It's a Carnival of Kickers in the NFL

The games in Washington and Oakland followed incredibly similar parallels in the final two minutes. Each home team, the Skins and Raiders, led by three with two minutes left. Neither the Browns or the Jets had any timeouts. Cleveland's Derek Anderson needed about 50 yards to get Phil Dawson into field goal range. Brett Favre started at his five (Shane Lechler, MVP) aiming for about 70 yards in two minutes.

Favre, with help from a spontaneously feisty Chansi Stuckey, got down to the Oakland 34 with eight seconds left. Kicker Jay Feeley hasn't been so hot this season, and the 52-yard attempt looked to be a bit out of range. Feeley lined up and that football mastermind Tom Cable called a timeout just before the snap. Feeley followed through and ... hit the left post. One more try for Feeley, newly confident he had the leg. He nailed it, leading to overtime.

It is here in which Favre's offense wet the bed and one decent pass from JaMarcus Russell to Zach Miller set up Sebastian Janikowski from 57 yards ... and it's good! Eric Mangini, your magic is no good here.

Meanwhile in D.C., it took the Browns eight tries from the 1-yard line on two separate drives to score a touchdown. After an abortive Skins clock-killing three-and-out, Anderson took his team to the 37, where Phil Dawson lined up. Jim Zorn stayed medium and opted against trickery. Good thing, as Dawson's 54-yard attempt went wide right. Redskins win. Clinton Portis (175 yards, 1 TD) is a man. Brady Quinn's stock has risen, also. Anderson ended up with 136 yards on 37 attempts, numbers which completely oversell how the QB actually looked.

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