RJ's Pick - TEXANS BY 3
Kansas City (3-3) at Oakland (2-3) - 4:05 pm (Sheridan's Line: Raiders by 3)
Kansas City beat the Bengals last week. Of teams that have played six games, they've scored the third-fewest points. RB Priest Holmes looks likely to play in his first game of the season this week. The Raiders lost to San Diego last week, 28-14. RB LaMont Jordan is banged up a bit, and hasn't had a big game since Week Three. QB Daunte Culpepper looked pretty bad last week against the Chargers. I'm going with the upset here.
RJ's Pick - CHIEFS BY 2
New York Jets (1-5) at Cincinnati (1-4) - 4:05 pm (Sheridan's Line: Bengals by 6)
The Jets lost at home to the Eagles last week. They've now lost three games in a row. Unless QB Chad Pennington can put up some huge numbers and get a win this week against the Bengals, his starting job is likely gone. Cincinnati lost last week at Kansas City. They haven't won a game since Week One. Neither of these teams have a good defense, but the Bengals have a superior offense. Also, the Jets are winless on the road, while Cincinnati is .500 at home. Therefore, I'll go with the Bengals in what I expect will be a high-scoring game.
RJ's Pick - BENGALS BY 8
Chicago (2-4) at Philadelphia (2-3) - 4:15 pm (Sheridan's Line: Eagles by 5½)
Chicago lost at home to Minnesota last week. The Bears have allowed 149 points so far this season, third-most in the NFC. Chicago's best offensive weapon is their return specialist, Devin Hester. QB Brian Griese is throwing too many INTs. How long will it be before Bears fans start chanting "We Want Rex!!!"? Philadelphia won on the road against the Jets last week. They've given up the second-fewest points in the NFC. As long as they remember to punt the ball out of bounds, Philadelphia should be able to improve to .500 with a win here.
RJ's Pick - EAGLES BY 7
Minnesota (2-3) at Dallas (5-1) - 4:15 pm (Sheridan's Line: Dallas by 9½)
The Vikings won in Chicago last week. Rookie RB Adrian Peterson broke all kinds of records with his incredible performance in that game. He's averaging 6.3 yards per carry and over 120 yards per game. The Vikings are lucky they have such a strong running game, because their Tarvaris Jackson-led passing attack is a joke. And not just any kind of joke, mind you, but a particularly cruel one, utterly bereft of even a modicum of humor, like telling your best friend that you just saw his mom by the side of the road, dead from a horrible accident involving a cement-mixer and a gasoline tanker truck, consoling him for a few moments, and then telling him that you were just kidding, actually it was his dad. (I'll pause while you re-read all that.) The Cowboys lost at home to the Patriots last week. They've scored the most points in the NFC. Unfortunately, they tend to give up a lot of points as well. This game should be a high-scoring affair, and I expect Dallas to come away with the win.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - RJ
Thanks for the quick publish!
2 - DOM @ HSU
wow love the picks... :)
i went 11-2 last week which means you should probably get me by one this week considering the pattern...
**well you're picks are pretty close to perfect this week.. but thats not fun to pick the same games right?!?!**
WASHINGTON - yea they're lookin good
NO - called it last week baby!! u should of seen that one RJ...
BALTIMORE - bal coming home off b2b road games
NE - Cleo Lemon... lol
SF - THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS....((and Im going to ace my chemistry exam!!!))
DET - tough game who will come out the victor?
HOUSTON - solid team at home
KC - owns the raiders
NYJ - Yikes this is what happened's when i do my
picks late at night....
CHI - im going to regret this on sunday..
DALLAS - CLOSE game
SEATTLE - rams wnt win till AFTER there bye..
DENVER - I'm really losing it...
JAGS - might as well put the nail in the coffin...
3 - alessandro
Redskins, Saints, Ravens, Patriots, Giants, Bucs, Texans, Chiefs, Jets, Eagles, Cowboys, Seahawks, Steelers, Jaguars
4 - RJ
Final Scores:
Detroit 23, Tampa Bay 16 - RJ 1-0 (Key stats: Jeff Garcia lost two fumbles, which the Lions turned into 14 points...Kevin Jones ran for 76 yards and a TD, and caught 6 passes...Dewayne White had 8 tackles and 3 sacks...)
Titans 38, Houston 36 - RJ 1-1 (Key stats: Rob Bironas kicked 8 field goals, an NFL record...Matt Schaub left the game with an ankle injury in the 1st quarter...his replacement, Sage Rosenfels, threw 4 TD passes, but also 3 INTs...)
5 - RJ
Final Scores:
New England 49(!), Miami 28 - RJ 2-1 (Key stats: Tom Brady threw for 354 yards, 6 TDs, and no INTs...Randy Moss and Wes Welker each had 2 TD receptions and over 100 yards receiving...)
