Ministry of Pain
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Atlanta at Philadelphia
Overview: The Falcons have allowed a lot of yards and TDs on the ground this season. Kevin Smith scored in week 1, Graham and Dunn in week 2, LJ had 120/TD in week 3, DeWill and JStew combined for 100 and a score, Forte had 65/TD in his outing…Philly should be able to run very well in this gamedespite the fact they are not one of the league’s top rushing teams with a 3.5 ypc avg.
Philly was pretty lights out the first 4 games of the season and then they allowed 145/TD to Portis, and Gore 101/TD showed they are vulnerable. Atlanta has the 2nd highest ypc avg in the league. Is this a great match up against Philly on the road? Not really but I can see a couple scenarios where Turner might be able to grind out 70+ yds. I’m not anticipating a ton of scoring in this game, but if it were to go higher in scoring I think the passing games will lead the way.
Turner: Odds are not with him to have a great day but I don’t see how you bench him either.
Brian Westbrook: Did practice fully so I would assume he plays this weekend. I think CBuck will see some action but expect Westy to be out there a lot. This is almost a must win for Philly, they have to get to 4-3.
CBuck: Maybe 50 yards in relief.
Final Score: Philly 20…Atlanta 17
Kansas City at NY Jets
Overview: Nothing and I mean nothing to get excited about in Kansas City…it’s a shame that a city with fans as passionate and great as they have there at Arrowhead week and week out are now treated to this nonsense. QB1 and QB2 go on IR the same week…I mean Tyler Thigpen, seriously? And suspend Larry Johnson 2 weeks in a row? Here’s a team that has great leadership.
Match Game “75” Flashback!!!
“The Kansas City Chiefs rush defense is so bad…”
Peanut Gallery: “How bad is it!?”
It’s so bad Thomas Jones was started in every league including the (blank) league….
Contestant: “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
Lukewarm reception from the audience/peanut gallery…let’s go to the stars…
Nipsey Russell: “I said the Bowling League!”…
Brett Summers: “I went with the Junior League”…
And Charles Nelson Reilley: “I said the Human League”...
Kolby Smith/Jamaal Charles: Smith had 10 carries vs Charles who had 3 last week…game was a blowout but the Jets are not putrid against the run either. I bench both this week.
Thomas Jones: What do you think?
Final Score: NY Jets 24…Kansas City 10
San Diego at New Orleans
Overview: Football is coming to England/Europe, they sure are going tob e disappointed when they don’t see David Beckham out there, but this game will likely wind down to whoever can run the ball better. I imagine with bush out that the Saints are going to be much different on offense. Shockey might be out, Colston looks super rusty and was pulled from last week. How again is this a home game for the Saints?
The Bolts will do a repeat of what they did last year, and I expect them to hit the break at 4-4, then likely strong together some big wins, finish 10-6 and take the AFC West. What does that mean to Pierre Thomas and Deuce? Not sure, but I think San Diego will be more pumped and I believe they will win this game.
LT: Not the topflight guy we would like to see, but he still is a threat. The Saints are not great on defense but they have held ADP in check, Fargas a couple weeks ago, Gore was held in check too. I think LT will have a decent day though.
Deuce: Won’t be totally shut down but I don’t expect him to score a lot either.
Pierre Thomas: maybe not this week.
Final Score: San Diego 22…New Orleans 15
St Louis at New England
Overview: Haslett vs Zorn…OK, Haslett vs Wade Phillips…OK, Haslett vs BB…no way!
Stephen Jackson: Could be limited with a deep thigh bruise but I bet he continues to run the ball well. Pittman was doing fine for awhile but then Denver fell behind. Outisde of Ronnie brown, they have contained most teams. I think SJax is a good bet to hit 100 total yds most weeks, pay attention to the IR.
Sammy Morris: I don’t know the extent of his knee injury so I will rely on the board for this one. Now RULED OUT!!!
