NFL Week 8 Recap

Week 8 in the NFL was not as shocking as the past weeks have been.  The teams that have been dominating the first 7 weeks of the season continued to dominate while other teams continued to struggle.  There were some key matches this past week that you could say were "playoff previews".  But the shock of the week came from the St. Louis Rams who beat the New Orleans Saints to gain their first win of the season.

Week 8 Recap

• After going down 14-3 early in the game, the Giants fought back holding the Dolphins to a scoreless 4th quarter coming back to win 20-17.  Reggie Bush had 15 carries for 103 rushing yards and Giants' Eli Manning had 349 passing yards for 2 touchdowns.
• Battle of the rookie quarterbacks occurred this past week between Cam Newton and Christian Ponder.  Newton ended the game with 290 passing yards and 3 touchdowns while Ponder had 236 passing yards and 1 touchdown.
• The St. Louis Rams FINALLY won a game for the first time this season.  The Rams took in the momentum of their fellow St. Louis team (Cardinals) who are the 2011 World Series Champion beating the New Orleans Saints.
• After going into halftime down 24-6 the Ravens fought back in the 2nd half holding the Cardinals to only 3 points the entire 2nd half.  Flacco came back on fire after being cold during week 7.  Flacco had 336 passing yards after only having 137 passing yards during week 7.
• In the Broncos/Lions game Tebow struggled the entire game.  Going into halftime Stafford had 16/22 completions for 191 passing yards compared to Tebow's 4/13 completions for 37 passing yards.  Tebow was sacked 7 times and had 3 fumbles that turned into a turnover.
• In his 2nd game starting for the Redskins' Beck had 20/33 completions for 208 passing yards and 2 interceptions. 
• Steelers defense had Brady on edge holding Tom to only 198 passing yards.  Roethlisberger had 365 passing yards and 2 touchdowns.

Week 8 Scores

Miami Dolphins (0-7) 17

New York Giants (5-2) 20

Indianapolis Colts (0-8) 10

Tennessee Titans (4-3) 27

Minnesota Vikings (2-6) 24

Carolina Panthers (2-6) 21

New Orleans Saints (5-3) 21

St. Louis Rams (1-6) 31

Arizona Cardinals (1-6) 27

Baltimore Ravens (5-2) 30

Jacksonville Jaguars (2-6) 14

Houston Texans (5-3) 24

Detroit Lions (6-2) 45

Denver Broncos (2-5) 10

Washington Redskins (3-4) 0

Buffalo Bills (5-2) 23

New England Patriots (5-2) 17

Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2) 25

Cleveland Browns (3-4) 10

San Francisco 49ers (6-1) 20

Cincinnati Bengals (5-2) 34

Seattle Seahawks (2-5) 12

Dallas Cowboys (3-4) 7

Philadelphia Eagles (3-4) 34

San Diego Chargers (4-3) 20

Kansas City Chiefs (4-3) 23