NFL Week 4 Highlights: Michael Vick And Calvin Johnson Can Do Things You Can't

With the New York Jets offense stuck in neutral and Mark Sanchez looking like he's about to die with no blocking up front, someone needed to pick up the slack. David Harris did just that, dropping into coverage and picking off a Joe Flacco pass to seize the momentum. And since the Jets' offense was going nowhere, it was probably best that Harris returned the interception for a touchdown.

Also check out Joe McKnight, who is a linebacker now, apparently, with the pressure to force the bad throw and the block at the end of the play. He's doing it all out there!

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New England Patriots rookie running back Stevan Ridley picked up his first NFL touchdown today against the Oakland Raiders. Ridley finished off a seven play, 81-yard drive with a 33-yard touchdown run.

That touchdown gave New England a 24-10 lead. That same scoring drive featured a 32-yard pass from Tom Brady to Wes Welker.

Ridley is not the only Patriots running back to score today. Ben Jarvis Green-Ellis capped off a second quarter drive with a one-yard goal line run to give New England its second touchdown of the game and retake the lead after Oakland went up on a Michael Bush rushing touchdown the series before that.

Green-Ellis leads the Patriots with nine rushing attempts for 43 yards. Ridley has five rushing attempts for 69 yards. Both players also have caught a pass in the game.

A product of Louisiana State University, Ridley was a third-round pick by the Patriots. He had eight rushing attempts prior to today’s game.

New England Patriots diminutive wide receiver Wes Welker continued living large this season with a first quarter touchdown catch in Oakland. It was Welker’s third touchdown catch since last week. He gave New England the lead.

But the highlight of Welker's day so far had to be this 21-yard catch from Tom Brady in the second quarter.

Down by 3-0, quarterback Tom Brady found Welker in the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown catch. Welker has 96 yards, so far, on five catches.

This follows Welker’s record setting week three performance against the Buffalo Bills. In that game, he caught 16 passes from Brady for 217 yards and two touchdowns.

New England is looking to prevent two losses in a row, something that has not happened since 2009. They face an Oakland Raiders team coming off an upset win over the New York Jets last week.

Still playing in the third quarter in Oakland, New England now has a 24-10 lead over the Raiders. Their latest score coming off a 33-yard touchdown run from Stephan Ridley.

Calvin Johnson is a bad, bad man. You, being a sentient human being, are probably well aware of this, but in case you needed another reminder just check out the touchdown he scored in the fourth quarter of the Detroit Lions' game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Matthew Stafford looks to basically be throwing it away here. But, no, Johnson climbs the ladder with three Cowboys defenders encircling him and comes down with his seventh touchdown catch of the season. Yes, that's seven touchdowns in four games, keeping in mind that this one is not yet over.

I have no idea why people call him Megatron. I'm pretty sure it's not because he transforms into a gun in his spare time or leads a gang of evil robots, but he's clearly giving NFL defensive back nightmares. On the plus side, he has been limited to "just" 61 yards so far.

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has given the Detroit Lions two touchdowns on two interceptions in the third quarter. Those two scores have allowed the Lions to cut a 27-3 deficit down to 27-17 with enough time left to play to make it game.

Detroit linebacker Bobby Carpeter intercepted Romo on a play action pass, and returned it for a 35-yard touchdown. Lions cornerback Chris Houston intercepted Romo on a pass intended for wide receiver Laurent Robinson and returned that for a 56-yard touchdown. That play was challenged, but the officials upheld the ruling on the field.

Romo now has two interceptions to go with three touchdowns and 274 yards on the day. Robinson has 116 receiving yards.

Detroit is trying to get their fourth win and stay undefeated on the season. Dallas is looking to hold on to a lead in the NFC East that would put them in good standing before a game next week against New England.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was intercepted in the third quarter of the Cowboys’ game against the Detroit Lions. Detroit linebacker Bobby Carpenter returned the interception for a 35-yard touchdown to give the Lions their first touchdown of the day.

Romo was having a pretty good day up to that point. He was 23 for 28 with 234 yards and three touchdowns. Detroit’s defense was pressuring Romo on first-and-ten at the Dallas 27-yard line. He was trying to complete a play action pass to Martellus Bennett.

