On to Week 6!

Are you ready for some Football.....

Houston at Cincinnati (Cincinnati*)
Detroit at Green Bay (Green Bay)
St. Louis at Jacksonville (Jacksonville)
Baltimore at Minnesota (Minnesota)
New York Giants at New Orleans (New Orleans)
Cleveland at Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
Carolina at Tampa Bay (Carolina*)
Kansas City at Washington (Washington)
Philadelphia at Oakland (Philadelphia)
Arizona at Seattle (Seattle)
Tennessee at New England (New England)
Buffalo at New York Jets (New York Jets)
Chicago at Atlanta (Atlanta)

Monday Night:
Denver at San Diego (San Diego 21-14)


With 2 games disagreed on we may need the Monday night game so let's take a look at that one first. Had this game been in Denver I would have had to pick the Broncos. The Broncos have pulled off a decent record somehow this season so far. I think the Chargers are going to put the Broncos feet back on the ground. There are two games this week that I think are going to be key match ups, Chicago at Atlanta is one of them. Chicago is coming back well rested and hungry while the Falcons had quite an impressive game last week. Tennessee at New England, well really what can I say here? The Titans don't have a chance. Matt Hasselbeck had a decent week last week and I look for him to repeat that in his win against Arizona in Seattle this week. Another game that I think will be less than exciting is Philly and Oakland. I look for this game to be over in the second quarter.


This week I had to go with Cincinnati to pull out the rug from Houston. I think it is going to be a close game as both teams are hungry but the Bengals have an edge that will challenge the Houston defense. Of course if Houston can come out the way they did the second half of last week's game this could go a completely different way. Cedric Benson is the NFL's leading rusher, meaning the Texans defense cannot slip up. Can we count on this? History has shown this would be negative. This game could be an interesting one. The Texans have the edge on passing, the Bengals blow them away in rushing and they are about even in receiving. I look for a good challenge in this game.


Minnesota and Baltimore, the game of the week. This week could prove to be a challenge for Minnesota, one in which they truly have to step it up. With that said I still fully expect the Vikings to pull this off. Favre is earning his place and the Vikings are starting to look like a championship team. Baltimore is going to be hungry for a win, a loss this week would make this 3 in a row. The Vikings have home field advantage going for them this week as well. Not to mention Favre is ranked 4th in the NFL for passing efficiency. Joe Flacco on the other hand is not pulling it together yet. I look for this to be a good game yet tilted to the Vikings.