The Lions beat Donovan McNabb and the Redskins for their second win of the season while the Jets were shut out and lost their second to injury-plagued Green Bay.  The Bills took it to OT but lost to K.C. while the Cowboys were humiliated in Jerry’s house by the Jaguars. BTW, McNabb was benched for the two-minute drill in the final quarter. Here are the full recaps from NFL Week 8.

San Diego Chargers 33 Tennessee Titans 25: The Titans began with a safety off a blocked punt and pounded the Chargers for 200 yards of offense in the first half. Tennessee limited Chargers QB Philip Rivers so SD had to take to the ground for two first-half TDs. Rivers went to work after half-time and the Chargers scored four times (2FGs and 2TDs) to take an eight point lead with 7:00+ to go in the 4^th quarter. Vince Young went out with a leg injury and gave back-up QB Kerry Collins a chance to drive downfield with a few minutes left in the game. Collins got his team to the 12 yard line but on a 4^th down and two, Chris Johnson dropped a pass and the Chargers pulled out a tough one at home. Rivers went 27-36 with 305 yards through the air.

New England Patriots 28 Minnesota Vikings 18:  Gimpy Brett Favre was protected well in the first half and Adrian Peterson saw a lot of action. Nonetheless, the Vikes were down 21-10 half-way through the 4thQ when Favre was sacked with a bit of helmet to the chin. He was bleeding and helped off the field. In came Tavaris Jackson for his first work of the season. He threw a TD and a two-point conversion getting Minnesota to within three points. The problem then became one for the Vikings defense which couldn’t stop NE on a long and time consuming 4^th Q drive. Randy Moss had only one catch for eight yards and was doubled covered 95% of the time and Favre ended up going 22-of-32 with one pick and no TDs.

Tampa Bay Bucs 38 Arizona Cardinals 35: This was the wildest game of the afternoon, with the teams trading scores in the second half. The Bucs began the day with two first half defensive TDs, on picks of Cards’ QB Max Hall. Hall was pulled after that for Derek Anderson who had a chance to win the game for the Cards on a late 4^th Q drive but was picked for the second time in the game. Tampa Bay leaned on rookie RB LeGarrete Blount in the second half. He scored two TDs, the last of which put the Bucs in the lead for good and ended up with 120 yards for the game. Larry Fitzgerald scored twice, one from each of the Cards QBs.

Oakland Raiders 33 Seattle Seahawks 3: The Raiders held the Seahawks scoreless in the first half while Jason Campbell hit Marcel Reese, rookie from Syracuse for a score. Old reliable, Sebastian Janokowski kept kicking FGs, a total of four on the afternoon, while Seattle only looked longingly at the end zone. Matt Hasselbeck got picked once but was sacked five times and ended up 13-of-32 for only 160 yards. Olindo Mare’s FG was all the scoring for the Seahawks. Jason Campbell continues to show he is comfortable in the starting role as he threw two TDs without a pick.  Darren McFadden extended his hot streak with 111 yards on the ground.

In OT, Kansas City Chiefs 10  Buffalo Bills 10: What a game! The Bills hoping and praying for their first win on the season fell short, but QB Ryan Fitzpatrick sure gave it all he had.  Misfiring early, the young QB found his rhythm late and tied it up with a four yard TD late in the 4^th. The teams traded missed FGs in OT and then punts. KC broke the Bills’ heart with a late drive and a FG with less than 5 seconds on the clock.

San Francisco 49ers 24  Denver Broncos 16:. The 49ers got to London early in the week to deal with the jetlag, but took until the fourth quarter to wake up. This week’s QB, Troy Smith scored twice, one on the ground and one through the air. Maybe San Fran has found the right QB for their team. Kyle Orton had a great statistical day with 369 yards on 28-0f-40 passing but could only manage one TD. Tim Tebow made his London debut and scored on a one yard TD run.

Green Bay  Packers 9  New York Jets 0: Rex Ryan faked a punt and almost converted a 4^th and long in the first half, so you knew what kind of game this was gonna be.  There were challenge flags all over the field, with Rex Ryan losing both of his in the first half. That kept him from being able to challenge what was called a Charles Woodson INT that on replay video looked suspicious. The Packers capitalized with their second FG, added a third with seconds on the clock and the Jets lost their second of the season. Fireman Ed was not pleased.

Jacksonville Jaguars 35  Dallas Cowboys 10:  Jon Kitna was picked off four times but it was the Cowboys D that made this an easy victory for the Jaguars. David Garrard, just back after being concussed, threw four TDs, making hay off the Cowboys turnovers. When he added one on the ground late in the 4^th Q, the boos rang out in the Cowboys’ home stadium. Isn’t Wade Phillips responsible for the defense on the Cowboys? I thought that was why they were keeping him around.

St. Louis Rams 20  Carolina Panthers 10: Scoreless until 10:08 of the second Q  the pace of the game picked up, but not for the Carolina Panthers.  Matt Moore threw three picks and was 23-of-37 through the air with one TD. Rams QB Sam Bradford did his bit with two TDs and no picks. Josh Brown contributed two FGs and that was all the Rams needed to get to 4-4 on the season.

Detroit Lions 37 Washington Redskins  25: The Lions were looking for their second victory of the year and they got it. With a bit more than three minutes left in the game, Matt Stafford threw his 4^th TD pass, third of the day to Calvin Johnson, to put them ahead and a FG gave them a 6 point lead. Then it got ugly. Donovan McNabb was benched for the final drive and on the first play, his replacement Rex Grossman coughed up a fumble and it was returned to the house by Mr. Suh. Trouble in D.C.?

Miami Dolphins  22  Cincinnati Bengals 14:  TO scored twice in the first half, one by accident, but the Bengals will take it. After that the Cincy offense took the rest of the day off. They got close late in the 4^th Q but Carson Palmer was picked off deep in the red zone. Miami’s kicker accounted for 15 of the team’s 22 points with Ricky Williams running it in for the only Dolphins TD. Chad Ochocino was the recipient of a helmet hit but got up and wobbled off the field, sort of the tale of the game for the Bengals.