New England Patriots
27-26 New York Giants
Along with Bengals
and Panthers, The Patriots entered
into Week 10 undefeated and were facing an opposition in the New York Giants,
who they have not beaten in play since 2008.
Although not a great game by the Patriots standards with
them trailing by 10 points in the third quarter and trailing also twice within
the fourth quarter, the Offense pushed and clawed to achieve a game winning
field goal winning drive to make Stephen
Gostkowski become the NFL’s leading kicker ahead of Adam Vinatieri.
The New York Giants fought well and looked good except for
the final minutes of the game where they just could not close the game out.
Beckham Jnr was
thought to have won the game for the Giants with a touchdown to make the score
29-24 with just over 2 minutes left to play, but Malcom Butler knocked the ball clear before Beckham could get both
feet down to make a completed catch. Although at first it was ruled a
touchdown, after review the judgement was overruled.
Even with Eli Manning
hitting a career high 251 yards in the first half and the Giants being the
dominant team for a good proportion of the game its was Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski who shone through after
completing his longest career touchdown with a 76 yarder.
With a close but vital win for the Patriots there was still
bad news in the form of Julian Edelman who was taken off the
field with a broken bone in his foot which will see him side lined for 6-8
weeks
Buffalo Bills 22-17
New York Jets
It was a game that Buffalo Coach Rex Ryan knew would be where all eyes were on him and his strategy
as he faced his old team the New York Jets. Equally for Jets Coach Todd Bowles who was trying to show the
old guard how it’s now done in New York.
All that being said it was not a very pretty game to watch
with many dropped balls and fumbles and all in all some terrible play calls
including Bills Punter Colton Schmidt’s
missed catch while deep in their own half.
The Bills came out on top with their running game against a
Jets weak defense. The Bills managed to rush 148 yards in the game and that is
the most the Jets have given up all year.
Both teams looked a little shaky more times than they should
have and even though both teams are still in the hunt for AFC playoff places it’s
fair to say a lot of things need to improve. Rex Ryan took the win but it was
in no way as dominant as he would have liked and it can be fair to say that
Bowles either felt robbed or lucky that the gap in the win wasn’t bigger.
Miami Dolphins 20-19
Philadelphia Eagles
Eagle QB Sam Bradford
was taken out of the game with a left arm injury which was later discovered to
be a AC joint sprain halfway through the third quarter while the Eagles led the
Dolphins 16-13 and the Eagles then failed to close the game out when
replacement Mark Sanchez only gained
small yardage and then threw an intercepted ball into heavy play with under
five minutes to go. Also Sanchez disappointed when he failed to drive for a
game winning field goal with enough time remaining on the clock.
The Dolphin's defence applied plenty of pressure to both Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez plus
keeping Demarco Murray in check by
limiting him to only 61 yards from 23 carries it was clear that the defence was
the difference between the two teams.
The Dolphin’s Ndamukong
Suh finally hit some good game numbers with eight tackles, three QB hits,
three tackles for a loss and a sack which was praised by his team mates.
At 4-5 and only one game out of a playoff spot in the AFC,
the Dolphin’s still need to improve offensively if they want to make the grade
and give the fans what they have yearned for such a long time.
On a side note it was great to see Jay Ajayi back in action. With 48 yards gained in just 6 carries,
it will be great to see what this young guy can bring to a team who is starting
to get its sparkle back.
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