America’s Game of the Week is on CBS today and it’s a good one. The Carolina Panthers (4-6) battle stay in the playoff race against the Oakland Raiders (8-2), who are currently the top team in the AFC.
As always, scroll on down for the live blog. Keep reading for this week’s press release from the NFL.
FANTASTIC FITZGERALD: Arizona wide receiver LARRY FITZGERALD had six catches last week, bringing his career total to 1,092 receptions and extending his streak of consecutive games with a reception to 189.
With a catch on Sunday at Atlanta, Fitzgerald would tie Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON (190) for the third-longest streak in NFL history.With three catches against the Falcons, Fitzgerald would surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer TIM BROWN for the fifth-most career receptions in NFL history. Raiders
30-FOR-30: New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES threw two touchdown passes last week, bringing his season total to 26. Brees has recorded at least 30 touchdown passes in eight consecutive seasons. Raiders
With four touchdown passes on Sunday against Los Angeles, Brees would tie PEYTON MANNING and Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE for the most seasons with 30+ touchdown passes (nine), and extend his NFL-record streak of consecutive seasons with 30+ touchdown passes to nine. Brees, who has 29 career games with at least four touchdown passes, would also join Manning as the only players in NFL history to throw four or more touchdown passes in at least 30 games.
Quick Quotes from NFL GameDay First & NFL GameDay Morning
– “They can play any style you want and that’s why I feel like the Oakland Raiders can challenge the New England Patriots in the AFC.” – Michael Robinson on the Oakland Raiders
– “I guarantee you this, nobody is coming into that AT&T Stadium and beating that Dallas Cowboys team I saw. Nobody. Get your tickets ready for Houston in the Super Bowl because if they maintain homefield advantage, they’re at least getting to that Super Bowl.” – Michael Irvin on the Dallas Cowboys
– “Play the game of football. You have talent, you want to be a shutdown corner – shut it down on the football field between the whistles.” – Michael Irvin on Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman
– “It’s just bad what we saw…It’s starting to be a regular thing with Josh and other receivers, not just Dez.” – Marshall Faulk on Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman vs. Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant
– “The difference between this year’s team and last year’s team is Matt Ryan has been brilliant.” – Brian Billick on the Atlanta Falcons
– “If they can pull this off as well, they are definitely in the thick of that Wild Card hunt.” – Brian Billick on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers facing the Seattle Seahawks
– “The money that they put into the front seven, the money that they put into these two defensive ends [Jason Pierre-Paul and Olivier Vernon] has greatly impacted this defense, greatly impacted the team and they’re showing up every week.” – Michael Robinson on the New York Giants
– “Can the offense keep up with the defense? This offense has yet to score 30 points this entire season…This offense, they have to get hot.” – Shaun O’Hara on the New York Giants
The game is on your local CBS affiliate at 4:25 p.m. Watch it with me.
