{"id":9097,"date":"2009-12-28T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=9097"},"modified":"2009-12-28T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T17:00:32","slug":"nfl-knights-week-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/nfl-knights-week-16\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Knights: Week 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asante Samuel also made a crucial interception as his Philadelphia Eagles improved to 11-4 and remain in the driver&#8217;s seat for the NFC East title. Samuel snared a Kyle Orton pass at the Eagles&#8217; eight yard line late in the third quarter of a 30-27 win. It was Samuel&#8217;s ninth interception of the season, one shy of his career high of 10 set in 2006 during a Pro Bowl season with New England.<\/p>\n<p>With nine interceptions, Samuel is tied for the NFL lead with Darren Sharper of New Orleans and Jarius Byrd of Buffalo. Samuel&#8217;s five tackles tied for second for the Eagles on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Across the field from Samuel, Brandon Marshall made eight catches for the Broncos, pushing him past the 100-reception plateau for the season. He became just the fifth player in NFL history to have three consecutive 100-reception seasons, joining Jerry Rice, Marvin Harrison, Herman Moore and Wes Welker. UCF&#8217;s Matt Prater connected on all five of his kicks for Denver. He was 2-for-2 on field goals, connecting for 33 and 46 yards out, while splitting the uprights on all three of his extra point tries.<\/p>\n<p>Another Knight who was able to help his team secure a playoff spot was Rashad Jeanty who made a tackle in Cincinnati&#8217;s AFC North Division clinching 17-10 win over Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>With a pair of receptions against New England, Jacksonville wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker went over the 60-catch plateau in what has been a break-out season for the third-year NFL veteran. Sims-Walker now has 61 receptions for 841 yards and seven touchdowns on the season.<\/p>\n<p>Daunte Culpepper got some good playing time off of the bench for Detroit at San Francisco, completing 7-of-12 passes for 51 yards while also rushing twice for 16 yards. Culpepper led the Lions on an 11-play drive for one of the team&#8217;s two field goals on the day.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Gaines, starting at tight end, had a season-long 24-yard reception as the Cleveland Browns rolled past the Oakland Raiders, which featured stalwart Cornell Green at right tackle. Joe Burnett shared a special teams tackle as the Pittsburgh Steelers remained in the jam-packed AFC wild card hunt at 8-7.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit: NFL<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Asante Samuel also made a crucial interception as his Philadelphia Eagles improved to 11-4 and remain in the driver&#8217;s seat for the NFC East title. 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