Docs Sports NFL 10/25
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5 Unit Play. #122 Take Pittsburgh -4 ˝ over Minnesota (Sunday 1 pm Fox) Top NFL Game of the Week. The Vikings just continue to win games but this will be their toughest test of the season playing the Steelers at Heinz Field. This is the first tough road game QB Favre and the Vikings will have in 2009 and I do not expect them to have much left in the tank. This will be the second straight physical team they will face in consecutive weeks and they should have lost to Baltimore, but got lucky with a missed field goal as time expired. Pittsburgh got backdoored last week against Cleveland but dominated the game, outgaining them 543-197 in total yardage. The Vikings are a dog for the first time this season and expect them to struggle defending the pass, as the Steelers take this game and control of the AFC North. Pittsburgh 27, Minnesota 17.
4 Unit Play. #126 Take Tampa Bay +15 over New England (Sunday 1 pm CBS) This game reminds me a lot of the Philly/Oakland game last Sunday afternoon in the Bay Area. Giving two touchdowns on the road is a recipe for disaster in the NFL and that applies again even though this one takes place in London. The Bucs have trouble stopping the run, but Patriots do not run the ball very effectively and thus most of Tampa’s weakness is neutralized. This game appears to mean more to Tampa then New England since the Glazer family own Manchester United, a powerful soccer team in England. Most of these games outside the 48 states seem to go down to the wire and the dog has covered the last two games in London. Make it three, as the Patriots win, but it is much closer then what the experts think.
4 Unit Play. #134 Take Miami +6 ˝ over New Orleans (Sunday 4:15 pm Fox) The Saints have been the most impressive team thus far in 2009 and will enter this game in Miami with a perfect 5-0 record. That being said, this will be their first tough road game of the season since their first two were at Buffalo and at Philadelphia (without QB McNabb). The Fish are coming off of a bye and with a win here they can even up their record at three games apiece on the season. QB Chad Henne looked outstanding in his first action of the season against New York last game and he now gives the Dolphins a deep threat because of his strong arm. This is a perfect compliment to the Wildcat package and expect the Dolphins to own time of possession in this game. Miami wins this game straight-up and getting points in just an added bonus.
4 Unit Play. #138 Take Washington +7 over Philadelphia (Monday 8:30 pm ESPN) The Redskins needs this game or else they may have a new coach after their bye. Jim Zorn has been stripped of his play calling ability and in comes Sherman Lewis, a coach that had success with the Green Bay Packers during the 1990s. It is hard to figure that the Eagles deserve to be this big of a favorite since they just lost to the Oakland Raiders. The dog is usually the strong play on Monday Night and the talent on these teams is much closer to a ‘pick’em’ game then it is a 7-point road favorite. I do believe that Coach Zorn is liked by his players and I believe they will put forth an all-out effort this week to try and save his job. Washington quiets the critics for one week with an impressive victory at Fed Ex Field. Washington 21, Philadelphia 20.
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