Miseducated Guesses
The early set of Week 5 games were very kind to me, with seven corrects picks, but the back half was rough featuring Oakland and NYJ upsetting San Diego and Atlanta, respectively, in prime time. Who saw that coming? A record of 8 6 shoots me up the leader board to 49 out of 100. Progress! Like the Texans, it’s going to take me putting two halves together to get back in this race, and considering our track records (I goofed and chose Seattle on the league page after picking Indy to win here), who’s more likely to do that?
Let’s take a look at the Heroes atop Battle Red Blog’s Unofficial Pick ‘Em League:A three way tie for first place unseats long time leader STEELBLUE thanks to tie breakers. Now that he’s not in first place, I can cheer for him to regain his crown against the usurper XRoadie. Death to the usurper. Who can’t wait for Game of Thrones to come back on TV? Or how about the next book in the series? Hurry, please, Martin.
I digress; onward to the picks! As always, the spread for each game is included for convenience but I’m picking straight up. They have to win eventually, right? Perhaps, but I don’t think it’s Eric Reid Authentic Jersey coming at the expense of the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. New York sports the worst turnover ratio in the NFL at 13 and they’re facing a team known for exacerbating such a problem. It happens. The Bengals have certainly convinced me they’re contenders. Norv Turner has certainly helped revive a Cleveland offense that has long been dying. Meanwhile that defense has been stout ranking 7th in yards and 9th in points allowed.
Conversely, Carlos Hyde Red Jersey Detroit sports the 7th best offense in terms of yards and is 10th in points scored. With Calvin Johnson practicing again, I’ll give them the edge if only to make my girlfriend happy. I underestimated Adrian Peterson’s value against an old Pittsburgh defense earlier this season, but Carolina’s defense is third in yardage and third in points allowed (14.6). This is a good setup for a road upset. Geno Smith is taking his lumps as a rookie, but he seems to be growing into the role each week. If the Jets can continue pounding the rock against Pittsburgh’s 25th ranked run defense, it’ll keep Geno Smith in a very manageable game. Doug Martin is on pace for around 400 carries this season and should have Eric Reid Womens Jersey plenty of opportunities to gash that defense. Meanwhile Terrell Suggs, Haloti Ngata and Elvis Dumervil continue to gobble up offensive lines with 19 sacks, good for 2nd in the league. With Aaron Rodgers, it’s hard to count out the Packers, but they’re very beatable this year. www.official49ersnflproshop.com/Nike-Joe-Staley-Jersey.html Winner: Ravens
St. I’m not going to analyze this much in fear of changing my mind. Chad Henne is back at starter (again) after another injury to Blaine Gabbert and that should make the score slightly closer than that ridiculous spread. In fact, he shoved a football down its throat as he matched Russell Wilson score for score. Carlos Hyde Youth Jersey The Titans won’t be able to replicate this. The undefeated Saints take on the stalwart Patriots in Foxboro. Will Rob Gronkowski make his 2013 debut? Can Drew Brees keep up his high flying attack without the comforts of the climate controlled Superdome?
As good as New Orleans has been offensively, they’ve been very pass heavy (4th in passing, 26th in rushing), and that’s the sort of imbalance that Bill Belichick can exploit. especially at home. He gets way too much hate after being the sole reason his team was in that game at all. The Redskins are coming off a bye but Robert Griffin III can’t seem to replicate the rookie magic he enjoyed last year.
If the Cowboys can replicate even half of official49ersnflproshop.com/Nike-Jimmie-Ward-Jersey.html their performance against the Broncos, they should be able to overmatch the Redskins. Winner: Cowboys
Survival League Pick: Chicago BearsAgainst the hapless Giants this seems like a clear choice for me since I no longer have Denver or Seattle. I’m very nervous about some crazy prime time upset as Eli Manning returns to form. Hoepfully, I can survive this week with New Orleans, New England, Houston and Kansas City still available to me later on.
Do svidanya to those who hitched their wagon on Atlanta and San Diego. really, not too many people saw that coming. This leaves just 19 of us through Week 5. Keep it up!That’ll do it for this week. Make sure to make your Picks here and Survival Pick here. Leave your thoughts and picks in the Comments, and have a happy Thursday, you jerks.