Hello readers! Another week of National Football League action has come and gone. With 11 weeks in the books and seven more left to go, we are starting to see the playoff picture a bit clearer. There was a shutout in Atlanta, a duel in the cold north of Minnesota, and a
Week 11 Recap
New England 25, Atlanta 0: TW: Patriots; CV: Patriots.
The cigar smoking quarterback wins yet again. Mac Jones was efficient yet again as he threw 22 completed passes out 26. He had 207 yards passing with a touchdown and an interception. Rhamondre Stevenson had 69 yards rushing on 12 carries with a 21-yard run being his longest. The star of the game was the Patriots pass defense which picked off four passes from Matt Ryan, Josh Rosen and Feleipe Franks. Kyle Van Noy would take a Josh Rosen pass to the house for 35 yards. Matt Ryan would get most of the playtime out of the three quarterbacks as he had 19 of 28 passes completed for 153 yards. Qadree Ollison rushed for 34 yards on 9 carries with his 12-yard run being the longest for Atlanta. Not sure if the Patriots are quite ready for a Super Bowl run but they might have the pieces to give the Buffalo Bills some hardships.
TW: 1-0; CV: 1-0
Next week:
New England: vs Tennessee
Atlanta: @ Jacksonville
Detroit 10, Cleveland 13: TW: Browns; CV: Browns
It was a tight game but the Lions will have to look to next week to get their first win. Tim Boyle would get the start over Jared Goff and wouldn't do a lot to help the Lions cause. Boyle had 15 of 23 passes completed for 77 yards with two passes picked off by Malcolm Smith and Denzel Ward. Dandre Swift once again torched the Browns rush defense for 136 yards with a touchdown run that was for 57 yards. Baker Mayfield would get the start for the Browns. He didn't fare better as he threw 15 of 29 passes for completions with 176 yards for a touchdown but also had two passes picked off by Lions defenders. Like Swift, Nick Chubb came back to life and added 130 yards rushing for the Browns. Jarvis Landry would handle the quarterback duties on a 16-yard run that would result in a touchdown. Safe to say the Browns are still alive for playoff positioning.
TW: 2-0; CV: 2-0
Next week:
Detroit: vs Chicago (Thanksgiving)
Cleveland: @ Baltimore
Baltimore 16, Chicago 13: TW: Ravens; CV: Ravens
Baltimore be like, not so fast Andy Dalton. Tyler Huntley would get the start over Lamar Jackson who was out due to non-COVID illness. Huntley threw 26 completions out of 36 for 219 yards with an interception. Devonta Freeman carried the football 16 times for 49 yards with a touchdown that would be the only touchdown for the Ravens. Justin Tucker would stay clutch and hit 3 of 3 field goals with a 46-yard field goal being his longest. It would be Freeman's touchdown and Tucker's extra point that would give the Ravens the edge. Justin Fields would start and had 4 pass completions out of 11 passes thrown for 79 yards and 23 yards rushing. Fields would leave the game due to injury. Andy Dalton would throw 11 of 23 passes for completion for 201 yards passing and had two touchdown passes to Darnell Mooney and Marquise Goodwin. At least Andy Dalton didn't break your heart if you're a Ravens fan.
TW: 3-0; CV: 3-0
Next week:
Baltimore: vs Cleveland
Chicago: @ Detroit (Thanksgiving)
Green Bay 31, Minnesota 34: TW: Packers; CV: Vikings
At least it was a close game that went the Vikings way. Aaron Rodgers would throw 23 completions out of 33 attempts for 385 yards with four touchdown passes. AJ Dillon rushed for 53 yards on 11 carries for the Packers. Davante Adams would have two touchdowns, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Josiah Deguara each had one of Aaron Rodgers' tosses. Kirk Cousins threw 24 completions for 35 attemps for 341 yards with three touchdowns. Two of those passes would go to Justin Jefferson and one to Adam Thielen. It would come down to a Greg Joseph field goal from 29 yards to give the Vikings a 5-5 record on the season.
