Buckeye NFLer of the Week: 10
Gamble even enjoys tackling these days.I must admit, I didn’t get to watch as much NFL as I normally would for this week. The unfortunate part of traveling to Chicago is the trip back on Sunday and the inability to form complete sentences until Monday night.
However, after looking at the important games that included former Buckeyes and getting some help from Flip, it wasn’t that hard of a decision for this week’s award.
The duo of Michael Jenkins and Ted Ginn continued their improvement of late with strong performances in their team’s win. Jenkins had his fourth straight 50+ yard game, with 6 catches for 72 yards in Atlanta’s 34-20 win over New Orleans. The six catches were a season high for MJ, as the Falcons stayed one game out of first in the NFC South.
Teddy started Miami’s scoring with a 39 yard TD catch, capping off an 11 play, 90 yard drive to open the game. On the day, Ginn lead the team with 4 catches for 67 yards and returned 3 kick-offs for an average of 29 yards in Miami’s 21-19 win over Seattle. The Dolphins have now won three straight and sit just one game back in the AFC East.
Antonio Pittman got the start again for St. Louis, but struggled on the ground, gaining only 28 yards on 13 carries in the Rams 47-3 loss to the Jets. Surprisingly Pitt lead the Rams in receiving yards with 38 on two catches and now has 14+ touches in each of the last three games.
On the defensive side of things, our man Antoine Winfield and Mike Vrabel helped their teams pull off much needed victories to pull even with their respective division leaders.
Winfield recorded 6 tackles and helped hold the Packers to 184 total yards, as no Green Bay wideout went for more than 46 yards in Minnesota’s come from behind 28-27 victory. Meanwhile, Vrabel had 5 stops, including one for a loss, in New England’s 20-10 home victory over the Donte Whitner-less Bills.
For the second time in four weeks though, Chris Gamble takes home the Buckeye NFLer of the week for his performance in Carolina’s ugly 17-6 win at Oakland. It pains me to give this to someone playing against the Raiders, but Gamble’s interception early in the fourth at the Carolina 39 helped seal the win.
Gamble’s stats also included 5 tackles, one for a loss and 2 passes broken up, as the Panthers have won 5 of their last 6 and hold a one game lead in the NFC South. The Raider wide receivers were held to 2 catches for 27 yards, while the entire passing game misfired to the tune of 147 total yards and 3 turnovers.
I said it last time he won, if the Panther’s defense continues their dominance, Gamble has to get some consideration for All-Pro. He has already set a career high in passes defended with 15 (4th highest in the league) and is on pace to break his career high of 75 tackles. They play the Lions this weekend, so another win is on the horizon.
what is up with Ted Ginn being good all of a sudden? Great to see it, though! (first?)
Miami got a quarterback who can actually throw?
If you look at the numbers, despite the complaints in New York about Pennington’s arm strength, Miami got the best deal out of that Brett Favre fiasco of anyone.
He finally has a consistent QB, Pennington seems to be on a personal mission after getting kicked out of New York.
In my fantasy league, Ginn is the 8th rated receiver over the last three weeks.
No one Mentioned that Ginn had a 100 yd TD on the Opening kickoff….. it was called back on a stupid holding penalty… that is like 4 of these in 2 years.
Click here: YouTube - Ted Ginn 100 Yard Kick Return TD vs Seahawks (Called Back)
………ooops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNTX3dk6zPU
I remember vividly that Teddy had at least two called back in his time here. Frustrating.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNTX3dk6zPU
Try this
Good looking out Palm Beach, NFL.com had it listed as a 20 yard return, that was called back due to holding. After rereading it I see where the fine print says he took it to the end zone. I told you, it took me days to recover from Chicago.
That first move is sick.
2007
96 yd kickoff against Cleveland called back
kickoff vs Buffalo called back
scored 87 yd punt return vs Philly
2008
100 Yd kickoff return vs Seattle caleld back
very frustrating…. he would be up there with Devon Hester if not for stupid special teams play
Corey:
I love being able to laugh at all the people in south florida who said that Ginn sucked!!!!!
Wow, that hold wasn’t even close enough to him to make a difference. Wicked move there.
That has been the frustrating part of these TD returns that are called back… the holds and penalties are usually not close enough to the play to make a difference. Teddy is a killer on Kickoff returns because all he has to do is catch the ball and then kick on the afterburners………. he has struggled some on punt returns (he had some bad drops and decisions at OSU also)….. too much to think about is my guess?? When to catch it and when to let it go, when to catch it and step out of bounds? Kickoff returns have alot less to think about, catch it and go, go, go!!!!!!!!
Troy Smith had a TD pass to Todd Heap in the Ravens game.
If i’m not mistaken, every one of his passes this season has been for a td…
that’s a 100% completion and a 158.3 rating average! that’s just out of hound
and yeah, it’s only been 2 passes, hehe
Troy’s pass to Flacco go stopped inside the 5, not a TD
Speaking of former buckeyes, Kosta Koufos started last night in place of Mehmet Okur, who is home in Turkey looking after some kind of family problem. From the box score it looks like he did Ok 6 pts 5 reb and 2 blocks in 21 minutes.
Sloan just might beat a warrior out of Koufas. Thanks for the tip, EJ.
5 rebounds for kosta? i didnt know he had it in him…
JL’s neck needs to attack Juice this week hard