Week 9 Rolls to Week 10

The 2 of us didn't do so well this past Sunday. Again, the late games killed our predictions, but oh well. I edge out Mardi this week on the Monday Night game via the tiebreaker. The score for the week was 7-6 (me) and 6-7 (Mardi). The updated season score is 82 -47 (me) and 80-49 (Mardi).

Here is the Week 10 schedule:

Chicago at San Francisco (San Francisco)
Atlanta at Carolina (Atlanta)
Tampa Bay at Miami (Miam)
Detroit at Minnesota (Minnesota)
Jacksonville at New York Jets (New York Jets)
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
New Orleans at St. Louis (New Orleans)
Buffalo at Tennessee (Tennessee)
Denver at Washington (Denver)
Kansas City at Oakland (Oakland)
Seattle at Arizona (Seattle)
Dallas at Green Bay (Green Bay)
Philadelphia at San Diego (San Diego)
New England at Indianapolis (New England)

Monday Night:
Baltimore at Cleveland (Baltimore 35-10)

Bye: Houston, New York Giants

This is the last of the bye weeks and Houston has definitely earned it. They are 5-4 at this point and can definitely go on a roll into the end of the season, with games coming up against Seattle, St. Louis, and Tennessee. Houston getting 10 wins this season isn't out of the question, but they do need to remain focused on the tougher games coming up such as Jacksonville, Miami (both away) and Indianapolis (at home).

Minnesota is welcoming Detroit into the dome this Sunday. Minnesota wins, nothing more needs to be said about that game.

Look for New England to have a big day through the air against the depleted Indianapolis secondary. The only hope for Indianapolis to win will be to disrupt the air attack at the line (which is how they were able to keep Matt Shaub at bay). In the end, though, Indianapolis will suffer it's first loss of the season. I had to give homefield to Oakland. I'm just glad that one is out of market for my television coverage. Homefield also has to go to Pittsburgh. It took a last ditch effort by Cincinnati to beat Pittsburgh last time. This time, however, the defensive pieces are back in place and have shown the ability to disrupt opposing quarterbacks with ease. The Seattle/Arizona game is a coin toss for me as Arizona has just been too inconsistent to call effectively. I would dismiss that loss to Tampa Bay as a fluke for Green Bay as they will beat Dallas this Sunday. Dallas may be on a tear, but somehow I don't think it can last. Tennessee is still a bad team, but Buffalo is worse. Tampa Bay, Cleveland, and Washington earn "Bad Team Losing" honors this week. The defense for San Diego has started to pull things together. While it still needs work, the pass protection for Philadelphia is seriously lacking, which is why San Diego will win.

This week's menu is as of yet undecided. What does Mardi think of this week?