Miami @ Buffalo
Both teams made major statements a week ago with upsets of the Patriots and Bears respectively. I think the Miami offense under former Eagles’ quarterback coach Bill Lazor is the more legitimate of the two, and I give the Dolphins a slight edge on the road.
Pick: Miami 24, Buffalo 21
Detroit @ Carolina
Cam Newton returns, and the Panthers play their home opener. The Panthers have a very tough defense, but their one weakness is a suspect secondary. I don’t expect the Lions to light up the scoreboard, but I think its going to be difficult for the Panthers to shut them down and score enough to pull this one out.
Pick: Detroit 20, Carolina 17
Atlanta @ Cincinnati
Both teams come off of tough, emotional division wins. I think the Bengals’ offense really gets on track against a pretty poor Atlanta defense.
Pick: Cincinnati 27, Atlanta 21
New Orleans @ Cleveland
Must-win situations for the Saints to avoid the dreaded 0-2 start.
Pick: New Orleans 30, Cleveland 13
New England @ Minnesota
Must-win situation for the Patriots to avoid the dreaded 0-2 start. No Adrian Peterson means no shot for the Vikings.
Pick: New England 33, Minnesota 17
Arizona @ New York Giants
In case you missed last Monday’s game, the Giants are bad. Really bad. Even though Arizona is on the road on a short week, they’ve got more than enough explosive weapons to put up some good numbers on a terrible New York defense.
Pick: Arizona 28, New York 17
Dallas @ Tennessee
The Titans looked surprisingly competent in an upset win over the Chiefs last week, but I doubt they’ve got another performance like that in them. This is a week where the offensive talent of the Cowboys overcomes their defensive woes.
Pick: Dallas 27, Tennessee 23
Jackonville @ Washington
Robert Griffin is just a mess right now. He’s going to struggle heavily against that Jacksonville defense. However, I don’t think the Jaguars offense can do enough against an improved Washington defense to pull off the road upset here.
Pick: Washington 17, Jacksonville 13
Seattle @ San Diego
I don’t know how Philip Rivers can be expected to fare any better against the dreaded Seattle defense than Aaron Rodgers did. Cruel scheduling by the NFL to have the Chargers face a Seahawks team on a short week when Seattle has also had extended rest from playing on the season opener on Thursday night.
Pick: Seattle 24, San Diego 13
St. Louis @ Tampa Bay
The Rams are already dead in the water thanks to the Bradford injury. Tampa Bay wins this at home.
Pick: Tampa Bay 23, St. Louis 10
Kansas City @ Denver
Its going to be a long year for Andy Reid and the Chiefs. They were exposed last season for being the frauds that they are when they couldn’t compete against winning teams, and now they’re already off to a terrible start with a loss to the Titans combined with a rash of injuries. They couldn’t stand up to the Broncos last year when they were healthy, and they won’t be able to now.
Pick: Denver 38, Kansas City 20
New York Jets @ Green Bay
The Packers bounce back from a rough opening night to beat up the Jets at home.
Pick: Green Bay 27, New York 17
Houston @ Oakland
The Texans defense is strong enough to anchor Houston to a win on the road.
Pick: Houston 23, Oakland 14
Chicago @ San Francisco
The Bears go into San Francisco shellshocked after a loss to the Bills, and also with their top two wideouts battling injuries. I like the Niners at home.
Pick: San Francisco 27, Chicago 24
I say there will be 2-3 Surprises…
Atlanta over Bengals
Titans over Cowboys
Jets over the Packers..
NFC East
Titans 26-Cowboys 24
Redskins 23- Jags 16
Arizona Cardinals 26 – Giants 17
EAGLES 34 – Colts 30
****NFL News****
Arizona Cardinals QB Carson Palmer
Will not play today versus Giants due to
Shoulder nerve injury.. Take the Under and
Probably means the Giants Win unless Back-Up
QB Drew Stanton is ready to go…
****** Panthers De-Activate Greg Hardy for today’s Game due to backlash
Of Domestic Abuse case that is pending..
A Judge found him guilty as charged in the Summer
But Hardy requested and received a “Jury Case”
Which is not until late November, chances are the Panthers will continue
To De-activate him since NFL Commisioner Office
Is powerless and jacks any credibility so Teams
Around the League will offer their own punishments on
Players who are having off the field issues
There’s is too much damage being done to the “Brand”
Right now and Some Owners are not going to sit on their hands waiting for
Roger Goodell’s situation to play out..
