Week 8 Recap

Tennessee beat Indy to take a 4-game lead in the AFC South. Jacksonville lost to Cleveland, putting Cleveland back on the outer fringes of the playoff picture and giving Tennessee a cakewalk to the division title. Kansas City showed some spunk against the Jets but ultimately lost. Baltimore beat Oakland to put themselves within striking distance of the Steelers, who suffered more costly injuries against the Giants. Miami upset Buffalo, which enabled New England to pull into a tie for the division lead and gave the Fins hope again at making a run for the playoffs. Buffalo, who faces the Jets and Pats next, has a tough task ahead of them to claim control of the division. Houston clobbered Cincy in the Futility Bowl and put themselves within two games of the playoffs. San Deigo still has a shot at Denver, but losing to New Orleans in London didn’t do them any favors. Their defense is awful.

The Giants are the best team in the NFC. No doubt. If they had converted their field goals into touchdowns, they would have blown the Steelers out of the water. Philly made a statement against Atlanta to pull within a stone’s throw of the playoffs. Detroit still sucks, even though they gave Washington a run for their money. The Skins aren’t flashy, but they play solid ball and get the job done. Carolina is good. Very good. Arizona can’t win on the road. That’s not going to help them come playoff time. Seattle beat San Fran in the Toilet Bowl and Tampa laid an egg against Dallas.

There were other good games this week with the Jets coming back to beat KC, Cleveland and Jacksonville slugging it out, and Tennessee’s close match (until the end) with Indy. But the Giants-Steelers game had it all, and gets the Game of the Week honors.

Both teams struggled on offense and it was just an all around boring game. We were really looking to see if Jeff Garcia could exploit the holes in the Cowboys secondary but he only came out with 227 yards passing on 43 attempts. Dallas has no offense without Romo.