The Oakland Raiders are a borderline playoff team this year and their contest against the Cincinnati Bengals seemed to be a mismatch on paper as the Bengals are arguably the worst team in the NFL.  But the Bengals put up a good fight, which was surprising given the fact they were starting an unproven quarterback in Ryan Finley.  He had a horrible game, but the Bengals kept it close succumbing to the Raiders, 17 – 10.

Strange days indeed.

Let’s move on and take another look at Football’s Fabulous Females, the Oakland Raiderettes.  Click here to view the latest Raiderettes images from Week 11.

The Washington Redskins hosted the New York Jets in Week 11 of the NFL regular season and this game turned out to be a battle between two lower division teams.  Unfortunately for the Redskins, the Jets turned in a more consistent performance for the victory.  That was not surprising as the Redskins were building for the future by starting the “not ready for prime time player” Dwayne Haskins. The young rookie, by all accounts, is not ready to start, but an injury to Case Keenum means that Haskins’ time is now.  And as such, the outcome of this game was predictable.

Final score: Jets – 34, Redskins – 17.

On to better things, namely the First Ladies of Football.  Click here to view the Redskins gallery of images from last Sunday.

Not too long ago, the NFC South was considered the most competitive division in the NFL, but it appears that a couple of teams will be in rebuild mode come the next draft and one of them will be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

This past Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted the New Orleans Saints who have endured a period without future Hall of Fame signal caller Drew Brees, who was recovering from a hand injury.  He was back and led the Saints to a fairly convincing victory over the Buccaneers. 

Final score: Saints – 34, Buccaneers – 17.

Another poor performance by Bucs QB Jameis Winston, who threw four interceptions, and an absolutely horrible rushing attack were indicative of the state of the franchise.  The Bucs need a total overhaul and those two areas seem to be the place to start.

On to better things.  If the football team needs to reload, one area that is in fine standing is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders.  This week, they were wearing patriotic themed uniforms for their Salute to Service game.  Click here to view the Buccaneers gallery of images from last week.

The Detroit Lions hosted America’s Team, the Dallas Cowboys, last Sunday and the outcome of that game was a lot closer than I expected, given that the Lions were starting an unproven quarterback in Jeff Driskel.  If not for a high scoring second quarter by the Cowboys, the Lions were neck and neck with the Cowboys, losing only by one touchdown.

Final score: Cowboys – 35, Lions – 27.

With the recap out of the way, let us focus our attention on the Detroit Lions Cheerleaders.  Click here to view the Lions gallery from last Sunday.

On paper, the Carolina Panthers were supposed to easily defeat the Atlanta Falcons, but that was not to be.  You see the lowly Falcons have seemed to find some new life the past two weeks, defeating the New Orleans Saints last week by a score of 26 – 9 and beating the Carolina Panthers this week, 29 – 3.  I am not sure what’s going on with the suddenly resurgent Falcons, but as for the Panthers, they seem to miss their quarterback of old, Cam Newton…old Cam Newton…Cam Newton in his prime, Cam Newton.

That being said, the Carolina Panthers have one of the hottest dance teams in the NFL and that is worth the price of admission.  Click here to view the Panthers game day gallery from last Sunday.

 

The Baltimore Ravens are the surprise team of this season and that is largely due to the play of quarterback Lamar Jackson, who has been nothing short of MVP caliber.  This past Sunday, the Ravens destroyed the visiting Houston Texans to the tune of 41 – 7.  Jackson had another spectacular game, throwing for 222 yards and four touchdowns.  It appears the Ravens are on a collision course with the New England Patriots for the AFC title.

On to more pleasant things…this week’s Baltimore Ravens Cheerleaders images.  Click here to view the Ravens gallery of images from last week.