So Tony Romo got injured with fractured ribs and did not the second half and Jon Kitna came in and was hit and miss with a TD and 2 INTs in relief but with 37 seconds left Romo came back in with Niners up 21-14 and after a Cowboy three and out the Niners got a 55 yard field from David Akers. Then the Cowboys came back with Romo as he completed two 25 yard passes to Miles Austin and the second was for a TD and then after the Niners got a first down they went three and out and the Cowboys went down the field as sliced and diced his way into field goal position for Dan Bailey to tie it from 48 yards and he did but he had missed a 21 yarder earlier in the game. So in overtime after the Niners went three and out Romo throw a 77-yard catch and run to Jesse Holley on the first play from scrimmage and Bailey hit a 19 yard game winning field goal. Tony Romo went 20 of 33 for 345 yards and Miles Austin had 9 catches for 145 while Jason Witten had 7 catches for 102 yards and Jesse Holley who won a tryout for the Cowboys in a Michael Ivrin reality show had 3 catches for 96 yards.
Then there were the Bills who were down 21-3 @ halftime and came out and had 5 possessions in the second half and put each and every one of them in the end zone and put up an incredible 366 yards up in the second half to win the game 38-31 with 14 seconds left when Ryan Fitzpatrick throw a 6 yard TD pass to David Nelson. The second started with a bang as Freddie Jackson on the fourth play of the half ran for a 43 yard TD and on the next drive Fitzpatrick's 7 yard TD pass to Steven Johnson was setup by 3 rushes for 41 yards including a 11 yard by wide receiver Brad Smith and a 18 and a 12 yard runs by C.J. Spiller and the Next drive was set up at the Oakland 16 yard line by a 29 yard run by Freddie Jackson and then he ran it in from a yard out for his TD on the game. A C.J. Spiller 26 yard run and medium passes from Fitzpatrick of 10 to 15 yards but the ball on the Oakland 25 yard line and then a Fitzpatrick 17 yard pass to Steven Johnson setup a Scott Chandler 6 yard TD pass. On the final drive Fitzpatrick was successful on two fourth down plays as he completed a 9 yard pass to Donald Jones with just over a minute left on a 4 and 3 and then completed the game winning TD to David Nelson on a fourth and one from the 6 yard line. The Bills ran the ball 25 for 217 yards including 15 for 117 yards for Freddie Jackson while Ryan Fitzpatrick was 28 of 46 for 264 with 3TDs and an INT and Jason Campbell was 22 of 33 for 322 yards and 2TDs along with a INT and Denarius Moore had 143 of those yards on 5 catches.
Cam Newton started the game off well moving the Panthers down the field with ease as he went 5:40 to open the game and 85 yards for a 3 yard pass to Brandon LaFell with his favorite target being Jeremy Shockey with 2 catches for 41 yards and after Randall Cobb fumbled the kickoff Cam Newton went 5 and 24 yards and was stopped at the 2 where Orlando Mare put them up 10-0. Then two big catches by Steve Smith (31 yards) and Greg Olsen (34 yards) put them at the Packers 3 yard line but Mare kicked another field goal and it was 13-0 but then Arron Rogers completed a 39 yard pass to Jermichael Finley and John Kuhn finally punched it in from the one yard line and the Packers were on the board. With less than 3 minutes left in the first half it happened Cam Newton was introduced to Charles Woodson as he intercepted his first of two balls from Newton and in the second half it did not take Rogers long to take the lead on a 49 yard TD pass to Greg Jennings. The Packers just poured it on as two plays later Woodson introduced himself to Newton again and intercepted it and ran it 5 yards to the Panthers 20 and the Pack stilled for 3 points to give them a 17-13 lead and on the next drive Newton completes a 25 yard catch and run to Steve Smith and at the end of the play he fumbled it and guess who picked it up Charles Woodson and James Starks ran 40 yards and and Rogers completed a 17 yard pass to Jermichael Finley but they got stopped at the one and kicked another 3. Cam Newton charity was not done he throw another interception this time to Morgan Burnett and the Packers turn it into another 3 points and are up 23-13 and the Panthers cut the lead to 7 points and on a 4 and 6 Newton throw the ball short of the end zone and the Panthers turned the ball over at the 3 yard line and two plays later Jordy Nelson was dancing in the end zone after a 84 yard catch and run. The Panthers came back with a late TD but it was not enough as Newton put up another 432 yards through the air going 28 of 46 with a TD and 3 INTs and 10 rushes for 53 yards while Arron Rogers put up 19 of 30 for 308 yards and had 2 TDs and James Stark had 9 carries for 85 yards.
The Detroit Lions pounded the KC Chiefs 48 - 3 and Matthew Stafford went 23 of 39 for 294 yards with 4TDs and an INT and Nate Burleson had 7 catches for 93 yards and Titus Young had 5 catches for 89 yards whiles Charles Johnson was a touchdown maker as he had 3 catches for 29 yards and had 2 TDs. Matt Cassel was 15 of 22 for 133 yards but almost half the incompletions were interceptions as he throw three of them and his big receiver was Dwayne Bowe who had 5 catches for 101 yards and the Chiefs have been outscored 89-10 in the first two games of the season.
The Tampa Bay Bucs re down 17 points as Preston Parker had catch and run for 51 yards from Josh Freeman to setup a 36 yard field goal and then in the fourth LeGarrette Blount had a game winning TD with 81 seconds left and they also had a TD from a 25 yard TD pass from Josh Freeman to Arrelious Benn. Josh Freeman went 22 of 31 for 243 yards with a TD and INT with LeGarrette Blount had 13 carries 13 times for 71 yards and Preston Parker had 6 catches for 98 yards.
Two weeks finished and 15 more to come
Tom Mehegan
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