Final Seconds

Denver Broncos 17 Kansas City Chiefs 9

Ryan Succop was the only one who could get points on the board for the Chiefs Sunday. During the early part of the game they were moving the ball very well into Denver territory but they just couldn’t find the end zone to save their lives. The running game was clicking very well with Jamal Charles rushing for 107 yards in the game. The offensive line looked a lot better than have in the past few games. Quarterback Brady Quinn passed for 126 yards and had zero touchdowns and one interception, he is yet to find a groove. The Chiefs defense impressed greatly holding a high powered offensive to only 17 points and keeping the Chiefs in contention for most of the game, but a late touchdown by Denver quarterback Peyton Manning helped give the Broncos the win on Sunday and take a commanding division lead.

Players of the Game for Each Team

Denver-Peyton Manning impressed as he has been doing all season, he threw for 285 yards and two touchdowns.

Kansas City-Running back Jamal Charles had a good game rushing, he rushed 23 times for 107 yards, just wasn’t able to find the end zone unfortunately.

Cincinnati Bengals 34 Oakland Raiders 10

The Oakland Raiders dropped another game on Sunday when they fell to the Cincinnati Bengals. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton had a very nice game throwing for 210 yards, 3 touchdowns, and no interceptions. The Bengals also had a very good day on the ground, running back Green-Ellis rushed for 129 yards and had one touchdown. It was a very solid performance for the Bengals who have won three games in a row. Carson Palmer had a dreadful day against his old team, he threw for 146 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. The Bengals are in a tough division but if they keep playing like they have been the last few weeks then they will definitely be a team to watch out for during the last two weeks of the season.

Players of the Game for Each Team

Cincinnati-Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton has earned my player of the game honors. This kid threw three touchdowns and had over 200 yards passing to help his team get the victory.

Oakland-It is too hard to find someone on the Oakland team who deserves this award so I will just give kudos to Bengals running back Green-Ellis for rushing for 129 yards and one touchdown.

Baltimore Ravens 16 San Diego Chargers 13 OT

It was a nail biter of a game between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Diego Chargers. Baltimore was trailing 13-3 with about eight minutes left in the 4^th quarter. Very big plays down the stretch by quarterback Joe Flacco and a 29 yard pass play on 4^th down to running back Ray Rice helped the Ravens force overtime against the Chargers. Justin Tuck made a 38 yard field goal in overtime to give the Ravens the win and a solid strangle hold on the division. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco threw for 355 yards and had one touchdown and Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers threw for 228 yards and one touchdown. The defenses for both teams did very well getting to the quarterbacks. Joe Flacco was sacked five times and Phillip Rivers was sacked six times. This was a very good game between both teams that could have gone either way, the Ravens just made the bigger plays in the end to get the W.

Players of the Game for Each Team

Ravens-Quarterback Joe Flacco had an outstanding performance passing for 355 yards and one touchdown and leading his team to game tying and game winning drives.

Chargers-Phillip Rivers did his best to get his team the win with his 228 yard passing performance, however it was just not enough to overcome the tough game that the Ravens brought to the table.

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Week 13 Injuries

I would like to go over some of the injuries that could impact Sundays game between the Carolina Panthers and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Kansas City Chiefs

On the Chiefs side wide reciever Dexter McCluster suffered a head injury during Sundays loss to the Denver Broncos and is questionable for the game against the Panthers. McCluster is a very speedy and agile player and it would be very tough on the Chiefs if he can not go Sunday against the Panthers. http://espn.go.com/nfl/injuries/_/team/kc/kansas-city-chiefs

Carolina Panthers

 

On the Panthers side of the ball running back Jonathan Stewart is questionable for Sunday and defensive tackle Ron Edwards will be out for 4-6 weeks with an elbow injury.  http://espn.go.com/nfl/injuries/_/team/car/carolina-panthers

Carolina Panthers @ Kansas City Chiefs
Sunday 12:00 PM
(Picture from www.kcchiefs.com)

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The Kansas City Chiefs will be hosting the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. The Chiefs are sitting with a league worst record of 1-10. The Carolina Panthers are only sitting at 3-8 themselves, I believe the Chiefs get a win this Sunday, they have been inching very close in the last couple of games and I believe they pull out a nail biter. This shall be a pretty good game with a 12:00 PM kick off this Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

This is a breakdown of the Chiefs and Broncos game that was played on Sunday.

Runaway Bronco

Cincinnati Bengals 28 Kansas City Chiefs 6

It is really starting to get embarrassing for the Kansas City Chiefs. These are professional athletes being paid millions and they can’t manage to even score a touchdown against a sub-par team. It has been getting more difficult every week to sit down and watch the Chiefs. This season has been a major let down after being picked to win the AFC West by some experts and myself personally thought that they would be in the running as the season started to wind down. Unfortunately they are sitting at 1-9 and are making a good case of being the worst team in the NFL. The Bengals manhandled the Chiefs in every aspect of the game on Sunday. The Chiefs had one fumble on the day and no interceptions, but that one fumble made their season total to be 31 turnovers which is just atrocious. Bengal quarterback Andy Dalton went 18/29 and had two touchdowns passing to help his team get the win over the slumping Chiefs. For the Bengals this game put them back at .500 for the season and in the hunt.

