Month: September 2019

Vikings win 34-14.

Raiders:

• Derek Carr: 27/34, 242 Yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT + 1 Rush, 0 Yards
• Josh Jacobs: 10 Rushes, 44 Yards + 2 Targets, 0 Catches
• Andre Washington: 6 Rushes, 22 Yards
• Jalen Richard: 2 Rushes, 15 Yards + 3 Receptions, 15 Yards
• Darren Waller: 14 Targets, 13 Receptions, 134 Yards | 1 Rush, 7 Yards
• J. J. Nelson: 5 Targets, 4 Receptions, 36 Yards, 1 TD
• Tyrell Williams: 3 Targets, 3 Receptions, 29 Yards, 1 TD
• Hunter Renfrow: 4 Targets, 3 Receptions, 28 Yards
• Foster Moreau: 2 Targets, 1 Reception, 1 Yard

The Raiders are bad, but Tyell Williams and Darren Waller keep performing. Waller got the most balls by a tight end in Raiders history. Also, Waller has the most catches through the first 3 games in team history. I don’t think Gruden and Carr like each other. The Raiders could really use a dominant pass rusher like Mack… The Oakland defense is not good.

Vikings:

• Kirk Cousins: 15/21, 174 Yards, 1 TD + 4 Carries, 16 Yards
• Dalvin Cook: 16 Carries, 110 Yards, 1 TD + 5 Targets, 4 Receptions, 33 Yards
• Alexander Mattison: 12 Carries, 58 Yards, 1 TD
• Mike Boone: 3 Carries, 28 Yards
• Irv Smith Jr.: 3 Targets, 3 Receptions, 60 Yards
• Adam Thielen: 5 Targets, 3 Receptions, 55 Yards, 1 TD + 1 Carry, 1 Yard, 1 TD
• Stefon Diggs: 3 Targets, 3 Receptions, 15 Yards
• Kyle Rudolph: 1 Target, 1 Reception, 11 Yards

Kirk Cousins is now 22-5-1 when his team rushes for 100+ yards since 2015… so take the ball out of one of the highest paid players hands basically. Cousins does have the longest touchdown streak in the league going at 19 games. Diggs is rumored to have asked for a trade. Can you blame him? He only had 3 targets this week. Mattison looks like one of the best backup running-backs in football, but Dalvin Cook has been the best running-back in football. Cook already has more 100 yard rushing games this year than his first two seasons. Eric Wilson had two sacks and Harrison Smith got the interception for Minnesota. Vikings travel to Chicago this week.

Packers win 27-16.

Broncos:

• Joe Flacco: 20/29, 213 yards, 1 Interception, 6 sacks + 2 carries, 5 yards, 1 Fumble
• Phillip Lindsay: 21 carries, 81 yards, 2 TD + 5 targets, 4 receptions, 49 yards
• Royce Freeman: 15 carries, 63 yards, 0 TD + 5 targets, 4 receptions, 10 yards
• Courtland Sutton: 8 targets, 5 receptions, 87 yards
• Emmanuel Sanders: 4 targets, 2 receptions, 10 yards
• Noah Fant: 3 targets, 3 receptions, 37 yards

Emmanuel Sanders is still the only player with a receiving touchdown for Denver this season. Freeman has over 50 rushing yards in the last 4 games. The Broncos pass rush is weirdly muted this season. Denver did not sack Rodgers. The Broncos are like the Redskins.. stuck in being below-average with some mismanagement problems.

Packers:

• Aaron Rodgers: 17/29, 235 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
• Jamaal Williams: 12 carries, 59 yards + 2 targets, 2 receptions, 27 yards
• Aaron Jones: 10 carries, 19 yards, 2 TD + 1 target, 1 reception, 4 yards
• Marquez Valdes-Scantling: 10 targets, 6 receptions, 99 yards, 1 TD
• Davante Adams: 4 targets, 4 receptions, 56 yards
• Robert Tonyan: 3 targets, 1 reception, 4 yards
• Geronimo Allison: 3 targets, 1 reception, -1 yard

Aaron Jones got out-snapped heavily by Jamaal, but Jones still got the valuable goal-line work. Jaire Alexander has been a beast for Green Bay on defense. Darnell Savage got the interception. Blake Martinez led the team in tackles and had 2 tackles for loss. MVS had a career day. Rodgers is now 15-2 in games with 5+ pass attempts and 0 sacks taken. Davante Adams is still a stud, but hasn’t performed to his high standards this season… I expect him to. It isn’t fair the Packers have a great defense and Aaron Rodgers. You have to pick one..

 

Lions win 27-24. Jamal Agnew’s kickoff return for a touchdown was the difference.

