Week Two NFL Picks

This past week I was 12-4. This week is not going to be easy because many of the games could go either way. At this point and time it is not known if Donovan McNabb is going to play. So the Eagles and Saints are a difficult call since they are playing in Philadelphia, depending on who is quarterbacking. Although, the Saints are a scoring machine. The Browns are going to cut loose this week with a big win in Denver. The Lions will no doubt have a problem with Adrian Peterson. The Atlanta Falcons defense looked good and should be able to handle the Panthers easily. Buffalo Bills gave a good showing on Monday and should be able to outscore the Buccaneers. Brady looked good for the Patriots. Will Peyton Manning return to multiple touchdown form? Monday Night Football and Miami's defense will catapult Manning to exceed his limits. Looking forward to Sunday.

I read that someone in Detroit made a statement in reference to week eleven's meeting between Cleveland and Detroit, "If the Lions can't defeat the pitiful Cleveland Browns at Ford Field, it might be time for fans to break out the paper bags again." Week eleven is far down the road and pitiful, ouch.

Sunday September 20Time (ET)
1:00 pm
Carolina Panthers 14 at Atlanta Falcons 31 W
1:00 pm
Minnesota Vikings 27 at Detroit Lions 21 W
1:00 pm
Cincinnati Bengals 24 at Green Bay Packers 27 L
1:00 pm
Arizona Cardinals 20 at Jacksonville Jaguars 18 W
1:00 pm
Oakland Raiders 28 at Kansas City Chiefs 15 W
1:00 pm
New England Patriots 34 at New York Jets 10 L
1:00 pm
New Orleans Saints 23 at Philadelphia Eagles 24 L
1:00 pm
Houston Texans 12 at Tennessee Titans 18 L
1:00 pm
St. Louis Rams 21 at Washington Redskins 24 W
4:05 pm
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 at Buffalo Bills 30 W
4:05 pm
Seattle Seahawks 21 at San Francisco 49ers 18 L
4:15 pm
Pittsburgh Steelers 18 at Chicago Bears 17 L
4:15 pm
Cleveland Browns 30 at Denver Broncos 20 L
4:15 pm
Baltimore Ravens 24 at San Diego Chargers 21 W
8:20 pm
New York Giants 18 at Dallas Cowboys 27 L
Monday September 21Time (ET)
8:30 pm
Indianapolis Colts 38 at Miami Dolphins 24 W

The Bengals and Bills Get a Taste of Cleveland

Sometimes you just don't know how things are going to turn out. A case in point. Your on a Sunday drive, its a beautiful day out, your taking in the scenery, everything looks great. All of a sudden one of your tires has a blowout, you lose control of the car, and hit a tree. The Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills had such a blowout. Which goes to show anything can happen, especially when it comes to a football game.

The Bengals had taken the lead on a Cedric Benson 1 yard run for a touchdown making it 7-6 with only 38 seconds left. Celebration broke out on the Bengals bench. Everything looked great at that point. Then came the unexpected blowout. Denver was on their 13 yard line, Orton nearly had his first pass intercepted. The next play Orton threw a pass in the direction of Brandon Marshall that was deflected into the air and the rest is one for the archives. The ball floated into the hands of Brandon Stokely in full stride and he took it the 87 yards for a touchdown leaving only 11 seconds left. Broncos over the Bengals 12-7.

Buffalo Bills were still leading the Patriots even though they just scored a touchdown on a Brady pass to Watson making the score 24-19. New England missed the two-point conversion and the score remained 24-19. There was a few seconds left before the two-minute warning and New England was set to kickoff. Things were still looking good for the Bills and they had to be feeling pretty comfortable at this point. They were going to be in control of the ball. Then the blowout came. McKelvin returned the kickoff and fumbled the ball. New England recovered it on the 31 and the rest is for the archives. Brady connected with Watson again for the touchdown and the score was 25-24 after the extra point was made with 50 seconds showing on the clock. Game over.

If this is an indication of what the football season is going to be like, its going to be entertaining. Well, for some, depending on what side of the ball you are on. Brown's fans thought those kind of things only happened in Cleveland. At least the Bowns didn't lose by having a blowout and hitting a tree, they just had a meltdown. If what happened to the Bengals and Bills would have happened to Cleveland on Sunday, the fans would be walking around like zombies.