A rough week 6, I felt pretty good with the picks going into
this week, and there were a couple of surprises, and at this point, the records
of the teams are starting to show what they are really made of, so it should be
a little bit easier to pick the winners moving forward. The biggest surprise of the week was the New
England Patriots stunning last second comeback against the previously
undefeated New Orleans Saints. The
Saints executed poorly down the stretch after Brees successfully completed a
third and twenty to Kenny Still for a touchdown. After this play, the Patriots got the ball
back and Brady threw an interception, which the Saints turned into a field goal,
increasing the lead to 27-23. The
Patriots got the ball back, turned it over on downs, and then used all their
timeouts and got the ball back again late.
Brady was not going to be denied on a third attempt to win the game,
finding Thompkins in the back corner of the end zone for a 17 yard touchdown.
In a
more interesting Thursday night game than anticipated, the Giants managed to
cover the spread against the Bears, and they even had a chance to win at the
end of the game, despite Eli Manning continuing to turn the ball over at an
alarming rate that finds head Tom Coughlin’s blood pressure rising by the
second. Somehow the Bengals and Bills
game went to OT, and news after the game has Thad Lewis injured, potentially
joining E.J. Manuel on the sidelines after a promising performance. The Bengals got a good showing from Andy
Dalton and A.J. Green, but their defense waned after allowing a mere six points
to the Patriots last week. This Cincinnati
team remains greatly unknown as they seem to play to their level of competition. Lions mopped up the Browns with a subpar
performance from Megatron, and what you would expect from Brandon Weeden, who
threw two touchdowns but also two picks.
The
Raiders got off to a hot start against the Chiefs, going up 7-0 early on a
Pryor to Moore hookup. After this, the
Chiefs defense shut the door with ten sacks and their offense poured in 24
unanswered points, keeping Andy Reid’s new team undefeated. Cam Newton continues the trend of going off
pretty much every other week, posting two games with four TDs and two
duds. Carolina must hope to keep their
production up from their receivers, especially their number two Brandon Lafell
to try and keep double teams off of veteran Steve Smith. The Pittsburgh Steelers passing game got it
going against the Jets, as the Jets failed to do much against this Steelers
defense. Pretty vanilla game overall,
and if Geno Smith did nothing to stand out in this one, it’s hard to imagine
him as the true long term answer for the Jets at the quarterback position.
Nick
Foles played his ass off and is forcing Chip Kelly to take a long look at him
to be the starter even with Vick healthy.
Tampa’s defense came in ranked very highly, so that makes the show Foles
put on all that more impressive. Mike
Glennon played pretty well too, hooking up with Vincent Jackson early and
often, but it did not end up being enough as Doug Martin could not get it going
consistently. The Packers held on to
beat the Ravens, as this one was scoreless for a while as Rodgers targets kept
getting hurt. A late strike to Jordy
Nelson put this game out of reach and was impressive for Green Bay to escape
with a win despite those costly injuries.
The Jaguars covered the spread and then some against the Broncos as
Peyton Manning easily had his worst game of the season in a classic look ahead
game as Manning will be headed back to his old stomping grounds next week in a
showdown with his heir apparent, Andrew Luck.
Nevertheless, the Broncos come out with a win, keeping them undefeated
as Manning will roll into Indianapolis with a chip on his should and something
to prove to the second year Luck.
Seahawks failed to cover against the Titans in a battle of two anemic offenses. The 49ers just barely covered the spread
against the Cardinals, and they continue to keep getting better and their
defense continues to play well. Cowboys
walked over Washington in a game that was a surprise to no one except a few
nostalgic Washington fans who seem to think that the old RG3 from last year
will just show up one of these weeks.
Still not happening folks, Washington needs to take a long hard look at
the Derrick Rose injury in Chicago for how they should be treating their
franchise players.
Colts
and Bolts lace them up tonight to battle on Monday night football. I still like the Colts to take this one down,
as San Diego’s play has been so up and down this year, coming off a loss to the
Raiders. The Colts victory against the
Seahawks really showed me something and Luck continues to play better than his
years. Colts need to take this one down
as they will be in trouble in they look ahead to the Broncos and drop this game
here, already having to prepare for Denver this Sunday night.
Results
L Bears over Giants (didn’t cover)
L Bengals over Bills (didn’t cover)
W Lions over Browns
L Chiefs over Raiders (didn’t cover)
L Panthers over Vikings
L Steelers over Jets
W Eagles over Bucs
W Packers over Ravens
W Rams over Texans
W Jaguars over Broncos
L Seahawks over Titans (didn’t cover)
L Patriots over Saints
L 49ers over Cardinals
W Cowboys over Redskins
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