Saturday, September 13, 2008

NFL Week 2 Game Thoughts and Projections

My thoughts on this weeks games.

- Matt Cassel throws 2 touchdowns, 1 interception and goes for over 200 yards passing in New England's win at the New York Jets.

- The Indianapolis Colts rebound after a good week of practice and explode in the passing game against a weak Vikings secondary. 2-3 TD's through the air for Manning.

- Kansas City wins . The Chiefs play good at home in front of a very loud crowd. Oakland's secondary has to show up this week to prove me wrong. Bowe gets a touch and I also love Tony Gonzalez for a lot of yards and a possible TD.

- Randy Moss scores a touchdown and posts over 75 yards receiving.

- The Giants dominate St. Louis. Play the G-Men defense this week for sure. Plaxico will continue to impress thanks to an improved Eli Manning.

- The Jags beat buffalo at home. I expect Jacksonville to confuse Buffalo on offense and take charge with 1-2 interceptions. The Jags will be to much at home for the up and coming Bills.

- Washington takes care of the Saints in their home opener. New Orleans has several defensive starters out including 2 of the defensive line. Clinton Portis is pissed from last week and should be dominant in week 2.

- Green Bay over Detroit

- San Francisco over Seattle. Frank Gore will get a lot of carries and the 49er's shock the Seahawks at home. Buffalo proved last week that Seattle's defense has hole's.

- Denver wins a close one against San Diego. I like the Broncos to win at home behind a great offense and a underrated defense. With LT fighting a toe issue and the Chargers offensive line not intact look for a slight upset in this one.

- I love Tennessee at Cincinnati. The Titan's beat a good Jacksonville team last week in Knoxville and I full expect them to continue with the winning ways in week 2. The Bengals are hurting everywhere and will have to play great to win in this one.

- Tampa Bay handles Atlanta at home behind a solid performance from Brian Griese. Expect Turner's numbers to be down quite a bit this week against a good Buc defense at home.

- The Steelers at the Brown's is a tougher one for me. If the Steelers can run the ball they will win the game outright. However if the Brown's can slow down Willie Parker they will get the ball more and this could lead to an explosion of points. This is all of course based on whether or not Cleveland's offensive line can hold off a very solid Steelers pass rush. Let's remember here that the Brown's pull off a big win at home every now and then against a great team.

- I have Dallas over Philadelphia in which should be the game of the week on Monday night. I like Marion Barber and Tony Romo to do well but look for Felix Jones to get a decent amount of carries as well. I feel Donovan Mcnabb will have some success against the cowboy's secondary if he gets the time to pass. Westbrook will have a nice game. I like him for a touchdown and over 100 yards overall.