Gonzo hauls in his first TD of the season.It wasn't an eye-popping statistical week for the former Buckeyes, but there were a couple of performances that were critical to team wins as the playoff picture becomes a bit clearer.
Unfortunately, I must start with some injury news. Donte Whitner had four tackles before separating his shoulder in the second half of Buffalo's 26-17 home loss to Nick Mangold and the Jets.
Speaking of the Jets, Vernon Gholston is not having the rookie season he imagined, registering only 7 tackles through the first nine games, including just an assist on Sunday.
While it was in a losing effort, Ryan Pickett gets a special mention for his play in Green Bay's 19-16 OT road loss at Tennessee. Pickett had a season best 6 tackles and recorded his first sack of the season, while AJ Hawk chipped in with 6 tackles as well.
Some of the lesser offensive games included Ted Ginn's 3 catches for 39 yards, Joey Galloway's catch for 22 yards and Antonio Pittman's 14 touches for 27 yards. On the defensive side, Antoine Winfield had 5 tackles and his second interception of the season in Minnesota's 28-21 home victory over Houston.
When it came down to it though, it was another battle between former first round picks in Michael Jenkins and Anthony Gonzalez, with Gonzo pulling out the win.
Jenkins was held to two catches, but made both of them count in Atlanta's 24-0 win over futile Oakland. His first catch was a 37 yard touchdown to put Atlanta up 7-0 and then added a 27 yard TD in the second. Surprisingly the 64 yards were Jenkins high on the season and it was his first touchdown since week one. On the season he now has 18 catches for 323 yards and 3 TD's.
Gonzo takes home his second award this year, with a clutch game in the Colts 18-15 home win against the Patriots. He totaled 4 catches for 55 yards and 2 touchdowns. The TD's (12 and 9) were the Colts only two of the game and his first two of the season. His final catch was a 24 yarder on 3 and 9 in the fourth, that flipped the field from Indy's 39 to the NE 37 and set up the game winning field goal.
On the season AG has 34 catches for 412 yards, with 22 of those going for first downs. He is three catches shy of last year's total and has now caught 4+ balls in 6 of 8 games this year, including four straight.
Special mention has to go to Dick LeBeau for the lockdown his Steelers defense put on the Redskins in D.C. Monday night. After Washington jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first 4 minutes, the Steel Curtain created 7 sacks, 1 blocked punt and 2 interceptions, the first picks Jason Campbell has thrown all year. Clinton Portis was held to 51 rushing yards, his first game below 120 since week 3 and no WR has more than 22 yards receiving, while the Redskins were 3-15 on 3rd down.
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Glad to see that my recomendation holds weight here at 11W. Now, if only I could get Corey to send me some damn stickers for my car....but I guess that would be too out of hound
I know he's not a former Buckeye.....but since he is a former Columbus high school star I was wondering what people think about Brady Quinn getting the start this Thursday.
I thought Gholston would struggle, and he has. He's not playing well at all.
How 'bout those Steelers? Wow!
I think the best thing Brady Quinn ever did was get rocked play after play by his brother-in-law during the 06 Fiesta....the holidays must be fun around that family
Yeah, thats what Gholston gets for being greedy
Recommendations are always welcomed, it actually made the post easier and stickers will be going out by the end of the week. My apologies, real work in October was quite busy for me, but I want to have them out before I head off to Chicago this weekend. I don't want Jason to make me sleep out in the cold for not having all my chores done.
Wil, I don't know how he will do, but I find it interesting that the Browns made the switch to appease the fan base.
Thanks Corey, I try to sympathize with the whole "real work" thing, but my multiple daily posts come from work. Being employed by the New York State Education Dept. has its benefits....like getting paid to do very little
I don't know about V-Ghol being greedy BuckeyeSki, you ever been to Detroit? You ever been to the shitty parts of the Detroit? I don't blame V-Ghol for wanting to better himself and his family with some guaranteed millions.
Yeah your right Matt, I just wanted him to stick around for another sack filled year. If I was presented with that amount of money, I'd bolt too buddy.
Dudes, where in the hell do you find the time to watch pro football on Sun after watching college football from 10AM-10PM on Sat?
ummm....Pro football is kinda boring to me man. I only watch the Giants play usually. If there is a marquis matchup I'll watch it, but NFL is fairly uneventful until the playoffs. Just my opinion before ppl jump all over me
football season only happens from sept to jan. rob suck it up and go watch football.
If you're a browns fan (and I am) pro football season is usually over before Christmas.
Saturday, I'm glued to the tube. Sunday, its on in the background while I'm doing other things. Just enough attention paid to know what's going on.
That is until bowl season is over. Then I'm all about the playoffs.
Weekends in fall/winter are FOR football. Both days. Chili, pizza, grill outs, beer, shots after losses. Best time of the year
I find the NFL so boring it isn't even funny. It used to be so good in the 90's but either it or I have changed because I try to watch it and find it boring as hell.
Anyway, saturday is it for me. I watch all day all I can with gameplan. I told the wife when we got married, the one thing you are not allowed to get mad at me about is my unusual and maybe unhealthy love and addiction to college football
so far, she has allowed it and I never miss a full day of football on Saturday, except that I watch less of the national shows ... I got sick of the Buckeye bashing. Not that some of the things said are not warranted, just that it wasn't entertaining anymore. I know my Bucks have issues and struggled outside of the Big Ten, but I don't need to be reminded every time I watch college football
If you’re a Bengals fan (and I am a former fan as of this year) pro football season is usually over before Labor Day.