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Week 4 Scores

SCORES

• San Francisco 35, St Louis 11
• Baltimore 20, Buffalo 23
• Cincinnati 6, Cleveland 17
• Chicago 32, Detroit 40
• Seattle 23, Houston 20
• Indianapolis 37, Jacksonville 3
• NY Giants 7, Kansas City 31
• Pittsburgh 27, Minnesota 34
• Arizona 13, Tampa Bay 10
• NY Jets 13, Tennessee 38
• Philadelphia 20, Denver 52
• Washington 24, Oakland 14
• Dallas 21, San Diego 30
• New England 30, Atlanta 23

**Miami @ New Orleans face off Monday night with the scores being posted at the end.**

Week 4

Week 4 Match-ups

Thursday, September 26

• San Francisco vs St Louis

Sunday, September 29

• Baltimore vs Buffalo
• Cincinnati vs Cleveland
• Chicago vs Detroit
• Seattle vs Houston
• Indianapolis vs Jacksonville
• NYG vs Kansas City
• Pittsburgh vs Minnesota
• Arizona vs Tampa Bay
• NYJ vs Tennessee
• Philadelphia vs Denver
• Washington vs Oakland
• Dallas vs San Diego 
• New England vs Atlanta

Monday, September 30

• Miami vs New Orleans

Around the NFL: Week 3

Not this matters but I will not have a ATNFL Week post for week 3. I've been so consumed with sleeping and work that I simply did not stay up to bar with all things NFL.

Week 3 Scores

SCORES

• Tampa Bay 3, New England 23
• Oakland 21, Denver 37
• Indianapolis 27, San Francisco 7
• Green Bay 30, Cincinnati 34
• St Louis 7, Dallas 31
• Atlanta 23, Miami 27
• Buffalo 20, New York Jets 27
• New York Giants 0, Carolina 38
• Houston 9, Baltimore 30
• Detroit 27, Washington 20
• Arizona 7, New Orleans 31
• Jacksonville 17, Seattle 45
• Chicago 40, Pittsburgh 23
• San Diego 17, Tennessee 20
• Cleveland 31, Minnesota 27
• Kansas City 26, Philadelphia 16

Week 3

Thursday, September 19 @ 8:25

• Kansas City vs Philadelphia 

Sunday, September 22 @ 1:00

• Houston vs Baltimore 
• New York Giants vs Carolina 
• Green Bay vs Cincinnati
• St Louis vs Dallas 
• Cleveland vs Minnesota 
• Tampa Bay vs New England 
• Arizona vs New Orleans
• San Diego vs Tennessee 
• Detroit vs Washington 

Sunday, September 22 @ 4:05

• Atlanta vs Miami

Sunday, September 22 @ 4:25

• Buffalo vs New York Jets
• Indianapolis vs San Francisco

Sunday, September 22 @ 8:30

• Chicago vs Pittsburgh

Monday, September 23 @ 8:40

• Oakland vs Denver

Week 2 Scores

Week 2 has been an interesting and entertaining week. Between New England's poor performance Thursday, Peyton Manning outshining his younger bro, Eli, and Dashon Goldson being suspended a game for his helmet-to-helmet hit there were surprises around every corner. But here are the scores. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati's Monday night game has yet to begin as I'm writing this.

SCORES

• New York Jets 10, New England Patriots 13
• St Louis Rams 24, Atlanta Falcons 31
• Cleveland Browns 6, Baltimore 14
• Carolina Panthers 23, Buffalo Bills 24
• Minnesota Vikings 30, Chicago 31
• Washington Redskins 20, Green Bay Packers 38
• Tennessee Titans 24, Houston Texans 30
• Miami Dolphins 24, Indianapolis Colts 20
• Dallas Cowboys 16, Kansas City Chiefs 17
• San Diego Chargers 33, Philadelphia Eagles 30
• Detroit Lions 21, Arizona Cardinals 25
• New Orleans Saints 16, Tampa Bay Buccaneer 14
• Denver 41, New York Giants 23
• Jacksonville Jaguars 9, Oakland Raiders 19
• San Francisco 49ers 3, Seattle Seahawks 29

Jets Vs Jets?

Thursday Night Football opened this past Thursday with the New England Patriots hosting the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. That had to have been one of the most stressful Patriots game I have ever watched in the past 6 years. Plagued with injuries, Hernandez being incarcerated and Welker being with the Broncos this season is practically a new era for New England. Thank God we still have McDaniels, Brady, Edelman and the big man himself, Bill Belichick. 

