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Have you watched a game and wondered if the Wrong Team Won? If the stats didn't show up in the final score? If cooking sherry can be drunk without the cooking part? Our bold adventurer Tim is here to answer all of these questions and more.

THE WEEK THAT WAS: NFL Week Nine
With commentary by Tim

PSR: Play Success Rate - every play is graded as either a success or failure
Big: percentage of plays that went for big gains...10+ yards for a run, 20+ for a pass
Yds: adjusted yards per play, including penalties and excluding non-plays
EFR: Effectiveness rating. One number overall summary.
Stats Score: This is the projected score the TMW computer would have spit out if the stats for the game were the numbers coming in. This column lets us know who "should" have won.

Atlanta at Miami

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Atlanta	50%	11%	4.3	97	55%	6%	6.3	125	39
Miami	54%	13%	4.4	100	45%	5%	4.6	72	14

Michael Vick can throw the Ball! My word! What happens next? For starters I'm thinking an NFC title and Super Bowl trip.

Carolina at Tampa Bay

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Carolina	35%	3%	2.4	54	55%	15%	11.0	160	37
Tampa Bay	22%	0%	2.4	33	43%	4%	4.7	77	10

Okay, losing to Carolina isn't as bad as losing to the 49ers, but still, losing like they did to Carolina makes one wonder whether the air hasn't in fact gone out of the old Tampa baloon. Panthers are for real in the soft NFC.

Chicago at New Orleans

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Chicago	31%	13%	5.7	81	36%	13%	5.3	63	19
New Orleans	34%	13%	4.2	75	33%	3%	4.6	36	3

Yo, Da Bears. Got to give it up for Coach Lovie who has this team at 5-3 and heading to playoffs...without any semblance of an actual passing game. Saints are truly playing out a lost season in all respects.

Cincinnati at Baltimore

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Cincinnati	58%	6%	3.2	90	56%	9%	7.1	137	40
Baltimore	58%	21%	5.1	112	36%	3%	3.6	57	13

That's my boys! Bengals back in form and sticking it to the former boss of the Northern division. We be Super Bowl bound! Now that's a ratings blockbuster for you: Cincy vs Vick.

Detroit at Minnesota

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Detroit	35%	0%	2.9	55	37%	6%	4.4	67	3
Minnesota	50%	21%	4.8	97	46%	4%	4.8	96	35

Brad Johnson, who is he? Oh yeah, the guy who was the starting QB on that Bucs super bowl team, the guy with the 22-6 TD-INT number one year. Yup, he's better to have as your backup than oh I don't know, Chris Simms!

Houston at Jacksonville

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Houston	43%	13%	3.8	86	52%	6%	5.1	100	22
Jacksonville	39%	11%	3.0	53	50%	11%	8.1	132	33

Jacksonville wins, Houston loses.

Oakland at Kansas City

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Oakland	50%	8%	3.8	73	48%	2%	3.7	86	15
Kansas City	60%	16%	4.1	104	37%	5%	5.8	87	28

KC had to go down to the last play in this game, when the stats say it should have been comfortably in hand. Raiders are fun to watch right now, I'll give them that. You also know how it is going to end up...

San Diego at N.Y. Jets

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
San Diego	54%	14%	3.2	91	70%	17%	9.0	163	47
N.Y. Jets	52%	4%	3.5	76	40%	8%	5.9	102	20

Yikes. Chargers are a good team that you don't want to be playing in a all-in game.

Tennessee at Cleveland

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Tennessee	41%	8%	4.0	66	40%	7%	5.4	97	18
Cleveland	37%	16%	5.2	84	38%	9%	7.9	97	27

Brownies earning Brownie points with this win. Do I hear a rumor in the wind? The end of the Fisher era at hand in Tennessee (dating back to Houston?) Pete Carroll coming next year?

N.Y. Giants at San Francisco

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
N.Y. Giants	46%	13%	2.8	90	42%	11%	6.5	97	25
San Francisco	25%	4%	2.2	29	17%	4%	3.1	14	0

Yawn. You may catch a team sleeping once in a while, but not right after you caught a team the week before sleeping.

Seattle at Arizona

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Seattle	54%	26%	6.7	119	56%	4%	6.8	136	42
Arizona	45%	10%	3.5	75	42%	7%	5.7	75	15

All is lost in Arizona. If D.Green can't win then yes it's true, no one can. Move the franchise folks, for the good of the league. I'm thinking the Las Vegas Cardinals has a nice ring to it. Heck all the gambling is moving offshore these days anyway, so it wouldn't kill Vegas to end pro football betting.

Pittsburgh at Green Bay

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Pittsburgh	44%	11%	4.3	85	40%	5%	4.2	75	17
Green Bay	33%	3%	1.9	50	54%	8%	6.3	91	18

The WRONG TEAM WON! Packers now 1-7 and maybe Favre is thinking he should have retired last year. Can't not come back for another go after this stinker though.

Philadelphia at Washington

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Philadelphia	26%	0%	1.9	34	52%	11%	7.8	110	15
Washington	28%	4%	2.5	50	54%	9%	7.3	124	30

Yeah, yeah they played a game but the news this week is all Terrell.

Indianapolis at New England

Matchup	Rush PSR	Rush Big	Rush Yds	Rush EFR	Pass PSR	Pass Big	Pass Yds	Pass EFR	Stats Score
Indianapolis	57%	3%	3.4	86	64%	11%	8.6	137	38
New England	38%	23%	3.0	76	45%	10%	6.2	109	23

Thump. That's the sound of the former impregnable New England mystique hitting the ground hard. They are done friends and the new era where teams like the Colts and Bengals will dominate has begun.

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