Week 8 Heroes & Zeros

This was a great week to start…

QBs

Drew Brees, Saints – Passed for 332 yards and 5 TDs.

Andy Dalton, Bengals – Threw for 325 yards and 5 TDs, with a pick.

Cam Newton, Panthers – Passed for 221 yards and 2 TDs and ran for 50 yards and another TD.

Peyton Manning, Broncos – Had 4 turnovers but also passed for 354 yards and 4 TDs.

Matt Stafford, Lions – Accumulated 488 passing yards, 1 TD and 2 INTs, plus 12 rushing yards and a TD.

Colin Kaepernick, 49ers – Passed for 164 yards and a TD and ran for 54 yards and 2 more scores.

RBs

Frank Gore, 49ers – Rushed for 71 yards and 2 TDs, plus a 6-yard catch, though he lost a fumble.

Darren McFadden, Raiders – Ran for 73 yards and 2 TDs, plus 2 passes for 5 yards.

Andre Ellington, Cardinals – Ran for 154 yards and a TD, and caught 2 passes for 8 yards.

WRs

Marvin Jones, Bengals – Had a career day with 8 receptions for 122 yards and 4, count ‘em, 4 TDs.

Calvin Johnson, Lions – Nearly set an all-time record with 14 receptions for 329 yards and a TD.  We’ll forgive the fumble.

Jordy Nelson, Packers – Hauled in 7 passes for 123 yards and 2 TDs.

Dez Bryant, Cowboys – Only 3 passes turned into 72 yards and 2 TDs.

Kenny Stills, Saints – His 3 passes produced 129 yards and 2 TDs.

Golden Tate, Seahawks – Reeled in 5 passes for 93 yards and a pair of TDs, plus a ridiculous taunting penalty.

Josh Gordon, Browns – Took 5 receptions for 132 yards and a TD.

TEs

Jimmy Graham, Saints – Scored twice with 3 receptions for 37 yards.

DSTs

Bengals – Accumulated 4 sacks, held the Jets to 9 points and turned both INTs into TDs.

This was a great week to play against…

QBs

Eli Manning, Giants – Passed for 246 yards, 0 TDs and 0 INTs.

Michael Vick, Eagles – Just 31 yards and an INT before leaving with an injury.

RBs

Darren Sproles, Saints – Blanked despite catching 4 passes, and never ran the ball.

Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks – Just 23 yards on the ground and a 4-yard catch.

Willis McGahee, Browns – Ran for only 28 yards and his 2 catches produced zippo.

Chris Ivory, Jets – Ran for 11 yards.  And that’s all, folks.

Steven Jackson, Falcons – Ran for 6 yards and caught 3 balls for 7 yards.  Some return.

Jacquizz Rodgers, Falcons – Just 19 combined yards.

Giovani Bernard, Bengals – Ran 18 yards and caught a 9-yarder.

Bilal Powell, Jets – Ran for 19 yards and caught 4 passes for 20 yards.

BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Bengals – Ran for 33 yards.

LeSean McCoy, Eagles – Ran for just 48 yards and caught 4 passes for 18 yards.

WRs

Reuben Randle, Giants – One of the hottest WRs in the biz put up a goose egg.

Sidney Rice, Seahawks – Also blanked, and left with an injury.

Dwayne Bowe, Chiefs – Only a 7-yarder on the day.

Julian Edelman, Patriots – Also had 7 yards on 2 passes.

Greg Jennings, Vikings – Had a 9-yarder.

Tavon Austin, Rams – Once again, a non-factor with 2 catches for 9 yards.

Marques Colston, Saints – Took 3 receptions 18 yards.

Mike Williams, Bucs – Just 3 receptions for 20 yards before leaving with a hamstring injury.

Denarius Moore, Raiders – Only 32 yards on 2 receptions.

Danny Amendola, Patriots – Turned 3 catches into 15 yards.

Jeremy Kerley, Jets – Put up 27 yards on 3 receptions.

Justin Blackmon, Jaguars – Only 31 yards on 4 catches.

Mike Wallace, Dolphins – Had 41 yards on 3 receptions.

TEs

Jason Witten, Cowboys – Just 15 yards on 2 balls.

Rob Gronkowski, Patriots – Caught 2 passes for 27 yards.

Tony Gonzalez, Falcons – Only 26 yards on 3 receptions.

Julius Thomas, Broncos – Left injured after only 3 catches for 29 yards.