BenJarvis GreenTree Ellis: Should get props for the name…your guess is as good as mine if he sees extensive action.
Final Score: New England 23…St Louis 13
Buffalo vs Miami
Overview: The Bills start a 3 game stint in their division, and if they can perform well the next 3 weeks, they have a terrific shot and the inside track to win this division and fly into the playoffs. This offense has a “lil somthin’” as my friend PAE likes to say and I thinkthat sums them up. They’re not world beaters but they got a lil sumpin goin on there and its starting to get fun to watch, especially Lee Evans returning to form as a top10 WR most weeks.
Reality that Miami is rebuilding is starting to set in. I’m happy they are better than last year but this is stilla possible 4-12 team as they don’t have WRs or DBs and teams are starting to figure that out. Look for Lee Evans to take a blowtorch to this secondary…he’s not big like Fitz or AJ, but Mason had a nice game last week, I expect Evans to throw it down this weekend. And Lynch will be running the clock down in the 2nd half.
Marshawn Lynch: Solid game ahead
Fred Jackson: Not the starter last I checked. Lynch gets about 65% of the carries, really nothing to talk about right now.
Ronnie Brown: Has ahd a couple of rough weeks, I don’t expect him to run all over the Bills defense either. SJax is the only RB in the league to rush for over 57 yds against the Bills…not a great math up for Brown.
Ricky: No
Final Score: Buffalo 24…Miami 7
Washington at Detroit
Overview: One of these weeks Detroit is going to get lucky…will it be this week? Washington dropped a gimme at home with the Rams, then almost lost to Cleveland, now they go on the road to face another cupcake in the Lions. Maybe they play down to the competition. Portis hasn’t exactly slowed down though as he has (4) 100+ yd rushing games in a row, he simply is the #1 RB in FF right now. Portis is having a field day proving all of the doubters including this one that he is far from finished in this league…he might even make a run at a career year, we’ll see.
Clinton Portis: At this point you shouldn’t need to be advised on if you start him or not. I have no idea what he does on turf indoors, again another stat I’ll throw out there for the board.
Shaun Alexander: If it were a blowout, the Skins might use him some.
Rudi Johnson: Has been awful the last 3 games. No reason to be playing him right now.
Kevin Smith: Has more upside with his 4.9 ypc vs the 3.7 form Rudi.
Final Score: Washington 30…Detroit 14
Tampa Bay at Dallas
Overview: Dallas is in disarray and playing terrible on defense as well as offense. I am not sold on TB as a deep playoff contender but they have enough to where they should win this game…the point spread sure is funky in this game.
Earnest Graham: Dunn is not doing so well this week, and I think the injury he sustained Sunday Night is going to linger over into this week. I don’t think Caddy is ready to go yet despite reports…so I guess I am pointing to Graham as a good play this week. What part of Dallas’ defense is going to stop the middle of the Bucs OL? The Cowboys are below average at DT, not getting great play out of their middle LBS, and what have they got at Safety now to stop the run? This is a game where Graham can assert himself as the guy in Tampa, and I think he will show up ready to roll on the Cowboys Sunday.
Dunn: Bench him
MB III: The Bucs are good at shutting down the run, but they will be on the road where they are still solid but not what I would call a juggernaut. I see no reason to shy away fro Barber this week. They need him and might ask him to tote the rock 25+ times on Sunday.
Final Score: Dallas 17…Tampa Bay 14
Arizona at Carolina
Overview: For those of you that have not been keeping up with the Cardinals rush defense, let me help you. Gore in week 1 took them for 96/TD, but since then they have really kept some big names in check. Ronnie Brown, Clinton Portis, Marshawn Lynch, Thomas Jones, and Marion Barber have all had pretty subpar days.
