AFC Preview for Week Ocho

AFC Preview - Week 8

St. Louis @ New England -7.5

Both teams are coming off huge wins even though they both came against porous defenses.
The Rams will be getting Orlando Pace back though the Pats pass defense isn’t the
strongest with only 10 sacks through 7 weeks. They also give up plenty through the air at
just under 200 yards a game, but the Rams essentially have no defense. If it wasn’t for
Steven Jackson, I’d put money on Penn State beating the Buckeyes on Saturday and then the
Rams on Sunday. Put the gas bill money on the Pats to win this chilly game, 31-17.

Oakland @ Baltimore -7

This game has a chance to be the most boring game of the season. Baltimore should crush
the lowly Raiders, whose run game will be even less effective than it was last week
against the Jets (lead-rusher Justin Fargas gained a tasty 74 yards on the ground on 28
carries). The Raiders godawful pass D might be the only thing that’s going to make this
game worth watching as Joey Flacco might be able to storm down the field a few times and
throw the ball to his own receivers for a change. For all you HDTV owners, you get a
special delight - a chance to see Ray Lewis’ smile stretch ear-to-ear as he chases down
and gobbles up JaFartacus Russell up every other play. Mmmm, pirate booty…Ravens win a snoozer, 13-0.

Buffalo -1.5 @ Miami

Welcome to the AFC East, Buffalo! Glad to see you decided to join us after only 6 games!
And look how nice the NFL is being to you - you get to travel to a freakin’ paradise for
your first division game. Despite the fact that your best DE is out for this game, you
should still stop the measely Fins in their tracks as they are in the bottom half of run
offense and bottom third of total defense in the league. You looked great smokin’ dem
Bolts, now turn your sights on them fishies. Let’s go with a 27-10 victory.

KC @ NYJ -13.5

Almost two touches is a lot to give any team, especially one that looked so horrible on
the road last week. The Jets are pretty banged up themselves, with Coles dealing with a
mildly concussed cranium and Cotch lookin’ to be a game-time decision. Buuuuuut, we are
talking about giving them points against the most godawful atrocious nonsensical team in
the football. They’re not even the best team in their own state! Chase Daniel could start
right away. Hell, he should be allowed to go Neon Deion on us, and play with the Tigers
on Saturday and the Chiefs on Sunday. J-E-T-S win 44-3.

Cincinnati @ Houston -9

The Bungles are starting a QB that played in the Ivy League and had to face perennial
national doormats like Dartmouth and Columbia at least once a year every year for four.
While their pass defense actually ranks near the top of the league, their shabby run
defense is going to be penetrated more than my buddy E’s girlfri…well, you get the idea.
Houston’s Air America tag team of Schaub-AJ will take off this Sunday yet again. Don’t expect to see much of Chad Ocho Cinco in this one. Everything is bigger in Texas, especially this blowout, 34-7.

Cleveland @ Jax Jags -7

Which DA is going to stand up this week, the one that ravaged the defending champions?
defense to the tune of 310 yards and 2 touches, or the Anderson who completed less than
40% of his passes last week on the road at Washington? I’m going to go with the former
only because the Jags’ D ranks pretty high on my chart of Awful Pass Defenses who can be
burned by Awful AFC North QBs like Derek Anderson. I think MJD runs wild though, and the
Jags win, but not cover, 31-27.

NY Jints @ Pitt -2.5

No Fast Willie? No problema when you’ve got MeMo handlin’ the ball. MeMo busts out with
his second straight game with at least 100 and 2, and lookin’ for a 3rd straight. But
it?ll be tough as the Giants have a stout run D. But who knows how Plexiglass is going to
play after getting docked a cool $45k earlier today, but I’m sure he’ll want to take out
his frustration against his old team. The Steel city is without their top coverage
corner, B-McFadden, so the game should be quite interesting. I’m going with the defending
champs now that Santonio Holmes has been de-activated for getting busted by police for
smokin’ the ganja. So much for exploiting that porous NY pass defense. Jints win, 27-21.

Indianapolis @ Tennessee -4

Gotta go with Vegas and give love to the Titans. They’ve moved from -3.5 to a solid -4,
showing people’s confidence in Chris Johnson and absolutely none for Indy. The Colts are
banged up, aging, small along the line, and reeking like the three-day old chicken guts
rotting in my trash that I keep forgetting to clean out. Every day it just keeps getting
worse, but somehow I’ve just grown accustomed to it. Sanders is still out and that’s
going to mean trouble for trying to stop Chris Johnson once he blows by the D-line. Gonna
be a fun game on Monday, but the Titans win at home and stay unbeaten, 24-17.

YTD: 5-7 (4-2 last week)