Lions fire offensive coordinator, o-line coaches

Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater started the game looking sharp with his passes and poised in the pocket. “My body is immune to it. It doesn’t affect me at all”.

Cooter wasn’t a prime-time player during his years as a Volunteers reserve quarterback.

-RB Jerick McKinnon had season highs in carries (nine) and touches (10) as the Vikings gave starter Adrian Peterson his most rest of the season on Sunday. “That’s the attitude you’ve got to have”. “That’s just how he is”.

The firing of Lions offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi was surprising only in the sense that it came shortly after head coach Jim Caldwell said their would be no changes.

To me, this game was more than “just the Lions”; it felt like that when it was over we did witness a signature win. Meanwhile, Bridgewater was busy dissecting the Lions. He even had a rush for nine yards. Peterson, already dealing with a finger injury, was listed on Saturday night as “questionable” for the game because of illness. I didn’t think the Philadelphia Eagles deserved to be five-point favorites against the New York Giants, but Eli Manning’s offense laid an egg at Lincoln Financial Field.

The Vikings stayed aggressive on both sides of the ball to fuel the comeback.

Detroit (1-6) reached the Minnesota 1-yard line in the late going but wound up turning the ball over on downs. This, however, leaves “Sack Daddy” Griffen untouched with a direct chase from Stafford’s blindside.

He capped the opening 75-yard drive with a 1-yard TD pass to Calvin Johnson. The former tight ends coach had been an up-and-coming name in the coaching business.

The game, though, changed in a hurry.

“It’s easier to call (blitzes) when they’re working obviously”, Zimmer said Monday. On another level, a touchdown means a second touchdown would be the winning score, and it would eliminate the need for a risky two-point conversion. “(Injured running back) Zach Zenner has usually been one of those guys. But he tied a Giants record set in 1994 by romping untouched to the end zone.

The Chicago Bears (2-4) are coming from a bye after losing to the Lions, 37-34, in Week 6.

The Cowboys, losers of four in a row without injured offensive stars Tony Romo and Dez Bryant, got a big game from Darren McFadden. “We’ll do a few things very, very well for an extended period of time”. A pass just beyond the goal line bounced off the hands of a diving Theo Riddick, and for all intents and purposes, the game was over. “But that’s the thing that we’re most interested in”. Caldwell-Pope was drafted in 2013 with the eighth pick. Rudolph made an impressive one handed grab for the touchdown. They had 8 yards in the second period and minus-1 in the third.

The banged-up Titans (1-5) lost their fifth straight overall. Those opportunities will come steadily throughout the second half of the schedule.

Rookie Todd Gurley rushed for 128 yards and his first two touchdowns, helping St Louis to the win.

-MLB Eric Kendricks has had at least one sack in each of the past three games. He then made a decision to absolutely torch a burn-prone Kansas City Chiefs secondary to the tune of seven receptions for 129 yards, putting himself on the map as a fantasy star. Defensively, the Vikings yield 22.0 yards in passing and 124.8 yards in rushing. The National Football League is full of people who don’t have a proper respect for other human beings, and while this isn’t a traditional domestic abuse situation, it’s still pretty messed up.

LeVeon Bell ran for 121 yards for the Steelers (4-3).

Detroit seemed poised to score a touchdown before the 2-minute warning, and the Lions still had two timeouts left, but George Winn and Michael Burton were stopped on consecutive runs.