A sack parade, the NFL’s Al Capone gets busted, a new version of Trading Places, and the best catch of 2017. It’s all here in the NFL Week 10 Recap.
Panthers 45 There’s plenty to criticize Cam Newton for but his performance on Monday Night Football isn’t on the list. Number One is now 5-1 on MNF and the only one to throw at least 2 TDs in his first six MNF games. Cam did so with the previous record holder (Dan Marino) in attendance, and even added 95 rushing yards for good measure. This dude is changing the way we view the phrase “a case of the Mondays.” (AP Photo/Mike McCarn)
AP Photo/Mike McCarn
Broncos 16 Tom Brady went to Peyton’s old place to win his NFL-record 86th road game to not only break his tie with Manning in that category, but break his Mile High curse. New England looks ready for the playoffs while Denver looks ready for the glue factory. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
AP Photo/Jack Dempsey
49ers 31 If his flaws as a public speaker don’t get Ben McAdoo fired, losing to the previously winless 49ers certainly will. And if San Francisco’s victory didn’t tug on your purse strings, this aspect of it will tug on your heartstrings. (Getty Images/Thearon W. Henderson)
Getty Images/Thearon W. Henderson
Falcons 27 Adrian Clayborn’s sack party — he was the first player in a decade to record six sacks in a game and only the fourth player to do it since the league started recording the stat in 1982 — is overshadowing a Matty Ice milestone: Matt Ryan has reached 40,000 career passing yards in just 151 games, faster than any other QB in NFL history. Just imagine how much better we’d view him if Atlanta didn’t blow that 25 point lead in the Super Bowl … (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
Rams 33 Jared Goff’s 94-yard TD pass to Robert Woods was the Rams’ longest offensive TD in 53 years, and his four passing touchdowns of 50-plus yards this season are the most by a Rams player since Kurt Warner threw seven in 2000. This team is so fun to watch they might just get Los Angeles to care about pro football again. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
AP Photo/Alex Gallardo
Jaguars 20 (OT) It doesn’t matter who the coach is. They can play in San Diego, Los Angeles, London, or the moon … but nothing seems to be able to shake the Chargers free of their historic propensity to botch games at the end. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
Redskins 30 The Redskins got their offensive line back intact, scored a season-high 30 points against one of the league’s best defenses, and got perhaps the greatest highlight reel catch we’ve ever seen in Washington. But it all adds up to a wasted opportunity to steal a conference win they desperately needed because the defense — just a week removed from being lauded for spearheading an upset win in Seattle — let Case f-ing Keenum look like the second coming of Fran Tarkenton. This is the most Redskins thing ever. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images
Bucs 15 Josh McCown vs. Ryan Fitzpatrick: What the movie Trading Places would have been if both characters were Billy Ray Valentine in the beginning. It feels like it’s going to be a good long while before Tampa can eat a ‘W.’ (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images
Colts 17 Pittsburgh is on a roll; the Steelers have allowed just 14.8 points per game in their last four outings and have come back to win three of the last four games in which they’ve trailed by 14 points. I can’t wait till they clash with the Titans Thursday in a battle of division leaders on 4-game win streaks. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
AP Photo/AJ Mast
Titans 24 The great irony here? Of all the times Vontaze Burfict has deserved an ejection, he finally gets one on a series of events that didn’t necessarily warrant it. This was the NFL’s version of Al Capone getting busted for tax evasion. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
AP Photo/Mark Zaleski
Lions 38 It’s appropriate that Cleveland’s road to 0-16 has a pit stop in Detroit. I’m sure this is a baton the Lions are really happy to pass. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)
AP Photo/Rick Osentoski
Bears 16 Green Bay beats Chicago. It’s so automatic (the Packers have won eight of the last nine meetings) the Pack don’t even need Aaron Rodgers to do it. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
Bills 10 How good is the New Orleans rushing attack? The Saints are the first team in 76 years to score six rushing touchdowns in a game without a punt even though their leading rusher may have been drunk. This team is unreal. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images
Cardinals 16 We are all Doug Baldwin. After watching Richard Sherman’s season end with torn Achilles that might still be intact had he not played two games in five days, Thursday Night Football gotta go. Meanwhile, Adrian Peterson has caught on well with the Arizona formula for 2017: alternate good and bad performances (though Peterson has done so in historic fashion). (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
AP Photo/Rick Scuteri
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