Giants 33, SF 15 - RJ 3-1 (Key stats: Brandon Jacobs ran for 107 yards and a TD on 18 carries...Trent Dilfer was sacked 6 times...)
6 - RJ
Final Scores:
Redskins 21, Arizona 19 - RJ 4-1 (Key stats: Clinton Portis was held to just 43 yards rushing on 18 attempts, but managed to get into the endzone twice...London Fletcher had 13 tackles, and ran an INT back for a TD...)
Saints 22, Atlanta 16 - RJ 5-1 (Key stats: New starter Byron Leftwich left the game in the second half with an ankle injury, so former starter Joey Harrington had to come into the game as his backup...Roddy White caught 8 passes for 110 yards and a TD in a losing effort...)
7 - RJ
Final Score:
Bills 19, Ravens 14 - RJ 5-2 (Key stats: Willis McGahee rushed for 114 yards and a TD...the Ravens blew it on fourth down twice in the 4th quarter...)
8 - RJ
ESPN's NFL "experts" through seven games:
Wickersham 5-2
Salisbury 5-2
Hoge 5-2
Jaworski 4-3
Schlereth 5-2
Allen 4-3
Mortensen 6-1
Golic 4-3
Accuscore 5-2
9 - RJ
Final Scores:
Dallas 24, Vikings 14 - RJ 6-2 (Key stats: Tarvaris Jackson goes 6-for-19 passing, with zero TDs...Tony Romo goes 31-for-39 passing, with 1 TD and zero INTs...Terrell Owens catches 7 passes for 103 yards and a TD...)
Bengals 38, Jets 31 - RJ 7-2 (Key stats: Chad Pennington had a good game, completing 20 of 31 passes for 272 yards and 3 TDs in the loss...Kenny Watson rushed for 130 yards and 3 TDs...)
Bears 19, Eagles 16 - RJ 7-3 (Key stats: Brian Griese threw for 322 yards, 1 TD, and 0 INTs...there were zero turnovers in this game...)
10 - RJ
Final Scores:
Seattle 33, Rams 6 - RJ 8-3 (Key stats: Marc Bulger was sacked 7 times, threw 3 INTs, and 0 TDs...Seahawks TE Will Heller caught three passes, two of which were TDs...)
KC 12, Raiders 10 - RJ 9-3 [and I nailed the spread!] (Key stats: Larry Johnson rushed for 112 yards and a TD...the Raiders rushed for a total of just 55 yards...Chiefs DE Jared Allen had 9 tackles and 2 sacks...he now has 8 sacks on the season, in just five games played...)
11 - DOM @ HSU
i thought baltimore was plying at home lol i would of picked buff... nice.
12 - DOM @ HSU
go bears
13 - RJ
ESPN's NFL "experts" through 12 games:
Wickersham 8-4
Salisbury 9-3
Hoge 9-3
Jaworski 8-4
Schlereth 9-3
Allen 7-5
Mortensen 9-3
Golic 7-5
Accuscore 8-4
14 - RJ
How are you doing so far, DOM?
15 - DOM @ HSU
hmmm 8-4
16 - DOM @ HSU
i got Denver tonight though so things are going to get interesting...
17 - RJ
I'm 6-6 ATS right now...so I need a big win by the Steelers tonight, and an upset victory by the Jaguars tomorrow night in order to close out Week Seven strong...
18 - RJ
Final Score:
Denver 31, Steelers 28 - RJ 9-4 (Key stats: Jason Elam kicks yet another last-second, game-winning field goal...Willie Parker held under 100 yards rushing...)
19 - DOM @ HSU
ya tough week for spreads... how bout Chicago? next week is going to be a GREAT game Lions @ Bears....
NFC EAST AND AFC WEST...wow tough divisions we'll see what happens.. also some great games next week!!
as for tomorrow look for some BIG plays by both teams.
20 - RJ
Final Score:
Colts 29, Jaguars 7 - RJ 9-5 (Key stats: David Garrard left the game with an ankle injury...his replacement, Quinn Gray, completed just 9 of 24 passes, with two INTs...Reggie Wayne caught 9 passes for 131 yards...)
21 - RJ
I finished 6-8 ATS...not so good...this week was my first losing week ATS since Week Two...
22 - RJ
ESPN's NFL "experts" -
Wickersham 9-5
Salisbury 10-4
Hoge 10-4
Jaworski 9-5
Schlereth 10-4
Allen 7-7
Mortensen 10-4
Golic 8-6
Accuscore 8-6
23 - DOM @ HSU
ya but screw the spread, ur just picking the winners... if ur main emphasis was the spread some of ur picks would prob be different.. mine would be..
well lets see 9-5 overall... looking forward to next weeks match-ups...
24 - alessandro
The Eagles did me in...again.
25 - RJ
How did you do this week, Alessandro?