Interesting happenings going on around the NFL
Right now..,
Rg3 out with a high ankle sprain and DJax out with a probable separated left shoulder.
Jacksonville are a hard hitting team. Hope those two guys are not badly injured.
RG3 was non contact, Desean got landed on by a safety, Cousins is picking the Jags apart and the offense is as usual a 3 and out machine.
RgIII had a great career. Too bad it ended so quickly.
That being said, Ottawa Redblacks need a new QB, welcome to the CFL Bob!
Man, those new and improved Jaguars sure are putting the fear of god into Washington.
Game of plays…kid Hurns dropped a WIDE OPEN td…should be 21-14
Subway Bob got hurt trying to make something out of nothing. Smh
Redskins Offense under QB Cousins is a more efficient and better Offense..
They can compete with the Eagles with Cousins at the helm
I also think that QB Drew Stanton can improve the Arizona Cardinals
Offense over Carson Palmer..
I did pick-up QB Cousins on my Fantasy Team expecting an injury or the
Eventual benching if RG3 who is just not a good fit for Coach Gruden’s Offense
I’m with Tony Gonzalez – they are playing the Jaguars.
Let’s not act like they weren’t 2-2 for 38 yards and on the 15 yard line when RG3 went out and Cousins came in.
Big difference on how they look withBob and and Kirk TS. It’s nite and day, talent aside from purely QB look, Kirk looks SIGNIFICANTLY better.
Look I’m not arguing that – Cousins is WAY more comfortable int his offense than RG3 – Gruden apparently wanted a pure pocket passer and forgot (or didn’t care) who his QB was – so instead of creating an offense suited to his talents he tried to turn him into a pocket passer – which he’s currently not comfortable being – my point was that even though Cousins may “look” better it wasn’t like RG3 was stinking up the joint before he went out.
And it’s still the Jaguars.
Bob does things in the pocket you just can’t unteach. His feet suck, he doesn’t know how to step up in the pocket and move around and the slightest hint of pressure he goes to his right out of the pocket every time.
Neither Wilson or Kaep are pocket passers.
Their coaches didn’t try to turn them into one.
They try to turn Cam into purely a pocket passer – but I think he’s like “Ima Do Me” and well…does him.
My point is there was no need to try to turn him into a pocket passer, particularly coming off an injury year in a brand new offense. If what Gruden wants is a pure pocket passer, I agree with what ol’ boy said last week, might as well just play Cousins ’cause that’s not what makes RG3 special.
He looks neutered. It’s not a comfortable fit. And while I don’t agree that you can’t unteach things…it def takes more time than an off season and a couple of games.
My point is there was no need to try to turn him into a pocket passer, particularly coming off an injury year in a brand new offense. If what Gruden wants is a pure pocket passer, I agree with what ol’ boy said last week, might as well just play Cousins ’cause that’s not what makes RG3 special.
He looks neutered. It’s not a comfortable fit. And while I don’t agree that you can’t unteach things…it def takes more time than an off season and a couple of games.
Exactly correct! If you take away Griffin’s wheels he’s ordinary.
RG3 will get Traded after the Season,
Possibly to the Dallas Cowboys or SL Rams
Cousin’s will be and should be the QB for the Redskins moving forward.. He’s a Natural Fit for Gruden’s Offense while RG3 is not a good fit at all as I have stated all Summer long… Why should Gruden change what has worked for him as a OC at the NFL Level, similar to what he did with the Bengals & QB Andrew Dalton.. Cousins can be much better than Dalton ever was..
A no Brainer… RG3 Days in Washington are done…
Bob will not be traded cuz cousins is not the answer just another kolb and owner dan synder wont let it happen because he is best friends with rgm3
Redskins line showing how terrible the Eagles line was last week. Trent Williams has eliminated Chris Clemons.
Jags also showing why there isn’t any reason outside of injury to start Bortles. They will be drafting top 5 again.
No Izell the Redskins defensive line is showing how bad the Eagles Dline played last week. 7 sacks midway through 3 quarters.
Their back up Qb also looks better than our starter.
And Izzel is right too. The Eagles oline played badly last week as well.
