2008 NFL Football Season Preview: Week 6
By: BoDog Sportsbook
Football preview for week 6 NFL action – all NFL games are viewed and previewed:
Chicago Bears vs. Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta has the second best rushing offense in the league so far and Michael Turner has looked almost unstoppable at home. Brian Urlacher doesn’t care. Chicago will shut down the run and force “Matty Ice” to go downfield.
Miami Dolphins vs. Houston Texans
The Dolphins have shown improvement and beat two good teams the last two weeks; they are due to learn another lesson. Their secondary isn’t deep enough. Eventually they will get exposed again as they did versus Arizona. Andre Johnson is playing like a man and he should be able to bring them back to reality.
Baltimore Ravens vs. Indianapolis Colts
Peyton Manning and company were practically given the game by the Texans last weekend. The Ravens’ defense has been playing extremely well; even Ray Lewis is playing like a 20-year-old again. Peyton Manning vs. Joe Flacco? Peyton is going to get his timing back eventually and when he does the Ravens won’t be able to keep up.
Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Lions are the only team right now with a legitimate shot at going 0-16. Rod Marinelli needs to blow this team up and start over. As a coordinator. In college.
Oakland Raiders vs. New Orleans Saints
The Raiders are like that cousin who went to juvie for six months for exposing himself on a playground and then comes over to your family for Thanksgiving dinner and your mom tells you that you have to play with him. Sure, he seems a little awkward but then one day he just goes batshit crazy and becomes dangerous. The Saints will win if they just sit around awkwardly and keep the Raiders busy until their plane leaves.
Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets
Brett Farve is the highest rated QB so far this season. The Bengals defense doesn’t stand a chance. This may be a good game to see Kellen Clemens in the fourth quarter. Ma and Pa Clemens will be so proud.
Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bucs defense is playing well, even in the losses. The Carolina Panthers are going to have to take a page out of Denver’s book and find a way to win this thing at the end. Playing on the road, though, might make it impossible.
St. Louis Rams vs. Washington Redskins
The Rams will be a tougher team under Jim Haslett, but it might take them a few weeks to all get on the same page. The Redskins, on the other hand, are on the same page and playing great. The Redskins should come out on top of a surprisingly close game.
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Denver Broncos
The Jags are not playing tough mentally. The Broncos have more guts than brains. At home in the thin air of Mile High Stadium, they should be able to send Jacksonville home with another loss.
Dallas Cowboys vs. Arizona Cardinals
T.O. will start to get the ball again. He just has to be patient as teams see that keying on him is opening up the field too much for Jason Witten. Dallas will bury the Cards in the desert, but this game might break the scoreboard in the process.
Philadelphia Eagles vs. San Francisco 49ers
Donovan McNabb is going to have to really take his play to another level with the injury to Brian Westbrook. Westbrook is probably going to try and play, but watch for some extra fumbles and misplayed hand-offs as his rib-protecting flak jacket gets in the way. Of course, none of that should matter because they are playing the 49ers.
Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle Seahawks
Green Bay looked awfully exposed in a few areas the last couple of weeks. Their secondary is completely different without Al Harris and they are soft on the edge without Cullen Jenkins on their d-line. This is going to be one that Seattle steals.
New England Patriots vs. San Diego Chargers
Randy Moss is back. The Chargers’ secondary isn’t. The amount of INTs generated by Shawne Merriman’s pass rush was completely underestimated. Without him, Antonio Cromartie and Quentin Jammer look mediocre at best. The Patriots win another.
New York Giants vs. Cleveland Browns
Really? This shouldn’t even be close. The Browns will come one step closer to the Brady Quinn era.
