Around the NFL: Week 5

 

The Bills have placed LB Shawne Merriman on IR today.  Merriman tore his hamstring in the Bills week 5 win over the Eagles, and will be unable to play the rest of the year.  Buffalo has signed OLB Thaddeus Gibson to a 1 year deal to replace him.

Here are the players of the week in week 5:

• AFC – Colts WR Reggie Wayne – 9 catches, 163 yards, 3TD
• NFC – Falcons HB Michael Turner – 34 carries, 203 yards, TD

Here are the scores around the league this week:

• Panthers 23, Saints 7
• Bills 32, Eagles 25
• Jaguars 24, Bengals 0
• Seahawks 20, Giants 17 (OT)
• Steekers 28, Titans 21
• Texans 26, Raiders 14
• Colts 28, Chiefs 20
• Vikings 27, Cardinals 13
• Buccaneers 9, 49ers 7
• Broncos 32, Chargers 17
• Jets 21, Patriots 18
• Falcons 30, Packers 24 (OT)
• Bears 21, Lions 19

Week 5: Eagles @ Bills

The Buffalo Bills topped the Philadephia Eagles in a wild one at Ralph Wilson Stadium.  CJ Spiller took a kickoff back 98 yards with 2:22 to go, giving the Bills a 32-25 victory.  Buffalo led 25-10 midway through the 3rd quarter, but allowed a pair of touchdowns in just 4 minutes which tied the game up.  Michael Vick threw for 2 touchdowns and ran for 136 yards to lead the Eagles, even after missing almost half the game with an abdominal strain.  He returned just in time to lead the Eagles back to the the game, but it wasn’t enough.

The Bills now sit at 3-2, and are alone in 2nd place behind the 4-1 Jets.  Next week, the team heads to the Meadowlands to face the 1-4 Giants.  Some bad news from the game, Shawne Merriman left the game in the 2nd quarter with a leg injury and did not return.  His prognosis at this time is unknown.  Danny Batten filled in at OLB in his absence.

Philadelphia Eagles at Buffalo Bills
Oct 9, 2011 1 2 3 4 F PHI ((2-2)) 7 0 3 15 25 BUF ((2-2)) 3 8 7 14 32 Top Performers PASS: – RUSH: – REC: –	Team Stats Comparison PHI BUF First Downs 15 13 3rd Down Efficiency 6-16 5-15 4th Down Efficiency 0-2 0-0 Total Yards 540 556 Passing Yards 207 189 Rushing Yards 200 118 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1-10 0-0 Turnovers 0 0 Time of Possession 24:21 23:39
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING PHI BUF 7:37 (PHI) Desean Jackson 60 yard pass from Michael Vick 7 0 3:06 (BUF) Rian Lindell 47 yard field goal 7 3 SECOND QUARTER SCORING PHI BUF 7:06 (BUF) Lindell 49 yard field goal 7 6 2:23 (BUF) Safety 7 8 0:17 (BUF) Lindell 47 yard field goal 7 11 THIRD QUARTER SCORING PHI BUF 8:50 (PHI) Alex Henery 41 yard field goal 10 11 7:11 (BUF) Roscoe Parrish 67 yard pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick 10 18 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING PHI BUF 11:52 (BUF) Fred Jackson 48 yard run 10 25 6:47 (PHI) Lesean McCoy 1 yard run 17 25 2:33 (PHI) Clay Harbor 28 yard pass from Vick (2pt) 25 25 2:22 (BUF) CJ Spiller 98 yard kick return 25 32
Philadelphia Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Michael Vick 12/24 215 2 Vince Young 2/4 18 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Lesean McCoy 15 48 3.2 1 Michael Vick 12 136 11.3 Vince Young 3 13 4.3 Jeremy Maclin 1 3 3.0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jeremy Maclin 4 48 12.0 Desean Jackson 3 99 33.0 1 Steve Smith 3 40 13.3 Clay Harbor 2 36 18 1 Jason Avant 1 3 3.0 Lesean Mccoy 1 7 7 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Casey Matthews 9 Trent Cole 7 Dominique Rodgers-Croartie 7 Mike Patterson 6 3 KICKING FG XP PTS LG Alex Henery 1/1 2/2 5 42 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG -20 Chas Henry 6 251 41.8 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Desean Jackson 3 65 21.6 Johnnie Lee Higgins 1 28 28.0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Desean Jackson 5 40 8 Buffalo Bills PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Ryan Fitzpatrick 15/30 225 1 Brad Smith 1/2 21 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Fred Jackson 16 103 6.4 1 CJ Spiller 6 14 2.3 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Steve Johnson 4 57 14.2 Scott Chandler 3 25 8.3 David Nelson 3 13 4.3 Fred Jackson 2 41 20.5 Roscoe Parrish 1 67 67 1 CJ Spiller 1 26 26 Corey McIntyre 1 9 9 Donald Jones 1 8 8 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Nick Barnett 10 2 Dwan Edwards 7 3 Arthur Moats 7 1 Leodis Mckelvin 6 Marcel Dareus 5 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LG Rian Lindell 3/3 3/3 12 49 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG -20 Brian Moorman 7 330 47.1 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD CJ Spiller 6 203 33.8 1 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD CJ Spiller 6 46 7.6