The Panthers have been playing very well at home this season. Their last 2 outings at home they have held Larry Johnson to 7 carries for 2 yards, and well I guess you really can’t count Bush and his 55 yards on the ground as he left the game. This is going tob e a good game and I think Arizona will use the deadly air attack to loosen up those Panthers and find some running room in the 2nd half.
Edge: Looked better as of late but he really is about 70-100 total yds on a good day and the short yardage TDs seem to go to Hightower.
Timmy Hightower: TD heavy league he is riding high.
DeWill: I still maintain he is the starter. This game will not be as easy for Carolina. I expect Fitz and whoever else is running around out there to make some noise and force Carolina to get out of their comfort pattern of splitting carries between DeAngelo and Stew. I like DeAngelo as I think they will need him in the passing game.
JStew: He will get his touches in this game as well. Always a threat to score when they get inside the red zone but he is not just a red zone threat.
Final Score: Arizona 24…Carolina 21
Oakland at Baltimore
Overview: Do not be fooled by Thomas Jones and his performance last week with 159 on the ground…the Raiders sold out to stopping Favre. I don’t think they will need to sell out in order to stop Joe Flacco this week. Most of the season they have been fairly tough to run on.
The Ravens are #1 against the run, what else do I need to say?
Mac/Farg/Bush: I don’t like any of them this week.
McGahee: Won’t have a great day but he will find more room to run then the Raiders will. Go ahead JeMarcus…beat the Ravens with your arm…I triple dog dare you.
Final Score: Baltimore 13…Oakland 10
Cincinnati at Houston
Overview: Believe it or not the Bengals have only given up the century mark on the ground to Mewelde Moore and Chris Johnson. Do I think they are good against the run? Absolutely not and that 0-6 record they tote around is proof they don’t run the ball well or stop it all that well. Houston also can give up a lot of yds on the ground but Cinci is unable to exploit it anyways. Unless you own the Schaub/AJ/Daniels trio there is no point to watching this game.
Chris Perry and Cedric Benson: One is avg 2.6 ypc and the other 3.1 ypc…I know Houston doesn’t have a great rush defense but they have a terrific passing game and I expect Cinci to fall behind early and the running game won’t play much of a factor.
Steve Slaton: Gonna touch the ball 15+ times a game, he is a nice RB2 or flex option in most leagues.
Ahman Green: So now he is good for about 50 yds a game…useless IMO. He had a TD last week but he isn’t the starter, he is there to spell or reduce the touches some for Slaton, but I don’t really see the upside here for Green.
Final Score: Houston 28…Cincinnati 16
Cleveland at Jacksonville
Overview: The Jags should control the line of scrimmage on both sides of the abll which means they should win rather handily.
Jamal Lewis:79/TD, 88/TD, and 80 yds last week. I don’t see him running all over the Jags so if you have better options I would look there. The Jags have not given up a TD on the ground since week 3.
MJD: Hints that there might be more touches in his future…he has 4 games that look like this…5/13, 7/17, 7/32, 5/7…and he also has 2 games where he posted 19/107/TD, 22/125/2TD…Taylor has nothing to stack up against that. Maybe they ought to try and get MJD the ball more.
Fred Taylor: Yawn…
Final Score: Jacksonville 22…Cleveland 12
Seattle at San Fran
Overview: Until Seattle gets some QB play and can settle on a couple of healthy WR, I just don’t like much they have to offer. They do face the Niners this week, but to compound problems you now have to try and figure out the split between JJ and MoMo…good luck with that.
San Fran is under new management…wonder if the food will taste the same. Does anyone think this will help or hurt Mike Martz?
Julius Jones: Rushed for 127/TD in the 1st contest, that has to count for something. He does have about a 4.5 ypc avg, maybe more right now. The Seahawks are among the leaders in the league in ypc as a team as well. My problem is the split when I don’t feel like there should be. In the 2 games he was flying solo or getting spelled by TJ Duckett, he did very very well.
MoMo: I don’t root for injuries, but this is one of those RB that is a pain in the butt. Certainly not a 20 carry a game guy, but he does enough to mess up the stats of the other guy.