TW: 3-1; CV: 4-0
Next week:
Green Bay: vs LA Rams
Minnesota: @ San Francisco
Houston 22, Tennessee 13: TW: Titans; CV: Titans
Seriously Tennessee! What the fuck. Tyrod Taylor would start for the Texans and had 14 completions of 24 passes thrown for 107 yards. Tyrod Taylor would have 28 yards rushing for two touchdowns that would ultimately give the Texans the edge. Rex Burkhead would have 18 carries for 40 yards. Ryan Tannehill would have a horrid day as he had 35 completions out of 52 passes thrown for 323 yards with a touchdown and had four interceptions. Desmond King would have two interceptions, Kamu Grugierhill and Terrance Mitchell would have one interception of the four interceptions that Tannehill threw to. Adrian Peterson rushed for 40 yards in the game. Tennessee would outgain Houston on total yardage with 420 to 190. Tennessee's injury problems continue as AJ Brown would leave the game with a chest injury.
TW: 3-2; CV: 4-1
Next week:
Houston: vs NY Jets
Tennessee: @ New England
Indianapolis 41, Buffalo 15: TW: Bills; CV: Bills
Kudos to Cardinal Viking who had Jonathan Taylor on his fantasy team. Carson Wentz threw 11 completions out of 20 passes for a touchdown. Jonathan Taylor would do the rest for the Colts as the runner had five total touchdowns. He would have 185 yards rushing on 32 carries for four touchdowns and had 19 receiving yards with a receiving touchdown. Josh Allen threw for 21 completions out of 35 passes with 209 yards passing with two touchdowns but also had two passes picked off by Colts players. Buffalo wouldn't account for much of their running game as Matt Breida rushed for 51 yards on five carries with a 28-yard run being his longest. Don't look now Buffalo but the Patriots are ahead of you in the AFC East.
TW: 3-3; CV: 4-2
Next week:
Indianapolis: vs Tampa Bay
Buffalo: @ New Orleans (Thanksgiving)
Miami 24, NY Jets 17: TW: Dolphins; CV: Dolphins
Oh thank god the Dolphins didn't make me look stupid. Tua Tagovailoa threw 27 completions out of 33 passes for 273 yards with two touchdown passes and had an interception thrown. Albert Wilson would play quarterback for one play but it would be an incompleted pass. Myles Gaskin rushed for 89 yards with a 20-yard run being his longest. Joe Flacco threw 24 completions out of 39 passes thrown for 291 yards with two touchdowns. Elijah Moore and Jamison Crowder were the two receivers of those Flacco passes. Michael Carter rushed for 63 yards with a 39-yard run being his longest in the game. Miami rolling along with a three-game winning streak!
TW: 4-3; CV: 5-2
Next week:
Miami: vs Carolina
NY Jets: @ Houston
New Orleans 29, Philadelphia 40: TW: Saints; CV: Saints
New Orleans couldn't stop the Jalen Hurts juggernaut. Trevor Siemian threw 22 completions of 40 passes for 214 yards with three touchdown passes but had two passes thrown to Eagles players. One of those players was to Darius Slay who would return it for a pick-six. Siemian would also score a rushing touchdown on a 17-yard run. Mark Ingram rushed for 88 yards on 16 carries with a 28-yard run being his longest. Jalen Hurts threw 13 completions out of 24 passes for 147 yards in the game. Miles Sanders would rush for 94 yards on 16 carries. Hurts would rush for 69 yards on 18 carries with three touchdown runs. At least the Saints tried to make it a competitive game after not showing up for the first three quarters.
