NFL Week 8 Footnotes

by ZombieMonta on Nov 2, 2009 3:00 AM EST in News Comment 1 comment

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It was a big day all around for Brett Favre. For one, he threw his 21st career four-TD game – tying Dan Marino for the most all-time. For another, Favre has now started in 300 consecutive games when factoring in postseason games. I know Favre said this wasn’t about revenge, and I know he was weepy after the game, but he’s played awfully well in their two games against Green Bay. You can’t tell me he wasn’t a little motivated to stick it to Ted Thompson.
Kurt Warner become the first player in NFL history to throw for 14,000 yards with two separate teams, but it was hardly a momentous game for K.W. Warner turned the ball over SIX times including a quintet of interceptions. Almost every team that’s lost the Super Bowl in the last ten years has missed the playoffs in their following season – luckily for the Cardinals, the NFC West is so barren that they have practically no chance of relinquishing first place.
Ted Ginn hadn't done much with the Miami Dolphins until Sunday, but what a Sunday he had. Ginn become the first player since 1967 to return a pair of touchdowns for over 100 yards… in the same quarter. His 299 return yards was the second-most ever in a game, behind only Tyrone Hughes, who recorded 304 return yards in a game in 1994.
The Indianapolis Colts are the first team in history to win at least seven consecutive games in six consecutive seasons. In a way, Indianapolis is too consistent for their own good. If they weren’t, you’d probably be hearing more calls for Manning to be MVP again. There are only two undefeated teams left, and the QB’s for those teams (Brees and Manning) could go 1 and 2. It may be up to their records to decide who is 1 and who is 2.
Jason Taylor collected his sixth fumble recovery for a touchdown this season – setting an NFL record. Miami hasn’t dropped off the map like a lot of people thought they would, but they’ll need to improve defensively if they’re going to challenge for the sixth and final AFC playoff spot. At least one Dolphins linebacker is getting it done.
Well, it had to happen. Someone had to win the game between the Rams and the Lions, and it just so happened to be St. Louis. Their losing streak stopped at 17 games, fittingly to a team that recently ended a 19-game losing streak. Meanwhile, the Colts' winning streak increased to 16 games.

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Heres to the bucs breaking their own record for the longest lossing streak

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