NFL Week 5 Picks

[Daahan]

Cleveland (2-2) @ New England (4-0) As well as the Browns' offense has been doing, their defense won't be nearly enough to stop the Patriots offense. However, the Browns have shown that they can bypass a good defense, so this game could turn out to be quite interesting.

Seattle (3-1) @ Pittsburgh (3-1)

Carolina (2-2) @ New Orleans (0-3) This should be a pretty interesting game. David Carr played horribly against the Bucs last week and then you have Deuce McCallister out, which means the Saints might not have a consistent running game. I'm picking NO because of my lack of trust in David Carr.

Detroit (3-1) @ Washington (2-1) This one will probably be close, but since it's at home, Jason Campbell, Santana Moss, and Clinton Portis will all have a good game.

New York Jets (1-3) @ New York Giants (2-2) A Meadowlands showdown! The Jets offense has been incredibly inconsistent. The Giants defense wreaked in the first couple games of the season, but they really stepped up against the Eagles. Eli Manning has also shown that he has been improving. If the Giants defense played the same way as week 4, then the Giants should get a clean win.

Miami (0-4) @ Houston (2-2) Trent Green has lost that special touch of his

Atlanta (1-3) @ Tennessee (2-1)

Jacksonville (2-1) @ Kansas City (2-2) Kansas City has found a new gem in the name of Dwayne Bowe. Larry Johnson also got his act together against the Chargers. I don't think they're going to lose against the Jaguars at home.

Arizona (2-2) @ St. Louis (0-4) Marc Bulger isn't going to start because of his broken ribs and Steven Jackson is still out (correct me if I'm wrong about that). Strangely enough, the two QB thing seemed to work out for Arizona against the Steelers, so we'll see how it works out against the Rams.

Tampa Bay (3-1) @ Indianapolis (4-0) Lots of people think that the Colts will win a very easy victory over the Bucs, but the the Bucs defense and offense has really stepped up the last few games. It all depends on how well they do without Cadillac Williams. I pick the Colts to win, but I think it will be a surprisingly close game.

San Diego (1-3) @ Denver (2-2)

Baltimore (2-2) @ San Fransisco (2-2)

Chicago (1-3) @ Green Bay (4-0) Neither team has a consistent running game, but one team has a far superior QB in Brett Favre. Unless Griese used Lime Away on all that rust and Benson steps up as the RB, Green Bay will have an easy victory. To be honest, I think Griese will play a lot better in this game, but we'll have to see.

Dallas (4-0) @ Buffalo (1-3) Dallas. No question.

[Po]

Steelers are in a must win situation imo.

They cannot go into the bye week with 2 straight losses, and then after the bye week is over we have all 3 division opponents in consecutive weeks.

This is a very crucial game at this point in the season.

[Viq]

Preemptive lol@ the inevitable guy picking the Browns.

Looks like there will be 4 teams at 5-0 this week.

[Po]

I think Tampa Bay has a shot against the Colts.

But yea the Pats have a very real chance for 19-0.

[Melina]

Gah, I had almost forgot about Cadillac Williams falling on his leg like he did last Sunday. That sucks so bad, I love that guy.

[Tyche]

Cleveland (2-2) @ New England (4-0) Correct me if im wrong, this is the first game the pats have had to face a .500 team or better edit; The chargers were 1-0 when they played I think)....Maybe it wont be a 25 point blowout. Then again, it's the Browns.

Seattle (3-1) @ Pittsburgh (3-1)

Carolina (2-2) @ New Orleans (0-3)

Detroit (3-1) @ Washington (2-1)

New York Jets (1-3) @ New York Giants (2-2)

Miami (0-4) @ Houston (2-2)

Atlanta (1-3) @ Tennessee (2-1)

Jacksonville (2-1) @ Kansas City (2-2)

Arizona (2-2) @ St. Louis (0-4)

Tampa Bay (3-1) @ Indianapolis (4-0)

San Diego (1-3) @ Denver (2-2)

Baltimore (2-2) @ San Fransisco (2-2)

Chicago (1-3) @ Green Bay (4-0)

Dallas (4-0) @ Buffalo (1-3)

[scrockstar]

I think the upsets of the week will be:

San Diego > Denver
St. Louis > Arizona
Chicago > Green Bay

[melbufrauma]

the only game im looking forward to is Cowboys Vs Pats, ill be at the game :D

[Po]

I think the upsets of the week will be:

San Diego > Denver
St. Louis > Arizona
Chicago > Green Bay

That is hilariously ironic since all of those would have been the games they were expected to win, and if the other team had won it would have been an upset.

Were you purposely being ironic by saying that?

[scrockstar]

lol a little bit

[Mizango]

Everyone picking the Saints is insane. They have hands down the shittiest pass defense in the league and its just a matter of David Carr getting First team reps and getting on the same page with the receiving corp. Delhomme wasn't officially "out" for Sundays game until Saturday morning.

