WASHINGTON (AFP) – Tom Brady outshined Peyton Manning in a showdown of American football star quarterbacks and New England held off Indianapolis 31-28, giving their Patriots their eighth victory in 10 games.Brady won his 25th consecutive home game on Sunday, completing 19-of-25 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns as New England kept pace with the New York Jets and Atlanta for the best record in the National Football League at 8-2.Manning completed 38-of-52 passes for 396 yards and four touchdowns but also threw three interceptions, the last of them by James Stephens in the dying seconds to deny the Colts a chance to level or win the game."I'm just sick about it," Manning said. "I didn't get everything on the throw I wanted. A bad throw. I made a poor decision."New England was really moving the coverages. They were mixing it up and moving it around. I had a couple of misreads."The Colts had beaten the Patriots in five of their past six meetings but trailed 31-14 before Manning threw touchdown passes of 5 and 18 yards to Blair White in the fourth quarter and had Indianapolis on the march again late."We're happy we won but it means we have to do a better job," Brady said. "When we have a chance to end the game that's what we have to do. Our defense made a big play."Mark Sanchez flipped a six-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes with 10 seconds remaining to give the Jets a 30-27 home victory over Houston and their best start since 1986, the year Sanchez was born.New York squandered a 16-point lead but won to keep pace with AFC East rival New England."We have a team of guys who step up and we win in the crunch time," Sanchez said. "We cut it awfully close."Matt Ryan threw for 253 yards and two touchdowns to spark Atlanta past St. Louis 34-17 as the Falcons won their fourth game in a row and kept their share of the NFL's best record.Drew Brees completed 29-of-42 passes for 382 yards and four touchdowns to lead reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans past Seattle 34-16, completing his 1,850th pass for the Saints to pass Archie Manning, Peyton's father, as the team's all-time completions leader.Josh Freeman threw for 136 yards and two touchdown passes and Tampa Bay downed San Francisco 21-0 to stay level with the Saints at 7-3, one game behind Atlanta in the NFC South.David Garrard threw two touchdown passes and Maurice Jones-Drew scored the winning touchdown on a one-yard run with 76 seconds remaining in Jacksonville's 24-20 victory over Cleveland, pulling the Jaguars level with the Colts atop the AFC South.Dwayne Bowe and Thomas Jones each scored two touchdowns to lead Kansas City past Arizona 31-13, improving the Chiefs to 5-0 at home and putting them alone atop the AFC West division after Oakland was routed 35-3 at Pittsburgh.Ben Roethlisberger threw for three touchdowns and ran 16 yards for another in Pittsburgh's romp as the Steelers rose to 7-3.Staying level with Pittsburgh atop the AFC North was Baltimore, a 37-13 winner Carolina, which fell to a league-worst 1-9.Joe Flacco threw for 301 yards and a touchdown for the Ravens, who also had interception return touchdowns of 24 yards by Ray Lewis and 23 yards by Dawan Landry off a lateral after an Ed Reed pickoff.Aaron Rodgers threw for 301 yards and three touchdown passes to lead the Green Bay Packers past host Minnesota 31-3 as Brett Favre's former club pounded his new one, all-but dooming the 41-year-old legend's dream of a playoff spot."This one has got me at a loss for words," Favre said. "Disappointing would be an understatement. It's tough."The Packers improved to 7-3 to match Chicago atop the NFC North division while the Vikings slid to 3-7.Washington's Graham Gano kicked his fourth field goal, a 48-yarder with 8:17 to play in over-time, to give the Redskins a 19-16 victory at Tennessee.But the Redskins, 5-5, lost seven players to injuries, including star rusher Clinton Portis, and the Titans lost quarterback Vince Young to a torn thumb tendon.Dallas interim coach Jason Garrett won for the second time since taking over the Cowboys in a 35-19 victory over Detroit. The Cowboys improved to 3-7 while the Lions fell to 2-8 with an NFL record-stretching 26th consecutive road loss.Ryan Fitzpatrick threw four touchdown passes, three to Steve Johnson, and Buffalo rallied from a 21-point deficit for the biggest Bills comeback triumph in 13 years, beating Cincinnati 49-31 to leave both clubs at 2-8.Alone Together.Essential mix (12 december 2008) download mp3 albums.Love and Other Solutions music downloads.5 Years Candyflip music.Cold Europe (promo CDS) mp3
Brady-led Patriots edge Manning's Colts on late pickoff
