Patriots Too Much For Schaub, Texans



Aaron Hernandez celebrates a touchdown in the Patriots 42-14 victory

The Texans were ready to make a statement in Foxborough against Tom Brady and the Patriots, but unfortunately this wasn't the statement that they wanted to make. New England jumped ahead early and made this a laughable 42-14 blowout victory. The Texans just couldn't stop Brady, who went 21/35 for 296 yards, and four touchdowns. Aaron Hernandez was on the receiving end of two of Brady's touchdown passes, as he snagged eight passes for 58 yards and two scores. The Patriots just ran away with this one, leading 21-0 at the half. The Texans were held scoreless until the third quarter, when Arian Foster scored on a one yard touchdown run. This game was over when Brandon Lloyd caught a 37 yard pass from Brady after being wide open off a play fake to running back Stevan Ridley, to put New England up 21-0. The Patriots destroyed the then 11-1 Texans. The Texans fell to 11-2 and the Patriots improved to 10-3 on the season.

I also had a rough week, as I went 6-10 in NFL game picks for week 14.


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Aaron Hernandez photo:
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/_isJ_AGYRoj/Houston+Texans+v+New+England+Patriots/50jXaQx2OjU/Aaron+Hernandez

Information:
http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=321210017

Bears 13, Lions 7





Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler being taken down by #90 Ndamukong Suh

Monday Night Football this week was a strong defensive effort by both teams. The 2-3 Detroit Lions were over matched by the 4-1 Chicago Bears defense. The Lions mustered only a touchdown against the strong Chicago defense. Every time the Lions were putting together a good drive, It was quickly ended by a turnover. Twice the Lions had 12 play drives that both times ended up in turnovers. The first drive ended on a fumble, and the second was an interception that ended an 85 yard drive. The Bears offense wasn't elite in this game but the defense was, and that was all the Bears needed to win this game 13-7.

There was some controversy on the hit that Jay Cutler took from Ndamukong Suh in this game as he was slammed hard into the turf after being sacked by the Lions defensive lineman. It was a legal hit, but some people feel that Cutler was hit harder than what was necessary. Jay Cutler is a tough player and played the rest of this game after the hit, and he will be undergoing tests during the week to make sure he can play next week but he expects to play. The Lions fell to 2-4 on the loss, the Bears improved to 5-1 on the win.

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Picture and Info:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2012/10/23/jay-cutler-shakes-off-ndamukong-suhs-hit-as-brandon-marshall-lawrence-jackson-take-to-twitter/

Stats and Info:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=321022003