Well let's counted 'em up.....7-8 this past week but still believe I had the Bears-Lions game....HORRIBLE CALL in the endzone. Why is it when your are running the ball you just have to break the plane but when you are catching the ball, you must maintain control all the way to the bench! STUPID RULE!!!
Now for this weeks picks. Lots of surprises last week...as expected it always happens in a new season. So..Here we go again...Bears at the Cowboys.....the Bears didn't win last week the Lions lost. Cowboys redeem themselves at home and win for the fans at home. Falcons at home against the Cardinals...the Cardinals struggled against the Sam Bradford led Rams last week and almost lost it. Falcons will win at home. Buffalo at Green Bay...It's bad enough when you have to play Green Bay at home but in Lambeau that's a tall order for any team. Packers win at home. Eagles at Lions.....this would have been close if Matt Stafford and Kevin Kolb were starting at QB. Unfortunately for the Lions, the now fully healthy and back to his old running self Michael Vick will start for the Eagles. Too much Vick for Lions to handle. Eagles win on the road. Steelers at Titans...should be a slug fest but I'll lean to the home team on this one Titans win with Chris Johnson's running. Ravens at the Bengals...the Ravens were not as good as they played last week and the Bengals are not as bad as they played look for the Bengals to get back on track with the Home Field advantage. Bengals win in a close one. Chiefs at Cleveland....Poor Jake he just can't get a break. Although Senaca Wallace will have a good game and probably steal the starting QB job from Delhomme the new and improved Chiefs who showed last week they do have a defense. Chiefs win. Tampa Bay at Carolina....I really don't know what people see in the Panthers but they keep picking them. If Matt Moore gets the start he will struggle & the upstart Bucs will win their second in a row for the first time since Jon Gruden was the coach. The Dolphins travel to Minnesota. If this were in Miami the outcome might be different. Look for the Vikings to get back on track at home. Vikings win. This week we will find out if the Seahawks are for real or not as they travel to Denver to take on the Broncos. I can't see Josh McDaniels not having his team ready to play at home. Broncos win. Rams at Oakland....I am just going to go with the home team simply because the defense did a pretty good job for most of the game last week against Chris Johnson...and if the Rams can't run the ball Bradford is in for a long day...Raiders win. Here's another game to see if a team is for real...the Texans at Washington. Although the Redskins played good defense, they still haven't shown if they can score on offense. I'll lean toward Houston...Texans win. Jaguars at Chargers...the Jags actually surprised me last week but I'll go with the Chargers to get back on track in front of the Home crowd..but I will say this if the Chargers lose and go 0-2 this could spell the end for Norv Turner if he cannot right the ship real quick. Chargers win at home. The Patriots at the Jets....Are the Jets as good as they say they are...we will see this week in another tough test. I believe the Jets will get back to good defense and find a way to harass Tom Brady. The AFC east is a tough division and the Jets cannot afford to go down 0-2. Jets win at home. The big game Sunday is Manning vs Manning in the Manning Bowl. I warned all of you last week the Colts are in trouble. Too many key injuries. Look for the Eli led Giants to upset the Colts at home. This is one time if I were a gambler I'd take the 5 1/2 points with the Giants. Giants win a big one and Colts go 0-2 for the the first time since Jim Mora was the coach. Finally......what you all have been waiting for the Monday Night Matchup with the Saints traveling to San Francisco to play the 49ers. The 49ers are not as bad as they looked last week. They just read to many of their own press clippings. The difference in this game will be the defense....New Orleans' defense. They held Brett Favre and the Vikings to ZERO points in the second half of last weeks game plus they have almost had a bye week being off for eleven days. The Saints under Payton have done well out of a bye week. It will be close in the first half but then the Saints will pull away in the second half. Saints win and go 2-0. Don't forget to give me your predictions and see how well you can pick against me.
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