TW: 4-4; CV: 5-3
Next week:
New Orleans: vs Buffalo (Thanksgiving)
Philadelphia: @ NY Giants
San Francisco 30, Jacksonville 10: TW: 49ers; CV: 49ers
Result wasn't a surprise. Sky is really blue isn't it. Jimmy Garoppolo threw 16 completed passes out of 22 throws for 176 yards with two touchdown passes to Brandon Aiyuk and George Kittle. Deebo Samuel rushed for 79 yards on eight carries with a 25-yard run being his longest. Jeff Wilson rushed for 50 yards on 19 carries. Trevor Lawrence threw 16 completed passes out of 25 throws for 158 yards. James Robinson rushed for 29 yards with a touchdown run that would be the only offensive touchdown for the Jaguars. At least for once there was somewhat of an expected result.
TW: 5-4; CV: 6-3
Next week:
San Francisco: vs Minnesota
Jacksonville: vs Atlanta
Washington 27, Carolina 21: TW: Panthers; CV: Panthers
It was a homecoming for Cam Newton. Taylor Heinicke and the Washington Football Team were there to play spoiler. The Washington passer threw 16 completions for 206 yards with three touchdowns. Terry McLaurin, Cam Sims, Deandre Carter would be recipients of those passes. Antonio Gibson continued his solid season and added 95 yards on 19 carries with a 20-yard run being his longest. Cam Newton had a solid day in his return to Carolina. He threw 21 completions out of 27 passes for 189 yards with two touchdown passes and added 46 yards rushing and a touchdown to that too. Christian McCaffrey had 59 yards rushing and had 60 yards receiving with a touchdown catch. DJ Moore was the other reciepient of a Cam Newton pass. Not being able to convert on third down and fourth down really hurt the Panthers as they were 2-9 and 1-3 in those stats respectively. Washington also held the ball for 35 minutes to Carolina's 24 minutes.
TW: 5-5; CV: 6-4
Next week:
Washington: vs Seattle
Carolina: @ Miami
Cincinnati 32, Las Vegas 13: TW: Raiders; CV: Raiders
Raiders in free fall, same story, same season. Joe Burrow would get back to his better play and had 20 passes completed out of 29 passes for 148 yards with a touchdown pass to Ja'Marr Chase, his favorite target. The biggest contributor for the Bengals would be their star runner Joe Mixon who had 123 yards rushing with two touchdown runs and 30 carries. His longest run was from 20 yards. Derek Carr threw 19 completions out of 27 passes thrown for 215 yards with a touchdown pass to Foster Moreau during the fourth quarter. He would have an interception that was grabbed by Bengals defender Eli Apple. Josh Jacobs rushed for 37 yards with an 18-yard run being his longest. Time of possession and 3rd down conversions were in Cincy's favor in this one as the Bengals totaled over 37 minutes of time of possession to the Raiders 22 minutes. On third down the Bengals converted 8 of 16 times and the Raiders only converted one third down out of seven. Time to bury the Raiders.
TW: 5-6; CV: 6-5
Next week:
Cincinnati: vs Pittsburgh
Las Vegas: @ Dallas (Thanksgiving)
Arizona 23, Seattle 13: TW: Cardinals; CV: Cardinals
The Cardinals did what they need to do with the circumstances that were dealt to them. Colt McCoy threw very well in the game as he had 35 passes completed out of 44 passes thrown for 328 yards with two touchdown passes to Zach Ertz. James Conner provided solid yardage on the ground as he had 62 yards with a touchdown run. Russell Wilson threw 14 completions for 26 throws with 207 yards. Anthony Collins rushed for 36 yards on 10 carries. Deejay Dallas rushed for 25 yards with a touchdown run that would be the only score for the Seahawks. The Cardinals offense was on the field for over 2/3 of the game. I mean it wasn't a great factor but c'mon it has to be something. That or 2-10 on 3rd down conversions for the Seahawks also is a factor.