This was expected to be a high-scoring affair, featuring two of the league’s most prolific offenses. However, Matt Stafford has struggled. He lost his top receiver, Calvin Johnson, to an injury earlier in the game as well.

Coming into this game, Romo had 900+ passing yards to go with 4 touchdowns and just two interceptions. He led Dallas to two comeback wins in the two games before this one.

Heath Miller just made what has to be one of the more improbably catches of the young NFL season. The Pittsburgh Steelers tight end was going over the middle on a rather pedestrian crossing pattern. Ben Roethlisberger's throw was a little behind him, but he was able to get his hands on it just enough to knock it into the air. Texans linebacker Brian Cushing seemed to have a play on it, but ended up tipping it back to Miller who ended up catching the ball while laying on his back.

Credit goes to CJ Fogler for creating this video and sharing it via Twitter.

For all that work, though, the play only ended up going for about seven yards. But when it's going your way, it's going your way and the Steelers will certainly take it.

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Bengals rookie quarterback Andy Dalton is not having a great day. So far, he's thrown two picks and completed less than 50 percent of his passes. But one day, Dalton might be a successful NFL quarterback. And if he gets there, he'll likely have fellow rookie AJ Green to thank.

I mean, look at this guy. Here's Green's ridiculous catch against the Bills on Sunday afternoon. He jumps so high!

Memo to running backs: If you are in on a goal-line play and asked to run it up the gut, it's probably not very advisable to try to throw it away as you're being tackled. Hopefully, Ronnie Brown learned that lesson on Sunday, when he inexplicably tried to do that very thing against the San Francisco 49ers. Appropriately, the Philadelphia Eagles running back fumbled on the play.

I'm going to go ahead and try to process what may have been going through Brown's head on this play. Clearly, this was not a pass-option kind of thing, but maybe all his time running the wildcat has confused him regarding his priorities when running the ball. Maybe he saw one of his receivers, who by the way should have been blocking on the play anyway, spring open and he felt glory coursing through his veins. Maybe he's just been hit one too many times.

In any case, we'd like to thank Brown for at least providing a nice bit of comedic relief. And in case you're wondering, the play hasn't proven all that costly as the Eagles lead 13-3.

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Jared Cook is not exactly a speedburner. Just watch the Tennessee Titans tight end's 80-yard touchdown develop and tell me it doesn't seem like everyone involved is running in sand. 

In case you're wondering if your eyes are playing tricks on you, I went ahead and checked the clock from the point Cook catches the ball to the point he scores. It takes him about eight seconds to work his way all of 65 yards. That's the equivalent of running a 4.9-second 40. In other words, the kind of speed you'd expect out of a defensive lineman. And yes, it's basically a straight line he's running.

Amazingly, Cook is actually pulling away from linebacker Scott Fujita on this play. Have to imagine he'll be getting some guff from his teammates when they go back and watch the film.

Also of note, Matt Hasselbeck is having himself another nice game. He now has two touchdowns and 120 yards on nine attempts.

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Devin Hester returned a punt 69 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter of the Bears game against the Panthers. That gave the Bears some cushion on the scoreboard and a 24-10 lead.

This was Hester’s first special teams touchdown of the season. Last year, Hester scored three times on punt returns. He has not scored a kick return touchdown since 2007.

After struggling through their first three games, the Bears desperately need a win this week to get back to .500 and head off a heaping helping of criticism in the media. Their pass-first offense has come under fire, and they were looking toward contributions from elsewhere to make up some of the difference. Matt Forte has been leaned on heavily in early play.

Hester’s punt return touchdown gives the Bears a nice boost as they seek their second win of the season.

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Michael Vick has so far been one of the more disappointing players during the young NFL season. But on Sunday he reminded everyone why he is still one of the league's most exciting players. Late in the first quarter of the Philadelphia Eagles' game against the San Francisco 49ers, Vick dodged what appeared to be a sure sack, created some space and found Clay Harbor in the back of the endzone.

Vick's fifth touchdown pass of the season gave the Eagles a 7-0 lead in a game that has to be considered a must-win. Considered one of the Super Bowl favorites at the start of the year, they have gotten off to a 1-2 start and are now facing a 49ers team that is off to a 2-1 start.

In the early going, Vick has been doing his part. The quarterback is 6 of 8 for 65 yards and that touchdown, although he did throw an interception on the Eagles' first possession.