NFL Game of the Week: Jets Vs. Ravens, who ya got?

[dustdevil28]

Alright,

back for a limited time is my humble posts about what I consider to be the highlighted game of the week. Please feel free to add your own picks as you see fit.

For this week the sunday night matchup is the clear winner over all other games on the schedule. Rex Ryan is the boistrous head coach of the Jets and as the former defensive coordinator for the Ravens, still maintains many ties to the orgnaizations front office and with Raven defensive stallwarts such as Ray Lewis and Ed Reed.

So, storyline is there, check, now for the teams. The Ravens opened up the year with the biggest statement win of week one in a complete domination of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In week two though, they had a let down and lost to a Titan's team which at best will be middle of pack in this NFL season. With last week's easy win over the Rams the Ravens are at 2-1, but need a victory over a quality opponant to really feel confident in their record.

Enter the Jets, they got lucky in week one and escpaped with a victory over the Cowboys. This last week though, the Raiders Darren McFadden ran all over them and the Raiders, yes the Raiders, put up 38 points on the oh so tough Jet's defense. The lone bright spot was Mark Sanchez who showed toughness, playing through a broken nose and passing for over 350 yards.

For this week I think what we'll see is the Jets defense get it's act together and outplay the Ravens' defense. Sanchez is proving himself a better QB and Joe Flacco and the Jets win this 20-14.

Other games of note.

Packers over the Broncos 30-10 (I'm a packers fan so I'll always fit them into my picks)

Lions over Cowboys 24-17 and the Lions good start continues

Patriots over Raiders 41-38, Raiders make game interesting by taking advantage of weak Pats defense.

Titans over Browns, 21-14 first signs that Browns won't make the playoffs appear in this loss.

That's it for me, how bout y'all?

-BB

[Smoman]

I'll take a shot at this
Broncos over the Packers 24-17
Lions over Cowboys DD I have to agree with you on this one
Raiders over the Pats 30-21 Just another Oak fan here
Titans vs Browns I would like to see cleveland win that one,but I believe you got that one right too Titans 24-13.

[dustdevil28]

Broncos over Packers and you're a Oakland fan?

How do you see that one bud? The Packers are the undefeated and defending world champs. The Broncos meanwhile are struggling to find themselves in a new coaching system, probably a symtom of the lockout more than anything, but just all things considered they don't stack up well against the Packers, IMHO. Of course I am a packers fan so my view is biased, but in this instance accurate.

-DD

[Smoman]

Easy there BB.I just happen to have some ties to the Denver area.
Have been an Oak fan for many years,I mostly like the way they used to bend the rules a little.
Nothing against the cheese heads its just that I would like to see a little shake up in that game.
Still trying to figure out what happened to the Rams?
Good luck

[dustdevil28]

No worries bud,

It's a discussion board and I thought that was a whopper of a discussion waiting to happen. Seems you're going on a gut feeling in that game. Fair enough.

The Rams? Well, what's happening there is Bradford could be a better than average QB, but the WR's on that club flat out suck, with the Rams not really drafting or seeking any names via free agency. The defense is a bit surprising, I would think Spagnulo could improve that unit, and while it's not horrible, it's not great either. So what's happening with the Rams is that the talent just isn't there.

-DD

[fatfreddie]

Just to shake things up I'll take the Browns over the Titans 24-21.

I can do that because I suck at this and used to being wrong.

F

[dustdevil28]

well i was off on my marqee matchup, but was otherwise perfect and 4-1 overall on my picks this week.

-DD