Week 5

Week 5

Cleveland at New England – GO BROWNS!!! 16-0?? Where are these commentators coming up with this crap? The Patriots are not invincible! This will be proven this week against the Browns. The Browns played well against the Ravens last week. Anderson, a sleeper around the league, has shown he knows how to get it done. Browns will have to contain Brady to avoid another shootout.

Seattle at Pittsburgh – Why am I picking the Squealers? The Steelers had their heads handed to them by the Cards last week. Was it a fluke? Or is it that Tomlin isn’t a real coach? I’m going with the latter. Even though Seattle is 3-1, don’t let their record fool you. They beat the Bucs, Bengals, and the Niners. While they are wins, they aren’t quality wins. Seattle will have their hands full with the Steelers’ offense.

Carolina at New Orleans – The Saints are 0-3, and yet I’m still picking them to win. Sean Payton had a bye week to regroup his team. Hopefully, they watched a lot of film. The Panthers will give Carr the start at QB once again this week. DeShaun Foster had a couple of fumbles last week, but should have a good game against this defense.

Detroit at Washington – I am truly convinced now. The Redskins’ owner is playing fantasy football. Why in the world would you sign another old wide receiver, when the ones you have are having problems getting the ball? The ‘Skins picked up WR Keenan McCardell over the last week. Campbell has played well, but this game will rest on the running game. Clock management is the key. If Portis is healthy enough to play, expect him and Betts to have a big game. Kitna throws a lot of INTS so Washington’s defense may also play well on Sunday also.

New York Jets at New York Giants – You have to give the home field advantage to the Giants. They are coming off a huge game over the Eagles last week. The defense got to McNabb 12 times. If the Jets allow that to happen to Pennington, we might see the backup QB by the second quarter. The Jets are utilizing RB Washington a little more now in the offense. They will have to play big if they want to come out of this game with a win.

Miami at Houston – Upset of the Week! Miami remains winless but will sneak in a win over the Texans this week. They had no answer for Culpepper last week, who showed his former team that his knee was just fine. RB Brown had over 200 all-purpose yards including one TD. The Texans had their own woes against the Falcons last week. They seemed to limit the ground game, but were susceptible to the passing game.

Atlanta at Tennessee – The Falcons got their first win of the season last week over the Texans. I hope they celebrated enough during the week. Their winning streak will end here. Harrington hooked up with Michael Jenkins for two scores. The Titans are coming off of a bye week and should be well rested. Vince Young will exploit the suspect secondary of the Falcons, who gave up 300+ yards last week. It should be an easy win for the Titans.

Jacksonville at Kansas City – The Chiefs finally looked like a complete team against the Chargers last week. Huard threw for 284 yards with two picks and two TDs. Larry Johnson even had 123 yards rushing on the day. It won’t happen again this week. This team got lucky against a poorly coached Chargers’ team. The Chiefs will come back to reality after this loss to the Jags.

Arizona at St. Louis – I thought the 2-QB system only worked in college and high school games. I guess the Cardinals are scraping the bottom of the virtual “playbook barrel” to try and muster up wins. Neither QB is good enough to play a full game, so they will continue to use this tactic until Leinart comes around. Gus Frerotte will start in place of Bulger. The Rams may want to just tank this year.

Tampa Bay at Indianapolis – With the loss of Cadillac Williams, Tampa Bay will look to Pittman and Graham to get it done on the ground. This has definitely changed their game plan they had originally against this Colts team. Dungy’s bitterness toward the Bucs will not play a factor, but you best believe they won’t hold back. Peyton and Addai had huge games over the Broncos last week. It will spill over into this week also.

San Diego at Denver – If the Chargers don’t win this game, heads will roll! Losing to the Chiefs is unacceptable. This could possibly be the season’s first head coach change if they continue on this downward spiral. The Broncos couldn’t contain any facet of the Colts last week. They will need to play a lot better on defense if they want to try to get out of this game with a win.

Baltimore at San Francisco – After the Ravens loss to Cleveland last week, look for McNair to lead this team to a victory. With QB Alex Smith out, Dilfer will be behind center. The Ravens’ defense will bounce back from last week’s collapse and hold Gore and Dilfer at bay. No pun intended.

Chicago at Green Bay – Favre is having a great year! But that’s only because he has to. The Slackers can’t manage to run the ball at all. They had 6 different rushers who totaled 46 yards last week against a Vikings D. Now they have to play a real defense. Griese is not the answer. He looks like he went to the same QB school that Grossman went to. He threw 3 INTs last week against the Lions. RB Benson continues to struggle. Tell me again, why did they get rid of Thomas Jones?

Dallas at Buffalo – Monday night??? Who picked this crap? Dallas is still undefeated, but they have had a cake schedule thus far. If they beat the Patriots next week, maybe we can say that they are legit. The Bills finally squeaked out a win over the Jets last week, but still continues to look bad every week. Those Bills DBs will have their hands full on Monday.

Bye Week: Cincinnati, Minnesota, Oakland, and Philadelphia

Game of the Week: Seattle at Pittsburgh