The shit has been hitting the fan this week in Charlotte due to the defense playing like crap. Kris Jenkins (4 time? Pro Bowl defensive end) called them out on TV and in the paper. Sunday will be a different team. Mark my words.

Coming off a bye week, 0-4 Saints ftw.

[Wyzer]

I agree mostly with your calls here Dahaan ( What's up btw it's the same Wyzer from TG Vent the other day).

I like the Saints as dogs to win (they have to snap out of this funk at some point).

I think I may go Detroit over the Skins though. Although Campbell has shown some flashes of brilliance (and I'm an Auburn guy), I don't think that offense can keep up especially if they get down early. If they (the Skins) can play Gibbs football and run the rock all day.. then they may come out on top...

NY Gmen really surprised me last week against Philly (lol 10 sacks???).. but something tells me that game is still a coin toss.. Heard rumors down here that Ronde is trying to get Tiki out of retirement and come play for TB (sounds more like wishful thinking)...

Speaking of TB, watch out for my Bucs this weekend especially with Harrison and Addai banged up. Cadillac really wasn't that big of a loss tbh.. guy rushed for less than 1k yards last year and really didn't look anything above and beyond what Pittman and Graham can do. Luke Petigout our Veteran LT is a bigger hit... his rep hasn't started a game in the NFL and his first start is against the defending Champs...

Last but not least, I'd keep an eye on that Chargers/Denver game.. Denver blew an early lead against the Colts last week and were very erratic offensively with Cutler at the helm... I think the Chargers break out of thier funk and show up (and I think they have to cause 1-4 will be anarchy)

[Demosthenes11]

Cleveland (2-2) @ New England (4-0) No brainer. lol@the patriots haters on these boards (sup Tyche)

Seattle (3-1) @ Pittsburgh (3-1) Pitt had an off game last week. Seattle is not a great team and will get beat by 14+ points this weekend

Carolina (2-2) @ New Orleans (0-3) Pick 'em here...I think NO might finally pull it together. It's virtually the same team as last year with less defense, that shouldn't have any bearing on their shitty 12 points a game. Either NO by a lot, or Carolina in a close game.

Detroit (3-1) @ Washington (2-1) Detroit is going to surprise a lot of people this year (if they havn't already). This isn't the lolions anymore.

New York Jets (1-3) @ New York Giants (2-2) Not sure whats wrong with the Jets (same team from last year), but the giants match up well against them.

Miami (0-4) @ Houston (2-2) Houston is a mediocre team. Miami is a bad team. Do the math

Atlanta (1-3) @ Tennessee (2-1) Calling upset here. Harrington isn't playing terribly and his receiving team is starting to pick it up. Also: I hate vince young

Jacksonville (2-1) @ Kansas City (2-2) Who knows which team shows up, coin toss

Arizona (2-2) @ St. Louis (0-4) St. Louis has nobody on offense except their receivers, which means dick without a running game to set it up and a QB to throw it to them. With no defense as well, STL is fucked

Tampa Bay (3-1) @ Indianapolis (4-0) Pretty close game I think, but its indy

San Diego (1-3) @ Denver (2-2) This game comes 100% onto LT. If he has success running, Denver loses. If he can't run and it forced Rivers to throw the ball, the Denver defense is going to score 28. I think Denver will win

Baltimore (2-2) @ San Fransisco (2-2) lolSF. They are horrible. Without Alex Smith...they are the same lolz. Baltimore is not a bad team. the power is yours

Chicago (1-3) @ Green Bay (4-0) Chicago is a joke lol. Greise will have a better game, but <3 Favre

Dallas (4-0) @ Buffalo (1-3) Do I gotta explain?

[Tyche]

Im not a patriot hater, Im just realistic enough to not say "omg they gonna be 19-0" when they are beating up on teams that don't even have .500 records. Pats are good, no question, but 19-0 takes something extremely special that I haven't seen yet. Ive picked them to lose 2 games so far. The first was the chargers which was really fucking feasible before we knew they sucked ass. The other was cinci, which wasn't an absurd pick, certainly would have been an upset, but noone would have been beyond surprised if cinci ended up throwing up 35 points and won. I think a healthy colts team (which they aren't right now) would beat the pats. I think the Pats are the best team going into this week, but I think it's absurd to call a 19-0 season when they've played a quarter of the season against the weakest teams in their schedule.

[skanker]

Deffinitly Bears

but they are sucking horiblly this year

[Akiyama]

Cleveland (2-2) @ New England (4-0) I'm not sure about Cleveland bypassing good defenses. The Ravens' Defense has been anything BUT good. Allowing 20+ points in the 4th quarter two weeks in a row, then getting steamrolled by the Browns isn't good. D: Still, NE should roll. If anything, they'll probably have all their starters out by the 4th quarter as if it were a college football game. >.>; (No not rly, but still.)

Seattle (3-1) @ Pittsburgh (3-1) Uh.. I dunno. Seattle's okay, but Pitt's pretty good too? Go Steelers. I could care less.