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Tom Brady outshined Peyton Manning in a showdown of American football star quarterbacks and New England held off Indianapolis 31-28, giving their Patriots their eighth victory in 10 games.Brady won his 25th consecutive home game on Sunday, completing 19-of-25 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns as New England kept pace with the New York Jets and Atlanta for the best record in the National Football League at 8-2.Manning completed 38-of-52 passes for 396 yards and four touchdowns but also threw three interceptions, the last of them by James Stephens in the dying seconds to deny the Colts a chance to level or win the game."I'm just sick about it," Manning said. "I didn't get everything on the throw I wanted. A bad throw. I made a poor decision."New England was really moving the coverages. They were mixing it up and moving it around. I had a couple of misreads."The Colts had beaten the Patriots in five of their past six meetings but trailed 31-14 before Manning threw touchdown passes of 5 and 18 yards to Blair White in the fourth quarter and had Indianapolis on the march again late."We're happy we won but it means we have to do a better job," Brady said. "When we have a chance to end the game that's what we have to do. Our defense made a big play."Mark Sanchez flipped a six-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes with 10 seconds remaining to give the Jets a 30-27 home victory over Houston and their best start since 1986, the year Sanchez was born.New York squandered a 16-point lead but won to keep pace with AFC East rival New England."We have a team of guys who step up and we win in the crunch time," Sanchez said. "We cut it awfully close."Matt Ryan threw for 253 yards and two touchdowns to spark Atlanta past St. Louis 34-17 as the Falcons won their fourth game in a row and kept their share of the NFL's best record.Drew Brees completed 29-of-42 passes for 382 yards and four touchdowns to lead reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans past Seattle 34-16, completing his 1,850th pass for the Saints to pass Archie Manning, Peyton's father, as the team's all-time completions leader.Josh Freeman threw for 136 yards and two touchdown passes and Tampa Bay downed San Francisco 21-0 to stay level with the Saints at 7-3, one game behind Atlanta in the NFC South.David Garrard threw two touchdown passes and Maurice Jones-Drew scored the winning touchdown on a one-yard run with 76 seconds remaining in Jacksonville's 24-20 victory over Cleveland, pulling the Jaguars level with the Colts atop the AFC South.Dwayne Bowe and Thomas Jones each scored two touchdowns to lead Kansas City past Arizona 31-13, improving the Chiefs to 5-0 at home and putting them alone atop the AFC West division after Oakland was routed 35-3 at Pittsburgh.Ben Roethlisberger threw for three touchdowns and ran 16 yards for another in Pittsburgh's romp as the Steelers rose to 7-3.Staying level with Pittsburgh atop the AFC North was Baltimore, a 37-13 winner Carolina, which fell to a league-worst 1-9.Joe Flacco threw for 301 yards and a touchdown for the Ravens, who also had interception return touchdowns of 24 yards by Ray Lewis and 23 yards by Dawan Landry off a lateral after an Ed Reed pickoff.Aaron Rodgers threw for 301 yards and three touchdown passes to lead the Green Bay Packers past host Minnesota 31-3 as Brett Favre's former club pounded his new one, all-but dooming the 41-year-old legend's dream of a playoff spot."This one has got me at a loss for words," Favre said. "Disappointing would be an understatement. It's tough."The Packers improved to 7-3 to match Chicago atop the NFC North division while the Vikings slid to 3-7.Washington's Graham Gano kicked his fourth field goal, a 48-yarder with 8:17 to play in over-time, to give the Redskins a 19-16 victory at Tennessee.But the Redskins, 5-5, lost seven players to injuries, including star rusher Clinton Portis, and the Titans lost quarterback Vince Young to a torn thumb tendon.Dallas interim coach Jason Garrett won for the second time since taking over the Cowboys in a 35-19 victory over Detroit. The Cowboys improved to 3-7 while the Lions fell to 2-8 with an NFL record-stretching 26th consecutive road loss.Ryan Fitzpatrick threw four touchdown passes, three to Steve Johnson, and Buffalo rallied from a 21-point deficit for the biggest Bills comeback triumph in 13 years, beating Cincinnati 49-31 to leave both clubs at 2-8.Alone Together.Essential mix (12 december 2008) download mp3 albums.Love and Other Solutions music downloads.5 Years Candyflip music.Cold Europe (promo CDS) mp3