Great Games, Great Performers This NFL Weekend

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Great Games, Great Performers This NFL WeekendBy Tim McDonaldOctober 28, 2013

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If you're a fan of the NFL, and it's safe to assume you are since you're here palling around here with the likes of me, you had a field day this weekend.

Here are just some of my highlights:

- Best game: Lions over the Cowboys 31-30. Duh.

I didn't even mind those sideline tirades from Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant. He was just pumped, like the fans. All those idiot talking heads should get off his back.

- Top performer: Calvin Johnson with 14 catches for 329 yards, the second-best receiving day in NFL history. Amazing performance.

- Runnerups: Drew Brees with five TD passes in the Saints' 35-17 win over Buffalo and Andy Dalton with the same in the Bengals' 49-9 romp over the Jets.

- Chief Lucky. Yes, it's true that Kansas City has had some luck on its side this year as the only unbeaten team in the NFL. The Chiefs keep beating teams with banged-up quarterbacks.

Still, I think it's more of a case of a matchup of a team with talent with the right kind of coach. They needed somebody like Andy Reid to guide them.

- Where's the Eagles offense? The Philadelphia offense has scored three points in the last two games. This was supposed to be the explosive story of the year, Chip Kelly's whiz-bang schoolboy offense lighting up the NFL. Maybe when they can field a healthy quarterback we'll see it.

And maybe not.

- Flightless Birds. Not many teams have sunk as fast as the Falcons. They were everybody's preseason darlings, but they lost again Sunday, this time to the lowly Cardinals.

The Falcons can't block, they can't run and they sure can't tackle. How could this same team have reached the NFC championship last year?

Atlanta is done for the year. The best the Falcons can hope for is to make it look respectable and build some momentum for next year.

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