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The Bucs (3-2) have an uphill battle this week against a red-hot Saints team that has won 4 straight, as Tampa was blown out last week and they will likely be without RB LeGarrette Blount and DT Gerald McCoy, who are both questionable with injuries.
If anyone previously doubted how much Peyton Manning meant to the Colts, they shouldn’t after the team’s start to this season.
The Texans are coming off a draining home loss against the Raiders, while the Ravens are coming off a bye week. Both of these teams have high aspirations for the 2011-2012 season.
The St. Louis Rams have to be hoping that the bye week cast a little magic on their team. This week, St. Louis is faced with the prospect of taking their winless record into Lambeau field to take on a Packers team that is absolutely on a role.
Upstate meets the city in New Jersey when the Buffalo Bills pay a visit to MetLife Stadium this Sunday to take on the New York Giants in a rare in-state matchup between these two New York teams. Kick-off is slated for 1 p.m. (ET) and the game will be broadcast nationally on CBS.
The beleaguered Philadelphia Eagles will look to snap a rare four-game losing streak this Sunday afternoon when they square-off against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in a classic NFC East rivalry. Game time is slated for 1 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
One week after the death of Al Davis, the Oakland Raiders (3-2) return home to take on the Cleveland Brown (2-2). To say that the already certifiably insane Raiders fans will be in a frenzy is a bit of an understatement.
The odds makers continue to keep the lines sharp as last week seven favorites and six underdogs covered against the spread.
For the second straight week, the odds have nailed us with some stressful, big spreads. Feels like almost every line is at least a touchdown. Still, there has to be value in here somewhere. Let’s see what I can dig up.
Each week during the heart of the NFL season, and once or twice during the NFL Preseason, we’ll gather the troops around the roundtable and hash out the NFL Power rankings. We check out the stats, looks at the records, and, most importantly, we take a close, close look at the heart of each team.
I’d describe Week 5 in the NFL as “telling.” It told us which surprise teams were for real and which weren’t.
It also told us which slow-starters would be fine and which ones have reason to panic.
How about them Detroit Lions? Few would have projected that the only team to match the perfect record of the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers through the first four games of the season would be Detroit, but heading in to their return to Monday Night Football against their division rival Chicago Bears, that is exactly how the story has played out.
Four games in to the 2011-12 NFL season, the message is clear: The NFC road to the Super Bowl will go through Wisconsin.
Heading in to the regular season this week five matchup between the New York Jets and New England Patriots was circled as a possible AFC Championship preview, with these two division rivals among the favorites to represent the conference in the Super Bowl.
The San Diego Chargers (3-1) have a chance to knock off a division rival and put up their third of the season when they take on the Denver Broncos (1-3) at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Sunday.
The Bucs and 49ers are 3-1 and lead their divisions, which is a surprise so far on the young season.