You stole my Thunder Big, was just about to post that. However big difference pass rushing down 17-0 and up 21-0.
But the Brandon Graham for president campaign wasn’t looking at the whole game. Kerrigan is dominating the LT.
“But the Brandon Graham for president campaign wasn’t looking at the whole game. ”
lol
That made me chuckle…
Lol
RT and Jason Hatcher is looking like a steal right now.
Hmm…I might be worried ’bout Foles against this Dline and the Eagles patchwork oline.
That has the potential to be REAL ugly.
It’s the Jags i know. But the Eagles oline is hanging on with some wire, some foil and lil’ bit of duct tape and Redskins d-line ain’t fucking around.
Kerrigan was going to be a problem with Barbre alone, totally agree. However Jags haven’t kept them honest and their secondary is atrocious.
Consensus in DC is this is the last you’ve seen of RG3 in Washington.
Until Cousins turns back into a pumpkin.
Cousins will prove at the least what Gruden needs is a pyre passer. Its over for Bob even if Cousins isn’t the answer.
Won’t argue that.
RG-3 needs to be in a diff type system. And he will excel. With the exception of the old guard (Brees, Brady, Rodgers, Manning) it’s not like the pocket passers have been winning.
Gruden seems not to want to tailor his offense to his talent. He will need a diff talent then.
“Will Excel”
LOL
Your delusion knows no bounds
RG3 is not an NFL QB and will be out of the NFL within 2 more Seasons
as will Johnny Football..
Rg3 is an NFL QB what he isnt is a savior who will revolutionize the game. The nonsense that QBs of the future will be dual threat monsters etc is just that nonsense….
Linebackers run 4.4 and even less at 240 and above….the game is faster on a whole. There will be outliers who can withstand that type of punishment(maybe Kap or Cam) but on the whole it doesnt work and its fools gold.
If you thought a guy who was 6’2 220 could withstand the physical abuse running and being the pocket you havent been around football very much at all.
He has the same issues as Mike Vick did when he was younger,
RG3 cannot read Defenses quick enough to play from the Pocket Consistently and make good QB decisions.. He has to rely on his legs, hence the Injuries, Turnovers, etc,etc…
Carolina doesn’t seem to be missing a beat.
How about those Dolphins everybody was talking about last week…. Lmao
Should a would a coulda been play off contenders lmao
And they still beat NE last year and this.
Which if I remember was the point of the convo. It wasn’t a surprise.
Dolphins are like Giants south. They will lose games they should win and win games they should lose.
BUT they still have a legit shot of making the playoffs with the division they are in.
Without being an athletic freak he won’t exceed. His body is already showing you can’t build the type of offense he could excel in.
That’s BS.
Now can he stay healthy? So far that answer seems to be no. Then he’s just another in long line of Mr. Glasses. But the issue here is his health and not his talent.
Why didn’t we get Kelvin Benjamin again?
:-/
Please don’t get me started on the Kelvin Benjamin pick. LOL
Yeah…
I just watch him play and thing “what could have been.”
lol/smh
How’s Rob Ryan and that awesome secondary with Jarius Byrd?
Naw…
Brees is getting old as well.
And the Browns keep exceeding everyone’s expectations.
This is Bizarro football world.
Every since that Johnathan Martin scandal it’s been crazy town in the NFL.
lol
Good lord just high level craziness.
Jonathon Martin is not a NFL Caliber Starting RT and the 49ers are paying the Price for having him on their Roster.. Coach Harbaugh likes the kid and had him at Stanford and is giving him another opportunity,but he plays scared and does not have the mental toughness to play the OL in the NFL, Plain and Simple.. A back-up Bears DE (Willie Young) was toying with him and pushing him around like a dishrag all 2nd Half…
Hes just as good as Barbre as a back up. When they were running the ball he more than held his own and he did his job last week. However from a traditional pass blocking he struggled a bit. Its also hard as hell to pass block for a qb that doesnt get the ball out on time.
Foles double clutching last week when the first read was gone had our line looking atrocious.
Stop it lol they had multiple breakdowns in coverage and the game ending drive another safety secondary breakdown.
I”m not arguing that. lol
Brees still looks old.
Come on. You know he’s looking old.