TW: 6-6; CV: 7-5
Next week:
Arizona: Bye
Seattle: @ Washington
Dallas 9, Kansas City 19: TW: Cowboys; CV: Chiefs
Of course Dallas would shit the bed. Mike McCarthy versus superior opponents are his kryptonite. Dak Prescott wouldn't play fairly well in this game as he had 28 completions out of 43 passes thrown for 216 yards but threw two interceptions to Ljarius Sneed and Charvarius Ward. Ezekiel Elliot would be injured and would come back but he had 32 yards rushing. Tony Pollard was the leading rusher for the Cowboys with 50 yards on the ground with a 31-yard run being his longest. Patrick Mahomes wouldn't have a stellar day either but he had 23 completions out of 37 passes for 260 yards with an interception that was grabbed by Jayron Kearse. Clyde Edwards-Helaire rushed for 63 yards for a touchdown in his return after missing a few games due to injury. Tyreek Hill rushed on a 33-yard run play that was the longest run in the game. Travis Kelce would score the other touchdown on a 4-yard run. It's alright Dallas you still have the Eagles with a 5-6 record in your rear mirror.
TW: 6-7; CV: 8-5
Next week:
Dallas: vs Las Vegas (Thanksgiving)
Kansas City: Bye
Pittsburgh 37, LA Chargers 41: TW: Chargers; CV: Chargers
This game was pretty quiet for most of the game. Then the 4th quarter happened. Ben Roethlisberger returned after missing last week's game due to COVID protocol. The veteran quarterback threw 28 completions for 44 passes with 273 yards and had three touchdown passes. Najee Harris would get some yardage but not as much with 39 yards rushing but had a touchdown run. Justin Herbert had one of his vintage games as he threw 30 completions out of 41 passes thrown for 382 yards with three touchdowns but had an intercepted pass by Cameron Sutton. LA's running attack was top notch in this game as Herbert also rushed for 90 yards on nine carries with his 36-yard run being the longest in the game. Austin Ekeler would be the star of the show as Ekeler rushed for 50 yards with 11 carries and got into the endzone on a running play twice. He would also catch two passes for touchdowns as well. Safe to say the Steelers need TJ Watt back.
TW: 7-7; CV: 9-5
Next week:
Pittsburgh: @ Cincinnati
LA Chargers: @ Denver
NY Giants 10, Tampa Bay 30: TW: Buccaneers; CV: Buccaneers
Tom Brady would beat his least favorite team tonight so that means something. Daniel Jones would be not great in this game as he threw 23 completions for 38 passes for 167 yards with a touchdown pass to his offensive tackle Andrew Thomas. The pass would give the Giants a 17-10 deficit into halftime. Jones would also get picked off by Buccaneers players Mike Edwards and Steve McLendon. Saquon Barkley would rush for 25 yards on six carries. Tom Brady would throw better than last week as he had 30 completions out of 46 passes thrown for 307 yards with two touchdowns and had an interception. Leonard Fournette rushed for 35 yards on 10 carries. Ronald Jones would get 33 yards with a touchdown run. Hopefully this win will get them back to normal Buccaneer football.
TW: 8-7; CV: 10-5
Next week:
NY Giants: vs Philadelphia
Tampa Bay: @ Indianapolis
2021 Pick'em Records:
My record:
Week 1: 7-9
Week 2: 10-6
Week 3: 10-6
Week 4: 9-7
Week 5: 12-4
Week 6: 11-3
Week 7: 10-3
Week 8: 7-8
Week 9: 7-7
Week 10: 5-8-1
Week 11: 8-7
Total: 96-68-1
Cardinal Viking's record:
Week 1: 6-10
Week 2: 12-4
Week 3: 13-3
Week 4: 10-6
Week 5: 10-6
Week 6: 12-2
Week 7: 10-3
Week 8: 7-8
Week 9: 8-6
Week 10: 5-8-1
Week 11: 10-5
Total: 103-61-1
Previous Picking Records:
2017: 167-89
2018: 156-98-2
2019: 151-104-1
2020: 163-92-1
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