Frank Gore: Can’t think of a reason you would not play him. He has had some big games against Seattle including over 400+ total yds in 2006 over 2 games…WOW!!!
Final Score: San Fran 21…Seattle 20
NY Giants at Pittsburgh
Brandon Jacobs: Gonna be a tough game for BJ and the rest of the RB crew for the Giants. The Steelers are absolutely one of the best in the business at stopping the run and Troy Polamolu is maybe the best Safety of his era which would mean he is becoming or has become already a candidate for the HoF…just hope he doesn concussion himself out of the league.
Mewelde Moore: Will come back down to Earth hard in this game.
Sidenotes: This is going to be one of the most watched games on Sunday but I think the Giants will take care of business. I also believe the OL for Pittsburgh has gotten by because of an easier schedule. The Giants will be able to control the line of scrimmage and they have a strong passing game. Hemp Holmes is OUT because he got caught with some funky blunts…he might be out for awhile. I like the Giants to pull away in the 2nd half and win fairly easily.
Final Score: NY Giants 24…Pittsburgh 14
Indy at Tennessee
Overview: This game is being hyped but I think the Titans are going to show on MNF what many of us know already and that is this team is a group of Bad ### MoFos that punch first and ask questions later. Albert Haynesworth may be the best DT in all of football. They can run and stop the run, Indy cannot run and cannot stop the run…this contest shouldn’t be close unless Indy can shut down the Titans pass rush and Manning has all day to pick them apart back there…that’s a total longshot IMO.
Dominic Rhodes: Will be wrapped up all day, only thing that makes him a consideration is his ability to catch the ball OOTB.
Chris Johnson: Start your engines. Did you see that run he had at the end of the game last week? He didn’t even look like he was running full speed.
LenDale White: I liked him last week and I think you have to look at him again this week…at least should see paydirt from short range.
Final Score: Tennessee 27…Indy 20
Atlanta at Philadelphia
Overview: The Falcons have allowed a lot of yards and TDs on the ground this season. Kevin Smith scored in week 1, Graham and Dunn in week 2, LJ had 120/TD in week 3, DeWill and JStew combined for 100 and a score, Forte had 65/TD in his outing…Philly should be able to run very well in this gamedespite the fact they are not one of the league’s top rushing teams with a 3.5 ypc avg.
Philly was pretty lights out the first 4 games of the season and then they allowed 145/TD to Portis, and Gore 101/TD showed they are vulnerable. Atlanta has the 2nd highest ypc avg in the league. Is this a great match up against Philly on the road? Not really but I can see a couple scenarios where Turner might be able to grind out 70+ yds. I’m not anticipating a ton of scoring in this game, but if it were to go higher in scoring I think the passing games will lead the way.
Turner: Odds are not with him to have a great day but I don’t see how you bench him either.
Brian Westbrook: Did practice fully so I would assume he plays this weekend. I think CBuck will see some action but expect Westy to be out there a lot. This is almost a must win for Philly, they have to get to 4-3.
CBuck: Maybe 50 yards in relief.
Final Score: Philly 20…Atlanta 17
Kansas City at NY Jets
Overview: Nothing and I mean nothing to get excited about in Kansas City…it’s a shame that a city with fans as passionate and great as they have there at Arrowhead week and week out are now treated to this nonsense. QB1 and QB2 go on IR the same week…I mean Tyler Thigpen, seriously? And suspend Larry Johnson 2 weeks in a row? Here’s a team that has great leadership.
Match Game “75” Flashback!!!
“The Kansas City Chiefs rush defense is so bad…”
Peanut Gallery: “How bad is it!?”
It’s so bad Thomas Jones was started in every league including the (blank) league….
Contestant: “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
Lukewarm reception from the audience/peanut gallery…let’s go to the stars…
Nipsey Russell: “I said the Bowling League!”…
Brett Summers: “I went with the Junior League”…
And Charles Nelson Reilley: “I said the Human League”...
