kleese Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 www.edkleese.blogspot.com Last Week: 10-4 Season: 60-28 Record Picking Redskins Games: 3-3 Against the Spread: 14-9 Lock of the Week: 4-2 Last Week's Pats: On a roll right now, especially against the spread where I went 3-1, improving to 7-1 over the past two weeks. I also need to pat myself on the back for correctly predicting the Browns to upset the Giants. How long can this hot streak last? Last Week's Apologies: Can't really apologize to the Rams, because I don't think picking the Redskins was a stretch at all. But I will apologize to the Falcons, who I have been doubting all year-- now they have my attention. This Week's Picks: San Diego at Buffalo: Tough call here. As has been a staple of Norv Turner's teams over the years, the Chargers are completely unpredictable from week to week. Buffalo has had two weeks to recover from their blowout loss in Arizona, but something tells me the "good" Chargers show up this week. Chargers 27, Bills 17 New Orleans at Carolina: Just when we were all ready to start saying, "watch out for the Panthers," in the NFC, they go and lay an egg in Tampa Bay. I like them to bounce back and win a close one against the Saints. Panthers 24, Saints 22 Minnesota at Chicago: In all three of their losses, Chicago can make a good case that they really should have won. Oddly enough, the Bears offense is getting the job done, while the defense seems to be letting them down at critical points in the game. Minnesota has played better in recent weeks, but I'm still not impressed. Bears 21, Vikings 17 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati: I'll give the Bengals some credit-- they are playing hard every week, but they just aren't any good. Marvin Lewis has completely failed at building a defense in Cincinnati and the Bengals find themselves in a very similar position as when he arrived. Steelers 26, Bengals 16 Tennessee at Kansas City: With all of the "what the...." games taking place around the NFL, the Titans would be wise to take the Chiefs seriously. But I view the Titans as the type of squad that may be above such upsets. The Titans can be defeated for sure, but I think you will have to be better than them to do it. Titans 24, Chiefs 10 Baltimore at Miami: Not expecting offensive fireworks this week on South Beach, that's for sure. The Ravens have the better defense in this match-up, but I definitely give the offensive edge to the resurrgent Dolphins, who have been moving the ball very well in recent weeks. Having said that, I just have a gut feeling the Ravens get it done this week. Ravens 17, Dolphins 16 San Francisco at New York Giants: Was New York's loss in Cleveland an abberation or a sign of more serious issues? It's hard to tell, but until they prove otherwise, I'll lean towards to the former. Giants 30, 49ers 17 Dallas at St. Louis: What a miserable week for the Cowboys. The trade for Roy Williams may alleviate some of the frustration from what took place both on the field and off the field this past week, but the Cowboys just don't look right. The pass defense is putrid, and the offense doesn't seem to have an identity. Losing Tony Romo sits to pee for a month won't help either. But Romo sits to pee's biggest weakness (ball security) has traditionally been Brad Johnson's biggest strength. If the Cowboys stop giving the ball to the other team, they may take some pressure off the struggling D. The Rams won last week, but their offense was still very, very shaky. This is far from a slam dunk pick, but I'll go with Dallas. Cowboys 28, Rams 20 Detroit at Houston: The Lions are gross. Texans 31, Lions 17 Indianapolis at Green Bay: This game is a Pick Em' for a reason: It's a total toss up. After some early struggles, the Colts may have found their groove last week against Baltimore, but the Packers also bounced back after a few ugly weeks, and got a much-needed win on the road. I could see this game becoming a shootout, and I have major concerns about the Packers banged-up secondary. Colts 29, Packers 26 New York Jets at Oakland: Again, this is one of those games that screams upset given the climate of the league right now, but I'm going to give the Jets some credit and predict that they keep the Raiders at bay. Jets 20, Raiders 17 Cleveland at Washington: Last week may have been a signal that both of these teams are regressing to the mean. Cleveland played much more like their fans expected them to play prior to the season and the Redskins looked like a team under a first year coach for the first time since week one. I definitely think Vegas is off on this game, as these are two evenly-matched teams. I'm going to say the Redskins find a way to scratch out a close one, but that is based primarily on the homefield advantage. Redskins 24, Browns 21 Seattle at Tampa Bay: The Seahawks were circling drain with Matt Hasslebeck. Without him, they might be the worst team in the NFL. Bucs 30, Seahawks 13 Denver at New England: I just don't trust the Broncos defense right now. New England will bounce back from an embarrassing performance last week. Patriots 28, Broncos 24 4 To Score 1. Bucs (-10) vs. Seahawks. Charlie Frye, on the road, against the Bucs defense, doesn't sound like a good recipe to me. 2. Chargers (+1.5) at Bills. Erractic Chargers confound the oddsmakers again. 