- Pittsburgh/Tennessee (1:00) - Dennis Dixon on the road... that's terrifying as a Pitt fan, esp. considering the pass rush in Tennessee and the ball control style that the Titans play... I really like Tennessee in the game, even though Pitt will play 8 (or 9) in the box on Johnson... he'll break one or 2, and Young will do enough...
- Baltimore/Cincy (1:00) - This is an interesting game... I thought Cincy looked terrible offensively against NE... yes, Palmer had a decent fantasy game, but they were garbage yards, and Benson looked underwhelming... Baltimore? Flacco was below average for him, and Rice got bottled up... but the Jets defense will do that to you... Palmer's probably the key to this game...
- Arizona/Atlanta (1:00)- Gotta hit this game... Can't start 0-2 if you're the Falcons so you need this one... Arizona's D isn't Pittsburgh's, especially on the ground, so Turner needs to re-establish himself... Ryan stared Gonzalez down constantly against Pitt and was wildly inaccurate on throws to Roddy White... he's gotta play better, and this could be a nice springboard... for the Cards, Derek Anderson is a trainwreck... but we knew that... Beanie Wells is healthy this week, and they'll pound the rock more...
- Miami/Minnesota (1:00)- Forgive me... but I don't see a threatening offense in Minnesota right now... Peterson is a monster, but Favre looked terrible in Week 1 and they have no outside threat without Rice... add that in with an older O-Line and I'm not scared of them... Miami looked decent in Week 1, esp. on defense, and Ronnie Brown looked 100%... This could be a low-scoring battle...
- New England/NYJ (4:15) - Best game of the weekend IMO... Pats offense looked very good against an underrated Cincy defense (with great corners no less), and the Jets are obviously great on D... interested to see how Revis fares with a week under his belt against Moss... Shonn Greene got a surprise demotion in Week 1, so interested to see how the carries get distributed between him and LDT... Sanchez was flat-out dreadful last week, and if he's that bad they have no shot... the Pats are a gauntlet on offense, and I think they can put up 3 td's or more on the Jets...
- Houston/Washington (4:15) - A nice matchup... Houston will be getting all kinds of hype (already are) based on the Indy win, but they are a historically pretty bad road team, and Washington has a little confidence now... the Skins D is pretty solid, but I feel like Andre Johnson will get off a bit in this one... key is how Donovan responds...
- NYG/Indy - 8:15 NBC - the Manning Bowl.... possible matchup issues for Indy in that they couldn't stop the run at all last week, and NYG is much more conditioned to pound the rock than Houston ever will be... fortunately for the Colts, the Giants can't decide who their running back is... Eli playing indoors helps, but I refuse to pick against Peyton in a night game... enjoy...
- Saints/49ers - Monday Night Football - I'm so, so, so down on San Fran... and it's all Alex Smith related... now he has to play against the crazy blitzing Saints Defense? Could be a 4-5 turnover game in store... Brees and company will have some issues against a talented San Fran D, but they may not need to do much more than capitalize on short fields...
Tennessee
Baltimore
Detroit (Upset alert)
Atlanta
Miami
KC
Carolina
GB (by 20+)
Dallas
Seattle
Oakland
San Diego
New England
Washington
Indy
New Orleans
THE PICKS! (4-3 entering CFB Saturday)
- KC +2 over Cleveland - Betting against Jake is fun...
- Green Bay -13.5 over Buffalo - sorry Bernie...
- Miami +6 over Minnesota
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