Thursday, September 18, 2008

Week 3 Preview

The two biggest games this weekend are by far the Cowboys-Packers and the Steelers-Eagles.  Many of the other games feel like other than adding a win to one team's record and a loss to the other, they're pretty much worthless.  Kansas City-Atlanta (who cares?), Miami-New England (does anyone really expect a Dolphins win?), Bengals-Giants (weakling vs. powerhouse), Raiders-Bills (doesn't Al Davis have someone to fire?), and Lions-49ers (does anyone have any paint they need help watching dry?) all fall into the "Isn't there any other game on?" category.

Buccs-Bears: The outcome won't really matter to me.  It could be a close game, but I think Chicago will expose the NFC South for the crappy division it is.
Texans-Titans:  A division rivalry that, believe it or not, could stick the Titans  in the driver's seat of the AFC South.
Panthers-Vikings: The Vikings haven't impressed anyone, but they're starting Gus Frerotte this week, and maybe he'll be able to accomplish something more than T. Jackson did in his first two games.  The Panthers have won two games, but I'm not sure they've got a huge win streak in them.
Cardinals-Redskins:  This is only of interest to me because in the first two weeks the NFC East didn't lose a single game outside its own division (Washington's loss was to the Giants and Philly's was to Dallas), and that could change either in this game or in the Pitt-Philly game (or both).
Rams-Seahawks:  The Rams might be the worst team in football, but so far the Seahawks haven't looked all that much better.  I'd take the Hawks at home, though.
Saints-Broncos:  The Denver offense is legit, but its defense has struggled.  New Orleans hasn't yet come through on their high expectations at the beginning of the season.  The Saints need this win a little bit more than Denver does, but I don't think they're going to get it.
Jags-Colts:  This has been an interesting and bitter rivalry in recent years, but both teams look flat and boring this season so far.  The winner of this game will still be behind Tennessee in the division.
Browns-Ravens:  The Browns desperately need a win.  Let's see if they look desperate trying to get one.
Jets-Chargers:  Who'd have thought the Chargers would be 0-2 at this point?  Both teams need a win badly.  San Diego has the better team, and they're at home, so I'd pick them.

Just so you know, I'll be cheering for Philadelphia against Pittsburgh this week.  That should be a really good game.

1 comment:

skip said...

Miami over Patriots...Who would have thought that would be the case? Not just a little bit. 38-13. Wow.