3. Browns (+7) at Redskins. Vegas is off the mark on this one. 4. Titans (-7.5) at Chiefs. Titans may be above some of the "letdown" games we're seeing around the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Not a bad record, Kleese. I'll have to start paying more attention to these threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royallypwned Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Detroit at Houston: The Lions are gross. Texans 31, Lions 17 Cleveland at Washington: Last week may have been a signal that both of these teams are regressing to the mean. Cleveland played much more like their fans expected them to play prior to the season and the Redskins looked like a team under a first year coach for the first time since week one. I definitely think Vegas is off on this game, as these are two evenly-matched teams. I'm going to say the Redskins find a way to scratch out a close one, but that is based primarily on the homefield advantage. Redskins 24, Browns 21 looks like the Skins are losing this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbleedBnG83 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I'm pretty sure I read Seneca Wallace was starting for the Seahawks which is not a bad replacement for Hasselback and gives them more versatility. I disagree with the Browns/Redskins assessment. The Redskins will come back strong while the Browns will play shakey as they typically do on the road. Did you forget how bad they are on the road even last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Mean Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 looks like the Skins are losing this week! agreed, flip the score around pretender folks, remember that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiLfan Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 agreed, flip the score aroundpretender folks, remember that way to support your team it was a bad game all around....but in spite of playing flat and uninspired, the skins still dominated in every category except turnovers, and a couple of wacky bounces is what did them in. have a little faith for creeps sake. this team has made the playoffs two of the last three years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'KanSkinFan Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 looks like the Skins are losing this week! Hum, and you think Brad Johnson (with his superbowl ring and all) will be the answer to pull the pukes together? I smell panic~ :)and, don't discount the RAMS..............they HAVE something to prove in the NFC East The Skins score will be higher than what Kleese is projecting~ :2cents:; I think the Browns will fall apart (or at least Anderson will) on just our crowd noise :point2sky Just saw this in the ATN: Romo sits to pee to throw today {May play Sunday} ~ so, maybe you all won't have to rely on Brad :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhouse Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Thanks as always. Good call on last week's upset.....You're on a roll! I only disagree on your Saints pick. I think they win against the Panthers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleese Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 Thanks as always. Good call on last week's upset.....You're on a roll! I only disagree on your Saints pick. I think they win against the Panthers. The Saints scream 8-8 to me. That means they'll probably pull off a few nice wins and probably drop a few they shouldn't. Tough to predict when those will happen, so I pretty much go chalk with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnFoRcEr_uPu Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Heck of a record. You've got 4 more right on the season than I do, and I felt I was doing well, lol. I'm going with 51 total points though instead of 22, and giving the Bronx a 27-24 win over NE. While the Denver defense is about as trustworthy as Pacman Jones in a strip club, I just don't like what I've seen from NE. Too spotty and the only great QB they've played this year was Philip Rivers, who lit them up. Denver has only given up 2 sacks this season and NE has only 7, so he'll have all day in the pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbleedBnG83 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Considering the OP's record is 3-3 picking the Redskins, I feel good about our chance beating the Brown's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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