Okay, weddings, honeymoons, and every other possible event you can think of are all officially over for me for the remainder of the year. I am hereby announcing my return to the blog on a much more steady basis. I am back. And I'm sure I was greatly missed. So what shall the first topic be? I mean I have been gone a while and missed alot. I think I will now dedicate my Tuesdays to the NFL, both the previous week and the week to come. That was I can make predictions this week and then talk about why I was wrong next week.
First of all it's only week 5 and no one is undefeated (aside from my fantasy team). This may be the earliest the '72 Fins have ever popped the champaigne. But not only are the good teams losing, they're losing to bad teams. What is the deal? The Cardinals beat the world champs with a rookie QB and lead their division. The Chargers have lost to the Raiders and the Chiefs. Rivers and Romo threw for over 400 yards this week and lost, but Todd Collins threw for 32 yards and won. The Colts are 0-2 in their division. The Cowboys and Vikes are perhaps the two most talented offenses and are losing to everyone. Good gracious this is making my head hurt.
So week 5 was nuts, what about week 6? Here's what I think for the upcoming games:
The Steelers are going to pummel Cleveland, especially if Colt McCoy has to play. He better hope they bust out brown pants in this week's uniform. I will say that the fantasy everyone is envisioning of Big Ben coming out and throwing the ball all over the field is distorted. Mendenhall will wear down the Browns and Ben won't have to do much. And chalk up at least one pick for Polamalu. Steelers 34-10
Chicago vs. Seattle: Word is Cutler is back, and Matt Forte has been lighting it up. Plus, Julius Peppers is back to his game-changing form. Seattle is too inconsistent at the skill positions to hang. I'll take the Bears 24-13
Miami vs. Green Bay: Rodgers, Grant, Finley, Matthews... all hurt. Matt Flynn may be able to hang for a while with his receiving corps but the injuries are too much to overcome. Fins 24-20
Chargers vs. Rams: Sam Bradford was building a nice relationship with Mark Clayton, who is now out for the season. The Rams got rolled 44-6 by the Lions in week 5. I'll take the Chargers in somewhat of a rout. 31-13
Ravens vs. Pats: Brady will prove that he doesn't need Moss. Ed Reed is still out. How bout some fantasy points Tom? 17-13 Pats
Saints will redeem themselves on the road against Tampa: 31-10
I think the good Giants will show up and beat the Lions: 24-17
Falcons at Eagles may be the game of the day. I like Matt Ryan over Kevin Kolb. If Vick was playing it may be different but I'll take Hot-lanta 28-17
Texans will play much better and beat the Chiefs. KC's defense is great but Matt Cassell isn't. I'll take Houston 17-10. How 'bout some yards Arian?
The Niners can't go 0-6 can they? I mean it's the Raiders. This is a tough one but I think San Fran has to get out of this funk. Singletary's boys will hold onto the ball this week and beat the Raiders 22-13
Upset of the week. The Broncos will beat the Jets in Denver this week. The Jets have had some big, emotional games this month and may just overlook the Broncs a little. I'm taking the fighting Tebows 27-24
Dallas and the Vikes play in Minnesota, and someone has to actually win. A full week of practice for Moss and Favre, and let's not forget All Day Adrian Peterson. I'll take the Vikes over the Cry-boys, 30-20
Indy will play the Skins in Washington on Sunday night. This should be a good game. Donovan has turned around the trainwreck that the Redskins have been and Peyton struggled against KC. Neither team has a running game, so I guess I'll take the hotter hand. Skins over the Colts 31-28
Monday night, Tennessee at Jacksonville. Vince Young is the king of the 12-completion win. Chris Johnson and the Titans D will carry them. I could use some yards from MJD though, I won't lie. I'll take Tennessee 23-13