New Orleans Saints 38 Oakland Raiders 17

The Saints who started off 0-4 have won 5 of their last 6 games and put themselves at .500 on the year when they whooped up on the Raiders Sunday. Although they are not near as bad as the Chiefs are, the Oakland Raiders are slumping pretty badly themselves. Drew Brees passed 20/27 and had 219 yards and 3 touchdowns on Sunday. This team is starting to show some heart after the loss of key players and their coach due to the bounty scandal. It is nice to see the Saints stepping up and making a late season charge. Carson Palmer threw 22/40 for 312 yards and 2 touchdowns. Palmer however was sacked 3 times and also threw 2 interceptions that allowed the Saints to have very good field position. Raider’s full back Marcel Reece has a good game rushing. It rushed 19 times for 103 yards, he did not find the end zone however, Reece also had 4 receptions for 80 yards. Oakland has almost lost all hope for a shot at the AFC West title, making it a two horse race between the Broncos and Chargers. The Saints however may be making a late season run that would shock many football fans, but it will be very hard to surpass the very talented 9-1 Atlanta Falcons.

Denver Broncos 30 San Diego Chargers 23

This Bronco team is really coming to life and appear to be on a steam roll. Peyton Manning is playing better than ever and the rest of the team is growing around him. I told many of my co-workers a few weeks ago that I would not be the least bit surprised to see the Broncos in the Super Bowl this year. I really believe that this team has the caliber to make it to the big show. Peyton Manning threw for 270 yards on 25/42 passing and had 3 touchdowns and one interception. Manning hit Eric Decker for a 20 yard touchdown pass in the third quarter to put the lead at 24-9. The Chargers did not fold however, Phillip Rivers who threw for 258 yards and had 2 touchdowns had both of his touchdown passes in the third and fourth quarter to give the Chargers a chance. However thanks to a few Matt Prater field goals and a nice performance by Peyton Manning the Broncos managed to hang on for a 30-23 victory and a 4 game lead in the AFC West. The Broncos appear to be pulling away and getting closer to wrapping up the division. It will take a blunder by them and a big rally from the Chargers for that to change at all.

Crunch Time

Sorry, this post was suppose to be a podcast but I was not able to get it to work. It is from 2 weeks ago.

Pittsburgh Steelers 16 Kansas City Chiefs 13 OT

The Kansas City Chiefs held their first lead during regulation on Monday night when they faced off against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Overall I thought the team looked a lot better than they have the past few games. They had one turnover which was very costly, but it’s a lot better than their average of 3 per game. The score was 10-10 entering the 4^th quarter and a Pittsburgh field goal gave them the lead with 9 minutes left. On the Chiefs last possession in the 4^th quarter Matt Cassel found Dwayne Bowe for a 27 yard strike to put them in field goal range. Ryan Succop then knocked the field goal through from 46 yards out to send the game to overtime. In overtime on the Chiefs second play, Matt Cassel threw an interception that was returned to the Chiefs 5 yard line. There Shean Shiusam nailed a 23 yard field goal for the win.

Note-Ben Rothlisburger left the game in the third quarter with a shoulder injury and the Chiefs went 2-16 on third down conversions.

Baltimore Ravens 55 Oakland Raiders 20

Ravens gave the Oakland Raiders a thrashing on Sunday. Oakland had turnover and penalty issues. They had 2 lost fumbles and Carson palmer threw 1 interception. The team had a total of 10 penalties for 105 yards. Aside from his 1 interception, Carson Palmer had a pretty good game throwing for 350 yards and 2 tochdowns. Joe Flacko threw for 341 yards and 3 touchdowns and led the Ravens to a 55-20 win over the Raiders. The 55 points scored by the Ravens set a new record for points.

Denver Broncos 36 Carolina Panthers 14

The Denver Broncos offense only scored two touchdowns on Sunday but they still managed to score 36 points. Special teams and defense really put a thrashing on the Panthers. Denver defense sacked Cam Newton 7 times, had a safety, and forced two interceptions which one was returned by cornerback Tony Carter 40 yards for a touchdown. The special teams for Denver were shining also, Matt Prater had two field goals and Trindon Holliday had a 76 yard punt return for a touchdown. Peyton Manning had a solid game throwing for 295 yards and had a touchdown. It was an all-around team effort and led to a 36-14 win for the Broncos putting their record at 6-3 first in the division.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 San Diego Chargers 24

The Buccaneers had an all-around team win as well on Sunday when they scored 2 touchdowns on offense and one each on defense and special teams to defeat the San Diego Chargers. Phillip Rivers threw for 323 yards and had 3 touchdowns but also had a costly 2 interceptions. Wide Receiver Danario Alexander caught 5 passes from Rivers for 134 yards. Josh Freeman threw for 205 yards and a pair of touchdowns. The Buccaneers also scored on a blocked punt by Adam Hayward and they also an 83 yard touchdown return by cornerback Leonard Johnson. With an all-around solid performance by the team and a couple of mistakes by Phillip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got the W and improved their record to 5-4.

 

With 7 games left in the regular season, the standings are

Denver 6-3

San Diego 4-5

Oakland 3-6

Kansas City 1-8

That wraps up this week on AFC West Weekly, thank you.