Did you watch the fight last night? Mayweather finally looking like an old man. I think he’ll be glad when these last two fights are done.
I don’t see that. See a team struggling up front on the Oline.
Give me old Drew Bree’s any day.
He brought them back easily and last week had them up Big.
Defensively they are a mess.
I didn’t say put the man out to pasture. lol
But he was looking old last year too. He’s definitely on the back nine of his career to mix sports metaphors and all.
16 games TS….by the end of the season it will look even different than today. That’s why outside of injuries or being below 500 early going crazy every game is pointless.
Birds can lose Monday than beat the Skins by 20.
Danny Woodhead is the Darren Sproles white brother lol
Woodhead did nicely for me in fantasy last year when my starting RB went down.
Carolina is doing a happy dance with losses by ATL and NO and them beating Tampa Bay last week.
Watched the Panthers game
DE Replacement Addison for Greg Hardy
Had 2.5 Sacks. Their Secondary is much improved
Over last years Defense.. They are for real
Cam started slow as he usually does, but was dead on in the 2nd half despite WR Benjamin’s 3-4 Drops that were right on him
Bimg Games by TE Olsen, WR Jason Avant
And Jeremy Crotchety..
They gave a big time Kicker in Gano
And a very good Punter in Nordstrom
DC Sean McDermott is Coaching his way
To a HC level in a couple of years..
Woodheads been legit his entire football life. I have 12 y.os I’m coaching bigger than him lol.
Yeah. The man is tiny. But 12 y/o? lol. That’s just cold.
Rg3 dislocated ankle. Washington career over
How long does that take to heal?
Depends on the break fracture etc.
Got an average?
ESPN says out for year. 6-8 months and depends on the damage surrounding the ankle.
Oh SHIT!
WOW. Luckily that contract is guaranteed and he has his endorsement money.
But his football days are over. Time to hang up those cleats.
Gruden in post press interview slipped an said “it’s a shame how his season ended…”
Not a slip.
If he’s out for the year, he’s out for the year. Maybe he didn’t want to say that so soon, but it was coming out sooner or later.
Lol bye bob he is vick 2.0 all the talent cant save how fragile you are and giants will be lucky to win 3 games
He’s Mr. Glass. No arguing that.
Still don’t think Cousins is the answer though.
I agree he is terrible to another backup only
Wondering how Kelvin Benjamin fell in the draft….how in the hell did. Keenan Allen last to the THIRD round.
Benjamin is raw. Drops were a concern.
Even in this game, he’ll miss some easy passes, but make circus catches with ease. The thing is, with his size and his obvious upside and athletic ability, he shoulda gone much, much higher.
Carolina got a steal. We got Marcus Smith.
lol
Lol I’m fine with pick for now.
Bad combine, NFL people can be stupid instead of believing what they see on game film they relay on the Indianapolis side show. That’s why we end up with Marcus Smith who when you look at actual game tape you see a guy who doesn’t really like contact. That you can’t teach.
Bad Combines. Bad Pro-Days all seem to trump years of game film.
Doesn’t make sense. You’d think teams would learn that by now.
Seattle might get blitzed right now.
1. Packers suck
2. What the heck happened in the Chargers/Hawks game? Turnovers?
Chargers pass rush is ballin.
Chargers weren’t a slouch last year…
The Colts gave up on Jerry Hughes….absolute monster in 3-4 at OLB
The Bengals are a problem. They need AJ Green healthy though.
Cowboys OL and RB D Murray manhandled a pretty good DL
Of the Titans today…
Cowboys offensively are a problem Romo being Romo aside they have great weapons and I like their line
D-Jax will be out 1-2 Weeks..
QB Kirk Cousins a better QB for Gruden’s system than RG3
Redskins D the best in NFC East
The race for Playoffs is on ..
Redskins D is seeming more and more like a problem.
Except when they need to make play and they aren’t. They played Houston and Jax. They have a ton to show.
When I say a problem…I mean for the Eagles.
Like I said we have a patchwork oline. Jags oline is terrible and they feasted on them. While I don’t think our patchwork oline is as bad as the Jags starters it’s bad enough that the Skins d-line is a concern.
I agree. However the ability to run I think will cover our problems for a while.
Assuming Kelly doesn’t get cute with the play calling, I fully agree.
