20.9.09

NFL Week Two (2)

Houston at Tennessee (-6', 40') 1:00PM ETTennessee has had a few more days to prepare for this one as they kicked off on last Thursday night at Pittsburgh. They should've won that game, no thanks to Kerry Collins. Jeff Fisher's squads are great in the first half of the season. The Texans were beat by a rookie QB (Mark Sanchez, NYJ) making his first start in their home opener. Nuff said.
We like.....Tennessee (-6')

New England at NY Jets (+3', 46) 1:00PM ET
Rookie QB Mark Sanchez won on the road last week in his first official NFL start. And that's where it ends. All week you've probably been hearing about how the Patriots are wounded; they're not the same Patriots. You've heard about Jets coach Rex Ryan calling the season ticket holders. And of course you've heard about the Jets player who said the Jets wanted to punish the Pats. Remember this, Belichick IS the Evil Genius and he will have something ready for the rook. Getting New England at -3 is a bargain obviously fueled by Joe Public's over-reaction going into last week's Buffalo matchup.
We like.....New England (-3')

New Orleans at Philadelphia (Pk, 46') 1:00 PM ET
No McNabb...in comes Kolb which means that the Eagles offensive gameplan will dumbed down. Lots of running with Westbrook followed with short dump offs to tight ends and fullbacks. Brees and the Saints don't do as well on the road as they do at home. Everyone is mesmerized by their potent offense. We don't see Philly losing its home opener even if it is the prolific Saints, however we can't back them either with unknown QB Kevin Kolb at the helm. Today we play contrarion and go UNDER the total.
We like.....UNDER (46')

St. Louis Rams at Washington (-9', 37) 1:00 PM ET
C'mon man? Are you serious? The Redskins are essentially a 10 point favorite? Did Rypien come back? Did the Smurfs sign this week? Let me guess, the Hogs have discovered the fountain of youth and have signed a one week deal? Get the &*#! outta here. I'm willing to eat these words if I'm wrong but I don't see the Redskins beating ANYONE in the league by 10 points. I like Jason Campbell but I think his days are numbered as the starter. The Rams aren't as bad as last week's shutout performance (0-28) at Seattle last week...Seattle's just that good. This should be a relatively low scoring, boring, uninspirting game.
We like.....St. Louis (+9')
We also like.....UNDER (37)