Monday morning recap week 10

Ugh. I didn't get the note that Matt Stafford was out because of back pain, announced right before kickoff, so I didn't get him switched on my fantasy team.

Steelers:

• The name of the game now in the NFL is: protect the football. You have it, by god, make sure you keep it. I lost count of how many forced fumbles we had in this game and in the other games played on Sunday. Wrap two arms around that baby and HOLD THE FUCKING ball! Can guys not run with both arms cradling an object? It's crazy how easy it is anymore to pop out the ball, yet players still run with one arm dangling.
• Here's an idea. Practice at home. Let your wives walk you through it because, believe me, mothers know how to protect an object in their arms. 
• I guess we should be thanking the refs for not blowing the ball dead when Goff got hit before he could come forward with his arm. The ball bounced on the ground and into Minkh Fitzpatrick's arms. He took the ball and ran into the end zone for the TD. That's the kind of play the refs keep blowing dead, but, hey, maybe their learning.
• Another missed kick by the opposing team that looked suspiciously like the one last week by Adam Vinatieri. 
• Defense again this week. Three sacks. Three takeaways. Eight forced punts. Pressured Goff. Scored. Slowly stitching the holes in the Steel Curtain!
• Mike Tomlin actually won a challenge and, in doing so, about broke Twitter when he did.
• Good team win for my guys. They are a more cohesive team with a positive mentality than the units of the last five years. I'll take that over everything. Proud of them. Now we have to get our offense rolling, especially with JuJu.

Other:

• It was nice to see Robert Griffith III back on the NFL field. I hadn't even known he was still in the league. He's the backup quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens? How did I miss that?
• RGIII lined up and got an option pitch from Jackson for the first down. Scott Hanson was pumped because RGIII, Mark Ingram, and Lamar Jackson were all Heismann trophy winners on the field at the same time. "I don't think there's ever been a play maybe in NFL history where there were three Heismann trophy winners lined up in the backfield on the same play. That's remarkable stuff right there."
• Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston threw his 13th interception for the year--the worst in the NFL--on the opening drive. Better to get it over with and out of the way at the beginning, huh?
• The Ravens Lamar Jackson had himself a game. I'm not disputing that, but can we also remember the Ravens were playing the 0-8 Bengals? I'd have been worried if Jackson didn't have himself a banner game.
• The Saints had four illegal hands to the face called in their game against the 1-7 Falcons. Jeez, was that something the defense had a bounty on getting away with today?
• A crazy, exciting game in Tampa at the end of the third quarter. A tipped ball thrown by Winston was recovered by the Arizona Cardinals, who then, in the next play, had the ball ripped from a receiver's hands for a fumble. The Bucs missed the FG, but a penalty by the Cardinals gave them a second chance, and this time the kicker made it for 3 points. 
• It was the week for the losers (well, except for the Bengals) with the Browns, the Jets, and the Falcons recording wins to improve their records. What?
• Best play of the day? The Cardinals faking a punt on fourth down for a reverse flea-flicker back to the punter who threw a BEAUTIFUL pass ?? down the field for the first down.
• Six sacks by the Atlanta defense on Drew Brees, who spent way more time on the ground than he did throwing passes.
• Snow flurries in Lambeau but nothing that stuck. Credit their defense for their win. Great stuff at the one-yard line to pull out the W.