Kolby Smith/Jamaal Charles: Smith had 10 carries vs Charles who had 3 last week…game was a blowout but the Jets are not putrid against the run either. I bench both this week.
Thomas Jones: What do you think?
Final Score: NY Jets 24…Kansas City 10
San Diego at New Orleans
Overview: Football is coming to England/Europe, they sure are going tob e disappointed when they don’t see David Beckham out there, but this game will likely wind down to whoever can run the ball better. I imagine with bush out that the Saints are going to be much different on offense. Shockey might be out, Colston looks super rusty and was pulled from last week. How again is this a home game for the Saints?
The Bolts will do a repeat of what they did last year, and I expect them to hit the break at 4-4, then likely strong together some big wins, finish 10-6 and take the AFC West. What does that mean to Pierre Thomas and Deuce? Not sure, but I think San Diego will be more pumped and I believe they will win this game.
LT: Not the topflight guy we would like to see, but he still is a threat. The Saints are not great on defense but they have held ADP in check, Fargas a couple weeks ago, Gore was held in check too. I think LT will have a decent day though.
Deuce: Won’t be totally shut down but I don’t expect him to score a lot either.
Pierre Thomas: maybe not this week.
Final Score: San Diego 22…New Orleans 15
St Louis at New England
Overview: Haslett vs Zorn…OK, Haslett vs Wade Phillips…OK, Haslett vs BB…no way!
Stephen Jackson: Could be limited with a deep thigh bruise but I bet he continues to run the ball well. Pittman was doing fine for awhile but then Denver fell behind. Outisde of Ronnie brown, they have contained most teams. I think SJax is a good bet to hit 100 total yds most weeks, pay attention to the IR.
Sammy Morris: I don’t know the extent of his knee injury so I will rely on the board for this one. Now RULED OUT!!!
BenJarvis GreenTree Ellis: Should get props for the name…your guess is as good as mine if he sees extensive action.
Final Score: New England 23…St Louis 13
Buffalo vs Miami
Overview: The Bills start a 3 game stint in their division, and if they can perform well the next 3 weeks, they have a terrific shot and the inside track to win this division and fly into the playoffs. This offense has a “lil somthin’” as my friend PAE likes to say and I thinkthat sums them up. They’re not world beaters but they got a lil sumpin goin on there and its starting to get fun to watch, especially Lee Evans returning to form as a top10 WR most weeks.
Reality that Miami is rebuilding is starting to set in. I’m happy they are better than last year but this is stilla possible 4-12 team as they don’t have WRs or DBs and teams are starting to figure that out. Look for Lee Evans to take a blowtorch to this secondary…he’s not big like Fitz or AJ, but Mason had a nice game last week, I expect Evans to throw it down this weekend. And Lynch will be running the clock down in the 2nd half.
Marshawn Lynch: Solid game ahead
Fred Jackson: Not the starter last I checked. Lynch gets about 65% of the carries, really nothing to talk about right now.
Ronnie Brown: Has ahd a couple of rough weeks, I don’t expect him to run all over the Bills defense either. SJax is the only RB in the league to rush for over 57 yds against the Bills…not a great math up for Brown.
Ricky: No
Final Score: Buffalo 24…Miami 7
Washington at Detroit
Overview: One of these weeks Detroit is going to get lucky…will it be this week? Washington dropped a gimme at home with the Rams, then almost lost to Cleveland, now they go on the road to face another cupcake in the Lions. Maybe they play down to the competition. Portis hasn’t exactly slowed down though as he has (4) 100+ yd rushing games in a row, he simply is the #1 RB in FF right now. Portis is having a field day proving all of the doubters including this one that he is far from finished in this league…he might even make a run at a career year, we’ll see.
