NFL Round-Up, Week 12

Dolphins win at the Black Hole
An undermanned Dolphin defense racked up seven sacks including one for a safety. Gus Frerotte passed for 261 yards and two touchdowns and the Ronnie Brown/Ricky Williams duo ran for 140 yards and two touchdowns on their way to a 33-21 win over the Raiders.

At 4-7 the Dolphins are only two games out of first place in the division with the Bills, Jets and Patriots all left on the schedule. I’m afraid that its just false hope for Dolphin fans.

Miami is an improved team and this win over the Raiders snapped a three game losing streak but I don’t see them winning out, which is probabally what they would need to do win the division.

I’m anxious to see how much energy this team brings home against Buffalo this Sunday. A win against the Bills would put Miami in second place.


Division Rankings
AFC West 27-17
NFC South 25-19
NFC East 24-20
AFC South 23-21
AFC North 22-22
NFC North 20-24
NFC West 19-25
AFC East 16-27


Big Game
Indianapolis Colts 26, Pittsburg Steelers 7
On their very first offesive play Peyton Manning hit Marvin Harrison for an 80 yard touchdown strike and the Colts never looked back. Manning passed for 245 yards and two touchdowns and Ed James added 124 yards as the Steelers defense seemed to have trouble keeping up with the Colts offense.

The Colts defense held the Steelers to just 197 total net yards.

Big Upset
New Orleans Saints 21, New York Jets 19
Its not a big upset but the Saints ended a six game losing streak agaist a Jets team that is struggling. Saints quarterback Aaron Brooks was the hero tossing three touchdown passes and Jets kicker Mike Nugent was the goat when his 53 yard field goal fell short with 15 seconds left, forget the fact that he made four field goals earlier in the game.

Worst Game
Carolina Panthers 13, Buffalo Bills 9
This game featured one touchdown and that was with just over two minutes remaining. Jake Delhome tossed a 3 yard touchdown pass to Michael Ganes.

Looking Ahead to Next Week

Big Game
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants
This game could be for the NFC East Championship. Both the Cowboys and the Giants are 7-4 and a division loss here will be hard to catch up.
Prediction: Cowboys 27/Giants 20

Possible Upset
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Cleveland Browns
The Jaguars will be without starting quarterback Byron Leftwitch and could be walking into an ambush in Cleveland.
Prediction: Browns 20/Jaguars 14