Mattie T’s Week 11 NFL Recaps

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Star Player of the Game: Dolphins running back Ricky Williams, who rushed 22 times for 119 yards & scored 2 touchdowns. Williams also caught 2 receptions for 19 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Panthers head coach John Fox on his team’s chances after Thursday’s loss:

“There’s still a lot of football left and we’re still no way in any stretch out of it.”

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Star Player of the Game: Chiefs wide receiver Chris Chambers, who caught 4 passes for 119 yards.

Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop on his 22-yard field goal in overtime to stun the defending world champs:

“To do it against the defending Super Bowl champions is a great feeling. A lot of hard work has gone into it and our coaches and players and everybody has really bought in.”

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Star Player of the Game: Colts running back Joseph Addai, who rushed 19 times for 74 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco on his criticial red-zone 4th quarter interception:

“I made a dumb play and threw an interception in a tight situation.”

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Star Player of the Game: Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who completed 32 of 45 passes for 344 yards while throwing for 2 touchdowns.

Rodgers on the importance of beating San Francisco, who snubbed him in the 2005 NFL Draft:

“It’s fun to play against a team that you idolized growing up, and watched every Sunday after church. You’ve got to give those guys credit. I think in the second half, they fought a little harder.”

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Star Player of the Game: Jaguars wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker, who caught 8 receptions for 91 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens on his season-high 197 receiving yard effort:

“All for nothing when you don’t get the win. I’m glad for the opportunity to make big plays, what I’ve always wanted to do. We came up short.”

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Star Player of the Game: Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who completed 25 of 39 passes for 384 yards while throwing for 3 touchdowns & 1 interception.

Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan on his team’s near-comeback effort after trailing by 14 points in the 2nd half:

“It’s disappointing because we didn’t come out with the outcome we wanted. We had a lot of great contributions and great efforts from a lot of guys in the second half to come back from 14 down. But with that said, there are no moral victories.”

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Star Player of the Game: Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who completed 19 of 29 passes for 187 yards while throwing for 3 touchdowns.

Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman on his team’s offensive struggles:

“We knew how potent their offense was, and we knew that really the best defense was our offense being able to sustain drives. The tough thing is that only lasted our first drive.”

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Star Player of the Game: Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, who completed 26 of 43 passes for 422 yards while throwing for 5 touchdowns & 2 interceptions.

Browns head coach Eric Mangini on his last-second timeout, which occured right before Stafford’s game-winning touchdown with no time remaining:

“It was more a function of wanting to make sure we had the right personnel and we wanted to take a look at what they were going to do. We had the timeout so at that point I thought it was a good idea to use it, look at it, and get the guys in spots we thought they needed to be in.”

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Star Player of the Game: Cowboys running back Marion Barber, who rushed 20 times for 99 yards.

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo on playing with a back injury:

“I’ve always felt like, no matter what is really wrong—as long as it’s not a broken bone or something that’s going to keep you out—just on the adrenaline of the game, you can always do it. That’s just part of football, part of understanding that’s the only way to play the game.”

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Star Player of the Game: Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, who completed 22 of 25 passes for 213 yards while throwing for 4 touchdowns.

Seahawks coach Jim Mora on Favre’s performance, as he surpassed Dan Marino with his 22nd game with 4 or more passing touchdowns on Sunday:

“I saw Brett after the game and said, ‘Would you retire, please. He said ‘You’ve been saying that to me for about eight years,’ and I said, ‘I know, and I’m going to keep saying it to you.’ The guy is remarkable, but we’ve still got to be better.”

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Star Player of the Game: Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, who completed 15 of 19 passes for 203 yards while throwing for 2 touchdowns.

Warner on his concussion, which caused him to miss the entire 2nd half:

“I’ve had a couple of minor concussions, very minor, nothing that’s been prolonged. So not a state of panic. I feel good. I think I’m going to be just fine, but we’ll take it day by day and we’ll see.”

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Star Player of the Game: Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker, who caught 15 receptions for 192 yards.

Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden (3 interceptions on Sunday) on finishing the job this week:

“There was a lot of emotion from last week, not finishing the game. We definitely wanted to finish this game.”

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Star Player of the Game: Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who rushed 20 times for 73 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall on his sideline spat with teammate Knowshon Moreno:

“I don’t regret anything. This is a playoff game. There were guys on the sideline that weren’t angry, who didn’t have a lot of emotion, then they need to look themselves in the mirror. This is a game where you’ve got to have it. None of us can make any terrible plays,” he said.

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Star Player of the Game: Raiders tight end Zach Miller, who caught 5 receptions for 65 yards & 1 touchdown.

Raiders linebacker Sam Williams on the presence of 3-year old Delaney, who is the daughter of slain teammate Marquis Cooper:

“Before the game his daughter said she was excited to watch the game. She said, ‘I get to see my daddy play! Man. I just spread the word and everybody felt the emotions of that. It was special.”

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Star Player of the Game: Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who caught 8 receptions for 107 yards & scored 1 touchdown.

Bears quarterback Jay Cutler on his team’s fading playoff chances:

“We’re running out of time. The window is getting smaller and smaller. Anything can happen, you get strange things happening in November and December, but for us it’s smaller and smaller.”

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Star Player of the Game: Titans running back Chris Johnson, who rushed 29 yards for 151 yards.

Texans kicker Kris Brown on missing a potential game-tying 49-yard field goal with 1 second remaining:

“The frustrating part for me is, we have 44 guys out there, busting their tails, and one guy out there not doing his job, which is me. That’s the reason we lose the game. That’s hard. I’ve got to figure out what the heck’s going on, and I need to figure it out pretty quick.”

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