NFL Week 10 Recap and Ravens/Browns Preview

What a week!! The Bengals pull off the improbable sweep of the Steelers. The Rams push the Saints. Miami gets a FG with 0:14 remaining. Jacksonville does Miami 11 seconds better with a FG with 0:03 left. Green Bay upsets Dallas. A Broncos loss and a Chargers win means a tie in the AFC West. On to the recap...

Atlanta (5-4) 19
Carolina (4-5) 28
Panthers defend home field and keep a pulse for playoffs
Game ball: Panther QB Jake Delhomme - no stats to list but one, NO INT!

Tampa Bay (1-8) 23
Miami (4-5) 25
Dolphins overcome Bucs 14 point 4th quarter
Game ball: Dolphins RBs Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams - 32 car., 204 yds., TD (combined)

Detroit (1-8) 10
Minnesota (8-1) 27
Vikes shove aside stubborn Lions for second time this season
Game ball: Vikings RB Adrian Peterson - 18 car., 133 yds., 2 TD

Jacksonville (5-4) 24
New York Jets (4-5) 22
Jets 4th quarter comeback falls short
Game ball: Jags RB Maurice Jones-Drew - 24 car., 123 yds., TD

Cincinnati (7-2) 18
Pittsburgh (6-3) 12
Defensive battle goes to Bengals
Game ball: Bengals defense - 226 net yds., 4 sacks

New Orleans (9-0) 28
St. Louis (1-8) 23
Host Rams prove to be a tough opponent for undefeated Saints
Game ball: Saints RB Reggie Bush - 6 car., 83 yds., TD; 2 rec., 15 yds., TD

Buffalo (3-6) 17
Tennessee (3-6) 41
Titans win third in a row behind QB Vince Young...sort of.
Game ball: Titans RB Chris Johnson - 26 car., 132 yds., 2 TD; 9 rec., 100 yds. Can anyone stop this guy?

Denver (6-3) 17
Washington (3-6) 27
Redskins pull off stunner as Broncos drop third in a row
Game ball: Redskins RB Ladell Betts - 26 car., 114 yds., TD

Kansas City (2-7) 16
Oakland (2-7) 10
At least Darrius Heyward-Bey had a reception. And JaMarcus Russell was pulled
Game ball: Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles - 18  car., 103 yds., TD

Seattle (3-6) 20
Arizona (6-3) 31
Cards outscore Seahawks 21-3 in second half
Game ball: Cards QB Kurt Warner - 29-38, 340 yds., 2 TD

Dallas (6-3) 7
Green Bay (5-4) 17
Trip to Lambeau unpleasant to Cowboys
Game ball: Packers defense - 5 sacks, INT and 2 forced fumbles

Philadelphia (5-4) 23
San Diego (6-3) 31
Chargers pull into tie with Broncos atop AFC West
Game ball: Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson - 24 car., 96 yds., 2 TD: just like the old LT

New England (6-3) 34
Indianapolis (9-0) 35
Belichick and the "decision"
Game ball : Colts WR Reggie Wayne - 10 rec., 126 yds., 2 TD

Monday Night Preview
Balitmore (4-4) @ Cleveland (1-7)

Ravens: One thing is for sure. The Ravens offense was bludgened by the Bengals defense last week. QB Joe Flacco (left) was sacked four times and the Ravens could only muster 215 total yards. RB Ray Rice accounted for 135 of those yards. You know where this is going. Rice has emerged as the man in the Ravens backfield. The only thing Flacco is missing is a bona fide downfield threat. This is the week to right the ship. Cleveland is dreadful defensively. Dreadful as in dead last overall. A lot of yards are on the horizon.

Where Baltimore has made its name is on defense. But there's something missing this season. That would be Rex Ryan. Love him or hatehim, his departure is felt. Here's some teams that have accumulated more sacks the the Ravens: Cincinnati, Arizona, Seattle. No of those teams are thought of as defensive powehouses. Having DT Haloti Ngata will stabilize the D line. His presence demands a double team and that opens up pass rushing lanes for shots at the QB.

Browns: QB Brady Quinn gets another shot as the starter. And he gets to start against the Ravens. Yipes! He never should have been benched to begin with despite his 62.1 QB rating. Quinn had two weeks to prepare for this nightmare, I mean, game. Maybe something will change. One thing that must change is scoring. The offense has scored a total of 5 TD. The New Orleans Saints secondary has that many! WR Joshua Cribbs (right) accounts for the other 2 TD with a punt and a kickoff returned for TD. He's also been used in the Wildcat. He is the Browns main threat to get in the endzone. And their only one.

As bad as Cleveland's been on offense, they are even more horrendous on defense. No one gives up more total yards than the Browns. Only 4 INT and 16 sacks. No pressure on the opposing QB and he will rip you apart. Cleveland does have a couple of bright spots on the D. LBs D'Qwell Jackson and Kamerion Wimbley. Jackson leads the Browns in tackles and Wimbley has produced 5 sacks. Got to start somewhere.