NFL 2015 schedule and results: Cardinals reaffirm NFC West supremacy with win in Seattle

Normally the Steeelers’ starting quarterback, Roethlisberger was healthy enough to be active for the game but not considered healthy enough to be given the start. He was the “in case of emergency” quarterback, who was when forced into action in the first quarter when Jones was carted off after sustaining the ankle injury.

Vick has played in five games this season, starting three. He’s completed 60.6 percent of his passes at an average of just 9.3 yards per catch, well behind Roethlisberger’s 13.4 and Jones’ 15.5. He has also been sacked on 13.2 percent of his dropbacks, while the other two quarterbacks are both under 5 percent.

Lions coach Jim Caldwell acknowledged the mistake at his Monday press conference, but would not assign any blame, saying it was his responsibility. He also admitted that the 2-7 Lions only had 10 players on the field to defend an earlier Crosby field goal attempt.

Luckily for the Lions, the Packers may have managed to block the field goal themselves. Replays show that the ball appeared to brush the fingers of Packers holder Tim Masthay’s free hand, causing to lose its spin and power. The kick, normally a fairly simple one for Crosby, ended up well short of the end zone.

In four victories, Cousins hasn’t had a passer rating below 90, but in five losses, his rating hasn’t eclipsed 70. If he’s good, Washington wins, and when he’s bad, the team loses. And there’s really no rhyme or reason to predict which Cousins will show up from week to week.

Against the Saints, Cousins completed 20 of 25 passes for 324 yards and a career-high four touchdowns with no interceptions. The destruction was enough to potentially get Rob Ryan fired as defensive coordinator of the Saints soon, and improved Washington to 4-5 for the year.

It’s been a frustrating day all around for the Denver Broncos. Peyton Manning got benched, and they’re getting shut out at home by the Chiefs. Safety T.J. Ward took out his frustrations on Jeremy Maclin.

Maclin blocked him on Charcandrick West’s 80-yard touchdown. Ward apparently didn’t like being blocked and gave Maclin a shot with his elbow while going down to the turf.

“I lost us the game with the play down in the end zone, a play that should have been made,” he said after the game. “You can’t leave it up to the officials to get anything right. You’ve got to make the play yourself, and it was just a case of playing the play longer than the opponent.”

Beckham caught the ball in the end zone and brought both feet to the ground before Malcolm Butler punched the ball out of his hand. Many thought it was a touchdown, but the NFL ruled that Beckham had not yet become a runner, despite toe tapping in the end zone.

In a close game against the Seattle Seahawks, tensions are undoubtedly high. So when there’s a big break for a touchdown, like when Cardinals running back Andre Ellington duped the defense on a draw play for a touchdown, you have to let loose!

For backup quarterback Drew Stanton, he went crazy and danced. He even ended his good moves with the ever-popular double fist pumps.

Carson Palmer is having a good game against the Seahawks’ secondary on Sunday night, but when Cliff Avril broke through the Cardinals’ offensive line early in the fourth quarter it set off a series of Rube Goldberg machinations beginning with Palmer somehow punting a football high in the air.

Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright caught the high ricochet off the ground and almost scored a touchdown. The play had to be reviewed to determine whether he was tackled or untouched before he rolled on the ground into the end zone. The tape shows Palmer making a desperate dive to turn himself into a human log upon which Wright trips.

Marshawn Lynch scored a huge late touchdown against the Cardinals. What happened next will absolutely blow your mind.

Lynch and his teammates gathered together and he calmly shook their hands. Apparently the NFL hasn’t outlawed this sort of over-the-top tomfoolery yet, but you’ve got to imagine Roger Goodell is rounding up the gang and working on something to preserve the integrity of the game.

According to the NFL’s referees, Cardinals TE Darren Fells did not catch this ball, and it was an incomplete pass, not a fumble.

The Seahawks really wanted this to be a catch and fumble. After the hit by Bobby Wagner, the Seahawks were the only players around to scoop the ball up. They almost got a fumble and a shot at points before the half. Instead, this was incomplete, and the Cardinals kicked a field goal.

Today, Peyton Manning broke Brett Favre’s all-time NFL passing yards record (although it may have been the worst game of Manning’s career.) Where was Favre as one of his greatest marks fell? In a tree stand, hunting deer. Where else?

Favre kept his voice quiet -- don’t want to disturb the deer -- and congratulated Manning. Favre’s love of hunting is quite well documented. I gotta say, he gets great wifi in that tree stand.

Sunday, Peyton Manning did something that showed what an incredible career he had. He broke Brett Favre’s NFL passing mark to become the NFL’s all-time leader. It’s a testament to everything Manning has done, year after year after year.

On the same day, Manning had the worst game of his career, by pretty much every statistic we consider.

Good games between high-quality teams were few and far between in Week 10 with most of the NFL’s top teams matched up against opponents that shouldn’t be able to compete. That could have made for a week of blowouts, or it could have meant surprising upsets. In the end, it was both.

The Browns dropped to 2-8, just barely behind the 2-7 Ravens in the AFC North. Baltimore had a win nearly secured until Elvis Dumervil’s facemask penalty at the last second gave the Jaguars a chance to hit a game-winning field goal. They did, winning their first road game since 2013.

