WEEK 8 REVIEW
this week the Kansas City Chiefs steal the spotlight Denver Broncos with another victory keeping the undefeated season alive and holding on to the lead in the AFC West Division. Tea bosses defeated the cleveland browns 23-17 to keep the streak alive.
The Dallas Cowboys took a chance to win Sunday’s match against the Detroit Lions and opened the door with only 45 seconds left. Matthew Stafford moved the ball with ease and put the lions in scoring position at the 1-yard line. confused Cowboy The defense left the middle open and StaffordInstead of spiking the ball to stop the clock, he quickly snapped the ball and dove headfirst over the middle, scoring the game-winning Touchdown and narrowly outscoring the Dallas Cowboys 31-30. The Individual Effort Award goes to calvin johnson who caught 14 passes for a career-high 329 receiving yards in a single game, just 7 yards shy of Anderson’s pinball machine Records 336 receiving yards in a single game.
Tea Denver Broncos regained some momentum going into its bye week, which comes at a good time with peyton manning been a bit banged up in recent weeks. The lost of ryan clady It shows when the attack comes from the left side but the team is working hard to protect their leader. Tea broncos topped their average scoring of 42 points per game so far this season by 3 points in their Week 8 win over the washington redskins 45-21. the game scored by mike shanahan first return to the Mile High City since he was the Coach and a brief tribute was given before the game which was a very nice gesture for a Coach who attended 5 Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos and won 2 Super Bowls with john elway and Terrell Davis as MVP in consecutive years. With the Denver Broncos explosive start to the season peyton manning he is compiling record-setting offensive numbers while utilizing all of his available weapons on the field. when the broncos return from their Bye Week, they face off within their Division with a match against the san diego chargers they have been playing well and then a game against the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs. Two key AFC West Division games that Denver Broncos need to win
ALL-LEAGUE SCORES
- Kansas City Chiefs won over the cleveland browns 23-17 and remains the only unbeaten team to go 8-0 on the season
- New York Giants Beat the philadelphia eagles 15-7
- Detroit Lions narrowly defeated Dallas Cowboys 31-30
- New England Patriots Beat the miami dolphins 27-17
- New Orleans Saints easily defeat the buffalo bills 35-17
- san francisco 49ers worked on Jacksonville Jaguars 42-10
- Cincinnati Bengals Beat the new york jets 49-9
- Oakland Raiders defeated the pittsburgh steelers 21-18
- Denver Broncos Beat the washington redskins 45-21
HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEK 8
- calvin johnson he had a monster game in week 8, catching 14 passes for 329 yards and 1 touchdown, which catapulted him to the top of the receiving yardage list for the 2013 NFL season with 821 yards.
- drew brees breaks the 2,000 yard mark for the season completing passes for 331 total yards with 5 Touchdowns.
- jose brown kicked 5 field goals in the New York Giants 15-7 victory over the philadelphia eagles.
- andy dalton he threw for 325 yards and 5 touchdowns.
- peyton manning he threw 4 more Touchdowns which led him to 29 Passing Touchdowns and 2,919 Passing Yards this season leading the league in both categories. peyton manning is 7 touchdowns ahead of drew brees who has thrown 19 Touchdowns this season.
- Wes Welker he had another good game with 81 receiving yards and caught 1 Touchdown pass, bringing his total for 2013 to 9 Touchdowns, which leads the league at halfway through the 2013 NFL season.
- jordy nelson he recorded 123 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns.
- Matthew Stafford he threw for 488 yards and 1 Touchdown along with 1 Rushing Touchdown to win the game.
- andre ellington He amassed 154 receiving yards and 1 Touchdown.
- Cincinnati Bengals The defense had 4 sacks, 2 interceptions and scored 2 touchdowns.
- joseph gordon he recorded 132 receiving yards and 1 Touchdown.
- Knowshon Moreno he rushed for 43 yards and caught passes for 89 yards and 1 touchdown.
Wes Welker he caught 1 touchdown in week 8 and still leads the league in 2013 with 9 receiving touchdowns. Following close behind is the teammate julio tomas with 8 receiving touchdowns in the year. Further down the list is Thomas Demaryous at 6 touchdowns and eric decker at 3 representing 26 of by Peyton Manning 29 touchdown passes through week 8 of the 2013 NFL season. Knowshon Moreno leads the league with 8 Touchdowns per run that add to the dominance of the Denver Broncos are showing this season so far.
QUARTERBACK LEADERS – PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 8 ON THE MOVE
- Eli Manning passed John Hadl to #23 for Race passing yards behind steve deberg.
- ben roethlisberger approved john brodie to take slot #33 for Race passing yards behind brand brunell. roethlisberger also threw 1 Touchdown in Week 8 and earned a tie with phil simms at #32 with 199 Touchdowns from rushing passes.
- carson palmer moved past steve mcnair to #35 for Race passing yards behind john brodie. He also threw 2 Touchdowns and passed ken anderson in a tie with phil simms and ben roethlisberger 32nd with 199 touchdowns.
- tom brady moved past Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton in slot #3 with 343 Touchdowns from rushing passes behind Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino.
- drew brees threw 5 touchdown passes in week 8 and passed Fran Tarkenton for #3 tied with tom brady behind Dan Marino for Touchdowns from rushing passes.
- Tony Romo threw 3 touchdowns and moved up 2 spots to #35 in passing bob gray and stable ken for Touchdowns from rushing passes.
RUNNING LEADERS – WEEK 8 PLAYERS ON THE MOVE
- frank gore continues to have a good season and moved up 2 spots to 30th in the Race Running Yards list passing Earl Campbell Hall of Fame running back and shaun alexander. blood also scored 2 Touchdowns moving to #32 tied with jamal lewis and mike allstott. she moved past ernest byner, roger craig, curt warner and steve jackson about him rushing touchdown list.
- Adrian Peterson moved past earl campbell to #32 behind shaun alexander. He also scored 1 Touchdown in Week 8 passing ottis anderson in a tie for #13 with Corey Dillon in 82 Touchdowns.
WIDE RECEIVER LEADERS – WEEK 8 PLAYERS ON THE MOVE
- Larry Fitzgerald moved past gary clark to #30 behind joey galloway with 10,833 Running Receiving Yards. Fitzgerald caught 1 Touchdown on Sunday and passed it art powell in slot #14 to Career receiving touchdowns.
- Anquan Boldin moved into a tie with stanley morgan ranked #32 with 10,716 Running Receiving Yards.
- santana moss attached to the Top 40 Career Receiving Yards list behind eric molds with 9,949 yards and is on pace to surpass 10,000 receiving yards this season.
- calvin johnsonIn addition to his career-high 329 receiving yards in Week 8, he caught 1 Touchdown and moved up to tied #32 with fast mic, Pete Pihos Hall of Fame, billy howton, anthony freeman and donald driver for Career receiving touchdowns.