Getting closer to the weekend, which means closer to another Sunday of NFL Action.
Seahawks vs. Falcons
A rematch of last year's NFC Divisional match-up. When the season started this looked like it would be one of the more entertaining games of the weekend. While the Seahawks have done their part and look to be contenders (despite a near slip to the Bucs), the Falcons have basically self-destructed.Not much interest here.
Seahawks 35 Falcons 21
Verdict: Find Something Else To Watch
Bengals vs. Ravens
Another game that looked compelling when the season started but not so much now due to the Ravens sluggish start. The Bengals need to prove that their slip up to a Dolphins team in disarray is merely a fluke. Mainly paying attention here to see if Marvin Jones (who replaced Hartline) on my team can get some more TDs.
Bengals 28 Ravens 14
Verdict: Keeping an eye on it for fantasy purposes only
Lions vs. Bears
A battle of the two teams in the NFC North other than Green Bay that are 5-3 and the two teams that actually have some hope going forward. I think this game will be highly entertaining but as a Packers fan, this game is a no-win situation. With this being Cutler's first game back i'm not sure he does enough to help the Bears win.
Lions 42 Bears 31
Verdict: Highly Entertaining but Deflating as it makes it impossible for Packers to get the upper hand
Eagles vs. Packers
If not for the events of Monday Night, I would be feeling much better about this game as i'm not sold on the Eagles despite last weekends offensive explosion. For the Packers, I really hope Aaron Rodgers stops doing those discount double check commercials (nothing good ever seems to happen for the Packers when one of these commercials comes out).
The premier of the commercial with him, Matthews & Raji happened when the Giants blew them out in the NFC Divisional Playoffs a couple years back.
The first discount daaable check commercial come on the same day the defense no-showed on an opening day loss to the 49ers.
Monday's new discount daaable check commercial came in a game where his clavicle gets broken against the Bears. Bottom line, it seems like bad vibes for the Packers to be doing commercials with a bunch of 80s SNL characters that worshipped the Chicago Bears.
I'm not sure how long the Packers can go with trotting Seneca Wallace out there. Players such as Matt Flynn, Vince Young (who've both spent time with the Packers and are familiar with the playbook) would be better options as would gasppp....Tim Tebow.
Eagles 31 Packers 14
Verdict: Cringe worthy, probably need to walk away at some point to avoid yelling at the TV
Rams vs. Colts
Run of the mill early game with a Super Bowl contender versus one of the weaker teams in the league. This game is likely to be dull enough that not even Red Zone pays much attention to it. The team i'm up against is starting the Colts defense so i'm at least hoping the Rams put up something resembling a fight.
Colts 31 Rams 3
Verdict: Find Something Else to watch
Raiders vs. Giants
Expect a minimal amount of scoring, sloppy play on both sides some Eli Manning INTs maybe a crazy good rushing play or two from Pryor and about a dozen Raiders penalties rinse lather and repeat.
Raiders 13 Giants 10
Verdict: Only for diehard fans of either team
Bills vs. Steelers
My starting defense for the last month or so has been the Kansas City and i've gotten positive results out of this decision. However, with them having the week off, i've had to find a substitute. Originally, I wanted to get the Titans (playing Jacksonville) but lost out due to waiver wire process. Next, I went with the Dolphins (playing Tampa Bay) but decided to drop them as it seemed like bad fantasy karma for rooting for a team where bullying & intimidation appears to be acceptable at the institutional level.
Which eventually led me to picking up the Bills defense and all of a sudden caring about this game. In past years this is a match up I would avoid but the Steelers are clearly not themselves this year. On top of that the fantasy team i'm up against is starting Roethlisberger. Basically, i'm going out on a limb that the Bills defense shows up strong on Sunday.
Bills 17 Steelers 10
Verdict: Generally sloppy game, but highly interested for Fantasy reasons
Jaguars vs. Titans
Average but boring team goes up against team with aspirations to go 0-16.
Titans 35 Jaguars 10
Verdict: Watch Something Else or Get some fresh air
Panthers vs. 49ers
A compelling match up from both the Fantasy & Real life perspective. This game serves as a good test for a Panthers team that has been doing a good job (albeit against subpar opposition). On the fantasy side, Newton is my starting QB and he has been performing very strongly lately and relatively consistently (hes only had one bad game). It will be interesting to see how they measure up against a team with Super Bowl aspirations.
49ers 28 Panthers 17
Verdict: Close game for three quarters, 49ers pull away towards the end
Texans vs. Cardinals
Since it appears Foster is still going to be out, this feels like on of those blah match-ups that gets quickly forgotten. Only main subplot is whether Keenum can continue to keep up his good start against a strong defense. Me, I think not.
Cardinals 21 Texans 10
Verdict: There's better games out there
Broncos vs. Chargers
Peyton Manning keeps putting up crazy numbers all year and there is very little indication that the Chargers defense puts up very little resistance. Even though this could get out of hand, this is a game i'll be keeping an eye on since i'm planning on starting both Matthews & Woodhead. I think Rivers has a surprisingly good game but the Chargers find a way to not win this one.
Broncos 49 Chargers 31
Cowboys vs. Saints
Another chance to see Tony Romo put up big numbers but fall short towards the end. A chance for the Saints to bounce back from an inexplicable loss to the Jets. A chance for Jimmy Graham to put up monster numbers and help towards my team's playoff push.
Saints 42 Cowboys 28
Verdict: Lots of offense, should be more interesting game than what final score indicates
Dolphins vs. Bucs
ESPN is probably not too excited to air this game. Based on how their seasons have gone on and off the field, this could be your last chance to see an NFL game coached by either Philbin or Schiano. This could make that monday nighter between the Vikings and Giants look compelling.
Dolphins 10 Bucs 0
Verdict: Yeah its monday night football, but for this matchup not worth it
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