The 2010-11 NFL season kicks off on Thursday night, Sept. 9 with the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints hosting the Minnesota Vikings and ends on Monday Night Football with a double-header.
Let’s take a look at each Week 1 match up followed by some free NFL predictions.
Week 7 is here and we are one third of the way through the season. Three of the remaining four unbeaten teams – Indianapolis (5-0), Minnesota (6-0) and New Orleans (5-0) – will be in action this week. Denver (6-0) has a bye in Week 7 after a 34-23 win at San Diego on Monday night.
The four undefeated teams through the first six weeks are the most since the 1970 merger.
Week 6 is here and there a couple of great games on the schedule.
Looking back to 2008 Week 6, the Dallas Cowboys lost starting quarterback Tony Romo to a fractured left pinkie, forcing Romo to miss the next four games and quite possibly ruining the Cowboys playoff hopes, as they dropped 3 of 4 without their starter. Could we see another high profile injury this year?
Week five is here and we are already one quarter of the way through the 2009 NFL season. This week teams will begin to spread out and separate themselves in the standings. The Titans are still looking for a win at 0-4, a long way from the 13-3 they were in 2008. After losing two straight, last years Champion Pittsburgh Steelers evened their record at 2-2 with an impressive win over the San Diego Chargers, and the Denver Broncos are 4-0 in the post Jay Cutler era.
Week four is packed with some of the most exciting games of the first half. My pick for best game of the week is a three-way tie between the Jets at the Saints, Chargers at the Steelers and the Green Bay Packers at the Minnesota Vikings. Brett Favre had a big week four in 2008; throwing six touchdown passes against the Arizona Cardinals. Can he repeat this week against his former team?
Week three is already upon us and after two weeks under their belts teams will begin to show their true identities. There are several games in week three that will prove to be important in early division positioning and begin to show where some of the teams may end up by seasons end. My NFL pick for best game of the week is the Indianapolis Colts at the Arizona Cardinals.
Week two is always interesting as teams have that first game under their belt. Week one losers will be hungry for a win before the season gets away from them, and week one NFL winners will be on the prowl to improve their records to 2-0.
My pick for best game of the week is a tie between the Saints at the Eagles and the Giants at the Cowboys.
Are you ready for some football? The 2009-10 NFL season kicks off on Thursday night, Sept. 10 with the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Tennessee Titans and ends on Sunday night when Jay Cutler makes his Chicago Bears debut at the rival Green Bay Packers.