Clinton Portis: At this point you shouldn’t need to be advised on if you start him or not. I have no idea what he does on turf indoors, again another stat I’ll throw out there for the board.
Shaun Alexander: If it were a blowout, the Skins might use him some.
Rudi Johnson: Has been awful the last 3 games. No reason to be playing him right now.
Kevin Smith: Has more upside with his 4.9 ypc vs the 3.7 form Rudi.
Final Score: Washington 30…Detroit 14
Tampa Bay at Dallas
Overview: Dallas is in disarray and playing terrible on defense as well as offense. I am not sold on TB as a deep playoff contender but they have enough to where they should win this game…the point spread sure is funky in this game.
Earnest Graham: Dunn is not doing so well this week, and I think the injury he sustained Sunday Night is going to linger over into this week. I don’t think Caddy is ready to go yet despite reports…so I guess I am pointing to Graham as a good play this week. What part of Dallas’ defense is going to stop the middle of the Bucs OL? The Cowboys are below average at DT, not getting great play out of their middle LBS, and what have they got at Safety now to stop the run? This is a game where Graham can assert himself as the guy in Tampa, and I think he will show up ready to roll on the Cowboys Sunday.
Dunn: Bench him
MB III: The Bucs are good at shutting down the run, but they will be on the road where they are still solid but not what I would call a juggernaut. I see no reason to shy away fro Barber this week. They need him and might ask him to tote the rock 25+ times on Sunday.
Final Score: Dallas 17…Tampa Bay 14
Arizona at Carolina
Overview: For those of you that have not been keeping up with the Cardinals rush defense, let me help you. Gore in week 1 took them for 96/TD, but since then they have really kept some big names in check. Ronnie Brown, Clinton Portis, Marshawn Lynch, Thomas Jones, and Marion Barber have all had pretty subpar days.
The Panthers have been playing very well at home this season. Their last 2 outings at home they have held Larry Johnson to 7 carries for 2 yards, and well I guess you really can’t count Bush and his 55 yards on the ground as he left the game. This is going tob e a good game and I think Arizona will use the deadly air attack to loosen up those Panthers and find some running room in the 2nd half.
Edge: Looked better as of late but he really is about 70-100 total yds on a good day and the short yardage TDs seem to go to Hightower.
Timmy Hightower: TD heavy league he is riding high.
DeWill: I still maintain he is the starter. This game will not be as easy for Carolina. I expect Fitz and whoever else is running around out there to make some noise and force Carolina to get out of their comfort pattern of splitting carries between DeAngelo and Stew. I like DeAngelo as I think they will need him in the passing game.
JStew: He will get his touches in this game as well. Always a threat to score when they get inside the red zone but he is not just a red zone threat.
Final Score: Arizona 24…Carolina 21
Oakland at Baltimore
Overview: Do not be fooled by Thomas Jones and his performance last week with 159 on the ground…the Raiders sold out to stopping Favre. I don’t think they will need to sell out in order to stop Joe Flacco this week. Most of the season they have been fairly tough to run on.
The Ravens are #1 against the run, what else do I need to say?
Mac/Farg/Bush: I don’t like any of them this week.
McGahee: Won’t have a great day but he will find more room to run then the Raiders will. Go ahead JeMarcus…beat the Ravens with your arm…I triple dog dare you.
Final Score: Baltimore 13…Oakland 10
Cincinnati at Houston
Overview: Believe it or not the Bengals have only given up the century mark on the ground to Mewelde Moore and Chris Johnson. Do I think they are good against the run? Absolutely not and that 0-6 record they tote around is proof they don’t run the ball well or stop it all that well. Houston also can give up a lot of yds on the ground but Cinci is unable to exploit it anyways. Unless you own the Schaub/AJ/Daniels trio there is no point to watching this game.
Chris Perry and Cedric Benson: One is avg 2.6 ypc and the other 3.1 ypc…I know Houston doesn’t have a great rush defense but they have a terrific passing game and I expect Cinci to fall behind early and the running game won’t play much of a factor.
