All week, the New England Patriots insisted this was just another game. Well, it wasn’t. It was better. In a rare battle of 5-0 teams, the New England Patriots stomped the Dallas Cowboys as badly as everyone else they’ve faced this season, winning 48-27 Sunday behind a career-best five touchdown passes from Tom Brady.
Early last week, Vinny Testaverde turned down a job offer from Arizona, then accepted one from Carolina. The Panthers are glad he signed with them — and do the Cardinals ever regret his decision. The 43-year-old Testaverde hit Steve Smith for a 65-yard touchdown pass to lead Carolina past the Cardinals 25-10 on Sunday.
LaDainian Tomlinson will never hate the Oakland Raiders like Marty Schottenheimer did. He’s too laid-back for something like that. At the rate he’s going, though, Tomlinson might never lose again to the Silver and Black. Tomlinson matched his career high with four touchdowns, rushing for 198 yards on 24 carries and leading the Chargers to their eighth straight win over the Raiders, 28-14, on Sunday.
No matter where or how he got the ball Sunday, Adrian Peterson seemed to find the opening in the Chicago Bears’ defense. Through the line, around the end, across the field with a split-second cutback and even on kickoff returns, he made the Bears miss. Peterson’s record-setting performance put the Minnesota Vikings in position for victory, one they secured Sunday when Ryan Longwell kicked a…
All Vince Young could do was stand on the sideline and watch another mobile quarterback produce the winning drive. Tennessee lost the 2006 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year to a leg injury Sunday, then let a game slip away to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, too. Jeff Garcia was at his best in the final minute, completing four consecutive passes to march the Bucs into position to beat the Titans 13-10 on…
Cornerback Charles Woodson scooped up the ball — and lifted the spirits of the Green Bay Packers’ suddenly sagging offense. Woodson’s 57-yard fumble return in the third quarter gave the Packers the go-ahead touchdown in a 17-14 victory over the Washington Redskins at soggy Lambeau Field on Sunday. “It was a big play today,” Woodson said.
The Philadelphia Eagles faced a New York Jets team wearing throwback uniforms and looking for some new results. Navy and gold or green and white, it didn’t matter in the end. “Our personality shows when we win a football game,” running back Brian Westbrook said. Donovan McNabb threw for 278 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Curtis, and the Eagles’ defense stopped the Jets on fourth…
It was a rout waiting to happen: The winless St. Louis Rams and their depleted offense against a defense eager to prove it’s still the best in the NFL. The Baltimore Ravens made the most of their opportunity, bullying backup quarterback Gus Frerotte into six turnovers in Sunday’s 22-3 victory. Playing for the injured Marc Bulger, Frerotte was forced to operate behind a depleted offensive line and…
Kansas City’s sickly offense found an easy way to get well — just stay home and let one of the league’s weakest defenses find you. Tony Gonzalez set the NFL record for touchdown catches by a tight end and the Chiefs rolled up an impressive — for them — 354 total yards Sunday en route to a 27-20 victory over the downward-spiraling Cincinnati Bengals.
The Minnesota Wild had plenty to prove Sunday night against the Anaheim Ducks, the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last season and went on to win their first Stanley Cup title. Brian Rolston and Mark Parrish scored second-period goals and Josh Harding posted his third career shutout with a career-high 37 saves, leading the unbeaten Wild to a testy 2-0 victory.
