NFL Sunday's 10 most attention
If Tony Romo's Week 5 interception against the Broncos proved how one terrible play can reverse an otherwise amazing performance, Tom Brady's last-second magic in the Patriots' 30-27 win over the Saints certainly did the opposite.
Prior to Brady's final seven-play, 70-yard game-winning drive, he'd gone 20 for 36 for 199 yards and an interception while being sacked five times. It's not an awful performance but certainly not one that would register in the future Hall of Famer's career top 100.
And then, one minute and 15 seconds later, Tom Brady erased what he did in the game's first 58:45, including an ill-fated interception to the Saints' Keenan Lewis on the previous drive.
Thanks to that final drive, which culminated with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Kenbrell Thompkins, Tom Brady came through with the best performance of Sunday's Week 6 afternoon action.
Here are ten other ones that made this Sunday's Good & Bad list.
The Good: Andy Reid So maybe the undefeated Chiefs aren't a fluke after all. Kansas City beat Oakland at Arrowhead Stadium for the first time since 2006, improved to the second-best start (6-0) in franchise history and managed to sack Terrelle Pryor ten times in a 24-7 win. While you can point to personnel upgrades at quarterback and offensive line, this isn't that drastically different of a team than the one that went 2-14 last season. A bulk of the credit for the quick turnaround certainly has to go to the team's new head coach, who has been able to get the best out of this group. The Chiefs face Houston, Cleveland and Buffalo in their next three games, leaving a decent possibility that they could head into Week 11's divisional showdown at Denver with 9-0 record.
The Bad: New England Patriots fans At least the half of the crowd who left Gillette Stadium before Tom Brady's game-winning drive in the Patriots 30-27 win over the Saints got a head start on traffic.
The Good: Nick FolesBuffalo's Thad Lewis may have gotten more attention, but the best injury replacement at quarterback in Week 6's afternoon action was the second-year Eagles player. Foles stepped in for Michael Vick and threw three touchdowns and ran for another one as Philadelphia beat Tampa Bay 31-20. If Foles keeps playing like this while Vick recovers from his hamstring issue, he may end up staying in the lineup for good.
The Bad: Brandon WeedenA bizarre, ill-timed shuffling underhanded heave into the hands of Detroit's DeAndre Levy proved why the Browns' new brass had replaced the 30-year-old 2012 first-round pick with third-stringer Brian Hoyer weeks earlier. With Hoyer out for the year with a knee injury, Weeden was tasked with continuing the Browns' three-game winning streak. Down 24-17 late in the fourth quarter, he had the opportunity to do so but instead made a play so bad it'll likely headline Sportscenter's 'Not Top 10' for the rest of October.
The Good: Justin Blackmon In a season where the 0-6 Jaguars have been the laughingstock of the NFL, the team has found its bright spot in the past two weeks as the second-year receiver is showing why he was drafted fifth overall in the 2012 draft. After missing the first four weeks of the season for violating the league's substance abuse policy, Blackmon caught 14 passes for 190 yards in Jacksonville's 35-19 loss to the Broncos. The total gives him 326 yards in his first two contests and provides the Jaguars with a little bit of optimism heading into Week 7 versus San Diego.
The Bad: Gary KubiakYou can't put the blame for Sunday's 38-13 shellacking by the Rams on beleaguered Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub, who played adequately before leaving the game injured in the third quarter. The total breakdown of the team's special teams and pass defense along with a shortage of offensive points has to reflect on the Texans' head coach, who watched his team commit 95 yards of penalties, lose two fumbles and only cross the goal line on a garbage-time running play. After two straight blowout losses (and four consecutive defeats), the reigning AFC South champs need to turn it around quickly or Schaub may not be the only one on the hot seat.
The Good: Joseph FauriaThe undrafted rookie tight end caught three of Matthew Stafford's four touchdown passes in Detroit's 31-17 win over Cleveland and then came up with an original celebration or dance for each of them. The UCLA product now has five touchdowns on the season.
The Bad: Baltimore's run gameRay Rice averaged 2.4 yards on 14 carries and Bernard Pierce was even worse, gaining just nine yards on six carries in the Ravens' 19-17 loss to the Packers. The Ravens even had four opportunities to score on a 1 st and goal from Green Bay's 4 in the second quarter but called unsuccessful running plays on every down. Baltimore's 47 total rushing yards now brings their season average down to 72.7 per game.
The Good: Vernon Davis The 49ers tight end put up a massive fantasy performance in just two quarters of the 49ers' 32-20 win over the Cardinals, grabbing 7 catches for 171 yards and two touchdowns before halftime. He added an extra catch for nine yards in the second half as the reigning NFC champs improved to 4-2.
The Bad: Jimmy GrahamThe Saints tight end entered Week 6 leading the NFL in receiving yards and on pace for the second-highest single-season yardage total in history. The Patriots figured out how to put a stop to that, holding Graham without a catch on six attempts, his first game without a reception since his 2010 rookie season. Graham also appeared to injure an ankle early in the fourth quarter and left the field after returning for several plays on the following drive.
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