NFL: Brady’s biggest embarrassment in his career and 7 other highlights

Brady experiences the biggest embarrassment of his career and 7 other NFL weekend highlights

While Tom Brady and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers receive historical gossip against Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints, Ben Roethlisberger and his Pittsburgh Steelers remain undefeated. Here are the best scenes of the NFL weekend.

The results

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The highlights

Great disgrace for Brady

Tom Brady suffered a nasty embarrassment in the duel between the quarterback giants and Drew Brees in the NFL. The six-time Super Bowl winner and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers had to admit defeat by 3:38 in the Sunday Night Game against the New Orleans Saints. While Brady threw three interceptions in one game for the first time in nine years, was sacked three times and didn’t register a single touchdown, Brees convinced with four passes in the end zone.

Tampa Bay was already at 0:31 at rest after a disastrous offensive performance, at the start of the last quarter even at 0:38. In the end, 3:38 was the biggest defeat in the 21-year NFL career of “GOAT”. With a total of just five attempts, the team around 43-year-old Brady also set a negative NFL record. The Saints could also afford to spare Brees shortly before the end and replace them with former “Bucs” quarterback Jameis Winston.

Brady’s new receiving weapon, Antonio Brown, was cleared to return for the first time after his eight-match ban. The scandal practitioner barely managed to highlight his Bucs debut with three trapped passes and 31 yards. “It was a bad idea,” Brady said disappointed after the game.

The feeling was different, of course, with Brees: “That was a great night today,” he said, delighted by the show of strength: “It was very special, extraordinary. We have been playing against each other for 22 years and there is great respect between us “. With his four touchdowns, the 41-year-old has outlasted his long-time contender in the race for the most touchdown passes. Brees is now at 564 passes in the end zone, Brady at 561.

The Steelers lead the record win

Ben Roethlisberger continues to ride the wave of success with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Emmental-rooted champion quarterback and his team are still undefeated after week 8. This is the first time in the franchise’s history, which has won the Super Bowl six times.

Against the latest battered Dallas Cowboys, the Steelers struggled after a 0:13 deficit to 24:19. Roethlisberger succeeded in the final stage of the decisive pass for the landing, although he was faced hard before the break and was then visibly handicapped by knee pain. The final decision was made at the last second when the Steelers blocked a pass by Cowboys quarterback Garret Gilbert in the end zone.

Wilson disenchanted by everyone

Russell Wilson experienced a pitch-black night as Tom Brady in his Seattle Seahawks’ 34:44 defeat at the Buffalo Bills. Contender MVP shot for 390 yards and two touchdowns, but made four turnovers (two interceptions and two fumbles). Time and time again, the Super Bowl winner was completely left in trouble by his O-Line.

The underwhelming defense of the Seahawks once again managed to get seven sacks, but due to the hole pass defense, they gave Bills outstanding quarterback Josh Allen 415 yards and three touchdown passes. The 24-year-old then performed another touchdown. The bottom line: Wilson can’t always score more alone than the defense allows. And he certainly must not allow himself to be wrong.

Mahomes record

Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs made history again. The Super Bowl MVP launched the 100th touchdown pass of his career in a 33:31 win over the Carolina Panthers – in his 40th NFL game. This makes Mahomes the player who has achieved this record in the league as the fastest. The previous record was held by quarterback legend Dan Marino, who needed 44 fights.

The leaders have long fought against the strong panthers. The running game didn’t want to work at all, which made Mahomes’s 372 yards with a total of four touchdown passes even more important. Christian McCaffrey made his comeback with the Panthers. And the running back impressed all along the line: 69 yards in the run, 82 yards in reception and two touchdowns for the superstar.

The next cooking show

Thanks to running back Dalvin Cook, the Minnesota Vikings are getting better and better. As against the Green Bay Packers, when he ran to all four touchdowns, the 25-year-old made the difference in the 34:20 victory over the Detroit Lions. Against the disastrous Lions defense, Cook found himself with 206 yards of running and two touchdowns. But quarterback Kirk Cousins ​​also had a good day. The 32-year veteran convinced with play-action moves and 220 yards passing and three touchdown passes.

Nobody wants the “loose ball”

The New York Giants celebrated their second win of the season at 11:20 pm against the Washington Football Team. Often-criticized quarterback Daniel Jones didn’t lose the ball this time, he shot for 212 yards and a touchdown, but otherwise the game was rare in the highlights. But it went wild shortly after the match started when running rookie Antonio Gibson dropped the ball in a tackle. While trying to retrieve the fumble, both teams failed miserably several times, which was pretty fun to watch.

Not funny at all was Washington quarterback Kyle Allen’s serious injury shortly thereafter. The images were very reminiscent of Dak Prescott’s serious ankle injury a few weeks ago, and everyone’s foot was unnaturally left to the side after a tackle. Initially it was feared a fracture of the tibia and fibula, but apparently the 24-year-old has “only” dislocated his ankle and suffered a slight fracture. Allen was replaced by Alex Smith, who only reported in October after a life-threatening leg injury.

Tua beats Murray

The anticipation of the duel between these two young quarterbacks was particularly great last week: Tua Tagovailoa and his Miami Dolphins met the Arizona Cardinals with Kyler Murray. In the end, though, a missed field goal decided the game: Cardinals kicker Zane Gonzalez equalized nearly two minutes before the game ended at 34:31, but his 49-yard field goal attempt was insufficient.

Both quarterbacks had previously delivered a spectacular match: Tagovailoa contributed significantly to the second win in his second NFL game over the previous week against the Rams: even if he took one or the other avoidable sack, otherwise Hawaiian remained without errors: 248 Passing It ended with yards, 35 yards in the run and two touchdowns.

On the other hand, the Murray showed why it is considered a universal weapon. With eleven runs for 106 yards and a touchdown, even the # 1 draft of 2019 against the strong defense Dolphins was completely convincing.

Dream start for Luton

The Jacksonville Jaguars had to do without their real starting quarterback Gardner Minshew against the Houston Texans due to injury. But it wasn’t thanks to his deputy Jake Luton that the “Jags” lost at 25:27 at the end. The 24-year-old six-round selector impressed across the board on his NFL debut.

On the first drive the rookie found his DJ Chark receiver with a deep pass for the first touchdown of the night. Even shortly before the end, Luton held his nerve at 7:27 pm and took his team just before the end zone, where he eventually raced himself after a good spin. But he didn’t want to succeed in the next two-point conversion, so the game was decided.