OK I have to admit something: my math was a little bit off when I falsely claimed I had a 107 prediction record. After further review my record stands at 105, qualifying me as a bad mathematician but a respectable NFL predictor. If you need proof, check for yourself. I been predicting for the last threeer four weeks and I cumulated records of 31, 31, 40 and 03. Add up and you get 105.
So yes, I am a genius but I approaching dangerous waters this week though. Four fivestar matchups on the table and I only certain about one of them. The rest are toss ups but for a genius like me, I sure I come away with another flawless record. And even if I don I just lie to you all and say I got them all right since none of you checked me on my bad math before. Read and enjoy:
I really need to stop picking against the Broncos. I picked against Denver the last three times they been on this board and I 03 in doing so. They fresh off a bye and have their minds set on home field advantage in the playoffs. The Ravens have lost three straight and are falling further behind the curve as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals continue to win.
Although Baltimore QB Joe Flacco has played well throughout the year, the Ravens desperately need to get back to the running game and reestablish their identity. It not that Flacco can lead the team but their secondary has been allowing opponents to abuse them for the last several weeks. Keeping opponents off the field is probably Baltimore best defense nowadays. The days of the Ravens being comfortable to send out a ferocious defensive unit is over and time of possession will now be the deciding factor if Baltimore wants to go far this year.
The Broncos showed two weeks ago that they capable of beating a team through all three phases: offense, defense or special teams. Return man Eddie Royal killed the San Diego Chargers with two big return touchdowns that solidified a crucial division win on Monday night. If Royal can provide his team with good field position on Sunday, it would go a long way in the Broncos winning. Everything is flowing for Denver right now. The defense is stout and the offense might not be New Orleansesque, but they don make mistakes.
Baltimore starting left tackle Jared Gaither announced through his Twitter page that he would be playing this week and that would be a definite boost to the Ravens. Broncos outside linebacker Elvis Dumerville leads the NFL in sacks and held his unofficial coming out party against the Chargers in prime time television. Rookie offensive tackle Michael Oher could probably handle Dumerville on his own but the Broncos move him around so much, he could line up on either side on any given play. Gaither return would give Baltimore two solid pass protectors on both sides to counter Dumerville movements.
The Broncos front seven demolished the likes of the Cowboys, Patriots and Chargers offensive lines but they haven faced a protection unit as stout as the one they see when they face the Ravens. Baltimore defense is no longer elite but given two weeks to scheme around what isn working, they should be up for the challenge against a nonimposing offense in Denver The Broncos have had two weeks to prepare also which makes this game a toss up. A fourth straight loss would be devastating for the Ravens while a loss for Denver would still equal first place in the AFC West. Expect Baltimore to play their best game of the season. Ravens 2421.
NY Giants (52) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (42)
Reality set in for the Giants over the last couple of weeks as they were beaten by some pretty solid clubs, ruining a 50 start. New York recognizes a loss to the Eagles would not only propel Philly into the driver seat of the NFC East but also mark their third straight defeat. After a brain lapse against the Oakland Raiders a couple of weeks ago, Philadelphia bounced back with their destruction of a reeling Washington Redskin team but paid the price for it.
Starting running back Brian Westbrook left the game and didn return after sustaining a concussion in the first half. It not known whether Westbrook will play against the Giants but www.raidersofficialonline.com/99_lamarr_houston_jersey_authentic_black_limited_cheap.html after laying motionless on the ground against the Redskins Lamarr Houston Black Jersey for a few minutes, it probably wise the Eagles keep him out of this contest. Philadelphia will have to rely on a few backups along their offensive line and rookie runner LeSean McCoy if they want to get past an upset Giants team on Sunday. The Eagles knocked New York out of the playoffs last season with a stunning victory in the Giants own backyard. New York has had to wait all summer to play the Eagles again and could be catching Philly at the right time.
Philadelphia is really banged up. Even though they beat Washington 2717, their offensive front was taken to school all night by the Redskins front seven. The Giants may not have a defensive lineman as dominant as the Skins Albert Haynesworth, but their defensive front is definitely deeper and more imposing than Washington The Giants defense could probably win this game singlehandedly as long as Eli Manning doesn turn the ball over and keeps the offense flowing. Philadelphia gets the game at home which will give them a boost but after watching their offensive line get destroyed by the Raiders and Redskins, it hard to pick them against what they see against New York. Giants 2617
Minnesota Vikings (61) vs. Green Bay Packers (42)
Game of the week right here. The Packers have bounced back nicely with two straight wins after dropping an emotional contest to Minnesota just a few weeks ago. Green Bay has outscored opponents 573 in the last two weeks and will be ready to extend that margin against the Vikings. Minnesota will have one eye on their bye Lamarr Houston Elite Jersey week when they visit Green Bay on Sunday but they have to be extremely careful. Lambeau Field will be insane as former Packer legend Brett Favre returns for the first time and the Pack will be playing with heavy hearts.
Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers threw for 384 yards the last time he saw the Vikings secondary and that was with Minnesota standout corner Antoine Winfield in the lineup. Wearing his home jersey with the Green Bay fans fully behind him, Rodgers could go off Sunday against the Vikings and expose their depleted secondary. But then again he might not.
Minnesota played pretty well against last week NFL passing yards leader in Ben Roethlisberger, limiting him to 175 yards. But Roethlisberger doesn let it fly down the field consistently like Rodgers does and the Vikes secondary will have to be on their P and Q without Winfield. I couldn go another line without mentioning Minnesota explosive offense and it is just that.
Although they only accounted for 10 points last week against the Steelers, the Vikings offensive unit remains a problem. You can be sure the Vikings will put up more than two scores this week against a Packer defense that has feasted on some of the more ineffective units in the league the past couple of games. Thirdyear wideout Sidney Rice is a bonafide playmaker and couple him with Adrian Peterson and Favre pulling the trigger and you have a dangerous combination.
Sunday game could be a shootout and believe that Rodgers or Favre would love nothing better than to go toetotoe with one another. Green Bay offensive line was terrorized by the Vikes front seven the last time the two teams met, sacking Rodgers eight times. Green Bay left tackle Chad Clifton could return after sitting out the past few games but his status remains unclear. Regardless if he returns or not, Green Bay should have a better system in place to protect Rodgers after the disaster against Minnesota a few weeks ago. If the Packers can keep Rodgers upright, Minnesota will be in trouble. Packers 2824
Atlanta Falcons (42) vs. New Orleans Saints (50)
After a thriller last week against the Miami Dolphins, New Orleans will return to what should be an ecstatic Superdome for a Monday night game against a divisional opponent. The Saints came back from a 243 deficit on the road to beat the Dolphins 4634. What was even more impressive about the Saints comeback is that they probably played their worse game of the season and still scored 46 points on the road.
New Orleans can be stopped right now and the Falcons will be fresh off a loss and 311 yards put up against them by Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys. The Falcons allowed little known receiver Miles Austin to explode for 171 yards and two touchdowns so Marques Colston and Drew Brees have to be licking their chops just thinking about this game.
Atlanta can score with the best of teams but their secondary is their biggest Achilles heel. For a team as talented through the air as the Saints are, that could spell disaster for the Falcons and their chances to pull off the upset. The Saints defense got blitzed last week when the Dolphins showed them just how effective the Wildcat offense could be but they tightened up in the second half and limited Miami to only 10 points. If Atlanta wants to win this game, they have to put the ball into running back Michael Turner hands and keep the Saints off the field. Anything less than 25 carries from Turner and Falcons defense will get exposed for a second straight week. Saints 4024
The Steelers won 2717. Pittsburgh defense held the Vikings offense to 10 points and scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley returned a Brett Favre fumble 77 yards before another Pittsburgh linebacker, Keyaron Fox, returned a Favre interception 82 yards to seal the deal with Minnesota driving trailing 2017. Favre and running back Adrian Peterson did have some success against the Steelers, combining for over 400 yards but with only 10 points to show for it, Pittsburgh got the best of them.
Even with Polamalu running around at lest than 100%, his return alone infuses the Steeler defense with a lot of confidence. Polamalu showed how destructive he could be when he made the Pro Bowl in less than a half in the opener against Tennessee. The Steelers will go into a bye week with a chance to get fresher and get standouts youngsters Rashard Mendenhall and Mike Wallace more involved in the offense. Pittsburgh has rebounded nicely from a 12 start and appears to be getting stronger. Stay tuned
Even though their offense could only put up 10 points on the road, the Vikings had a chance to win the game before an inadvertent interception bounced off backup running back Chester Taylor hands and into Fox hands. Minnesota is definitely a Super Bowl finalist, they just need to remain healthy. With thirdyear receiver Sidney Rice evolving into a toptier target, the Viking offense gets more lethal by the week. And they need it, next Sunday game against the Green Bay Packers will be HUGE!
San Francisco 49ers vs. Houston Texans
incumbent QB Shaun Hill struggles to even reach 200 yards so if San Francisco wants to beat Houston, their defense will have to step up and corral the Texans high octane unit. After allowing 45 points in their own backyard, I just can see how they do that against the Texans, even with two weeks to prepare.
The Texans won 2421. Houston held on for dear life after exploding to a 210 lead. Shaun Hill struggled to reach 200 yards because he was pulled at halftime after carving up the Texans for a whopping 45 yards. Backup QB Alex Smith started the second half for the Niners raidersofficialonline.com/99_lamarr_houston_jersey_authentic_black_limited_cheap and threw three touchdown passes to tight end Vernon Davis. The Texans went over .500 for the first time all season with the win but star receiver Andre Johnson sat out the last drive with a bruised chest.