Eagles:

• Carson Wentz: 19/36, 259 yards, 2 TD
• Miles Sanders: 13 carries, 53 yards + 4 targets, 2 receptions, 73 yards
• Jordan Howard: 11 carries, 36 yards, 1 TD + 1 target
• Darren Sproles: 2 carries, 4 yards + 1 target
• Nelson Agholor: 12 targets, 8 receptions, 50 yards, 2 TDs
• Mack Hollins: 7 targets, 4 receptions, 62 yards
• J.J. Arcega-Whiteside: 3 targets, 1 reception, 10 yards
• Zach Ertz: 7 targets, 4 receptions, 64 yards
• Dallas Goedert: 1 target

Eagles run defense looked solid, but the pass defense didn’t do enough. The Eagles had 5 drops in this game. The most for any team in any game this year. Mack Hollins is a solid deep threat that nobody is talking about. Nelson Agholor played well. Miles Sanders seems to have been promoted, but dances too much for my liking. Ertz is now 2nd all-time in catches for Philly. Wentz is clearly the best offensive player on the Eagles not named Ertz. If I were an Eagles fan, I would want them to run the ball less.. Eagles at Packers this week.

Lions: 

• Matthew Stafford: 18/32, 201 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
• Kerryon Johnson: 20 carries, 36 yards, 1 TD + 1 target, 1 reception, 7 yards
• J.D. McKissic: 1 carry, 44 yards
• Ty Johnson: 4 carries, 5 yards + 2 targets, 1 reception
• Marvin Jones Jr.: 9 targets, 6 receptions, 101 yards, 1 TD
• Danny Amendola: 5 targets, 4 receptions, 32 yards
• Kenny Golladay: 8 targets, 2 receptions, 32 yards
• Jesse James: 1 targets, 1 reception, 13 yards
• TJ Hockenson: 4 targets, 1 receptions, 1 yard

Stafford didn’t get sacked for the second straight game.. first time since 2011 that has happened. Interestingly enough, the Lions are 3-0 for the first time since 2011. Stafford is 4-1 against the Eagles in his career now. The Lions o-line can pass block, but they can’t run block it seems. Hockenson has come back to Earth. Marvin Jones Jr had his first big game of the season. Darius Slay recovered a fumble and is still one of the best corners in the league.

 

 

Bills win 21-17.

Bills:

• Josh Allen: 23/36, 234 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT + 9 carries, 46 yards
• Frank Gore: 14 carries, 76 yards, 1 TD + 2 targets, 2 receptions, 13 yards
• T.J. Yeldon: 8 carries, 30 yards + 3 targets, 2 receptions, 19 yards
• Cole Beasley: 10 targets, 8 receptions, 48 yards
• John Brown: 5 targets, 4 receptions, 51 yards + 1 carry, 4 yards
• Dawson Knox: 4 targets, 3 receptions, 67 yards, 1 TD + 1 carry, 9 yards
• Zay Jones: 3 targets, 2 receptions, 33 yards
• Tommy Sweeney: 3 targets, 1 reception, 3 yards
• Isaiah McKenzie: 1 targets, 1 reception, 9 yards + 3 carries, 10 yards

The Bills defense is real good. Jordan Poyer, Matt Milano, Micah Hyde, and Tre’Davious White all played great on Sunday. White had two interceptions and now has 8 in his career, the most for anyone from the 2017 draft (Jabrill Peppers, Malik Hooker, Marshon Lattimore, and Jamal Adams draft). Frank Gore doesn’t age like Larry Fitzgerald and Tom Brady. Josh Allen has 200+ passing yards in 8 straight games, the first Bills player to do that since Jim Kelly in the 90s. Brown and Beasley seem to be Allen’s favorite targets.

Bengals:

• Andy Dalton: 20/36, 249 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
• Joe Mixon: 15 carries, 61 yards + 2 targets, 2 receptions, 34 yards, 1 TD
• Giovani Bernard: 3 carries, 5 yards + 2 targets, 2 receptions, 7 yards
• Tyler Boyd: 11 targets, 6 receptions, 67 yards
• Auden Tate: 10 targets, 6 receptions, 88 yards
• John Ross: 6 targets, 2 receptions, 22 yards
• Tyler Eifert: 1 target, 1 reception, 18 yards
• Alex Erickson: 1 target, 1 reception, 13 yards
• C.J. Uzomah: 1 target

Tyler Boyd has been eating targets. Joe Mixon still doesn’t have a rushing TD. The Bengals are the only team without 100 yards rushing in a game this season. John Ross couldn’t get his big play and lost a fumble. The Bengals defense is bad I think, but played better this week after the 1st quarter. Cincinnati’s offense had only one first half first down. Bengals are what they are with Andy Dalton.

