After last week’s 4 INT game Washington (3-2) head coach Mike Shanahan made a switch and John Beck, who has not started a NFL game since 2007, will get the starting nod under center taking over for Rex Grossman.
When the New England Patriots fell to the Cleveland Browns in one of the most surprising results of last year’s regular season, it was simply an aberration for a team that went on to win 14 games and clinch the best record in the NFL.
The Seattle Seahawks return from their bye this week in search of their third win in four games when they travel East to take on a Cleveland Browns team that is certainly improved but has lost two straight games.
OSU (6-0) has been rolling this season and their offense is dynamic to say the least ranking 2nd in the nation in passing yards per game and they are the 2nd highest scoring team in the nation.
Kansas State (6-0) has remained undefeated so far this season and after this Kansas game they will show if they are legit facing 4 ranked teams in a row including Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
Texas A&M (4-2) has gotten over 2 close losses, which likely cost them a chance at a BCS bowl game, but they are back on track with 2 solid wins in a row, especially beating a ranked Baylor team last week.
Oklahoma (6-0) is undefeated and has 3 straight blowout wins and they are HUGE favorites over Texas Tech (4-2), who has lost 2 straight games. However, Tech has the nation’s 6th ranked passing offense and the nation’s 9th highest scoring team so they may not be a push over.
The Chargers, winners of three straight, come into MetLife fresh off of a bye week looking to continue their run of good play. The Jets are on the flip side however, they have lost three of their last four.
The AFC South is officially up for grabs this Sunday. Houston had a golden opportunity to distance itself from Tennessee last week with the Titans on the bye but couldn’t get the job done against a tough Baltimore team. The winner of this week’s Texans/Titans showdown will sit alone atop the division.
2011 has certainly been a disappointing season for a Maryland team many people liked as an ACC sleeper. However, even though the Terps lost their last game, there were some positive signs against Clemson.
It took seven games, but No. 20 Georgia Tech finally got exposed last week. Virginia had an answer for the triple option and handed the Jackets their first loss of 2011. Georgia Tech is determined to show it’s still a contender, not a pretender, but the sledding doesn’t get any easier this week.
It is already Week 7 of the 2011 NFL football season, but the St. Louis Rams will be looking for their first win of the year when they take-on the Dallas Cowboys this Sunday afternoon at Cowboys Stadium. Game time is set for 4:15 p.m. and it will be broadcast regionally on FOX.
The Boise State Broncos are making their way through the Mountain West Conference for the first time. The Broncos played in the Western Athletic Conference in previous seasons, as this Division I-A (now Football Bowl Subdivision) program worked its way up from the lower divisions.
Who would have thought the Raiders would be coming off back-to-back wins and battling it out at this point in the season with San Diego for top spot in the AFC West?
After the Chris Carpenter silenced the Texas Rangers in Game 1 of the World Series, they’ll try to answer back with a playoff ace of their own tonight.
The Green Bay Packers are now the league’s only perfect team and the way they have been playing they might stay that way for a while. Most of their wins have been blowouts with the team that got the closest being the Panthers in week 2, they lost by just 7.