TE Rob Gronkowski was still inactive this week although its being speculated that the Gronk will be active next Sunday against Tampa Bay. That's fantastic news to our ears. I just hope he's the old Gronk. I have faith that he will be though so no worries. Shane Vereen is out until at least week 11 after having surgery on his wrist after breaking a bone in week 1. He'll be good as new after this little hiatus. An injury that should not surprise anyone involves former Rams wide receiver, Danny Amendola. It was speculated back before week 1 that he would be inactive for that week due to a groin injury. He was very persistent in playing so, unsurprisingly, he played. Of course by doing so, he re-injured his groin and now the man is inactive for 2-6 weeks. Get better soon, buddy but please, please do not rush yourself back. Health is more important than re-injuring yourself for the game.

Our key offensive players that really need to step it up these next few weeks include Stevan Ridley, Aaron Dobson, Julian Edelman, LeGarrette Blount, and Kenbrell Thompkins. Ridley found himself on the bench during week one for some fumbling issues. Luckily after being put on notice by Belichick to be ready to play Thursday, he managed to keep ahold of the balls. Aaron Dobson managed to score the only touchdown pass from Brady. There were several dropped passes that was beyond ridiculous. I seriously was hoping that Dobson would have a breakout performance in week two. But there's still 14 games left for that so no worries. Honestly, with the game against the Jets being his first NFL game, it's to be expected. I'm sure his nerves got the best of him.

The punting teams probably had the most action. A total of 17 times the punting teams were used. This game was just a horrible game all around for both teams. Rookie quarterback fresh out of West Virginia, Geno Smith, completed 15 out of 35 passes for 214 yards and 3 interceptions. Badass Tom Brady did not have his best game whatsoever. He completed 19 out of 39 passes for 185 yards with 1 touchdown. Luckily enough, he had no interceptions. The top 2 rushing performers for New England was Stevan Ridley for 40 yards with Blount for 11 yards. Jets top 2 rushers were Ivory with 52 yards and Powell for 48 yards. Julian Edelman had 78 yards receiving with Dobson right behind him at 56 yards. 

There were moments when Geno Smith took a little longer to throw the ball which led him to be sacked numerous times. Jets' Bilal Powell had a nice little 3 yard touchdown run sending the score 13-10. Their luck ended there when Patriots' Talib and Dennard intercepted a total of 3 times in the fourth quarter. Could nerves be the reason for the interceptions? Who knows. In the first half there were a total of eleven punts, a lost fumble, a missed field goal, three field goals and a touchdown.

Now my favorite part of the game was the ejection of not one but two New York Jets' players. Ferguson and Colon. Having been ejected from the game, the two were seated on the sidelines. Watching Belichick get all fired up and wanting them off the field before we proceeded was awesome. Hearing the Ferguson and Colon having to wear their helmets while walking to the tunnel was great. I would have loved to have been there because I think I would have thrown everything in my reach to those two fuckers. 

And now that I think I have covered everything, I just want to give a huge shoutout to Robert Kraft and the entire New England organization. During Thursday night's halftime, all of the Boston bombing victims were honored. They donned Patriots' jerseys with the number one with their last name on the back. It's moments like these that I am so proud to be a New England Patriots fan. And one day, I WILL get the courage to move to Boston.

Win or lose, I will ALWAYS be a Patriots' fan, whether we're 0-16 or 16-0. I'll still be rooting for my boys because they're MY team and I will ALWAYS be proud of them.

 

Notice to Friends in Fantasy Teams

I don't mean this to sound bitchy at all, well I kind of do but what is the point to bitching at me about New England players being horrible fantasy players? Nothing because one, i don't care, two it doesn't affect me whatsoever & three, there's nothing for me to do. I don't care. I know I'm a Patriots fan but I'll be one of the first ones to tell you to think twice about drafting a player because of all of our offseason events that occurred. The offense is almost entirely all rookies, our TE & WR are both injury proned this year, leaving Brady with almost nobody to throw to. There are 32 NFL teams, all have a 53-man roster. If you want a better chance to win then choose from the other teams. Don't bitch to me about my New England players not getting you very many points. I do not care. It's annoying. Don't like the points they're giving you? Then for the love of God, draft another player because I do not care!!

i do NOT care...at all.

