FSUPros Week 15 NFL Recap: Sebastian Janikowski Kicks The Raiders To Victory

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Each week former Florida State Seminoles make an impact for their team, and this week was no different.  There were many great performances but none more than Sebastian Janikowski as we will tell you in our recap below.

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Sebastian Janikowski - Oakland Raiders

On a day when the offense could move the ball but not punch it into the endzone, Janikowski was there to help his team hitting 5/6 field goals scoring the only points.  The Raiders beat the Chiefs 15-0.  He was able to connect from 20, 50, 57, 41 and 30 yards.  His 57 yard field goal was his longest of the season.  The kick he missed was from 51 yards out and went wide left.

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  There were many standout performances by former Florida State Seminoles playing in the NFL this past weekend. No one played better than Anquan Boldin as we tell you in our recap below.

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Patrick Robinson of the New Orleans Saints had two solo tackles and one assisted tackle in a loss to the Atlanta Falcons last Thursday night.  He also fair caught a punt during the game.

Brodrick Bunkley of the New Orleans Saints made one solo tackle and had one pass deflection during their loss.

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Ernie Sims of the Dallas Cowboys accounted for three solo tackles and one assisted tackle during their loss to the Washington Redskins on Thanksgiving Day. Sims should receive the start next with an increased roll as the Cowboys lost another lineback to a season ending injury.

Antonio Cromartie of the New York Jets was unable to make a tackle against the New England Patriots.  This was the first time all season he was held without a tackle.

Letroy Guion of the Minnesota Vikings made one solo tackle and one assisted tackle in a loss to the Chicago Bears.

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Nigel Bradham of the Buffalo Bills made his 5th consecutive start on Thursday against division rivals the Miami Dolphins. During the game he collected two solo tackles and one assisted tackle.

Garrison Sanborn of the Buffalo Bills was perfect on all of his snap attempts.

Shawn Powell of the Buffalo Bills made a major impact on special teams.  He had five punts land inside of the 20 yard line giving the Dolphins awful field position.  Powell averaged 45.3 yards for his seven punts.

Darnell Dockett of the Arizona Cardinals did all he could to try and knock off the Atlanta Falcons.  He finished with three solo tackles and had one pass deflection.

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Mike Harris of the Jacksonville Jaguars received playing time again this week as the nickle corner.  He recorded three solo tackles filling in for the injured Rashean Mathis.

Anquan Boldin of the Baltimore Ravens had a very quite afternoon during their blowout win over the Oakland Raiders.  He caught four passes for a total of 38 yards.  Joe Flacco hit eight different wide receivers during the game.  Boldin has not caught a touchdown pass since week 1 and has only gone over 100 yards once this year and that was week 4.

Sebastian Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders was a perfect 2/2 on field goal attempts with a long of 47 yards.  He was also 2/2 on extra point attempts.

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Lawrence Timmons of the Pittsburgh Steelers had another productive week, with 2 solo tackles, 4 assisted, one pass deflection and an interception.  His pick came as the Titans crossed over midfield.  Matt Hasselbeck threw a pass over the middle and Timmons was there to catch it.  He returned it four yards before being tackled.

Kamerion Wimbley of the Tennessee Titans had one assisted tackle in the win against the Steelers.  His tackle was made on the goal line at the one yard line.  The Steelers tried to run up the middle, but Wimbley was there with his teammate to make the stop.  The Steelers did score two plays later.

Chris Hope of the Atlanta Falcons made one tackle coming on special teams.  His tackle was made as the Raiders tried to return to the kickoff and Hope was there to meet them at the 20 yard line.

Sebastian Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders was 2/2 on field goal attempts with a long of 52 yards and he was 2/2 on extra points.  His field goal of 52 yards marked his 38 career field goal of 50 plus yards.  For the season, Janikowski is perfect on all attempts.

Anquan Boldin of the Balitmore Ravens had 5 catches for 98 yards and a long of 31.  He did not make his first catch until the game was inside of two minutes in the first half.  During that drive he caught 3 passes for 54 yards helping lead to a touchdown for the Ravens at the half.  Boldin caught two passes in the second half on the same drive.  One was for 13 yards and then on the next play he caught a 31 yard pass down to the Dallas 4 yard line setting up a touchdown again for the Ravens.

