Mattie T’s Week 13 NFL Recaps

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Star Player of the Game: Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who completed 22 of 33 passes for 302 yards while throwing for 2 touchdowns & 1 interception. Vick also rushed 10 times for 48 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Texans head coach Gary Kubiak on Vick’s performance:

“This young man is playing as good as anybody I’ve seen play in the NFL and I’ve been doing it for a while. He’s special and we just tried to contain him, but obviously he still had a big night. He’s been doing it against a lot of people so. … We had a couple of chances for turnovers. He gave us a couple of opportunities that we just didn’t take advantage of.”

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Star Player of the Game: Browns tight end Benjamin Watson, who caught 10 receptions for 100 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Browns head coach Eric Mangini on a Jake Delhomme throw late into the game which nearly turned into a critical interception:

“You know that miserable slow-motion feeling that you see? There was a little bit of that. But it didn’t (happen), so I was happy.”

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Star Player of the Game: Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings, who caught 6 receptions for 122 yards & scored 2 touchdowns.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Donald Driver’s spectacular 61-yard touchdown grab that had him shaking away from several 49ers defenders before scoring:

That’s one of the best plays I’ve ever been a part of.”

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Star Player of the Game: Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles, who rushed 21 times for 116 yards.

Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels on Dwayne Bowe, who had his streak of 7 straight games with a touchdown reception end on Sunday:

“He is a true pro, a guy that is a big time competitor. (Bowe) is a receiver who we think is certainly one of the very best in this league and has had a great stretch.”

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Star Player of the Game: Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who rushed 16 times for 107 yards & scored 3 touchdowns.

Vikings quarterback Brett Favre on the shoulder injury that knocked him out of Sunday’s game:

“Can you be effective if you play? If the answer is yes, if I think I can, I would love to play and see this through.”

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Star Player of the Game: Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, who completed 21 of 26 passes for 234 yards, while throwing for 1 touchdown.

Lions defensive tackle Nddamukong Suh on his critical personal foul call against Cutler that led to the Bears’ game-winning touchdown during the 4th quarter:

“I really don’t care what he called or if it was a penalty or not. I’m just going out there to make a play.”

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Star Player of the Game: Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who rushed 31 times for 186 yards.

Titans head coach Jeff Fisher on the team going 13 consecutive quarters without scoring a touchdown:

“We have to play perfect right now, and we’re not doing that. We’re going to continue to work on it. We’ve gone quarters and quarters without scoring a touchdown. That’s got to change.”

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Star Player of the Game: Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, who rushed 8 times for 103 yards & scored 2 touchdowns.

Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan on the team’s turnover woes:

“You can’t tackle the way we did in the first half and expect to win. When you have six turnovers in a game, you have no chance to win. There were a lot of mistakes in the first half that kept drives from happening. You do that, you get embarrassed like we did.”

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Star Player of the Game: Saints running back Chris Ivory, who rushed 15 times for 117 yards & scored 2 touchdowns.

Saints head coach Sean Payton on the Bengals’ critical 4th quarter encroachment penalty which led to Drew Brees’ game-winning touchdown pass with 31 seconds remaining:

“Drew Brees did a great job with the snap count and tried to create the illusion we were going for it, when really we’re just going to let the time run out.”

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Star Player of the Game: Raiders running back Darren McFadden, who rushed 19 times for 97 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Raiders defensive end Richard Seymour on beating the Chargers, which was the team’s first season-sweep of them since 2001:

“Everyone was talking all week long about the hottest team in football and on and on. We give them a lot of credit. They are a good football team, but we just understand what we need to in order to beat these guys. And we give a lot of credit to the offensive line. We just wanted to run it at them.”

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Star Player of the Game: Falcons running back Michael Turner, who rushed 24 times for 88 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan on Eric Weems’ 102-yard kickoff return that sparked a second half comeback:

“That was huge. An unbelievable change of momentum. They go down and they score and put us behind two scores. Immediately following that, we run the kick back. Special teams jump-started us today. We know in this league, especially on the road, you’re going to have to find different ways to win week in and week out.”

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Star Player of the Game: Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, who rushed 21 times for 83 yards & scored 3 touchdowns.

Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu on head coach Pete Carroll’s halftime rant:

“He came out and said, ‘Look, you guys don’t want to hear it, but you’re getting outmuscled. He goes, ‘I don’t know if you want to hit or not, but do something about it. If you’re a man, do something about it.’ I just liked the way everybody fought.”

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Star Player of the Game: Rams running back Steven Jackson, who rushed 28 times for 102 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Rams kicker Josh Brown on tying a career-high with 4 made field goals:

“I love it, I really do. It’s obviously a big change, from the last two years, being on the field a number of times. I was kind of begging for that fifth one, quite honestly. The coaches didn’t want to do that.”

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Star Player of the Game: Cowboys running back Tashard Choice, who rushed 19 times for 100 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Colts quarterback Peyton Manning on throwing 4 interceptions for the second consecutive game:

“It isn’t good when you’re having to ask which one is it. I don’t make any excuses. I’m continuing to throw, I’ll keep throwing. I hope I throw it to our guys.”

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Star Player of the Game: Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace, who caught 5 receptions for 76 yards.

Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs on the game-changing fumble that Steelers safety Troy Polamalu committed off Joe Flacco, which led to the comeback win:

“Everybody watching TV at home, everybody in the stadium, you all know it you see 43 at the line, four-minute offense, he’s coming. It was just like, I hope we have a plan. It just didn’t feel good when I saw that hair at the line.”

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Star Player of the Game: Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who completed 21 of 29 passes for 326 yards while throwing for 4 touchdowns.

Jets head coach Rex Ryan on his team’s blowout loss, which cost them sole possession of 1st place in the AFC East:

“It was humiliating for one night. It was the biggest butt-whipping I’ve ever taken. But I’d be ready to play ‘em right now. I’ll stick my chin out.”