You mean become Andy Reid 2.0lmao
Watching Denver and KC, the NFL referees are ridiculous, bad calls no call phantom calls you got it all here. Denver runs pick plays every damn pass play and nothing is called just ridiculous.
Seattle got a. Td when Harvin was clearly out of bounds.
Calling it now Jordan Matthews is gonna show out tomorrow.
Calling it right now izell matthews 3 tds
Rams vs Tampa pretty good game.
Seahawks..the head and shoulders best team in the nfl loses on the road
To early in the season to be crowning anyone HAC. Wins a win, that’s why all the hype last week about the Jax meant nothing. Win and be injury free, they were 1-1 with that.
Seattle is the best team right now. I agree with that statement. But folk act like the Cargers are scrubs. They are not. They are inconsistent – but they are a quality team.
Oh I agree, what I’ve been saying all along just too early to make any conclusions.
TS if the Birds can somehow go 3-0 before SF they could be sitting in the cat bird seat in the NFC. Not saying they are the best team but with NO and GB falling over themselves there’s a big opportunity early to build a lead AND survive injuries.
At this point I don’t beleive any team is gonna survive injury free. Like I said on another site, it’s starting to be pre-season ball out here with the way starters are dropping left and right.
I will take 3-1 then Lane comes back.
Phillip rivers and sd showed a lot of heart today their pass rush can get to anybody Im not worried about deadskins their terrible
Injuried everywhere my fantasy team is ruined
49ers defense said what injuries?
The 600 pound elephant in the dome ..will Nick Foles on Monday night resurrect himself on a national stage? I can’t imagine a better scenario as the Seahawks ,niners ,(currently stumbling late on Sunday night ) New Orleans and the NFC is wide open for the emergence of Carolina,Arizona ,and perhaps the Eagles …nick Foles under the bright lights …what I’d expect is a desperate team in there home opener ,so it won’t come easy (does it ever )? I think Chip wins the battle between the ears ..both vs opposing the coaches ,and nick foles who went to school watching tape of the scariest 30 minutes since Rod Serlings twilight zone …
Hey nick boo! Stand tall bro…
Colts ain’t trying to go 0-2.
It will be a good game regardless of the outcome I think.
when are those 2 dumb asses (Kapernick and Harbaugh ) going to learn their lesson and stop throwing the ball to Crabtree on the last play of the game?
Well Crabtree was making some big plays this game. And truthfully it shouldn’t have come to that. Defense played well this game. The turnovers is what killed them.
similarly to today, Kap to Crabtree choked in the superbowl on the last play,
Kap to Crabrtree choked in the NFC Championship game last play,
and they choked again tonight on the last play of the game.
Niners lost because the QB was awful – 3 interceptions and and lost fumble, I was just laughing their stubbornness with trying to make Crabtree a Dwight Clark highlight.
Wait it was Crabtree the last play in the superbowl too?
Yeah…they need to let that go at this point.
49ers Defense pooped out in the 3rd Quarter, Zero Pass Rush on Cutler on those last few Drives… Their Secondary is Average at Best, and young, young with Eric Reid & Jimmie Hall who will be good Players but are not right now…. They miss Aldon Smith, Navarro Bowman and Glenn Dorsey big time and I guess who wouldn’t miss these Players …
Well let me rephrase that.
Penalties on the defense were not good. Particularly on that long drive by Chicago in the third. But overall they did more than enough to win this game.
Only 3 point in the second half. All on the offense. Seattle is happy though.
Hey TS
You laughed when I said Birds would be better with Foles (or just about anyone) over Vick
You laughed when I said there was a QB controversy in Washington
You laughed when I said the 49ers would end up regretting the move to Kap.
What’s it like always being wrong, cause you have it aced?
Damn, you’ve cornered the market on being wrong at this point.
Keep on “hoping” though. One day it’ll work out.
Skins were 2-2 for 38 yards on the 15 yd line when RG3 went out. Hardly losing – Cousins did look better against the Jags than Foles did though.
You are SO predictable. I said to myself Vinnie would be on here crowing about this game by Kaep. And sure enough here you are.
You’ve been predicting Kaep’s demise since they put him in the game over Smith. Since then he’s been to a super-bowl and an NFC championship game.
I guess if you keep saying it will make it true.