Week 2

Thursday, September 12

• New York Jets vs New England Patriots (825)

Sunday, September 15

• St Louis Rams vs Atlanta Falcons (100)
• Cleveland Browns vs Baltimore Ravens (100)
• Carolina Panthers vs Buffalo Bills (100)
• Minnesota Vikings vs Chicago Bears (100)
• Washington Redskins vs Green Bay Packers (100)
• Tennessee Titans vs Houston Texans (100)
• Miami Dolphins vs Indianapolis Colts (100)
• Dallas Cowboys vs Kansas City Chiefs (100)
• San Diego Chargers vs Philadelphia Eagles (100)
• Detroit Lions vs Arizona Cardinals (405)
• New Orleans Saints vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (425)
• Denver Broncos vs New York Giants (425)
• Jacksonville Jaguars vs Oakland Raiders (425)
• San Francisco 49ers vs Seattle Seahawks (830)

Monday, September 16

• Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals (840)

Around the NFL: Week 1

Where to even begin? Some huge surprises definitely shocked football fans this week. Hold onto your seat because we're about to look back to this whirlwind week in football.

Thursday night, Superbowl XLVII champs traveled to Denver to open the season against Peyton Manning and the Broncos. Manning threw for 7 touchdowns tying the record. No one has come close to this record in 44 years. My favorite part of this game was watching Welker drop that pass. Julius Thomas and Demaryius Thomas had two touchdowns a piece. Manning completed 27 out of 42 passes for 462 yards. Flacco on the otherhand was just proving my point that he does not deserve his 120 million dollar contract. He completed 34 out of 62 passes for 362 yards. He threw for 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Sewer rat himself, Terrell Suggs predicts a playoff rematch with the Ravens and the Broncos in January. A game I'm sure Denver will win again. What cracks me up is the fact that ever since this Ravens' loss, the fans of Baltimore have quieted. Nice you realize your team sucks.

Flacco-ing

Everybody knows the drama-infested offseason New England has had this year. First with former tight-end Aaron Hernandez be released after being arrested for first degree murder, then with Wes Welker signing with the Broncos. Dealing with several injuries, this season is going to be very unpredictable for the Patriots. We all need to remember that we have Tom Brady and Bill Belichick at the helm of this. Anything is possible. But on to the game against the Bills. This game was a close one. Patriots pulled out a win luckily after Gostkowski pulled off a 35-yard field goal with only 5 seconds left. It was a 23-21 win in Buffalo. This is the 10th straight season opening win for New England. Stevan Ridley was benched before the second half for producing not one but two fumbles early on in the game. Former Ram player, Danny Amendola, was questionable leading into week one with talks of a groin injury. It was very apparent that he re-injured this during the first half and will not play Thursday night against the Jets. Thankfully Julian Edelman was on top of his game with 2 touchdowns. Shane Vereen also had surgery Monday on his wrist after breaking a small bone. He is on the IR until at least week 11. Bills rookie quarterback, EJ Manuel should have known that he didn't stand a chance beating Tom Brady in his first NFL regular season game. I have to give credit where its due and Manuel definitely impressed me with this being his rookie year. Manuel completed 18 out of 27 passes for 150 yards. He threw for 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. King Brady completed 29 out of 52 passes for 288 yards. Brady threw for 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Bills fans arriving this past Sunday to the Pats vs Bills game

Sunday night brought a little bit of a surprise to the Sunday night game. Eli and his Giants traveled to Dallas to take on Homo Romo and the Dallas Cowboys. New York received the ball to open the game, however, within seconds, Dallas had the ball. The game clinching touchdown was brought on by Brandon Carr. Carr returned an interception for 49 yards. Jason Witten and Romo teamed up with two scoring passes while Manning threw three touchdown passes to Victor Cruz placing them in the realm of making a comeback. Tony Romo completed 36 out of 49 passes for 263 yards. He threw for 2 touchdowns and only 1 interception. "Eli"te Eli, no way in hell he's elite, completed 27 out of 42 passes for 450 yards. 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions later, Giants lose to the Cowboys 31-36.

Defeated Eli "manning-ing"

You all know by now what a big RG3 fan I am so you should know how disappointed I was to see the Redskins fall to Philadelphia 33-27. DeSean Jackson ran a 25-yard touchdown while Brent Celek ran for a 28-yarder. Late into the third quarter the Redskins were down 33-7. Eight months to the day of his major knee surgery, RG3 threw a career-high two interceptions. RG3 completed 30 out of 49 passes for 329 yards for 2 interceptions and 2 touchdowns. Eagles' Michael Vick completed 15 out of 25 passes for 203 yards and 2 touchdowns. 

