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Doesnt matter ... Chubb scored and the defense needs to do its job. He is the best back in the league other than Henry. No way Jets receivers should be that wide open. Cleveland quit playing football.

The 2002 Texans vs Steelers I'm glad to see mentioned. I scored a download of the full game about 5 years ago and it is definitely game to be seen to be believed. Jerome Bettis played with a broken nose and Tommy Maddox was recovering from a cervical concussion, still the Steelers were the hottest team in the NFL going in and Houston was expansion team playing their first year, and with all rookies starting at skill positions on offense. Its astonishing how little Houston was able to move the ball all game on offense with them still winning. Like after watching the full game if you told me they even got 47 yards I would find that hard to believe, it felt like they didn't gain a single yard. But there was some legit talent on the defensive side of the ball for Houston that was absolutely wasted there for those expansion years. Aaron Glenn and Jamie Sharper deserve all the credit in the world for going to the Texans and playing their hearts out those 3 years 2002, 2003, and 2004 they were the backbone of that team there was just too tall of a task to ask them to carry that squad to being good.

One of the weirdest games I recall watching was a 2008 game between the Packers and the Vikings.

In that game, the Vikings had two safeties in the second quarter alone. One was on an illegal forward pass penalty in the end zone; the other was a Jared Allen sack. Despite that, Minnesota turned the ball over three times on Gus Frerotte interceptions. Neither quarterback threw for over 200 yards, and the Vikings had more rushing yards than the Packers had total. However, what brought Green Bay back was a 59-yard Nick Collins pick-six and a 65-yard punt return for a touchdown by Will Blackmon in a two-and-a-half-minute span.

Stats from that game:
Vikings Outgained Packers 361-184
17 Combined Penalties for 135 yards
7 for 26 combined on third downs
6 combines sacks
16 points scored by defense and special teams

The only thing normal in that game was Adrian Peterson rushing for 192 yards and a touchdown in a 28-27 Vikings win. The game was decided on a missed 52-yard field goal by Mason Crosby.

1986 Chiefs/Steelers

PIT outgained KC 515-171, had 28 1st downs to 8, gave up 1 sack, nearly held the ball for 35 minutes…..

Yet lost 24-19 thanks to a special teams Chernobyl

Kansas City scored touchdowns on a blocked punt, blocked field goal, and kickoff return

If Saints simply avert that collapse to Raiders one week earlier, even if they still lose this one, we have ourselves a pretty fun 'NFC West Championship Game' for Week #16!

They needed to beat the Raiders and the Chargers to stay alive for the playoffs. The Rams had a 5-0 division record going into the season finale, while NO's division record was only 3-2. So, they would have needed to be 9-6 like the Rams were to have a shot at the West title.