Tampa Bay at Jacksonville
This game is not the most fun to begin with Sunday football. The only thing that I’m really looking forward to in this whole game is watching Blount run. Throughout the entire season I’ve been talking about how good Blount is, and after that run that he had versus the Packers I believe it even more. Don’t remember the one I’m talking about? Here you go.
That’s what this game is going to come down to, a beast of Blount running through a Jacksonville defense. The only chance the Jags have of turning this around is if there great running back Jones-Drew can gain big yards rushing over a beat up Bucs defensive-line.
Tampa Bay wins this one 24-13
Houston at Cincinnati
Throughout the week this is a game that I have truly looked forward to. I like the Texans a lot, and Arian Foster is one of my favorite players in the league, and the Cincy defense is really good this year. I think the Texans are trying to dig themselves out of a huge hole as they don’t have Schaub, and Andre Johnson is out again now with his other hamstring bothering him. So for the offense it’s going to come down to Arian Foster once again, and he is great. But can he be enough to carry this Houston team? For Cincy we’ve got Dalton and Green again. These young guys are awesome. I think it’s going to be an aerial show for Dalton, and then Benson is going to bust a few up the got to really keep the game balanced. Cincy’s D is going up against a pretty one-dimensional offense and this is their chance to really get a hold in the wild card.
Cincy wins at home 20-17
Kansas City at New York Jets
Kansas City is still as banged up as they have been for weeks. The offense has a couple of good weapons in Bowe and Jackie Battle, but besides that it is going to come down to whether or not the Chiefs defense can stop the Jets offense. Sanchez is either on or he’s off throughout games. He never really skates by and gets his team a win by doing “just enough.” I think Sanchez realizes the position that the Jets are in and knows that this is a game that they need to win to stand a chance at the wild card. Santonio will have a couple big catches in the middle of the field, and then Plax will come in during the red zone snaps and catch the touchdowns.
Jets win at home 27-10
Minnesota at Detroit
With Adrian Peterson out again the Vikings are losing their franchises best player. Luckily rookie quarterback Christian Ponder is healthy enough to make the start, which makes the team a little bit better. The Vikings still lack a great receiver though, and that’s all Ponder is really going to need to become that next level QB, someone that can stretch the field consistently. Detroit has been pretty questionable the second half of this season, as Megatron has been shut down severely compared to early in the season. The Lions have been crushing themselves with personal foul penalties and giving up unearned yards in nearly every game. I think the Lions are finally going to get their heads on right, not give up any stupid penalties, and throw the ball all over Minnesota’s defense.
Lions win 34-20
Indianapolis at Baltimore
Indy got beat up last week. You can look at the final score against the Patriots and say “wow, they really stuck around versus one of the better teams in the league.” Wrong. The Patriots gave up in the fourth quarter and tried doing things defensively that they don’t normally do in game situations. The Colts are just as bad as they were two weeks ago, three weeks ago, all season. Baltimore has a history this season of losing games to teams that they should demolish though. Despite their history of these pushover game losses Baltimore needs this win to stay in the playoff picture, they’ve got Pitt and Cincy right there with them and they need to win out to feel really comfortable.
Baltimore wins 24-9
Philadelphia at Miami
Philly finally get Vick and Maclin back. This team has been awful without the both of them and maybe this is the boost that the Eagles need to really get back on track. LeSean has been consistent and the one bright spot for the Eagles throughout the season, and I think that it’s just going to keep growing. The biggest week spot that Philly has had has been their rush defense, and with a Reggie Bush coming in that has been very good these last few weeks – it could get scary. Reggie and Matt Moore have turned this franchise around this second half of the season. I think Reggie is going to have a pretty big game, breaking a hundred and maybe getting closer to 150 with a few scores.
The Dolphins beat the Eagles at home 27-13
New Orleans at Tennessee
New Orleans has done some big things with some little players throughout this entire season. Darren Sproles has done incredible things over the season, and then there is little known Lance Moore who over the last five games has had five touchdowns. Drew Brees knows how to spread the ball to all of their weapons and it leaves opposing defenses baffled. The Titans have Hasselbeck that knows how to throw the deep ball, and Chris Johnson who has finally been revitalized these last few weeks. I’ve been hesitant on saying he’s back, but I’m pretty sure he’s back. Chris Johnson is going to really balance this offense out and make the Titans a lot more dangerous.
New Orlean’s weapons outgun Tennessee’s 35-24
Atlanta at Carolina
Matt Ryan and the Falcons have been a big let down for me. I expected a lot more out of the Falcons throughout this season, and they haven’t done too much. They have great weapons in Julio, Roddy, and Turner but they just haven’t pieced it all together yet. And they are going up against a Carolina team that has been putting up big points all throughout the season. I think Cam Newton and friends do what they have done all season and they just continue to put up points. Carolina is on a mission to let everyone in the NFC South know that they are not a joke anymore.
Cam and the Panthers win 31-17
New England at Washington
New England is going to do exactly what New England always does. They are going to settle for short dump passes between the 20’s and once they get into the red zone they will toss the ball to Gronk or Hernandez and put up some very big points. On the other side of the ball they are going to let Washington take those short dump passes between the 20s and once they get in their own red zone defensively they will tighten up their zone defense and only give up the field goals. New England is a great team, and its just going to be proven even more today.
Pats win 35-17
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