How Redskins Fared overall versus the Jags means very little…
Jags and Coach Gus Bradley had them preparing for Eagles since Mid-August as most Teams prepare more for their Opening Day Opponents than they do on any other game on their Schedule due to having the time to do so, plus it’s no Secret that Gus Bradley had a little chip on his Shoulder Coaching against the Team that passed him over.. Also 2-3 Jaguar Defenders were injured versus the Eagles and they have very little depth behind their Starters to begin with…
Each Week is a different game.
I laughed when you lost a bet to never post again seriously you areva piece of shit you sit on here waiting for “one of ts guys to have a bad game and bash her with your i was right you were wrong childish ways. Dude you have a major hard on for her must dont have enough girls in scottland or wherever u frm.
Cam sucks too right? Oh wait…
Yes.
I know. As Carolina sits 2-0.
LOL come on TS they are 2-0 because they have the best defense in the world!!! You know better. LMAO
lol.
Of course.
Cam played we’ll after a slow start..
His first full game with Thant Ankle
And limited Pre-Season Snaps..
I thought he played very well in the 2nd half
Even though WR Benjamin dropped 3-4 makeable
Catches that would have kept drives going
If Panthers can ever get a real running game,
They will be tough down the stretch..
Cam was locked onto receivers as usual and got away withsome terrible passes. Like Rodney Harrison said…he was locked on Avant the entire way…a safety worth a damn would have been all over that.
I love how y’all downplay the most dominant part of a team so QB agenda can be filled …lmao.
Cam does lock onto Recievers for too long, no doubt
On that Pass to Avant, he lasered that pass in there so quickly before the Safety was able to get over to Avant and definitely gave Avant too much room to begin with, especially in the Red-Zone..
But Hey, You take TD Passes anyway you can get them..
Like I said, for Cam’s first full Game since last January,
I thought he looked pretty good and got more accurate as the game went on…
Cam talked the talk and walked the walk on Sunday. He was poking fun at Suh all week. Calling him Donkey Kong Suh, LOL. Best trash talk name since Shaq called Chris Bosh, Rupaul.
No one downplays a dominant part of a team.
It’s just an argument folk make when they don’t like the QB – Oh the defense did it. That’s great – but you can have a great defense and no offense and struggle and not win games. Cause they keep the D on the field.
Too many folk make complaints about a guy ’cause they don’t like his game. When it’s pointed out that the numbers don’t match up with the praise or negativity, no one has anything to say.
Thats yall nonsense arguments about QBs that ultimately turn to innuendo filled race agenda and then we get a week of people arguing about Vince fucking Young lol….
Cams not a bum but hes mid level at best right now. He had Madden numbers year 1. Hes been up and down since.
They won one division title coinciding with a DOMINANT defense.
Probably the best front 7 in football.
Must take the ball out of Foles hands tonight. With his average TC and preseason and the 200 yards he left on the field vs a very average Jags defense last week the Eagles game plan should be to run the ball 35 to 40 times tonight. I would have that revamped oline run blocking all night long. Shady needs 25-30 carries with Sproles and Polk carrying the rest. Get Foles in favorable situations to make easy throws and try to keep Luck on the bench would be my game plan.
I don’t like the matchup of our WR vs their DBs at all. But I love Ertz, Celek and our RBs in the passing game. I would ride Ertz and Celek to death tonight in the passing game. I need 12 catches and about 150 yards and 2 TDs out of them two. Also I love what Sproles did last week but I don’t want to see the top RB in the NFL standing on the sidelines for whole series. McCoy needs the ball and Sproles just needs to compliment him here and there.in the run game not share. Also the defense needs to not have Richardson have his coming out party like Ingram did last year. Richardson needs to continue his 2.5 ypc and cloud of dust stats. Get Indy one dimensional and insert Graham and Curry to get after him.
I know Kelly doesn’t beleive in TOP.
But this is one game where it would be nice if they just kept the opposing offense off the field. I know they won’t use that strategy, but boy did it work wonders for San Diego against another explosive offense.
Yeah.
That sounds about right.
Won’t happen, Colts D versus the rain is much improved
The way to attack their Defense is they the air, in
the middle of the field between the numbers and Safeties
Utilize TE’s abs RB’s out of the backfield..
Then pooped out their large DL with the up-tempo,
Then run on them late in game..