A brief (and late) Week 7 recap, with Week 8 picks attached
Get hype for Week 8!
Quick Hits
Green Bay 26, Chicago 10
Brian Hoyer is on IR; John Fox is done with Jay Cutler, which means it could be the Matt Barkley show in Chicago
NY Giants 17, Los Angeles 10
Another game in London, another sloppy product
Kansas City 27, New Orleans 21
The Chiefs held off a late rally despite a big outing from Drew Brees
Philadelphia 21, Minnesota 10
Sam Bradford (and Carson Wentz) were less than stellar; Vikings handed first loss of the year
Indianapolis 34, Tennessee 26
Andrew Luck has his best statistical performance of the year; outduels Marcus Mariota
Miami 28, Buffalo 25
Jay Ajayi was an animal, becoming the fourth RB to run for 200 yards in back to back weeks
Detroit 20, Washington 17
Josh Norman couldn’t handle Marvin Jones; Detroit comes back with 15 seconds left to win
Cincinnati 31, Cleveland 17
The Browns QB woes continue; Kevin Hogan ran for over 100 yards
Oakland 33, Jacksonville 16
A messy game on both sides of the ball that saw the Raiders come out ahead
NY Jets 24, Baltimore 16
Geno Smith started for one half, tore an ACL, and it’s back to Ryan Fitzpatrick
San Diego 33, Atlanta 30 (OT)
Matt Ryan regressed slightly while San Diego came back (!!) for a change
Tampa Bay 34, San Francisco 17
A hotly attended game ended in the Niners uttering some questionable quotes
New England 27, Pittsburgh 16
Landry Jones looked out of sorts filling in for Ben Roethlisberger while Tom Brady continues to dominate
Seattle 6, Arizona 6 (OT)
Missed field goals in OT plagued both teams and led to the first tie in three years
Denver 27, Houston 9
Brock Osweiler returns to Denver and is beaten by his angry teammates handily
Week 8 Picks
Home team in CAPS (Lines as of 10/27)
TENNESSEE (-3) over Jacksonville
Washington (+3) over CINCINNATI (London)
INDIANAPOLIS (+2.5) over Kansas City
Oakland (Even) over TAMPA BAY
Seattle (-2.5) over NEW ORLEANS
Detroit (+2.5) over HOUSTON
NY Jets (-3) over CLEVELAND
BUFFALO (+6) over New England
Arizona (+3) over CAROLINA
San Diego (+5.5) over DENVER
Green Bay (+3) over ATLANTA
DALLAS (-4) over Philadelphia
Minnesota (-5) over CHICAGO
Byes: Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami, NY Giants, Pittsburgh, San Francisco
Last Week: 8-7
All Time: 52-35-2
Week 6 NFL Recap: http://wiux.org/2016/10/18/week-6-recap/
Luke Hallett is a sophomore at Indiana University, and his radio show Gerky Gerk and The Funky Bunch, is on WIUX 99.1 FM on Fridays from 6-7PM EST.
