Week 1 was one of the most unpredictable weeks of football in a long time. The upsets, injuries and overall happenings of the start to the football season only establish one thing, this could be a season full of surprises.
In week 1 the Bills topped the Seahawks, The Titans edged out the Jaguars, rookies led teams to victory I.E - Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco. Tom Brady went down and is out for the season, let that marinate. Michael "the burner" Turner rushed for an outstanding 220 yards. Willie Paker ran for 138 yards and 3 touchdowns. Jay Cutler and Eddie Royal made the Raiders defense look like a pee wee team. Now its time too look at week 2, and how the outcomes and uncertainties of week 1 will effect these games.
The Jets have to take full advantage of a Brady-less Patriots offense. Yes Randy Moss and Wes Welker are still there but no Brady = Matt Cassel under center. Matt Cassell has not started a football game since he was in high school. If the Jets want to secure the AFC East they better win this game. Ths is not a must win game in the sense of saving the season, but it is a must win game if they want to win the division.
Can the Bills prove that they are for real? The Jaguars under performed like crazy last week and they lost to a now depressed and possible suicidal Vince Young. Bills vs. Jaguars, very intriguing match up. How will the Bills defense and special teams back up their efforts in week 1? Will Trent Edwards really be the saviour for the Bills this season?
Cowboys play the Eagles in a NFC East division rivalry. A win, win for my New York Giants but this will be a high scoring affair. In my opinion the game the Eagles played last week against the Rams was a fluke. No shot they put up over 21 on the Cowboys. That's a Dave guarentee. Romo to T.O all day, Eagles just do not have enough fire power on offense besides Brian Westbrook. No chance the Eagles win this one.
How will Matt Ryan bounce back from his great first NFL performance? Ryan and the Falcons now have to face the Buc's from Tampa Bay and their defense. I think Ryan and Roddy White, and Michael Jenkins have a big game again and Ryan improves to 2-0.
And the most surprising game of the week is Indy vs Minnesota. At the end of this game one team will be 0-2. Yes its early in the season but getting off to a start like this is not good. Manning needs to show everybody that he does not need Jeff Saturday to perform well. He seemed lost in the game against the Bears. And the Vikings need to just hand the ball to AP and let him carry them to victory. Tavaras Jackson just couldnt get it done through the air last week, let AP do what he does best.
Big week ahead of us, alot of division games and potentially a week that will be talked about late in december when we talk playoffs. (Cue Jim Mora soundbyte)
No comments:
Post a Comment