Ravens (+3) at Titans
Rookie QB way over his head and on the road (should I say more?). Ravens D is over rated. While most games are physical this one will be ridiculously physical. Titans are rested and for real, for one more week. Close game and fun with low scoring.
Conditions: Around 50 degrees, 80% chance rain, wind 10-20 mph with small gusts
Titans 20 - Ravens 13
Cardinals (+10) at Panthers
Bet the house, the car, the dog and the wife. One of the easiest games to pick all year.
You talk about luck, the Cardinals fell in a bucket of it last week.
Conditions: Around 50 degrees, 40% chance of rain, wind 10-20 mph.
Panthers 37 - Cardinals 17 (17 if they get lucky again)
Eagles (+4) at Giants
Gees, another easy game to pick. McNabb will revert back to his pre-benching pattern and might be playing for Detroit next year. Oh, it is so much fun to listen to Eagle fans cry and whine where I live. I wish they would pull the upset and keep an Eagles/Steelers game possible. But I am afraid there is no hope. It won’t be a blow-out. But class prevails here.
Giants 24 - Eagles 13 (maybe 16 because of Akers)
Chargers (+6) at Steelers
Toughest game to pick by far because the Steelers offensive line is (still) suspect and the Chargers D has gotten stronger to make it this far. Two things will be possible factors here:
1. The field surface has been replaced again during the last three weeks and nobody knows how it is going to play. It was soft and starting to pull up during the Steelers last game. If it is slow it will help the Steelers, if it is hard (20 something temperatures) and fast it could help the Chargers.
2. The punters. Yes the punters. The Burgh has the worst and the Bolts have the best. This could be hugh for field position.
Conditions: Around 26 degrees, looks like no rain but cold small winds 5-10 mph.
Steelers 27 - Chargers 20
I disagree about the Cardinals....we finshed our tackles and controlled the kick and punt YAC against us...our only consistant divits.
..when we played Carolina in October we played smash mouth, not luck and twiddle dee stuff.
..in this year we also smash mouthed the Stillers and we won, Dallas and we won and just now, the Falcons.
..as a rule the reality for Cards fans was...”if it’s sunday, we’re down by 20” but not anymore.
..and with 10 points in our pocket too ?
Hope your wrong on that Eagles-Giants pick, although I must agree McNabb’s inconsistency is always a big concern.
When I analyze this game I come away thinking the Eagles have a real legitimate shot of winning, but the intangible of playing the Super Bowl champs at their stadium after a bye week will alone be difficult to overcome.
GO BIRDS!