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Texans coach Gary Kubiak reiterated Monday Matt Schaub is still the team's starting quarterback when healthy. Case Keenum started during Sunday's 17-16 loss at Kansas City.

"Matt’s our starting quarterback," Kubiak said of the veteran Schaub. "Case played this week. Players responded well to Case. They were very confident with him, and it came from the week of practice."

The Rams confirmed Monday morning what had been widely reported -- quarterback Sam Bradford is done for the rest of the season after suffering a torn ACL Week 7 at Carolina.

The Rams haven't officially named a replacement for Bradford, but Kellen Clemens is the only other quarterback on the 53-man roster. The Rams have no quarterback on the practice squad.

Rams quarterback Sam Bradford tore his ACL in the Week 7 loss at Carolina, a source tells ProFootballTalk.com. Bradford had to be carted off the field and was replaced by Kellen Clemens.

Case Keenum made a pretty good case for himself on Sunday in his quest to become the full-time starting quarterback for the Texans.

Keenum was especially proficient in the first half of the loss in Kansas City, when he completed 8 of 12 passes for 151 yards and a 29-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins that gave his team a 10-7 lead. Keenum averaged 23.6 yards on his first five completions.

The rest for the game was a bit dicier for Keenum, who had a critical fourth-quarter fumble and connected on just 7 of 13 passes for 120 yards in the second half.

Gary Kubiak will have plenty of time to decide what to do at quarterback if Matt Schaub does return to health in time for the next game - the Texans are on a Week 8 bye.

Most quarterbacks would be severely hindered with two premier wide receivers out and the loss of a top pass-catching tight end during the game. But Aaron Rodgers isn't like most quarterbacks.

Rodgers overcame the absences of James Jones and Randall Cobb, as well as the late departure of Jermichael Finley, to put up his usual numbers and lead the Packers to a blowout Sunday of the Browns. In the process, he turned unknown Jarrett Boykin into a prolific wideout and earned a quarterback rating of 117.8.

He finished 25 of 36 for 262 yards and touchdowns to three different receivers. He was particularly effective after a first half in which the Packers relied mostly on the ground game. Rodgers was 13 for 18 for 151 yards and two scores after intermission. Including were fourth-quarter scoring strikes to Jordy Nelson and Boykin.

Rodgers and his banged-up receiving corps will be rolling to Minnesota in Week 8 for a Sunday night matchup against the Vikings.

The Rams are preparing for quarterback Sam Bradford to miss the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury Week 7 at Carolina, sources told CBSSports.com NFL Insider Jason La Canfora. An MRI will determine the severity of Bradford's injury.

Kellen Clemens came off the bench Week 7 to replace Bradford.

Jets quarterback Geno Smith completed 17-of-33 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 30-27 overtime victory over the Patriots. Smith added 32 rushing yards and a touchdown on the ground.

Smith was also intercepted (a pass which was returned 81 yards for a touchdown) in the first quarter. It was his sixth game of the season throwing an interception.

With the Jets focused on running the ball Sunday, Smith wasn't asked to carry too much of a passing burden, but when he did throw the ball, he tended to go deep, hitting four of his receivers with passes of 17 or more yards at least once. 

This was the third multi-touchdown game of the year for Smith; the rushing touchdown was the second of the season. The 233 yards were the most for Smith since Week 4. 

The Jets are on the road in Week 8, traveling to Cincinnati to face the Bengals. 

Eagles quarterback Matt Barkley saw the first regular-season action of his NFL career Week 7 vs. Dallas after Nick Foles left the game in the fourth quarter with a head injury. Unfortunately, Barkley didn't have a memorable performance, as he threw three interceptions in a 17-3 loss.

All of Barkley's three drives ended with interceptions. In fact, he was picked off on his second NFL throw, but it was called back because of an offsides penalty. Six plays later, however, Barkley did throw his first career interception.

It took him seven plays on his second drive to throw his second interception. Finally, Barkley was leading Philadelphia on a scoring drive late in the game, but his 12-yard pass intended for Jason Avant was picked off by Brandon Carr in the end zone.

Barkley completed 11 of 20 passes for 129 yards. He finished with a 35.2 quarterback rating.

The rookie from USC might make his first career start Week 8 vs. N.Y. Giants, if Foles (head) and Michael Vick (hamstring) aren't healthy enough to play.

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford threw three touchdown passes Week 7 vs. Cincinnati, but it wasn't enough in a 27-24 loss. Stafford completed 28 of 51 passes for 357 yards and no interceptions.

Stafford's first touchdown pass came on a 3-yard connection to Brandon Pettigrew late in the first quarter after potential touchdown passes to Calvin Johnson and Joseph Fauria fell incomplete. 

Stafford's second touchdown didn't come until midway through the third quarter, when he connected with star receiver Calvin Johnson with a back-shoulder throw on a 27-yard pass. And the duo weren't done.

On a 3rd-and-18 play in the fourth quarter, Stafford heaved a Hail Mary pass for the end zone, which Johnson outleaped three defenders to haul in a 50-yard touchdown to tie the game at 24.

Stafford has surpassed 300 yards three times this season. He also has five multi-touchdown passing games, with seven touchdowns in his last two games. Stafford will look to keep the momentum going Week 8 vs. Dallas.

Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes in consecutive games for just the second time in his career during a 27-24 win Week 7 at Detroit. Dalton completed 24 of 34 passes for 372 yards and no interceptions.

Dalton's second pass of the game resulted in an 82-yard touchdown to star receiver A.J. Green. However, Dalton had completed just 1 of 4 passes by the end of the first quarter. Dalton started to get going in the second quarter and finished the half completing 8 of 14 passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns. His second touchdown was a 12-yard pass to Marvin Jones with 41 seconds left in the second quarter.

Dalton got going early in the third quarter with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Eifert. Both of Dalton's first-half touchdowns came at the expense of Lions cornerback Chris Houston.

Dalton has six touchdowns to one interception in his last two games. He averaged 354.5 passing yards in wins over the Bills and Lions. Dalton looks to stay hot Week 8 vs. N.Y. Jets.