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“THAT WAS A GREAT SPORTS WEEKEND”
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I told you it would happen.
Fireworks everywhere..big games that changed the NFL playoff race
The stars do what the stars do-make the difference.

I watched so much football, my eyes fell out of my head.  From what happened in Pittsburgh, to the beat you up win in Buffalo, to the QB-throwing contest in Boltville.

What a weekend:

CHARGERS-BENGALS…The opening half brought back memories of Air Coryell-Dan Fouts.  Words like laser shots..rockets..sizzle..crunch plays were all part of the first half…In the second half all I could think of was ‘Chargering’-you know-the same old-same old…What a finish the Justin Herbert heroics…Ladd McConkey’s key catches…and the TD burst from JK Dobbins.  The beaten down Bolts defense let Joe Burrow put up (356Y) passing.  He engineered 5-scoring drives in the second half alone.  But Cincinnati dug itself a big hole,unable to get TDs when they got as close as the 3-and-8 yard line and then lost because Evan McPherson pulled 48-and-53 yard field goals-wide left.  The Bolts won but the Bengals scared them.  Important win, now next week they have to repeat the fireworks when they face Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens.  The Bolts look dangerous down the stretch, sometimes it’s against the enemy, other times, dangerous to themselves.  They finally beat a good QB.

STEELERS-RAVENS…Hard to fathom how that could happen, but Mike Tomlin is in John Harbaugh’s head and Pittsburgh defense was all over Lamar Jackson, as the Steelers took over first place in the AFC-North.  Yes, those Steelers, who started the season with 2-veteran QBs on 1-year contracts trying to stay in the league.  And now Russell Wilson is making plays like a vintage Russell Wilson.  And the Steel Curtain defense drops the hammer on you.  And think about this, John Harbaugh is (1-8) vs Mike Tomlin, and Lamar Jackson has a (1-4) record against the Black & Gold.

BILLS-CHIEFS…It’s not that Kansas City was living on borrowed time, and yes they earned the 8-come from behind wins they got in going (9-0).  But this was Josh Allen, who is equal to most everything Patrick Mahomes can do, and he did, passing and running his team to victory, their 6th in a row, that put them in prime position to have home field advantage in the postseason.  The Chiefs could not come back against the Bills sledgehammer defense, and the Chiefs defense held their own against a very belligerent Bills offense.  We will see them in the playoff again for sure, but Sunday belonged to Buffalo.

DENVER-ATLANTA.,..You think Bo Nix has arrived as a QB?  You think Sean Paytion is coaching him up?  Compare this Broncos team, at QB, at WR, and on defense, to the Sean Payton team that gave up 70-points in a game early last year in Miami.  Nix is rock solid.  Makes plays, does not make mistakes and is almost equal in rookie status to Jayden Daniels first year in Washington.  The Falcons, well they ambush people in Atlanta, but they don’t play the same on the road, thus Kirk Cousins turnovers are magnified on the road.  Denver, may or may not be a playoff team, but the progress they have made in 1-year is really special.

On we go with 5-weeks left in the regular season.  We now know who the really good teams are.  And there are still big games left on the schedule.  What a weekend, a great NFL sports weekend.

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