Even though the Niners lost, they should feel good about themselves on the plane trip home. After battling back from 210 deficit, the forgotten Smith gave the team a spark and the Niners may have stumbled upon a quarterback controversy. The lack of playmakers at the quarterback and receiver positions are going to cause the team to be mediocre until they can find suitable upgrades.
AUBURN, ALA. College football, or any sport for that matter, can often get bogged down in its own lexicon, which often turns clich.
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Take for example, when two unbeaten teams meet in a showdown game, such as No. 6 LSU's visit to today. Who wants to hear both sides saying it's just another game carrying the same weight as any of the other 12?
Today's game clearly is not, as the dual set of Tigers will battle to become the last remaining SEC unbeaten team and first in line, at least for now, in the running for the BCS title game.
LSU players are treating it as such without succumbing to the mindnumbing stock answers. They're seeing this game for what it is and saying so, some even waxing poetic.
"This is the time when football becomes something a little special," LSU guard TBob Hebert said this week. "When the weather starts cooling off, the sun starts going down a little earlier . you have these bigtime, laterintheseason undefeated matchups. This is why you come to LSU, to play in these games where everything is on the line. I'm looking forward to it, and I know the rest of the team is, as well."
That's something all observers outside the arena can relate to, and something LSU Coach Les Miles has encouraged from his players.
"I don't think you can hide when there is a national enthusiasm for a specific game," Miles said. "For the coach to come into the team meeting room and Kevin Burnett Elite Jersey not really have a little extra juice about preparing and understanding this game is a significant one, would not be an honest approach.
"For you not to enjoy playing in a matchup with two nationally ranked guys, both teams undefeated, to not have enjoyment of that circumstance, I don't know if I could do it."
The basic premise that it's just one game still resonates with his players, Miles said. But he thinks his players work too hard and sacrifice too much not to extract the pure joy of playing in a big game for the sake of a robotic approach.
"You have to enjoy it," LSU quarterback Jarrett Lee said. "When you have two teams like this coming together, any SEC week, you have to enjoy it, but you also have to stay focused and stay confident."
There's plenty to enjoy in this game. Auburn quarterback Cam Newton is perhaps the hottest name in college football after guiding his team to 6543 victory over Arkansas last week with 328 yards of offense and accounting for four touchdowns. He adds the Heisman Trophychase element to the nationally televised game.
Across from Newton and the SEC's No. 1 offense will be the conference's No. 1 defense. LSU is allowing only 2.4 yards per carry and is led by tackle Drake Nevis and linebacker Kelvin Sheppard.
The game has nearly everything one would want in one of the aforementioned matchups, except perhaps, ESPN's GameDay. That traveling circus opted for another set of unbeatens BCS No. 1 Oklahoma at Missouri after appearing at Auburn earlier this season.
"It's definitely an SEC showdown. I can't wait to get down to Auburn," LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson said. "It's definitely going to be fun, and it's definitely going to be worth watching."
Just as important are the more maligned units LSU's offense and Auburn's defense. LSU is 10th in the conference in total offense (328.6 yards per game) and last in passing offense. LSU has four touchdown passes this season; that's below an average twogame total for Newton.
This week, LSU has a chance to improve against an Auburn secondary that has done its part to keep games close. Auburn has three victories by three points and another by eight, in which it came from behind in the fourth quarter. On top of that, the home raidersofficialonline.com/94_kevin_burnett_jersey_authentic_black_limited_cheap team will be without two starters because of injuries.
The question is, who wins this battle of underachievers?
LSU's twoquarterback system continues to rile up fans, who bombarded Miles with questions on the subject on his radio show Wednesday. Statistically, the fans have a point: Lee has had the major hand in the past eight LSU touchdown drives and clearly is the better passer. But Miles insists the system is working best as is.
Lee and Jordan Jefferson are working hard to keep saying all the right things.
"I'm comfortable Kevin Burnett Authentic Jersey with what's going on right now," Jefferson said. "Jarrett does a great job whenever he's in the game. He does what he has to do to put points on the board. A lot of teams don't know what to expect from us, so we're going to keep it going."
Jefferson and Lee will have to perform at a higher level for LSU to win. LSU has the conference's fourthbest rushing attack at 188 yards per game. LSU running back Stevan Ridley trails only Newton in yards per game rushing (98.0).
But Auburn's run defense has been stout, anchored by defensive tackle Nick Fairley, allowing 101 yards per game and 3.0 per carry.
"There are holes in that defense," Ridley said. "We've just got to find them and make the best out of them. We'll play our style of football and go for their weaknesses, and that seems to be through the air.
"As an offense, we still have not shown our best football, and it's Week 7. We know that if our offense can get in there and hit on all cylinders, we can be pretty special. We know our defense is solid. Our special teams are solid. We have the athletes everywhere, but we have to put it together. Maybe this is the game we put it together."
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