A successful week against the spread last week, going 7-6, and now sitting at 32-27 on the season. It’s going to be a tough week, so here we go with the lines and games as well as who I am taking: Indianapolis (-3) at Houston Who wants it more? That’s what this matchup between two AFC South teams that need a win in the worst way Sunday will come down to.
This week I am getting right to the picks. Like always, all picks are made strictly based on who I think will win and do not take the spread into consideration
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NFL Week 5 Predictions
By J.J. McDermott.
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NFL Week 5 Power Rankings.
The Los Angeles Times wanted to talk to Jerry Jones about the giant tribute to orgiastic excess that he’s building to house Dallas Cowboys games in the future. The stadium cost $1.2 billion, has a retractable roof, a video screen on which players will be 72-feet tall, and best of all, it gives him an opportunity to belittle the Houston Texans . “The Cowboys have never been about checkered tablecloths and boots and hats,” Jones said
So I’ve learned my lesson, I’m going with who I think is the better team. Without further ado … Seattle vs
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Week 5 Predictions … Fate, why hast thou sent me ye olde Patriots of New England
Throughout his stellar NFL career, linebacker Bill Romanowski was known for his durability, intensity, insanity, violence, “vitamin” use, and occasionally, racism.
Last Friday, in my weekly piece for The New York Times’ NFL Blog - Fifth Down, I compared the top 30 WRs as of last week to the top 30 WRs based on an average of preseason rankings that I pulled together from 11 different sites, including the Bruno Boys’ Cheat Sheet Magazine. There have been some big surprises this year like Santana Moss, Chris Chambers, Braylon Edwards and Andre Johnson – none of those players’ performances (so far!) were accurately predicted by any of our FF experts. But, does this lack of accuracy mean that it’s time to jump ship with some of the bigger names from whom we expected high numbers
There are three undeafeted teams left in the NFL.A The Buffalo Bills, The Tennessee Titans, and The New York Giants.A On the schedules, only one of the games has actually been with at least a .500 team, the Giants the only team to beat someone with a winning record so far.A But does that make
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Are the top 3 really the top 3?
Power Rankings (last week’s ranking in parentheses): 1. New York Giants (1). Nothing has changed since last week
More here: Week 5 Power Rankings … The NFC East breaks its clavicle, out for the year
It’s back to work for the champion Giants as they get set for their fourth game of the 08 season Sunday, playing host to the NFC West champion Seattle Seahawks at the Meadowlands. The Giants are 3-0, atop the tough NFC East after the Redskins upset the Cowboys last Sunday 26-24. The Seahawks, who are just trying to get healthy, are 1-2, but feel a lot better after a 37-13 win in week three.
