DSFL 6 Week 8 Recap
The 2000’s Colts are humiliating defenses this year, Detroit was its latest victim.
Peyton Manning is the first quarterback during the DSFL 6 season to pass for 400 yards. The 2000’s Colts needed all 35 completions then some defensive help to survive the overtime thriller in Detroit.
That was one of four games that entered overtime in week 8 of the season.
Here’s a recap at two of the best games from week 8 action:
Brandon Stokley (#83) of the 2000’s Colts caught the late 4th-quarter touchdown pass which sent their week 8 game into overtime. That is where Dwight Freeney sealed the win with a sack-safety of Bobby Lane.
00’s Colts 26, 50’s Lions 24 (OT)
Detroit, MI - Personally, I rank Peyton Manning as the 4th greatest quarterback in NFL history:
1. Tom Brady
2. Joe Montana
3. Patrick Mahomes (Yes, ALREADY)
He only won two Super Bowls throughout his 17 seasons as an NFL starter. But considering what the Colts have looked like since he left, I can reasonably argue that his championships carry much more weight than his counterparts. He has the most career passing yards among Hall of Fame quarterbacks and just threw for another 400 yards in the week 8 overtime affair against the 1950’s Lions.
His excellence was on full display in Detroit. Down by 7 late in the game, Manning drives the team 75 yards in two minutes and 6 seconds, finding Brandon Stokley for the tying touchdown. This makes his 3rd fourth-quarter comeback of this incredible season. Technically, the game was won in overtime with a sack safety by Dwight Freeney. But the Colts don’t even come close to beating Detroit had it not been for the Hall of Fame performance out of Peyton Manning.
In week 8, the 1970’s Raiders were no match for Otto Graham (#60) and the high-powered 1940’s Cleveland Browns.
40’s Browns 20, 70’s Raiders 17 (OT)
Cleveland, OH - This was a great football game that had a frustrating ending. To begin overtime, Cleveland receives the kickoff and consumes over half of the OT period in order to march into field goal range. Lou Groza makes a 40 yard field goal with 2:36 remaining in the 1st overtime. Next, Oakland gets the ball with a chance to extend the game with a field goal or win it with a touchdown. The 1970’s Raiders hold onto their two overtime timeouts and march to the Browns 23 with 40 seconds left. On 1st and 10, Ken Stabler takes a 10 yard sack.
The clock is running.
Oakland still doesn’t use its timeouts and runs another play with 18 seconds. It works. Ken Stabler finds Clarence Davis for his 10th reception of the game. It’s a 25 yard crossing pattern to the Cleveland 8 yard line. He is down with 10 seconds remaining. Oakland must have not known that they had timeouts or simply weren’t interested in using them because the clock runs out before Ken Stabler could take another snap.
The game is over.
The 1970’s Raiders have made a miraculous comeback in the AFC West with three wins in their last four games. But this team let an opportunity slip away in Cleveland. With two timeouts and 10 seconds left, it seems likely that this team could have drawn up a game-winning play to win this game. We will see if this loss will come back to cost this team later on.
Other Week 8 Notables:
Two other week 8 games were won in overtime -
Green Bay’s Ray Nitschke tackles Ed Marinaro of the 1970’s Vikings on the final play of a 13-10 win for the 1960’s Packers.
The 1980’s Cincinnati Bengals snap their 7-game losing streak with a walk-off touchdown from Boomer Esiason and Rodney Holman.