Steve Slaton: Gonna touch the ball 15+ times a game, he is a nice RB2 or flex option in most leagues.
Ahman Green: So now he is good for about 50 yds a game…useless IMO. He had a TD last week but he isn’t the starter, he is there to spell or reduce the touches some for Slaton, but I don’t really see the upside here for Green.
Final Score: Houston 28…Cincinnati 16
Cleveland at Jacksonville
Overview: The Jags should control the line of scrimmage on both sides of the abll which means they should win rather handily.
Jamal Lewis:79/TD, 88/TD, and 80 yds last week. I don’t see him running all over the Jags so if you have better options I would look there. The Jags have not given up a TD on the ground since week 3.
MJD: Hints that there might be more touches in his future…he has 4 games that look like this…5/13, 7/17, 7/32, 5/7…and he also has 2 games where he posted 19/107/TD, 22/125/2TD…Taylor has nothing to stack up against that. Maybe they ought to try and get MJD the ball more.
Fred Taylor: Yawn…
Final Score: Jacksonville 22…Cleveland 12
Seattle at San Fran
Overview: Until Seattle gets some QB play and can settle on a couple of healthy WR, I just don’t like much they have to offer. They do face the Niners this week, but to compound problems you now have to try and figure out the split between JJ and MoMo…good luck with that.
San Fran is under new management…wonder if the food will taste the same. Does anyone think this will help or hurt Mike Martz?
Julius Jones: Rushed for 127/TD in the 1st contest, that has to count for something. He does have about a 4.5 ypc avg, maybe more right now. The Seahawks are among the leaders in the league in ypc as a team as well. My problem is the split when I don’t feel like there should be. In the 2 games he was flying solo or getting spelled by TJ Duckett, he did very very well.
MoMo: I don’t root for injuries, but this is one of those RB that is a pain in the butt. Certainly not a 20 carry a game guy, but he does enough to mess up the stats of the other guy.
Frank Gore: Can’t think of a reason you would not play him. He has had some big games against Seattle including over 400+ total yds in 2006 over 2 games…WOW!!!
Final Score: San Fran 21…Seattle 20
NY Giants at Pittsburgh
Brandon Jacobs: Gonna be a tough game for BJ and the rest of the RB crew for the Giants. The Steelers are absolutely one of the best in the business at stopping the run and Troy Polamolu is maybe the best Safety of his era which would mean he is becoming or has become already a candidate for the HoF…just hope he doesn concussion himself out of the league.
Mewelde Moore: Will come back down to Earth hard in this game.
Sidenotes: This is going to be one of the most watched games on Sunday but I think the Giants will take care of business. I also believe the OL for Pittsburgh has gotten by because of an easier schedule. The Giants will be able to control the line of scrimmage and they have a strong passing game. Hemp Holmes is OUT because he got caught with some funky blunts…he might be out for awhile. I like the Giants to pull away in the 2nd half and win fairly easily.
Final Score: NY Giants 24…Pittsburgh 14
Indy at Tennessee
Overview: This game is being hyped but I think the Titans are going to show on MNF what many of us know already and that is this team is a group of Bad ### MoFos that punch first and ask questions later. Albert Haynesworth may be the best DT in all of football. They can run and stop the run, Indy cannot run and cannot stop the run…this contest shouldn’t be close unless Indy can shut down the Titans pass rush and Manning has all day to pick them apart back there…that’s a total longshot IMO.
Dominic Rhodes: Will be wrapped up all day, only thing that makes him a consideration is his ability to catch the ball OOTB.
Chris Johnson: Start your engines. Did you see that run he had at the end of the game last week? He didn’t even look like he was running full speed.
LenDale White: I liked him last week and I think you have to look at him again this week…at least should see paydirt from short range.
Final Score: Tennessee 27…Indy 20
