Bears over Dolphins
-Tyler Thigpen held off the Titans last week in Tennessee, but he couldn’t generate any offense whatsoever Thursday against a tenacious Bears defense, leading to the season’s second shutout.
Bills over Bengals
-The Gus Johnson factor strikes again. After being down 28-7 at one point, the Bills came back to win 49-31.
-The NFL’s longest losing streak belongs to the defending AFC North division champion Cincinnati Bengals and stretches to seven games.
Steelers over Raiders
-The Raiders were on a three-game winning streak, but coming off the bye week came out rusty against the Steelers.
-Ben Roethlisberger was on a little bit of a slump with less than stellar games against the Saints, Bengals, and Patriots in the three weeks previous. Against Oakland though, Roethlisberger got it going to the tune of 275 yards and 3 touchdowns passing plus 55 yards and another touchdown on the ground.
Ravens over Panthers
-Brian St. Pierre over Tony Pike? Put the rookie in and let him show what he’s got. You already know what you’re getting from St. Pierre. His eighth year in the league, St. Pierre is a career third stringer at best. On Sunday he threw more touchdowns to Ravens defenders than he did to his own receivers.
Jets over Texans
-Have you forgone playing defense, Houston? It seems like it.
Jaguars over Browns
-Two tough teams matched up in a close, physical game where ultimately the best player on the field made the plays that determined the game’s outcome: Maurice Jones-Drew’s 75-yard screen pass reception and then 1-yard touchdown dive to put the Jaguars up for good.
-Colt McCoy has a 2-3 record, which is pretty good for a rookie quarterback starting in Cleveland.
Redskins over Titans
-Vince Young’s done for the year, Kerry Collins will be out at least a couple more weeks, and so that means…you guessed it…Rusty Smith will start at quarterback for the Titans. I don’t know if even Randy Moss can break up the eight and nine man fronts that Chris Johnson will see with Smith at the helm. Maybe playing the Texans’ nonexistent defense next week will give him some confidence.
Packers over Vikings
-Yeesh. Bye bye, Brad Childress. You should go too, Brett Favre.
Chiefs over Cardinals
-The Chiefs love Arrowhead. They move to 5-0 at home this season and are 6-4 overall, still first place in the AFC West.
-Dwayne Bowe has set a Chiefs record with touchdown catches in six straight games. He has 563 receiving yards and 10 touchdown catches in that span.
Cowboys over Lions
-I’m really tired of writing about this, but it has to be mentioned. The Lions’ road losing streak has reached 26 games.
-Jon Kitna burns his former team for 4 touchdowns, three passing and one rushing.
-The game-changing play was a wacky one. The Lions had a lead and were punting, but gave up that lead when the punt bounced at the one yard line, was touched by a Lions player to keep it from going into the end zone, and then returned by the Cowboys’ Bryan McCann for a touchdown. I thought the ball was down where a member of the punting team first touches it. If any of our readers can leave a comment and clarify this for me, I’d greatly appreciate it.
Falcons over Rams
-Sam Bradford made his most costly rookie mistake so far this season when he threw a late interception on a shovel pass at the two yard line where a touchdown would have brought the game within a field goal.
Buccaneers over 49ers
-The Tampa Bay Buccaneers typify solid, mistake-free football and have run their record to an impressive 7-3. Even with Sunday’s shutout though, the Buccaneers still have not beaten anyone with a record above .500. They next play the Ravens and Falcons in back-to-back weeks; we’ll see how that goes.
Saints over Seahawks
-The woeful West went 0fer on Sunday. The Cards, Rams, Niners, and Seahawks all lost. Nice job guys.
Patriots over Colts
-In a classic quarterback duel, one only has to look as far as the turnover numbers to see who won: Peyton Manning – 3, Tom Brady – 0.
Eagles over Giants
-The Giants did a better job of handling Michael Vick than any other team has done defensively, but New York’s offense couldn’t quite hold up its end of the bargain. Eli Manning’s three interceptions and one lost fumble derailed New York’s hopes of taking a lead in the division.
Chargers over Broncos
-We’re going streaking! San Diego has won three in a row and is only one game behind division leader Kansas City.
--from Eric
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