Rough Week for the AFC West

Kansas City Chiefs 17 Buffalo Bills 35

After seeing both teams fall flat on their faces during week one, I was anxious to see which team would rebound and get there season on track. It was no horse race to the finish, the Bills blew the Chiefs away from the get go. Kansas City was hobbling with injuries in week one, but in week 2 they had key players such as Brandon Flowers and Tamba Hali back. However it did not make a difference, running back CJ Spiller had a tremendous game, rushing for 123 yards and getting in the end zone two times on Sunday. The Bills offense was running on all cylinders and the Chiefs on the other hand couldn’t get a drive together to save their lives. This led to a 21-0 half time deficit and an early game for Chiefs fans to watch.

Tyler’s Player of the Game for Each Team

Buffalo-If you were lucky enough to have CJ Spiller as a fantasy running back then congratulations to you. Spiller had 15 carries for 123 yards rushing and two touchdowns. He also added to a great game with 3 receptions for 47 yards.

Kansas City-I am going to have to take a pass this week. In my eyes nobody deserves to be player of the game. Any good stats you see happened at the end of the game against the Bills second string defense. Kansas City better show up soon or its going to be a short season.

Oakland Raiders 13 Miami Dolphins 35

The Chiefs were not the only AFC West duds on Sunday. Oakland followed up a loss against San Diego last week by getting man handled in Miami by the Dolphins. Carson Palmer did his best to keep Oakland in the game by passing for 373 yards. The problem was the ground game for Oakland and the problem was that there wasn’t one. McFadden all Oakland rushers with 22 yards and there is a very slim chance of winning in the NFL when you can’t run the ball. Miami had no such problems though; Reggie Bush was a star rushing for 172 yards and 2 touchdowns. It was rookie Ryan Tannehill’s second start and a much better one. Tannehill threw his first professional touchdown and also rushed for one more. Oakland did keep it relatively close and actually went into halftime with a 10-7 lead, but it was all Miami in the second half which led to a 35 to 13 Dolphin victory.

Tyler’s Player of the Game for Each Team

Miami-Running back Reggie Bush was unstoppable and gave hope to a rebuilding Dolphin team. His 172 yards rushing gives him my honor of player of the game. If he can keep it up then who knows how far this team can go.

Oakland-Caron Palmer did all he could to help Oakland win the game, he threw the ball like the pro bowl quarterback he is. The problem was he didn’t have a lick of help from his running game.

Tennessee Titans 10 San Diego Chargers 38

Phillip Rivers was a perfect 5-0 against the Titans going into Sunday and he didn’t want his perfect record to change. Rivers had a very solid game passing for 284 yards and 3 touchdowns. The big surprise was who was on the receiving end of those passes. Tight end Dante Rosario made good time of Antonio Gates’ absence from the game. Rosario who coming into the game had a total of 8 career touchdowns, ended up catching all 3 of Phillip Rivers touchdown passes. With the Chargers going 5 for 6 in the red zone it made for a 35 to 13 route. It was a very rough day for the Titans, both offense and defense getting beaten up all day and leading to a 0-2 start for the Tennessee Titans.

Tyler’s Player of the Game for Each Team

San Diego-Tight end Dante Rosario had a career day grabbing 3 touchdown passes from Rivers. If he keeps being a productive target then I assume we will see his minutes increase greatly.

Tennessee-Safety Michael Griffin tallied up 16 tackles and 1 tackle for loss (yes you read safety correctly). Guy has a gift for finding and pursuing the ball.

Denver Broncos 21 Atlanta Falcons 27

Peyton Manning seemed to forget which team he was playing for on Monday night. Manning threw a whopping 3 interceptions in just the first quarter of Monday night’s game against the Falcons. Matt Ryan and the Falcons took advantage of the 3 interceptions and built a 10-0 lead after the first quarter. After Matt Ryan hooked up for a touchdown with Roddy White in the third quarter that pushed the lead to 27-7. The Broncos tried to make a game of it by scoring twice in the 4^th quarter on Willis McGahee’s rushing touchdowns, but it was too little too late and ended in another victory over an AFC West team for the Atlanta Falcons.

Tyler’s Player of the Game for Each Team

Atlanta-Matt Ryan passed for 219 yards and 2 touchdowns. It was no amazing game by Ryan but he made the plays he needed to get his team the victory and that is all that matters at the end of the day.

Denver-Willis McGahee had a solid game rushing for 113 yards and 2 touchdowns; if only the passing game had been equally as good this game may have ended a bit differently.