failed on their next drive. You would think the Falcons would win a game where Ryan threw for 397 yards and didn’t punt, however, bad snaps, poor discipline, and costly penalties will cost you games, even against the Bucs.

Cardinals at Browns

The Browns actually led this game at halftime 20-10, as the Cardinals looked like they were becoming a team that plays down to their competition. Bad news for the Browns though: there are 2 halves in the game of football, and the Cardinals went on to score 24 unanswered points to knock the Browns down to 2-6, and injured Josh McCown in the process, making it look as if Johnny Manziel will get the start on Thursday Night Football. Carson Palmer threw 3 of his 4 touchdown passes in the second half on his way to 374 yards on the day. Chris Johnson and Michael Floyd topped the 100 yard mark rushing and receiving respectively. As for the Browns, Gary Barnidge continued his break out season with a touchdown.

49ers at Rams

Todd Gurley is making his case for offensive rookie of the year, rushing for 133 yards, and Tavon Austin is continuing his breakout campaign, scoring 2 touchdowns on the day en route to a dominant 27-6 win over the 49ers. This 49er team can be summed up by one play in this game: The 9er offense was backed up against the goal line on their own 3 yard line, however, no one covered wide receiver Torrey Smith, Colin Kaepernick didn’t notice this fact, so as opposed to a potential 97 yard touchdown, the Rams would score on a safety later in the drive. This could be part of the reason that Kaepernick was benched in favor or Blaine Gabbert, remember this guy?

Giants at Saints

This was one of the most entertaining games of the season, as there were 14 touchdowns on the way to becoming the 3^rd highest scoring game in NFL history. If you had any players from this game on your fantasy team, you were probably very happy. Eli Manning had 350 yards and 6 touchdowns, however, Eli was outdone by Drew Brees in this QB duel, as Brees technically had 8 touchdown passes, but only 7 of them were to players on his team, as Trumaine McBride has a pick-6. This came down to the very end, as the Saints kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired to win 52-49. Odell Beckham had himself a game as well, catching 8 passes for 130 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Vikings at Bears

The Vikings had lost 7 straight games at Soldier Field, and the Bears looked poised to make it 8 straight after Jay Cutler scored a rushing touchdown to give the Bears the lead with under 5 minutes left, however, Teddy Bridgewater would not be denied, throwing a touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs to tie the game late, on the ensuing drive, the Bears would punt, which allowed the Vikings a minute to drive down the field for the game winning Blair Walsh field goal to send the Vikings to 5-2. Alshon Jeffery had himself a terrific game, catching 10 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown on the day, Adrian Peterson also topped the 100 yard mark for Minnesota.

Chargers at Ravens

Justin Tucker’s 5^th and final field goal of the game led the Ravens to victory over Phillip Rivers and the Chargers 29-26, how did Tucker celebrate this victory? By doing this. Unfortunately for the Ravens, they lost their spiritual leader in Steve Smith Sr. in what may turn out to be the final game of his career, on the day he moved to 10^th all-time on the career receiving yards list. As for the Chargers, this could all but end their season, as they drop to 2-6 with the Ravens. That #1 offensive ranking doesn’t seem to mean much at this point in the year.

Titans at Texans

Things are ugly in Tennessee, they lost this game, they lost their coach, and their fans probably lost their lunch watching Zach Mettenberger get sacked 7 times. They allowed more sacks than they scored points (7-6) on offense, the Texans are not a good football team, but the Titans are worse without Marcus Mariota. Brian Hoyer looked good in this game, throwing touchdowns to DeAndre Hopkins and Nate Washington. When Brian Hoyer looks good in a game that doesn’t go to garbage time, you know you have a bad football team. Remember his tenure in Cleveland? One Browns fan certainly did. Texans win 20-6

Jets at Raiders

This was a statement game for the Oakland Raiders, as they jumped on the Jets early, especially after Ryan Fitzpatrick’s early exit, leading at halftime 21-6 over the mostly Geno Smith led Jets. Derek Carr was phenomenal against a very good Jet defense, throwing for over 300 yards and 4 touchdowns. The Raiders swagger seems to have returned, as they dominated this game from start to finish, and wasn’t as close as the 34-20 final score may indicate. Michael Crabtree went over 100 yards on the day.

Seahawks at Cowboys

In a tough, hard hitting, defensive game, every yard was earned, every point was a struggle as there were a total of 25 points scored in this game, as the Seahawks got the win 13-12. Dan Bailey, the most accurate kicker in NFL history, kicked 4 field goals to give Dallas the lead in the Jerry dome 12-10, until Steven Hauschka kicked what would prove to be the game winner with 1:10 left in the game. Dallas took over, however, they would fail on a 4^th down with 22 seconds remaining to give the Seahawks the win 13-12. The defenses both played tremendous games, however, it was the Seattle offense that was able to get it going, granted Dallas was starting Matt Cassel as opposed to Tony Romo, who is still recovering from his injury. Dez Bryant came back to play in this game, but he only had 2 catches for 12 yards, as Darren McFadden was the leading rusher and receiver for Dallas.

Packers at Broncos

The Denver Bronco defense could be one of the best we’ve seen in NFL history, this team has scored a ton of touchdowns on defense, they’ve held every team they’ve faced to low scores, low passer ratings, and so on. Aaron Rodgers fell victim to the Rocky Mountain Horror Show (new nickname for the Denver defense), as he was held to 77 yards passing. That is not a typo, 77 yards, Aaron Rodgers, while Peyton Manning turned back the clock (as we all did on Sunday) throwing for 340 yards. Apparently Peyton Manning was just getting into the spirit of daylight savings time with how great he looked on Sunday night. The Bronco run game came back with vengeance, rushing for over 160 yards and 3 touchdowns in the 29-10 win over the previously undefeated Packers. Will Green Bay bounce back in Carolina next week? Will Denver continue this dominance on defense?

Colts at Panthers

When this game was 23-6 in the 4^th quarter, it looked like this one was over, however, Andrew Luck came all the way back to tie the game at 23 points to take this game to overtime, where the Colts got the ball first, kicked an Adam Vinatieri field goal to take the lead, only to see the Panthers answer with Graham Gano’s field goal later in OT, the Colts however, would turn the ball over on an interception on their next drive, giving the Panthers a chance to win the game on another Gano field goal, making the final score 29-26. Andrew Luck seems to play much worse in close games, throwing 8 touchdowns and 11 interceptions when games are within 14 points, whereas when the Colts are trailing by 14 points, Luck has thrown 5 touchdowns and 1 interception, with a 112 passer rating. Chuck Pagano needs to right the ship, or else the Colts are in danger of losing the AFC South. The Titans are a game and a half out with a 1-6 record, oh and the Texans are tied for first place. Who do you all think will take the AFC South crown?