Personally, I'm using my stomach for a different purpose: digesting the delicious lamb chops I just cooked. Face it, you're interested in Tim Tebow. You can tell us you don't want to hear about Tebow all you want, but we're not dumb. We see how many more people read dumb stories about Tebow than brilliant, thought-provoking pieces about anything else. Love him or hate him, you care about him. Watch and see if the Patriots game was an anomaly or a sign of things to come for the Broncos.
This is, surprisingly, a game with massive playoff implications. The winner of this game should be very much alive in the playoff chase going into the final week, while the loser will be dead as a doornail. Fun fact: John Skelton is playing a lot better than Kevin Kolb , who the Cardinals gave up Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and a second round pick to obtain. The Titans are in need of a win to keep their slim playoff hopes alive. They should be able to get that win because Blaine Gabbert is not a good quarterback.
If they win out and the Denver Broncos lose out, they're going to the playoffs. With Kyle Orton and a fired head coach. How did the Dolphins get to five wins? Why wasn't I told about this? Is this some kind of alternative universe? Where the hell is my car? Ben Roethlisberger is not starting, but will be active in case his team is losing in a close game and his ankle feels fine. Sam Bradford is in a similar situation, except his team isn't in a race for a division title.
Kellen Clemens vs. Charlie Batch , a battle of the titans! Both teams are desperate for a win to stay in the drivers' seat for a playoff spot and both teams have quarterbacks who are really good at throwing interceptions.
In April , schedule-makers must have salivated at the prospect of Barry Sanders dueling Terrell Davis. Instead, Sanders retired just before training camp, and Davis sustained a season-ending knee injury in Week 4. Detroit was at least battling for their playoff lives while Denver was long out of it. When you start Anthony Wright at quarterback, bad things happen. Tennessee crushed Dallas , and Wright finished with a 0. Kansas City needed every win they could muster as they were in the peanut gallery in the competitive AFC wild-card race.
Denver needed the wins to stay ahead of the Chiefs and other adversaries in the wild-card race, and demolished the Titans Brett Favre threw four interceptions in this game, and Green Bay still only lost by seven points. Chicago got the win to sweep their arch rivals. Mark J. Dallas was gripped with Romomania as their former undrafted free agent from Eastern Illinois was leading a resurgence. The league last had a Christmas doubleheader on a Saturday in , the first time the NFL held a doubleheader on the holiday.
Green Bay will be playing in its third Christmas Day game and its first since This will be the first time the Packers will not host the Chicago Bears on Christmas as they did in the previous two occasions.
Arizona will also play on Christmas for the third time, and for the first time since Roger Craig has played an astonishing three Friday games, two with the San Francisco 49ers and and one with the Minnesota Vikings Chris Johnson has the best performance for a running back on a Friday, rushing for yards and a touchdown while finishing with yards from scrimmage even though the Titans lost to the Chargers.
Kamara shattered that record with his six-touchdown performance, a record that may never be topped -- on a Friday on any day of the week. Joe Montana has the most passing touchdowns on Friday four , but he also played two games. John Elway went 24 for 42 for yards with a touchdown in the Denver Broncos' win over the Seattle Seahawks. Brett Favre finished 30 for 43 for yards and three touchdowns and an interception in Green Bay's win over Minnesota in , the second-best passing performance on a Friday ever.
We don't know when another Friday game will be on the calendar -- or another record-tying performance from a running back. As for Christmas? Good bet the NFL will have games on that day the next three years, as the holiday falls on a Saturday , Sunday , and Monday By Jeff Kerr.
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