Week 6 so Far

It took 6 weeks, but we finally have to use the tie-breaker on Monday night. We both split the disagreed games this week, which definitely makes life interesting. For Sunday we both finished with scores of 9-4. The winner will be revealed at the conclusion of Monday's game, along with a final weekly score and updated season score.

Houston won the game in convincing fashion against an ascendent Cincinnati Bengals. Both halves of the game saw Houston's offense light things up. The Houston defense played well in the first half, but in the second half all but shut Cincinnati down. Cedric Benson was limited to 44 yards on 16 carries, indicating the run defense for Houston showed up today. Matt Shaub had a phenomenal game going 28 of 40 for 392 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 1 interception. Steve Slaton started strong on the running game during the first half, but in the second half the Cincinnati defense keyed in on him. He did, however, have 6 catches for 102 yards and 1 touchdown. The Houston running game remains a problem. Chris Brown had some decent runs in the second half. Perhaps it's time to try something different at the running back position on the Houston offense. Cincinnati did provide some nice drama by scoring 10 points at the end of the first half, but after that it was all Houston.

I caught the bonus coverage of the last 2 minutes of the Minnesota game. I must say that was a pretty exciting finish. Brett Favre was able to lead the team down the field to score the final go ahead field goal to hold off Batlimore's rally. Joe Flacco was able to respond by marching his team down the field to get within field goal range to make the final attempt at a score. Unfortunately for Baltimore, the cosmic coin toss went in Minnesota's favor as Steven Hauschka's kick went wide. Adrian Peterson helped carry this team with 22 carries for 143 yards. Minnesota may not have the highest ranking in the categories tracked, they are playing as a team and are proving themselves a force with which to be reckoned.

The early games for the most part went in favor for both of us. I didn't expect the New York Giants to get rolled like they did at the hands of New Orleans. Carolina has the weapons, but for most of the season so far has not been able to execute. Even though I declared this game a coin toss, I figured the Tampa Bay defense led by Ronde Barber would at least hold Carolina at bay. The late games were where we both fell short. The offense for the New York Jets still seems out of synch as a bad Buffalo team was able to win in overtime. And what is up with Oakland beating a tough Philadelphia team? That one's going to have me scratching my head for some time. I'm guessing the exciting over Matt Hasselback's return to Seattle was very short-lived as they got pounded by a shaky-at-best Arizona team. The poor Tennessee Titans got beat 59-0 in New England. Nothing I can say could make them feel any worse than I'm sure they already do. Here in Houston that game was on our regional coverage. CBS turned the game off in the middle of the 3rd due to the lopsided nature of the game and showed us Buffalo at New York. I'm wondering if they turned it off in Tennessee's market as well.

Houston remains in 3rd place in the AFC South behind Jacksonville due to division play. Minnesota is one of the 4 undefeated teams left in the NFL and is on top of the NFC North.

All in all, it was a good day for football. I can't wait for Week 7 as their are some interesting mathcups. What do you think, my dear Mardi?