Mattie T’s Week 10 NFL Recaps
Written by The Go-To-Man Mattie T. on November 17, 2009
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Star Player of the Game: 49ers running back Frank Gore, who rushed 25 times for 104 yards & scored 1 touchdown.
Bears quarterback Jay Cutler on throwing a career-high 5 interceptions:
“It was tough. I have to apologize to the defense. I think the offense as a whole has to apologize. They played a great game and kept us in there even through all the turnovers.”
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Star Player of the Game: Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart, who rushed 11 times for 82 yards & scored 2 touchdowns.
Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith on the team using a no-huddle offense for the first time all season on Sunday:
“No huddle is controlled chaos. You’ve got defense running around and they don’t know what they’re doing. The no huddle is really easy and simple.”
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Star Player of the Game: Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown, who rushed 12 times for 82 yards & scored 1 touchdown.
Dolphins running back Ricky Williams on filling in for an injured Brown (ankle) & reportedly starting against Carolina on Thursday:
“It’s my job right now. Obviously I’ll have to carry the ball a little bit more.”
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Star Player of the Game: Vikings wide receiver Sidney Rice, who caught 7 receptions for 201 yards.
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson on Rice’s career day:
“Sidney never surprises me. I have a nickname for him, and it’s ‘Showtime.’ He’s got it tattooed on his arm. It fits him well.”
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Star Player of the Game: Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who rushed 24 times for 123 yards & scored 1 touchdown.
Jones-Drew on his slide at the 1-yard line to run off time & set-up Jacksonville’s game-winning field goal try:
“Sorry to my fantasy owners. I apologize. I had myself today. It was a tough call, but whatever it takes to get the victory, that’s what counts.”
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Star Player of the Game: Bengals’ running back Bernard Scott, who ran back a 1st quarter kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown.
Steelers safety Ryan Clark on this season’s improvement from Cincinnati:
“They’re clearly the best team in the division. I’d give my left arm to play them again.”
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Star Player of the Game: Saints running back Reggie Bush, who rushed 6 times for 83 yards & scored 1 touchdown while catching 2 receptions for 15 yards & scored 1 touchdown.
Rams quarterback Marc Bulger on his team’s just-near stunning upset over the unbeaten Saints:
“It would have been really nice to pull it off. There’s a reason they’re unbeaten. They made plays when they had to.”
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Star Player of the Game: Titans running back Chris Johnson, who rushed 26 times for 132 yards & scored 2 touchdowns, while catching 9 receptions for 100 yards.
Johnson on receiving a postgame jersey from Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens, who had promised it if Tennessee wins:
“Actually, I didn’t see him after the game, but he sent it over. So shout out to TO. Thanks for that.”
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Star Player of the Game: Redskins running back Ladell Betts, who rushed 26 times for 114 yards & scored 1 touchdown.
Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton on his ankle injury that knocked him out of Sunday’s game:
“It’s a tough sport and it happens. You’ve got to try to play through it. I was hoping to come back out and I just wasn’t able to. So hopefully I’ll be able to go next week.”
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Star Player of the Game: Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles, who rushed 18 times for 103 yards & scored 1 touchdown.
Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe on the team’s 7th straight road win over the Raiders on Sunday:
“I guess we got a winning streak here. Every time we play a division team our goal is to win. But every time we play the Raiders, it’s always a hated rivalry and coach stressed it all during the week: Hate the Raiders, we’ve got to beat the Raiders.”
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Star Player of the Game: Cardinals running back Beanie Wells, who rushed 16 times for 85 yards & scored 2 touchdowns.
Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner on the team rallying from an early 14-point deficit:
“Parts of the first half seemed so difficult for us to do anything, then we came back in the second half and sometimes it seemed almost easy.”
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Star Player of the Game: Packers linebacker Nick Barnett, who recorded 6 tackles & 2 sacks.
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo on the Packers’ defense:
“Their defense is good, they’ve got a good scheme. I don’t know how they are normally, but today they definitely got good pressure on the quarterback, slowed our running game and they played good behind it. The secondary, they’ve got good players.”
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Star Player of the Game: Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, who completed 20 of 25 passes for 231 yards while throwing for 2 touchdowns.
Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson on his season-high 96 yard effort:
“I don’t know if I want to talk about it. My wife is pregnant. I found out before the game. She left me a gift in my locker. It said, ‘Open immediately.’ I thought it was a necklace. It was a pregnancy test.”
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Star Player of the Game: Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne, who caught 10 receptions for 126 yards & scored 2 touchdowns.
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick on his stunning decision to go for it on 4th & 2 from his team’s own 28-yard line with 2:08 left:
“We tried to win the game on that play. I thought we could make the yard. We had a good play, we completed it. I don’t know how we couldn’t get a yard.”
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Star Player of the Game: Ravens running back Ray Rice, who rushed 20 times for 89 yards & scored 1 touchdown.
Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis on the chop block thrown by Browns quarterback Brady Quinn following an interception, which injured teammate Terrell Suggs (knee):
“Heck yeah it was a cheap shot. When you’re running down and you’re looking at the quarterback going at somebody’s knees who doesn’t even have the ball. I want to see if he gets the same fine I got or even higher. Now this man is out four or five weeks because of some baloney like that.”
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