NFL Week 11: Falcons Hang On, Bears Down Chargers, 49ers Cruise To Another Win

The Eagles didn’t start the game out looking great as Young threw a couple of easily-intercepted footballs, but the former starting quarterback calmed down when it mattered. Young finished the game 258 passing yards and two touchdowns after completing 23 of his 36 passing attempts.

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Then Locker led two touchdown drives, throwing for 140 yards and two touchdowns and making plays on the run, to cut a 23-3 lead to a 23-17 advantage.

But Ryan and the Falcons moved the ball late, keeping Locker off the field and staving off a potential game-winning touchdown drive, to secure their sixth win of the year.

Seattle scored the game’s final 24 points.

The win pushes Seattle to 4-6 on the season. St. Louis falls to 2-8 with the loss.

The win pushes Chicago to 7-3 on the season. San Diego falls to 4-6 with the loss, its sixth straight.

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X-rays on Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s injured left ankle were negative, with the team calling it a sprain. Peterson left Sunday’s matchup with the Oakland Raiders in the second quarter after landing awkwardly at the end of the run. The Vikings running back was taken to the locker room on a cart a short time later for x-rays and further tests.

According to head coach Leslie Frazier, Peterson did not suffer a fracture, but further tests are needed to determine the extent of the ankle injury.

The Atlanta Falcons do not have rookie wide receiver Julio Jones for this game, but they seem to be managing just fine with the other players. Matt Ryan found tight end Tony Gonzalez for a 17-yard touchdown in the first quarter. That put Atlanta on the board first.

In the second quarter, Atlanta kicked two more field goals, and they headed into the locker room leading by a score of 13-3 at the half. Matt Ryan was 10-for-14 with 104 yards passing and a touchdown. Running back Michael Turner had 73 rushing yards on 10 carries.

The Seattle Seahawks lead the St. Louis Rams by a field goal, 10-7 at the half. Both teams limped into this game having suffered a disproportionate amount of injuries to their starting roster. Particularly hard hit were the offensive lines, and the stat sheet reflects that. Seattle quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has been sacked four times, and Rams running back Steven Jackson has managed just 25 rushing on 10 attempts.

Seattle has been intercepted twice, and the Rams were able to convert one of those interceptions into seven points. Sam Bradford hit wide receiver Brandon Lloyd for a 30-yard touchdown. Seattle struck back in the second quarter. Jackson connected with Sidney Rice for a 14-yard touchdown. Seattle then kicked a field goal with three seconds left in the half following a Rams pass interference penalty that took them to the one-yard line.

Dallas improves to 6-4 on the season with the win. Washington falls to 3-7 with the loss.

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Cam Newton’s day was statistically significant (280 passing yards and a touchdown, and two rushing touchdowns), but his four interceptions prevented the Panthers from pulling out the win on the road.

The win pushes Detroit to 7-3 on the season. Carolina falls to 2-8 with the loss.

Rodgers threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns, but completed an uncharacteristically low 23 of his 34 throws, and tossed a late interception that kept the Bucs in the game until the final minutes.

This wasn’t the sort of dominant win that will convince pundits that Green Bay is going to go undefeated. But with it, the Packers need just six more Ws to finish the regular season with a spotless record.

Rice made one hard cut up the field and ran through a gaping hole, barely touched. A little juking down the field and Rice was in for the score. Here’s the video of the touchdown:

The Bengals tackling technique (GRAB THE HAIR!) was ineffective against Rice, who does not have dreadlocks. If you don’t get that joke, you should really click that last link.

After Buffalo field goal, the Dolphins scored 28 straight points to take a commanding lead. Moore has as many touchdown passes as incompletions (three) for a near-perfect QB rating.

How unusually impressive has this Dolphins offense been? The Palm Beach Post’s Benjamin Volin brings the stats: “Dolphins TDs in the first half today: 4. Dolphins TDs in Weeks 2-7 combined: 4.”

It’s injury to insult for the Bills, who continue to see the wagons fall off their season, losing a blowout to the Dolphins.

This just adds to the Bills list of problems at wide receiver, where Stevie Johnson is already banged up with a shoulder injury that held him out of practice last week.

After being down by a score of 14-0, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got on the board thanks to a beauty of run from running back LeGarrette Blount. He sprung free for a 54-yard run, breaking a handful of tackles in the process to score the Bucs’ first touchdown of the game.

Check out the video of Blount’s amazing run.

But after a 12-yard run in the second quarter, Peterson went down awkwardly and was forced off the field. A few minutes later, he was shown being carted off to the locker room, presumably to get further tests.

Playing in Cleveland today, Maurice Jones-Drew of the Jacksonville Jaguars gave the hometown fans a little reminder of someone they would probably prefer to forget. After punching in the first touchdown of the game, Jones-Drew added this little twist to his end zone celebration.

What on Earth is Maurice Jones-Drew doing here? Why he is taking a page out of LeBron James’ playbook, mocking his chalk celebration.

Matt Stafford threw two interceptions in the first quarter and Detroit lost a fumble, leading to a 10-0 advantage for Carolina after the first 15 minutes.

Here’s video of Stafford’s second interception:

Check out the video of Raji pushing it through for the score:

The Packers soon scored another touchdown, with Rodgers finding the unheralded Tom Crabtree from five yards out. Green Bay leads, 14-0.

But a Vikings coach noticed the mistake and alertly made sure a timeout got called. During the ensuing stoppage of play, the refs realized their mistake and correctly made it third down and didn’t charge the Vikings with a timeout.

On the third-and-8 play, quarterback Chris Ponder completed a short pass to Harvin that the wide receiver turned into a first down that got 15 yards tacked onto it by a defensive face-mask penalty. On the next play, Adrian Peterson rushed 12 yards for a go-ahead touchdown.

Three-and-outs are not very common for the Green Bay Packers this season. In their first possession of the game against Tampa Bay today, the Buccaneers had Aaron Rodgers and company backed up at their own 21-yard-line and punting it away. Thanks to a quick thinking move from punter Tim Masthay they ended up with a new set of downs.

Tampa got a defender through the line on the punt. Seeing a white jersey bearing down on him, Masthay pulled in the ball and made a break for it. Then, he fumbled it and recovered the fumble at the Packers’ 27-yard-line. Despite the Keystone Kops moment, it ended up giving the Packers a first down. Check out the video of the Masthay’s run.

At 3-6, the Eagles’ chances of making the playoffs are slim. Should they fail to defeat the division-leading 6-3 New York Giants on Sunday night, those hopes will be all but mathematically gone. Only a great performance by the San Fransisco Giants in Week 10 against the Giants has kept the Eagles hanging on by a thread in the NFC East.

Game Date/Time: Sunday, November 20; 8:20 pm ET

Game Date/Time: Sunday, November 20; 1:00pm ET

Location: Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN

Game Date/Time: Sunday, November 20; 1:00pm ET

Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI