November 9th, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in The Texans have had tough losses in their history, but Sunday’s setback to the Colts at Lucas Oil Field 20-17 may have been their toughest. After getting dominated for the first quarter, then returning the favor in the third quarter to take the lead, the Texans found themselves down three in the final minutes. That’s [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Saints Comeback From 14-0 Down to Top Panthers 30-20
Six days after beating one NFC South rival, the Saints were called upon to do it again Sunday at home. The Carolina Panthers had owned the Saints at the SuperDome, winning 8 straight there, but this season is different. With a gutsy comeback after trailing early 14-0, the Saints stayed unbeaten with a 30-20 win [...]
Jaguars Back to .500 After Topping Chiefs 24-21
It was the tale of two teams showing up to play the Jags on Sunday, the first team was the same predictable Chiefs with their short passing game and obvious running formations and plays. The second team that showed up was who the Chiefs want to be, a team that winged the ball all over [...]
Packers Suffer Special Teams Letdown; Fall in Tampa Bay 38-28
Everyone seemed to think that the 0-7 Tampa Bay Bucs were just what the doctor ordered after the Packers fell at home in a tough setback to the Vikings at home. Think again. The Packers on Sunday played awful in Tampa Bay on special teams, costing the team what should have been an easy win, [...]
Seattle Rallies From Early 17-0 Deficit to Top Detroit 32-20
It didn’t go as planned, but, then again, when has anything this season truly gone how the Seahawks intended? After falling behind early by 17 to the visiting Lions after one quarter, Seattle won the following three by outscoring the Lions by a total of 32-3 over that time span en route to a final [...]
Chargers Pull Off Last Minute Win in the Meadowlands, Stun Giants 21-20
The buildup was there all week. Eli Manning and Phillip Rivers have never met head to head. Ever since the 2004 draft people, both fans and experts, have debated whether the Chargers or Giants did better in the big trade that day. For today – the Chargers came out on top. The passing numbers were [...]
Colts Top the Texans 20-17 to Stay Unbeaten at 8-0
The undefeated Colts heard all week about how the upstart Texans were going to take advantage of Indy’s recent injuries to hand them their first loss of the season. Someone must have forgot to tell Peyton Manning about that. Manning led a first half Colts charge, building a 13-0 lead, then rallying with a fourth [...]
Bengals Defense Stuffs Ravens in 17-7 Win
The Bengals had to hear all week long about how their first win this season against the Ravens was a fluke. Sunday they proved to the big bad Ravens that in 2009 they are the better team, putting a defensive beating on Joe Flacco and the Ravens in a 17-7 win to take control over [...]
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