Antonio Cromartie of the New York Jets had 3 solo tackles, one assisted tackle, 2 pass deflections and one interception against the Indianapolis Colts.  He also had one kickoff return for 20 yards.  Cromartie had the job of covering Reggie Wayne this week and did a great job of containing him.  Wayne only had 3 catches for 32 yards with Cromartie.  The Jets new number one corner should have had two picks for touchdowns but one was called back on a personal foul, so the interception counted and the other was called back on pass interference, so the interception did not count.

Markus White of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was added to the game day roster on Saturday but was inactive for the game on Sunday.

Dekoda Watson of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did get some playing time this Sunday but did not record a tackle.

Nigel Bradham of the Buffalo Bills got his first start of his short career this Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.  He had 2 solo tackles and one assisted tackle.  On the first defensive possession for the Bills, Bradham was there to help make the tackle on the first play.  All of his tackles were made stopping the run.

Garrison Sanborn of the Buffalo Bills was perfect on all of his snaps including the game winning field goal.

Shawn Powell of the Buffalo Bills was extremely busy this Sunday having to punt 8 times.  His long was 62 yards and had two land inside the 20 yard line.  Powell had an average of 44 yards per punt and only two were returned for 20 yards and 25 yards.

Darnell Dockett of the Arizona Cardinals made one tackle and also deflected a pass in the loss Sunday to the Buffalo Bills.  His pass defection came at a critical moment in the game when the Bills had the ball on the Cardinals 35 on 3rd and 10 in overtime.  Ryan Fitzpatrick tried to throw out to the right flat but Dockett got his hand up to bat it down and force a punt.

Leon Washington of the Seattle Seahawks had one catch for 9 yards.  He also had the duties in the return game, two kickoff returns for an average of 20 yards with a long of 23 and two punt returns for an average of 14 yards with a long of 25.  His one catch was on a short pass to the right flat.

Christian Ponder of the Minnesota Vikings had his highest output of the season.  He was 35/52 for 352 yards with two TDs, two Ints, and one fumble lost.  Ponder was also sacked four times during the game.  He hit Michael Jenkins and Kyle Rudolph for his two touchdown and then hit Rudolph for a 2 point conversion.  All of Ponders turnover were costly to the team.  He was sacked at his own 8 yard line and fumbled and the Redskins scored on the next play.  He had an interception returned for a touchdown. The last interception was made on the Redskins 3.  Although the score would not have mattered as the Vikings were down by 12 with 22 seconds left.

Letroy Guion of the Minnesota Vikings had five total tackles with three being solo and two assisted in the loss to the Redskins.

Mister Alexander of the Houston Texans had two solo tackles all coming on special teams in the loss to the Packers.

Richard Goodman of the San Diego Chargers had four kickoff returns for an average of 28 yards and a long 39 yards.  He ran the opening kickoff 39 yards until he was pushed out of bounds by fellow Seminole Tony Carter.  Goodman also got some snaps at wide receiver where he was targeted twice with one being over thrown and the other was deflected away.

Tony Carter of the Denver Broncos may not have got the start in the absence of Tracy Porter but he did show that he can make plays.  He had four solo tackles along with two pass deflections, one interception and one fumble recovery for a TD.  His interception was a perfect read, he knew he had help over the top so he cut underneath the receiver and grabbed the ball to return it 15 yards.  Carter scored his first career TD on his fumble recovery. It looked like a Bronco defensive lineman saw Carter running towards the fumble and batted it to him.  Carter held the ball out in front of him as he ran into the end zone.

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Anquan Boldin, wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens, led the team in receptions and yards although he did not score.  Boldin was not targeted until the Raven second possession and when he was, it was intercepted in the endzone.  His first catch was on a pass short left and he gained six yards which came right before the two minute warning.  All of his work came in the second half when the Browns were unable to stop him.  On the first possession of the third quarter, Boldin had 3 catches for 60 yards.  Their next possession was the same, 3 catches for 24 yards.  He ended the game with 9 catches for 131 yards.

