Despite playing an interception-free game on Sunday, Eli Manning was unable to lead the Giants over the Cowboys (Mike Morbeck/Wikimedia Commons)

Saints 17, Falcons 13

The Saints’ pass rush, and Cam Jordan in particular, played a hell of a game on Thursday. It seemed as though Rob Ryan called a very conservative game, deciding to rush only four more often than not. With the type of production he got out of his defensive line, maybe Ryan should do that more often.

Good news: Matt Ryan played better. Bad news: the offensive line, receivers, and pass rush played terribly. But undrafted free agent rookie linebacker Paul Worrilow sure flies to the ball.

-Sunday-

Ravens 19, Jets 3

Geno Smith should be benched. The Jets have the defense to compete in most games while only needing a game-managing type offense that avoids stupid plays. Unfortunately, Smith is kind of screwing that up. On the plus side, there was a crazy athletic play by Sheldon Richardson to singlehandedly track down the elusive Tyrod Taylor in the backfield. Richardson is also 300 pounds. Defensive Rookie of the Year has to be in the cards.

The Ravens’ rushing attack is anemic, but at least Joe Flacco can sure throw the deep ball.

Steelers 27, Browns 11

Jason Worilds played a fantastic game, and Troy Polamalu can still make some plays.

If Josh Gordon stays out of off-the-field trouble, he’ll be an elite receiver in the NFL within a couple years.

Bucs 24, Lions 21

Mike Glennon and Gerald McCoy might save Greg Schiano’s job.

Matt Stafford may have thrown four interceptions, but at least two of them weren’t his fault.

Packers 26, Vikings 26

Matt Flynn should start next week. And A.J. Hawk must be one of the slowest linebackers I’ve ever seen.

The fact that the Vikings didn’t lose won’t change the fact that Leslie Frazier will probably be fired after this season.

Cam Newton has been clutch as of late. (Cedward Brice/Wikimedia Commons)

Jacksonville might just win themselves out of the top overall pick. Still, this is still the least-talented team in the league by far.

Just when I was buckled in on the Case Keenum bandwagon, he got benched last week and lost to Jacksonville this week. Will next year be the time to start from scratch, save Duane Brown and JJ Watt?

Chargers 41, Chiefs 38

Danny Woodhead is one of my favorite players. He runs, catches, blocks, scores touchdowns and then he’ll go make the tackle on the next kickoff.

The Chiefs’ defense sin Justin Houston and Tamba Hali is not as effective, to say the least. K.C. better hope they come back soon, or they’re in trouble.

Panthers 20, Dolphins 16

Another game-winning performance by Cam Newton. But make no mistake, the Panthers’ defense has fueled this team’s winning streak. Carolina likes to show a double A-gap blitz look often, meaning they line up Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis directly over center showing blitz directly up the middle. This overloads the offensive line if the linebackers do indeed blitz, causing the offensive tackles to crash down and help seal the inside, therefore usually leaving at least one of Carolina’s defensive ends unblocked off the edge. But should they only be bluffing the pressure look, both Kuechly and Davis have the athleticism to drop out of the blitz look and still cover tight ends or slot receivers. Keep doing you, Sean McDermott. (In case you can’t tell, I’m a sucker for a good blitz design.)

Maybe the Dolphins should have been consistently sending Mike Wallace deep earlier in the season.

Rams 42, Bears 21

This is the Rams team that was supposed to show up earlier in the season. With the team playing so well under Kellen Clemens, has the expensive Sam Bradford played his last snap with St. Louis?

I lost count of how many touches Michael Bush got in short-yardage situations. Somehow, he managed to get stuffed at or behind the line on the vast majority of them.

Cardinals 40, Colts 11

The Cardinals continue their hot streak with help from second-year wide receiver Michael Floyd, who had a terrific game. Tyrann Mathieu also made some impressive pass-breakups.

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with the Colts? They’re too inconsistent to be considered any sort of serious threat in the postseason.

Tom Brady led an incredible comeback on Sunday Night. (Keith Allison/Wikimedia Commons)

Good showing from Tennessee’s young receivers Kendall Wright and Justin Hunter. If they ever find a franchise quarterback, they have the surrounding pieces to contend.

Matt McGloin should keep the job for now. He’s got a nice arm, and maybe even more importantly: he’s smart.

Cowboys 24, Giants 21

I hope Tony Romo keeps making plays late in games so people will appreciate him for the really good player he is.

Cullen Jenkins absolutely had his way with Cowboys’ rookie center Travis Frederick— it was awesome to watch. And props to Eli Manning for an interception-less game.

-Sunday Night-

Patriots 34, Broncos 31

Great comeback by the Patriots, who were down 24-0 early. Here’s a crazy stat: up through Week 11, no defensive lineman played a higher percentage of snaps than Chandler Jones did. He played on 98 percent of defensive plays, which is insane when you consider how physically taxing it is to be a defensive lineman.

I don't know how Peyton Manning gave up a 24-point lead. It's unacceptable. Also, it really seemed like Wes Welker was more worried about the revenge factor than playing solid football.

-Monday Night-

49ers 27, Redskins 6

Colin Kaepernick had a nice bounce-back game and all, but most quarterbacks have played well against the porous Redskins secondary. Next week will bring a tougher challenge when the Rams come to town on a winning streak.

RGIII consistently puts himself in position to take huge hits. Being a Redskins fan must be so difficult.

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