Each "Around the NFL" post, I'll focus on four games from each week to focus on. Don't worry, they won't all be featuring New England each week. 

Good luck to all teams in Week 2!

Week 1 Scores

Week 1 consisted of many, many, many surprises. Here are some of the latest scores from yesterday's games.

SCORES

• Baltimore 27, Denver 49
• New England 23, Buffalo 21
• Seattle 12, Carolina 7
• Cincinnati 21, Chicago 24
• Miami 23, Cleveland 10
• Minnesota 24, Detroit 34
• Oakland 17, Indianapolis 21
• Kansas City 28, Jacksonville 2
• Atlanta 17, New Orleans 23
• Tampa Bay 17, NYJ 18
• Tennessee 16, Pittsburgh 9
• Green Bay 28, San Francisco 34
• Arizona 24, St Louis 27
• NYG 31, Dallas 36

Monday Night Football starts with Vick and the Eagles traveling to Washington to face off with RG3 and the Redskins. It is followed by the Houston and San Diego game at 10:20.

Redskins and the Texans will walk away with the wins.

When Fans Collide

As most of you know, I am a huge New England fan but that's not the only team I'm a fan of. I'm a fan of the sport in general. I try to stay up-to-date with anything NFL related. I have made many posts about my feelings with the Colts and their fans, yet I feel like i need to clarify a few things..

I am not a Colts' fan obviously. I completely understand that they are the "home" team for the state I reside in. However, I am a New England fan. Indianapolis and New England have a huge rivalry that's been going on for years. I don't care about that. Yes I live here but as my personal right and opinion, I am entitled to like any other NFL team that I wish. The only thing I cannot stand about the Colts is some of their fan base. I have the upmost respect for the organization, players and the town. Just because I like a different team, it doesnt make me in the wrong. I am entitled to my opinion. A few Colts' fans that I have come across make it seem like I need to be taken outside and stoned or hung from a tree for liking another team. Why? Is my being a New England fan personally affect or hurt you in any way? No it doesn't. So why bitch at me and call me a "crazy" football fan because I stand behind a different talented team? The mindset of having to be a fan of your home team no matter what is a bit ridiculous. If I lived in Cincinnati, I'd still be a Patriots fan. If I lived in Seattle, I'd still be a Patriots fan. It doesn't matter where I live, I will still like the team that i want. No approval needed. I know I get too riled up when it comes to football but it's my passion. I never tell people that they shouldn't root for a team in particular, unless it's the Jets or Giants for obvious reasons.

I admit that when it comes to Indianapolis, I don't care too much about them. That's why I don't really know much about THAT team. I don't care who they draft, cut, sign, etc. In the past few seasons, I have paid a little attention but not much to who they pick up and all that. If they play New England, I want to see everything that there is to know about the rival team to prepare myself for what to watch and look for for that one regular season game. New England and Indianapolis do not play each other this year unless it's during the playoffs. I don't need to know and understand everything about them. There are talented teams that my team actually does play so I focus on them and go from there. And I honestly don't pay much attention to the 3rd string of ANY team. They're third string. They might not ever see any playing time so why focus on them?

New England is my number one team and always will be. I respect everybody's opinions on being a fan of other teams. I do. You don't like New England...great! It doesn't personally affect me so I don't care. You slam me and my liking of the team, that's when I have a problem with you. It is MY choice. Focus on your team and I'll focus on mine.

I wish all teams and their fans luck on the season. May the best team win.

Week 1

Thursday, September 5

• Baltimore vs Denver (830)

Sunday, September 8

• New England vs Buffalo (100)
• Seattle vs Carolina (100)
• Cincinnati vs Chicago (100)
• Miami vs Cleveland (100)
• Minnesota vs Detroit (100)
• Oakland vs Indianapolis (100)
• Kansas City vs Jacksonville (100)
• Tampa Bay vs New York Jets (100)
• Tennessee vs Pittsburgh (100)
• Atlanta vs New Orleans (100)

• Green Bay vs San Francisco (425)
• Arizona vs St Louis (425)

• New York Giants vs Dallas (830)

Monday, September 9

• Philadelphia vs Washington (710)
• Houston vs San Diego (1020)