Carolina (2-2) @ New Orleans (0-3) Gonna go with the Saints for the sole reason that they have to win a game some time. Carr may have a breakout game against a weak Saints D though, so it'll be interesting indeed.

Detroit (3-1) @ Washington (2-1) Going with Washington here. Their pass D is pretty damn good.

New York Jets (1-3) @ New York Giants (2-2) Giants have a horrible pass D in most cases, allowing a bunch of passing TDs, but the Jets lack a real downfield threat.

Miami (0-4) @ Houston (2-2) Can we say Miami 0-5?

Atlanta (1-3) @ Tennessee (2-1) Hm. Harrington has been..dare I say.. good? Vince young will have to step up here.

Jacksonville (2-1) @ Kansas City (2-2) Jacksonville's pass defense is really good. If they shutdown Bowe and shut LJ down (not like it's been hard), then I think the Jags can pull out the win.

Arizona (2-2) @ St. Louis (0-4) Bulger out, horrid O-line, backup running back.. that and Arizona has a good passing offense, even with Boldin out. Hoping for a Cards win here. Turnovers could be a big key though.

Tampa Bay (3-1) @ Indianapolis I don't know if it's just mindtricks, but so far, it's been said that Addai, Bob Sanders and Marvin Harrison may miss this game. If that's the case, the Bucs will win. So it's a tossup.

San Diego (1-3) @ Denver (2-2) Hoping the Chargers get back on track here. They played the Broncos good last year.

Baltimore (2-2) @ San Fransisco (2-2) Hopefully the Ravens come out mad here. Their defense is disappointing my fantasy team

Chicago (1-3) @ Green Bay (4-0) With the way this year is going, I wouldn't be surprised if the Bears came out, got some turnovers, and won this game with defense/special teams. Either way, I'm still going with the Packers. It's real hard to go against Favre right now.

Dallas (4-0) @ Buffalo (1-3) Cowboys.

[Po]

Pats are good, no question, but 19-0 takes something extremely special that I haven't seen yet.

I am not one that says OMG 19-0 FOR SURE 100%

My point is they have a realistic chance. I am not a fan of theirs in any fashion, but the only way they can lose is if they beat themselves. I don't know if I have ever seen a team this perfect (in my 15 or so years of watching football regularly). Moss is back to his best receiver in the NFL status. I knew all he needed was a good team and he would start to try again. And now that Brady actually has receivers to throw to (Welker, Stallworth in addition to Moss) he is similarly unstoppable. And then a defense that was already great Harrison, Seau, Vrabel, guy who was hurt all last year and can't think of his name, then they go and add Adalius Thomas. They really have absolutely no flaws. And they are taking solid teams, not great teams, but solid teams and demoralizing them. Chargers are a great team with a lame duck coach, and Cincinatti has its strengths (TJ and Chad); I forget the other teams they beat.

Again I am not a Pats fan in ANY WAY, I am just keeping it real. But this is by far the most "special" team I have seen in years. Maybe since the Montana/Rice 9'ers. If any team is gonna do it it would be this one. But I still say no more than a 50/50 chance of it happening since shit always comes up.

GO STEELERS

[Akiyama]

19-0 is just too hard these days. If they do go undefeated for a while, I'd guess they'd probably clinch homefield at 12-0 or 13-0. If they get to 14-0, definitely by then. With the way things are now, they'd probably rest up their guys for the last bits of the season so they don't risk any injuries instead of play straight through the season to 16-0. It's just highly unlikely.

I haven't seen a team as good as the Pats are now in a while, so yeah. If any team was going to go 19-0, it's this one. I just don't see it realistically happening with all the variables. That and you know how ESPN and all the news groups are. If the Pats are like.. 10-0, they'll be talked about non-stop and the pressure just might get to em. I see them going 14-2 or 15-1 though as realistic possibilities.

[Tyche]

I don't know if I have ever seen a team this perfect (in my 15 or so years of watching football regularly).

This is my problem I have...it's they've played 1/4 of the season against shit teams, and it's the best team you've seen in 15 years? People are jumping to absurd conclusions. The bills and the jets are far from solid, the Bengals offense was dysfunctional last week, and they have no defense. Guess who 3 of the bottom 4 teams in pass pressure are in the NFL. The 3 aforementioned teams. No pressure against one of the best QBs to ever play the game equals inflated stats and immense points. The chargers...I dont know what the hell to say, i guess we see what happens when you lose an entire coaching staff. I'll concede the argument when they get 10 games deep with a 10-0 record (although even then belechik will probably sit brady/moss etc once they've clinched home field throughout).

[Po]

I am mostly agree'ing with you Tyche. I am not saying it is going to happen, but it could is my only point. Jets and Bengals are not as bad as their record shows. Cincy's pass defense is abysmal, I will give you that. But they have the 3rd best QB in the NFL and 2 of the 10 best receivers. And this is the same Jets team that made the playoffs last year. They still have to play their division bro which will be a cake walk, so they have at least 6 easy games there.

Speaking of 15-1, when my Steelers did that a couple years back, were they the first team to ever do that or something? I was trying to remember.