Week 7 Recap

Week 7 Recap

AFC Rundown

The Steelers took care of business by beating the Bungles. Buffalo showed they are the real deal by beating San Diego. Denver pulled an absolute choke job against New England. Baltimore's defense dominated Miami. The Raiders pulled it off in OT against the Jets and Tennessee ran all over Kansas City. Tennessee's matchup with Indy is huge this week. Oh yeah, speaking of which, Indy lost to Green Bay. A week after the media was ready to crown San Diego and Indy, both of them lay a dud. New England is still a dangerous team and might sneak into the playoffs on their weak schedule.

NFC Rundown

I called it. St. Louis over Dallas. I wasn't counting on it being by that much, but I still called it. The Giants played well in their tune-up game for Pittsburgh. Washington beat Cleveland. How tight is the AFC South? Every week you think a different team is the cream of the crop. It's definitely going to be a race for the playoff spot between the teams in the South and the teams in the East. No one from the North or West besides the division champs are making it. Speaking of which, Chicago bested Minnesota in what could best be dubbed a defensive shootout and Green Bay played great against Indy. Arizona was on their bye, but it didn't matter because Seattle and San Fran both lost, meaning that the closest team to the Cards is the 2-4 Rams. Ouch.

Game of the Week: Oakland over NY Jets
As much as I hate Oakland, Janikowski made a great kick in overtime to pull this one out. Even though there wasn't a whole lot of scoring and there was some sloppy play, this was still a very entertaining game to watch.

Most Disappointing Game of the Week: Green Bay over Indy
Everyone was expecting this to be a shootout, but Indy's offense forgot to show up. If this keeps happening much more often, Indy will be sitting on their couches watching the playoffs this year.

Performance of the Week: LenDale White and Chris Johnson
320 yards and 4 touchdowns between the two of them. Looks like I made a good call starting both of them on my fantasy team last week. Kansas City's run defense is downright awful.

Midseason Playoff Picture:

Outside looking in:
AFC: Ravens (3-3), Jets (3-3), Colts (3-3)
NFC: Falcons (4-2), Cowboys (4-3), Packers (4-3)