What the heck is going on? The Tennessee Titans are a perfect 4-0 straight up and against the spread? <\/p>\n
The last two weeks, I\u2019ve been burned by the Tennessee Titans and their opponents. Three weeks ago it was horrible play calling by the Houston Texans and last week it was an anemic Minnesota offense that was within six points in the closing minutes, but again the Titans got a late interception to stop a potential game-winning drive.<\/p>\n
Even with the Titans digging in to hand me a pair of losses, I thought about going against them again this week with the Baltimore Ravens listed as three-point underdogs at home for Sunday\u2019s game. I just don\u2019t buy the Titans. More so, I just don\u2019t buy whoever they have at quarterback, whether it be Vince Young or Kerry Collins.<\/p>\n
Sure, they have a great defense that\u2019ll keep them in almost every game but I\u2019ve been waiting for Collins to make the mistake that costs his team field position and some points. It hasn\u2019t happened yet with running backs Chris Johnson and LenDale White taking the pressure off the quarterback but it could happen this weekend if the Ravens shut down the run as expected.<\/p>\n
Despite my belief in Baltimore this week, I also don\u2019t completely buy the other 4-0 team in the NFL, the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t get me wrong, I like the makeup of this team but 4-0 and everybody laying money on them to go 5-0\u2026 sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. The Bills have a talented young team but they\u2019ve also been let off the hook against some of the league\u2019s worst teams.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Look at the numbers two weeks ago and the Bills narrowly escaped at home against the Oakland Raiders. Oakland led 23-14 with five minutes left but the Bills came back to earn a 24-23 win. Last week, they trailed the lowly St. Louis Rams in the fourth quarter before getting some points from the defense in what turned into a 31-14 win.<\/p>\n
I know you may be thinking that this week\u2019s opponent, the Arizona Cardinals, aren\u2019t a good team but they are a heck of a lot better than Oakland and St. Louis. You can even say they are better than the Seattle Seahawks team that Buffalo bounced in Week 1 and if you take into account the injuries and tragedy that the Jacksonville Jaguars were dealing with back in Week 2, the Cards are the best team the Bills have faced so far.<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t bother me that Arizona is likely going to be without wide receiver Anquan Boldin because they still have Larry Fitzgerald catching passes with Edgerrin James and young third-down back Tim Hightower running the rock.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t let the defensive performance in New York last week scare you. It\u2019s not often that a decent team gets torched in back-to-back weeks. Like I told you about the Raiders after the horrible first game, they will show pride and bounce back strong.<\/p>\n
Take it or Leave it.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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