Week 7 Action Report

I’ve finally got all the scores for week 7. Here’s a recap of all the action:

NO (Bill) – The Saints can’t get to their week 9 bye soon enough, running themselves ragged in week 7 with yet another overtime period. This time they faced the second coin toss against division rivals, the Carolina Panthers, with the scored locked 10-10. A murderous defensive struggle was rendered fruitless for New Orleans as Carolina was able to break away for a touchdown to seal it, 16-10. This was the third overtime in four weeks for the Saints, who will be riding an (0-2) skid into their week 8 game against the formidable San Diego Chargers. Since winning back to back games in weeks 4 and 5, fatigue and frustration have been mounting in New Orleans. With Atlanta (5-1) enjoying their bye week and Carolina improving to (4-3), the Saints will have a lot of ground to make up in the NFC South as we reach the season’s halfway point.

MIN (Sam) – The Vikings are another NFC team working through a bad slump at the bottom of their division. Falling to fellow NFC North team, the Chicago Bears, 21-35, the Vikings have now lost four in a row. The Bears improve to (4-3) to retake the conference from Detroit (3-3), who took their bye this week. Minnesota will take their bye in week 8 to assess the season and prepare for a tough matchup against the Houston Texans in week 9. Coach Sam will have to figure out how to turn it around soon.

SD (Eric) – In happier news, the Chargers complimented their tough week 6 win against the Patriots with a 52-14 smackdown against the spiraling Buffalo Bills. San Diego faces a thicker challenge in the New Orleans Saints in week 8, but they’re continuing to put that week 3 loss against the New York Jets out of their minds and out of the fans’ minds. Barring a monumental turn, QB David Garrard will find himself at the top of the MVP list after next week.

HOU (Brian) – The Texans came into week 7 with a condem-thin hold on the AFC South, hoping to erect their dominance over the Detroit Lions. Riding another solid defensive performance, the Texans repeatedly pushed deep into Lion’s territory to score 24 points and entered the rear tunnel of the stadium at the end of regulation with a rousing win. Coach Isemann’s stellar defense held the Lions to just two touchdowns in the game. As they head into their week 8 bye still one game ahead of the Colts in the AFC South, Coach Isemann appeared firmly abreast of what his team needs to do in the second half of the season.

CLE (Mike) – The Browns remained undefeated against the Washington Redskins this week, continuing their rape and pillage of the NFC East (with only Philadelphia left in week 15). Browns Kicker Sebastian Janikowski became the unlikely hero when he recovered a fumbled kickoff return by the Redskins; The Browns were finally able to go up by three scores on the ensuing drive, the final score being 38-10. The Browns are now (6-0) heading into their week 8 game against the (3-4) Jaguars.

STL (Brandon) – The Rams also remained undefeated (6-0) after their 24-21 victory against the Dallas Cowboys. With another tough win behind them, they face what may be their biggest test of the season in the New England Patriots in week 8. When asked about his thoughts on the recent Americanization of Patriots Head Coach, Mark Angleberger, Rams QB Jay Cutler said, “Will somebody hand me my coat?”, before immediately turning around and exiting the interview, coatless.

NE (Mark) – New American citizen, Coach Mark “USA” Angleberger rallied his team back from a week 6 loss against the San Diego Chargers to pummel the Denver Broncos, 31-14. New England continues to develop their impressive run game, split between the speedy Darren McFadden and the bruising Marion Barber. Following the game in which he was asked to throw only a few passes, Patriots QB Joe Flacco complained that his “arm was tired.”

That’s all for week 7. Look for week 8’s report soon. We’ve got two exciting user games that should not disappoint!