NFL Week 7 Hangover

Big Winners

-The Arizona Cardinals (4-2)won their final regular season game at Giants Stadium, where they’d been 2-15 in history, and now sit alone atop the NFC West thanks to San Francisco’s loss.

-Odd-on favoriteswent 11-2 (the Giants and Panthers lost), and covered the spread in 10 of 13 games (Houston won but didn’t cover the spread).

-Fans of blowoutsmust have been thrilled in Week 7 as only two games were decided by under 10 points, and six were decided by 28 or more!

-The Steelers’ defenseheld the previously undefeated Vikings to just 17 points, scored two touchdowns, and held NFL rushing leader Adrian Peterson under 70 yards.

-NFL fanshave not had to see or hear much from Terrell Owens since he was banished to Buffalo. Owens had three catches for 27 yaaaawwwn.

-All teams with higher draft picks than the Pantherscan expect some trade offers before Draft Day as Carolina will likely want to trade up and get a quarterback. The Panthers current quarterback, Jake Delhomme, has thrown 4 touchdowns and 13 interceptions on the season.

-Bengals runningback Cedric Bensonfelt that the Bears had mistreated him during his time in Chicago. So he took it out on them by out-rushing Chicago’s new star runningback by 165 yards (Carson Palmer‘s 5 touchdowns didn’t hurt either).

-The New Orleans Saintswere down 21 points on the road in a city where they’ve never won. But that just gave Drew Brees an excuse to stop pretending to want to use the running game. New Orleans won thanks in part to a 22-0 fourth quarter.

Big Losers

-The Oakland Raiders (2-5)followed up a shocking upset of Philadelphia by getting shut out at home by a team that had been struggling to stay afloat for their last three games (the Jets).

-Top Fantasy Runningbackshave generally been a disappointment this season, and that held true in Week 7. The top 8 in most drafts this year averaged 3.6 yards per carry and combined for only three touchdowns and one concussion (Peterson, Turner, Jones-Drew, Forte, Westbrook, Williams, Tomlinson, and Gore).

-49ers quarterback Shaun Hilllost his starting job after starting out 6 for 11 and guiding the 49ers to a 21-0 halftime deficit. Backup and former #1 over all pick Alex Smith then entered the game and led the team to three touchdowns in four possessions.

-Chiefs runningback Larry Johnsonhas another dismal performance on the field (16 carries for 49 yards), and then followed it up by badmouthing his coach and using a homosexual slur to refer to a fan on Twitter. Johnson apologized Monday afternoon, but not before referring to members of the media with the same slur Monday morning. But I’m sure the apology was sincere.

-The State of Missouriis 1-13 on the season and has been outscored by 16.2 points per game (KC and St. Louis).

-The United Kingdomhad to endure watching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers up close in the NFL’s misguided third annual trip to Wembley Stadium.

Week 7 Scores

Arizona Cardinals 24 – New York Giants 17

Houston Texans 24 – San Francisco 49ers 21

Green Bay Packers 31 – Cleveland Browns 3

San Diego Chargers 37 – Kansas City Chiefs 7

Indianapolis Colts 42 – St. Louis Rams 6

Pittsburgh Steelers 27 – Minnesota Vikings 17

New England Patriots 35 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7

New York Jets 38 – Oakland Raiders 0

Buffalo Bills 20 – Carolina Panthers 9

Cincinnati Bengals 45 – Chicago Bears 10

Dallas Cowboys 37 – Atlanta Falcons 21

New Orleans Saints 46 – Miami Dolphins 34

Philadelphia Eagles 27 – Washington Redskins 17

Fantasy Studs– The 10 Most Valuable Players of Week 7

1 – Miles Austin (WR-Dal)171 yards recieving, 2 touchdowns, and was probably still available last week

2 – Vernon Davis (TE-SF)93 yards receiving, 3 touchdowns

3 – Ricky Williams (RB-Mia)80 yards rushing, 3 touchdowns, and was probably still available as well

4 – Shonn Greene (RB-NYJ)144 yard rushing, 2 touchdowns, and was definately still available

5 – DeSean Jackson (WR-Phi)67 yards rushing, 1 touchdown, 69 yards receiving, 1 touchdown)

6 – Carson Palmer (QB-Cin)233 yards passing, 5 touchdowns

7 – Cedric Benson (RB-Cin)189 yards rushing, 1 touchdown

8 – Chad Ochocinco (WR-Cin)118 yards, 2 touchdowns

9 – Tony Romo (QB-Dal)311 yards passing, 3 touchdowns, 31 yards rushing

10 – Ryan Grant (RB-GB)148 yards rushing, 1 touchdown

Fantasy Thuds– High Expectations…Dismal Results

1 – Frank Gore (RB-SF)32 yards rushing, 15 yards receiving

2 – Pierre Thomas (RB-NO)30 yards rushing, 14 yards receiving

3 – Jonathan Stewart (RB-Car)25 yards rushing, 20 yards receiving

4 – Marion Barber (RB-Dal)47 yards rushing, 1 yard receiving

5 – Matt Forte (RB-Chi)24 yards rushing, 25 yards receiving

6 – Tony Gonzalez (TE-Atl)37 yards receiving

7 – Brett Favre (QB-Min)334 yards passing, 1 interception, 1 fumble

8 – Donovan McNabb (QB-Phi)156 yards passing, 1 touchdown

9 – Andre Johnson (WR-Hou)62 yards receiving

10 – Eli Manning (QB-NYG)243 yards passing, 1 touchdown, 3 interceptions

The Front Seven– The NFL’s 7 best teams through Week 7

1 – New Orleans Saints(6-0, 1st NFC South) Total Offense: 1st (427.3), Total Defense: 11th (306.7), +18.5 ppg

2 – Indianapolis Colts(6-0, 1st AFC South) Total Offense 4th (402.5), Total Defense: 9th (291.7), +17.0 ppg

3 – New England Patriots(5-2, 1st AFC East) Total Offense: 3rd (406.0), Total Defense: 6th (285.7), +14.3 ppg

4 – Pittsburgh Steelers(5-2, T-1st AFC North) Total Offense: 7th (383.0), Total Defense: 8th (291.0), +5.4 ppg

5 – Denver Broncos(6-0, 1st AFC West) Total Offense: 9th (368.7), Total Defense: 2nd (262.5), +11.2 ppg

6 – Minnesota Vikings(6-1, 1st NFC North) Total Offense: 12th (353.6), Total Defense: 17th (330.0), +8.3 ppg

7 – New York Giants(5-2, 1st NFC East) Total Offense: 6th (391.3), Total Defense: 1st (262.0), +7.4 ppg

Check back Friday for a look ahead at Week 8.

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