Cowboys win 31-6.

Cowboys:

• Dak Prescott: 19/32, 246 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT + 2 carries, 7 yards, 1 TD
• Ezekiel Elliott: 19 carries, 125 yards + 3 targets, 2 receptions, 14 yards
• Tony Pollard: 13 carries, 103 yards, 1 TD + 3 targets, 3 receptions, 25 yards
• Amari Cooper: 7 targets, 6 receptions, 88 yards, 2 TDs
• Devin Smith: 5 targets, 2 receptions, 39 yards
• Randall Cobb: 4 targets, 2 receptions, 23 yards
• Jason Witten: 4 targets, 3 receptions, 54 yards

Dallas came out sleep-walking, but turned it on in the second half. Elliot and Pollard became the 4th pair of Dallas RBs to rush for 100 yards in the same game. Randall Cobb had a long touchdown called back on a penalty. Leighton Vander Esch became the fastest Cowboys player ever with 200 tackles in 19 games. Amari Cooper is a stud. Dallas needs some work on defense, but they should win their division.

Dolphins:

• Josh Rosen: 18/39, 200 yards, 3 sacks + 3 carries, 13 yards
• Ryan Fitzpatrick: 2/2, 29 yards
• Kenyan Drake: 13 carries, 44 yards, 1 fumble + 6 targets, 3 receptions, 34 yards
• Kalen Ballage: 7 carries, 11 yards + 3 targets, 1 reception, 10 yards
• Preston Williams: 12 targets, 4 receptions, 68 yards
• DeVante Parker: 6 targets, 3 receptions, 56 yards
• Jakeem Grant: 7 targets, 4 receptions, 27 yards
• Nick O’Leary: 1 target, 1 reception, 19 yards

The Dolphins have allowed the most points ever through 3 games in the Super Bowl Era. Miami might trick a team into not gameplanning for them and get a win this year. Tank for Tua. DeVante Parker got half his targets this week after going 0/7 last week. Miami was a dropped pass and fumble from winning at halftime..  Rosen and Preston Williams looked pretty good all things considered. Xavien Howard is good, but has no help on the defense.

Patriots win 30-14, but Jarrett Stidham’s pick 6 keeps New England from covering the 21 points. Good teams win, great teams cover.

Patriots:

• Tom Brady: 28/42, 306 yards, 2 touchdowns
• Jarrett Stidham: 2/3, 14 yards, 1 interception
• Sony Michel: 9 carries, 11 yards, 1 touchdown + 1 target, 0 receptions
• Rex Burkhead: 11 carries, 47 yards, 1 touchdown + 7 targets, 6 receptions, 22 yards
• Brandon Bolden: 2 carries, -2 yards + 3 targets, 2 receptions, 21 yards
• Julian Edelman: 10 targets, 7 receptions, 62 yards, 1 touchdown
• Josh Gordon: 11 targets, 6 receptions, 83 yards + 1 carry, 1 yard
• Phillip Dorsett: 7 targets, 6 receptions, 53 yards, 1 touchdown + 2 carries, 12 yards
• Jakobi Meyers: 2 receptions, 38 yards
• Ryan Izzo: 1 reception, 41 yards

The Patriots allowed fewer than 70 pass yards and fewer than 40 rush yards for the first time in the Belichick era. This defense is legit, even though it was the Jets. Stephon Gilmore has been the best corner in the league this year.. and it isn’t even close. McCourty has 3 interceptions this season. Tom Brady has won 12 games in a row at home against the Jets. The Drew Brees injury allowed Brady to pass Brees for the 2nd-most TDs all-time. The Pats have the easiest schedule I have ever seen for a Super Bowl Champ.. The Chiefs look like their only competition for the Super Bowl through 3 weeks.. but that can change.

Jets:

• Luke Falk: 12/22, 98 yards, 1 interception
• Le’Veon Bell: 18 carries, 35 yards + 4 targets, 4 receptions, 28 yards
• Ty Montgomery: 2 carries, 1 yard + 1 target, 0 receptions
• Robby Anderson: 5 targets, 3 receptions, 11 yards
• Jamison Crowder: 5 targets, 2 receptions, 25 yards
• Braxton Berrios: 6 targets, 2 receptions, 29 yards

Le’Veon Bell had 63 scrimmage yards, the fewest for him since Week 1, 2017. That’ll happen when Luke Falk is your QB and your o-line is the Jets 2019 o-line. I mean I am not going to waste too much time on the Jets. They will be better with Sam Darnold and CJ Mosley after their BYE this week.