With the Giants trailing the Patriots 26-24, Odell Beckham Jr. appeared to catch a go-ahead touchdown. It was ruled a touchdown on the field, but after referees reviewed the play, it was ruled an incomplete pass.

Beckham appears to have caught the ball and then touched both feet down while maintaining possession before Malcolm Butler swipes it out. Here, look, here he is, with his second foot down in possession of the ball:

The Giants had been doing a good job of pushing the Patriots around Sunday and largely bottling up the Pats’ passing game. You can only contain Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski for so long, however.

With a 76-yard score in the fourth quarter, Gronk gave the Patriots the lead, 24-23.

Throughout the season SB Nation medical expert Dr. Ali Mohamadi will provide his insights on the most notable injuries in the NFL landscape and how they might affect game day as well as your fantasy football roster decisions. Here is a look at some key injuries and their impact for Week 10 that’s heavy on wide receivers.

Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson will play despite his ankle injury when Detroit faces the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon. This comes despite Megatron being limited in practice and Wednesday and Thursday and missing practice entirely on Friday after suffering the injury two weeks ago in the Lions’ last contest against Kansas City.

Brown has been dealing with the hamstring injury for several weeks. Although he technically has been active for every game, Brown didn’t play a single snap in Week 8 before the Cardinals’ bye week. Even after the bye, Brown struggled with the injury, getting limited practices this week and being a game-time decision.

The Eagles originally said that Bradford would have to get X-rays and that he was questionable to return. They then announced the X-rays were negative, but that he would not return to the game. He was then diagnosed with a concussion on top of that.

Bradford sustained an AC joint sprain in his non-throwing shoulder, but it’s unclear how much time he’ll miss, if any, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.

Kirk Cousins’ father, Don, was diagnosed with cancer this offseason. Even as his son achieved the greatest successes of his NFL career on the field, earning Washington’s starting QB role and leading them to several big wins, Don was unable to attend any of the team’s games due to his cancer.

He finally made it to Sunday’s game, and Kirk played a beauty. Cousins went 20-for-25 with 324 yards and four touchdowns with a perfect 158.3 QB rating. And after the game, he gave his dad a gift: a game ball.

Peyton Manning opened Sunday’s game by setting the NFL’s record for all-time passing yards. Things have gone drastically downhill since.

At halftime against the Kansas City Chiefs, Manning has a 0.0 passer rating. He is 4-for-15 passing for 30 yards and three (!) interceptions. The 39-year-old was expected to take a step back this season, especially after struggling in the playoffs. What’s more shocking than his physical decline has been his mental errors, however. Two of his interceptions have simply been bad misses.

His brother Michael plays for the Seahawks, so Martellus is no doubt aware of the Rams’ reputation. Just last week, the Rams were accused of playing dirty against the Minnesota Vikings.

Bennett really let his opinion known on Eugene Sims. Immediately after praising the Rams, he stopped and said, “97, he’s a little b**ch.”

Green Bay has averaged just 18.3 points per game over their last three games, lowering their total to 25.4 points per game on the year, well off their 30.4 points per game rate from last season.

The Packers mustered just three points in the first half against Detroit -- their lowest first-half point total this season -- and there were a rare smattering of boos at Lambeau as the teams headed into the locker rooms. With that slow start, the Packers broke a streak of 26 straight games with a first-half touchdown, previously the longest active streak in the NFL. The last time that the Packers had been held to three or less in the first half with Aaron Rodgers under center was in Week 3 of 2012, that Fail Mary game in Seattle.

Odell Beckham Jr. sometimes uses two hands to catch the ball.

The Giants are looking to take down the Patriots yet again, and this 87-yard touchdown will certainly help. Not only is it the second-longest passing play of the year...

The Lions were set to lose to the Packers in Wisconsin for the 25th consecutive time. It’s just what happens. The world turns. Grass grows. The Trix rabbit tries to eat Trix, and mean children take it from him and laugh at him. And the Lions lose at Lambeau Field. Silly Lions: Lambeau Field wins are for the Packers.

It was all setting up perfectly. The Lions had missed an extra point, leaving the Packers down just two points instead of three. The Packers had hit an onside kick to Calvin Johnson -- Calvin Johnson! One of the best catchers of footballs in the history of catching footballs! But he muffed it:

The Lions hadn’t beaten the Packers at Lambeau Field since 1991, and were on their way to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory Sunday until Mason Crosby’s game-winning field goal attempt fell limply to the turf. It hasn’t been a great season for the Lions, but Sunday was a historic day for Detroit. Surely that would crack the famously stoic visage of Lions head coach Jim Caldwell.

Nope.

Manning entered Week 10 needing just 3 yards against the Kansas City Chiefs to eclipse Favre’s mark of 71,838 yards and reached that in the first quarter. Everyone thought Manning would get the record in Week 9 against his former team, the Indianapolis Colts. Entering the game, he needed just 284 yards, but he fell just short when bad penalties on defense prevented him from getting a shot at one more drive to lead the Broncos to a comeback.

With the exception of 2011, Manning has played in all 16 games every year and has been able to keep racking up statistics by staying healthy.