Heroes and Zeroes of Week 9
Mike Harrison
Ahhh, nice to see that the Halloween blues are gone and our faves got back in
the saddle with plenty of tackles and big plays. In one of the weirder results
I've seen, David Harris of the NYJ totaled as many tackles as the entire Bucs
defensive squad - 20! I'm not sure which is queerer - one player getting 20 or
an entire defense.
Big plays abounded, so double sackers Damione Lewis, Renaldo Wynn and
Kabeer-Gbaja-Biamila failed to become Heroes, as did Travis LaBoy with both a
sack and an interception. Reggie Nelson was the only double-digit tackler who
missed the list. Scoring was up as Antonio Cromartie on a return of a missed
field goal, Dewayne White with a fumble return, and Shaun Rogers, Mike McKenzie
and Charles Woodson with interceptions crossed the goal line.
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Heroes |
Last Week's Stats |
Comments |
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Robert Mathis, IND |
6 tackles, 2 sacks |
He played well, as did the Indy D - except when it counted. |
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Matt Wilhelm, SD |
11 tackles, 3 assists |
Matt's over his injury woes as this fine performance attests to. |
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Albert Haynesworth, TEN |
6 tackles, 1 assist, 3 sacks |
Albert was Bagman of the Week with his 3 drops of hapless David Carr, who
must have thought he was back on the Texans. |
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Shaun Rogers, DET |
2 tackles, 1 assist, 2.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 pass defensed, 1 touchdown |
The defensive line of the week. The Lions blasted Denver, and Shaun led the
way with his 4 big plays. |
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Darnell Dockett, ARI |
9 tackles, 1 assist, 2 sacks |
9 tackles for a DT? Almost unheard of. |
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Angelo Crowell, BUF |
11 tackles, 3 assists |
Angelo tied Wilhelm as the Tackler of the week. |
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Roger McIntosh, WAS |
11 tackles, 1 assist, 1 sack |
Roger was a sleeper in preseason, he's moved well past that now. |
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David Harris, NYJ |
20 tackles, 4 assists |
The tackle line of the year! 2 weeks in a row on the Hero list! What does
David do for an encore? Looks like Jonathan Vilma is Wally Pipp'ed. |
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Eric Barton, NYJ |
4 tackles, 4 assists, 1 sack, 1 interception, 1 pass defensed |
What Harris didn't clean up, Barton did. But his efforts added to Harris'
weren't enough to keep the Jets from another tough beat. |
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Corey Williams, GB |
6 tackles, 2 sacks |
Corey helped the Pack come from behind and top the Chiefs. |
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Zeroes |
Last Week's Stats |
Comments |
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Dunta Robinson, HOU |
1 assist |
Dunta injured his knee seriously late in the first quarter against
Oakland. He's out for the season. |
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Mario Williams, HOU |
1 tackle |
Mario is officially struggling - he's had far too many poor weeks for a top
DE. |
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Michael Griffin, TEN |
1 tackle, 1 assist, 1 pass defensed |
The Titans dominated Carolina without much help from Griffin. |
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Kenoy Kennedy, DET |
blanked |
Kennedy didn't show up in the box score, and was tough to locate on the
field. |
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Adrian Wilson, ARI |
1 tackle, 1 assist |
Very rare occurrence for Wilson to make the Zero list. |
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Derrick Brooks, TB |
2 assists |
Brooks looked slow against the Cardinals, luckily the Bucs didn't need him
to win. |
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Barrett Ruud, TB |
1 assist |
1 whole big assist. Ruud wasn't on Sunday. |
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Aaron Schobel, BUF |
1 tackle, 2 assists |
Big Aaron came up very small. |
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Chris Kelsay, BUF |
1 tackle |
Kelsay's presence didn't lend much help as the Bills finally succumbed in OT
to the 'skins. |
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Jarrad Page, KC |
1 tackle |
At least he managed to hit the score sheet. |
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