Last man standing
Then there was one — the usual one.
The Indianapolis Colts are the NFL's last unbeaten team, improving to 8-0 with a 27-20 victory at New England on Sunday night. Indianapolis went 13-0 last year before losing and is the second team ever to start consecutive seasons with eight wins. Green Bay did it for three seasons, 1929-31.
"We went through it last year and we know what it is like. We're used to it," coach Tony Dungy said of standing alone with a zero in the loss column. "Lovie let me down; I was hoping they would remain undefeated, too."
That would be Chicago coach Lovie Smith. The Bears also began the day 7-0, but lost 31-13 to Miami.
The Dolphins' Ronnie Brown rushed for a career-high 157 yards and Jason Taylor forced a fumble and returned an interception 20 yards for a touchdown.
"If it doesn't hurt, how important is winning?" Bears quarterback Rex Grossman said. "So it hurts bad. We're 7-1, it hurts, we're going to think about it for a couple of days, watch the tape and get better and then put everything in perspective of what's out there for us to go get."
Washington's Nick Novak got two chances for a game-winning field goal. He missed the first, and barely made the second — with no time left on the clock and after an incredible sequence.Novak's 47-yard kick snapped the Redskins' three-game losing streak. But first, he was wide right on a 49-yarder with 31 seconds left. Then Cowboys kicker Mike Vanderjagt's chip shot with 6 seconds to go was blocked by Troy Vincent.
At Baltimore, Steve McNair passed for 245 yards, Jamal Lewis scored a touchdown and Matt Stover kicked four field goals for the Ravens (6-2), who took a two-game lead over Cincinnati (4-4) in the AFC North.
Tiki Barber scored a touchdown and accounted for nearly half the yards in a go-ahead 67-yard fourth-quarter drive that Jeremy Shockey capped with a short touchdown catch as host New York (6-2) won its fifth straight.Saints 31, Buccaneers 14Marques Colston caught 11 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown, and Drew Brees threw for 314 yards and three TDs.
Larry Johnson had 172 yards on 27 carries, including a 1-yard score for his fifth touchdown in two weeks, for visiting Kansas City. He had his fifth 100-yard game of the year and the 18th of his career.
At Detroit, the Lions (2-6) turned Michael Vick's two first-half turnovers into touchdowns and Roy Williams had a 60-yard TD early in the fourth quarter.
David Garrard, making his second straight start in place of Byron Leftwich, threw three touchdown passes in the rain.
Joe Nedney kicked his third field goal with 7:15 to play after convincing the officials to give him another chance, and San Francisco's maligned defense improbably shut out the Vikings in the final three quarters.
At San Diego, LaDainian Tomlinson scored three touchdowns late in the second half and finished with 172 yards on 18 carries. Tomlinson had consecutive 100-yard rushing games for the first time this season. Last week he ran for 183 yards, had 57 yards receiving and scored three times to vault into second place in the NFL in both yards rushing and yards from scrimmage..
Linebacker London Fletcher scored on a 17-yard interception return of Brett Favre's pass, keying a four-takeaway performance
