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Quick Take: Bears escape with a victory

Come on - "Fly with me....." 

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Quick Take: Simulated Phins win again without Coach Mute

Quick Take: Niners win 26:19 against Saints

Shaun Hill threw for 197 yards and a TD and Frank Gore found the endzone twice as the San Francisco 49ers (6-1) held off a late rally by the New Orleans Saints (4-3) en route to a 26-19 win at Candlestick Park.

The game seemed to be in the books early in the fourth when a safety gave the Niners a 26-12 lead. But second-stringer Alex Smith struggled in relief of Hill and failed to close out the game. His first drive ended with a pick inside the red zone and the ensuing drives stalled.

After a late 62yd TD bomb from Drew Brees to Devery Henderson and a recovered onside kick, the Saints found themselves driving for the tying score in the final minute of the game. Brees threw deep to Henderson again, but this time, 49ers CB Walt Harris snatched the slightly underthrown ball to seal the win for San Francisco.

Led by Shaun Hill, the Niners jumped out to an early 14-0 lead on back-to-back 1yd-TD-runs by running back Gore. The most impressive play of the game came seconds before the second TD when a deep throw by Hill hit veteran Isaac Bruce in stride for a 49yd reception. The 49ers benched Hill and Gore midway through the third after going up 24-6 on a 12yd TD reception by Delanie Walker. A coaching decision that should come back to haunt them and make them earn the win the hard way.

Quick take: Bengals pull off huge comeback, edge past Steelers 28-27

Palmer finds a wide open Ben Utecht for the game-winning TD

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Ben Roethlisberger's last-second desperation pass from midfield was knocked down by a Bengals defender in the end zone, sealing a highly improbable victory that saw the Bengals come back after having been down 24-7 at halftime, and 27-14 at the end of the third quarter.

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Carson Palmer continued where he had left off in last week's embarrassing loss to the Jets, ending the first half with 2 INTs and a dismal passer rating of just 11! However, the second half was a different story, as Palmer passed for 3 TDs (including the game winner from 3 yards out to TE Ben Utecht with 30 seconds left on the clock), and ended the game with 316 yards passing.

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Pittsburgh's offense seemed unstoppable in the first half, scoring 24 points without punting once. But the Bengals' defense tightened up after halftime, after which the Steelers failed to convert on a single third down.

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The Steelers defense sacked Palmer 6 times in the first half, including 3 on the Bengals opening drive... Having lost 3 HBs to injury in previous weeks, Pittsburgh had to use its fourth-string HB Gary Russell. He did well in rushing for over 100 yards, but when he needed a breather, the Steelers struggled to find bodies to line up in the backfield, resorting to TEs and at one point even their punter to run the ball!... With the win, the Bengals move into first place in the AFC North with a 5-2 record, but all three other teams are right behind at 4-3.

Quick Take: Rams win without a TD 15:10

No penalty here!!! What a unrealistic game!  

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Josh Brown chose his golden "boot shoe" and Moose911 was very accurate in the kicking game.

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goes to: Rams kicker Josh Brown connecting on all his five FG tries.

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"Jackass" again and again and again is coming through each week. Sounds familiar. Take a look back to week 7 to find out. Steven Jackson`s statline in this game was 30 carries for 150 yards, a 4.4 avg. and no TD`s. Cleveland converted only one third down conversion thanks to a dominant Rams defense.

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Joshua Cribbs had a kickoff return for a TD to open the second half narrowing the Rams lead to 9:7. After that play it Marc Bulger fumbled and the momentum shifted a little bit. Browns scored a FG to take a 10:9 lead. The Rams finally came through with 2 FG`s in the last 5 minutes of the final quarter to win the game.