Antone Smith, running back for the Atlanta Falcons, was inactive for the game against the Panthers.

Chris Hope, defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons, helped with a tackle on special teams.  The Falcons kicked off and the Panthers caught the ball 4 yards deep in the end zone and returned it to the 23 yard line where they were met by Hope and R. James.

Shawn Powell, punter for the Buffalo Bills, had a great first start against the Patriots.  Powell was very active in the kicking game, having to punt on 5 different occasions.  He averaged 39 yards a punt with a long of 54 and 2 were placed inside the 20.  Only one punt was returned which went for 14 yards.

Garrison Sanborn, long snapper for the Buffalo Bills, was out there for every punt and field goal.  He did not miss a snap all game.

Letroy Guion, defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, recorded two tackles Sunday and both were sacks.  His first sack came early in the game as Stafford could not find a receiver and Guion hit him for a 6 yard loss.  The second sack was a bigger play as the Lions had the ball and was trying to drive down to score at the end of the game to tie it up.  Stafford dropped back again with 24 seconds left and was met by Letroy again for a -1 yard loss.

Christian Ponder, quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, did not have his best game of the season.  In a game where special teams was the deciding factor, Ponder just needed to not make mistakes.  He was 16/26 for 111 yards and no turnovers.  On the first two possessions of the game he was 6/7 for 23 yards helping to one field goal.  In the second quarter the Vikings scored another field goal.

Mister Alexander, linebacker for the Houston Texans, was inactive for the game against the Tennessee Titans.

Richard Goodman, wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers, had two kickoff returns for an average of 26 yards and a long of 33.  He also had two tackles on special teams.

Antonio Cromartie, corner back for the New York Jets, was getting his first start of the season as the number one corner back.  Since Revis was lost for the season, Cromartie would get to face off against the other team's number one receiver.  The 49ers elected to stay away from him for the entire first half.  Cromartie ended up with 3 tackles; two were on run plays and the pass play went for 27 yards.  He also had two pass deflections on back to back plays to stop a drive.

Leon Washington, running back for the Seattle Seahawks, made a great return for 69 yards until he was pushed out of bounds.  He also had one run for 2 yards.

Darnell Dockett, defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals, was inactive for Sunday's game against Miami.

Greg Jones, fullback for the Jacksonville Jaguars, had four catches for 25 yards in the loss to the Bengals.  Jones was third on the team in receptions and fourth in yards.

Patrick Robinson, corner back for the New Orleans Saints, made two tackles, three pass deflections and one interception in the loss to the Green Bay Packers.  Aaron Rodgers tried to go deep on 1st down to Jordy Nelson but Robinson was there to make the interception.  The Saints ended up getting a field goal.

Markus White, linebacker for the Washington Redskins, was inactive for Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Dekoda Watson, linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, made one tackle on special teams.

Two Seminoles Back In NFL

Yesterday was a great day for former Seminoles Markus White and Andre Fluellen.  Both had started the preseason on NFL rosters and found themselves fighting for a spot on week 1 rosters.  In the end, both were cut to make way for veterans.

White was in his second season with the Redskins and had played in a total of two games and had not recorded a tackle.  In the preseason this year the linebacker started showing his speed as he was able to help on a sack and was in the backfield numerous times.  Although it was not enough to make the team, as the Redskins cut Markus.  After he was cut, he was added to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice squad where he spent a couple of weeks until the Redskins called again.  On Sunday the Redskins starting lineback Brian Orakpo was lost for the season with a pectoral injury.  Now he will be the third string linebacker waiting to get his chance.

Fluellen had spent four seasons with the Detroit Lions, the team that drafted him in the 3rd round of the 2008 draft.  While with the Lions, he played in 51games and started 5 of them.  The defensive tackle has 2.5 sacks and one forced fumble.  This preseason was tough for Andre having to play behind one of the best defensive lines in the NFL.  When cuts came he was off the team and could not find his was to a practice squad.  He practiced for a couple of teams but was never added until yesterday when the Miami Dolphins called.  Fluellen took the place of DT Ryan Baker who was cut.