Yesterday was a rather quiet day in most sports. There was only one NHL game and no NBA games. In the one NHL game the Predators continued their strong start to the season defeating the Edmonton Oilers 1-0 in overtime, the goal was scored by Filip Forsberg. However the most important sporting events yesterday were the three football games. All three games were blowouts.The lions beat the bears 34-17 lead by an 146 yard two touchdown performance by Calvin Johnson. The Cowboy's recent struggles continued against the Eagles as they dropped their 3 game in the past 5 weeks. Tony Romo struggled for the Cowboys trowing two interceptions and no touchdowns. LeSean McCoy went off for the eagles with 159 yards including a 38 yard touchdown run. In the late game the Seahawks shut down the 49ers allowing only three points. Richard Sherman intercepted Kaepernick twice on their road to victory, which leads me to my larger piece for the day.
Richard Sherman and Calvin Johnson. When you here these names you think stars. This season they had lost some of that, but yesterday they got it back. Prior to Thursday's game Megatron had only two games with over 100 receiving yards, three touchdowns and much of his season was plagued with injuries. Yesterday he had more targets in a game (11) than he has had in any game for over a year. This was also his first multiple touchdown game since week one. On the other side of the field Richard Sherman had more interceptions in last nights game than he had had all season (1) prior to that. This was Sherman's first game against the 49ers since the NFC championship game last season. As most people know Sherman split up the last play of that game and then went on to say "I'm the best corner in the game. When you try me with a sorry receiver like {Michael} Crabtree, that is the result you are going to get. Don't you ever talk about me," This season Sherman has not been able to prove his what he said, but tonight he gained some of his mojo back.
Stats from ESPN.com
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