Week 2 Predictions

Week two has five good division battles and some intense meet ups between past conference championships showdown rivals. First off tonight, Peyton will take the Broncos into loud Kansas City to face off with the Chiefs. Alex Smith found his tight ends to make the apparent unbeatable Texans defense look rather pathetic last week, if the Broncos look to beat the Chiefs they will need to figure out a way to stop their way of scoring. Peyton will not be able to look into out scoring them as the answer. It will be a tough matchup, but I see the home team taking it 24-20. The Texans are heading into Carolina looking to make up for their performance last Sunday. The Panthers may be missing their key defensive weapon, as Kuechly had a head injury in their game against Jacksonville. But can Hoyer or whoever is starting put points together to overcome Cam? This will be a low scoring game, as the Panthers enjoy a win at home 14-13.

The Steelers have had three more days off and didn't just travel across country like the 49ers did. Hyde was a beast for San Francisco last week, but he'll be facing a tougher line to break through. Plus the 9ers are slacking a bit in pass defense, so with or without Bell, Big Ben should have fun finding Brown and Miller for some big plays. Steelers take it, 24-21. Winston had a poor debut against Tenesse, I bet he will be looking to make up for it. But the Saints are tough at home, and Winston doesn't have a good offensive line. Still I bet he makes it more interesting putting up more points trying to catch up to Brees, as Drew leads the Saints to a 31-23 victory. Lions and Vikings is another division fight. Stafford is not known for playing well in Minnesota, as both teams look to pick up their first win. Peterson should step it up against a team that took a step down in defense in the offseason and get the Vikings to a close win with a final of 24-23.

The Cardinals have some pretty good pass defense and they will be taking on Jay Cutler. So obvious choice here, look for Arizona's defense to keep their interception rate up just like Cutler, as the Cardinals keep him quiet just like they did against Brees. Cardinals will take it 27-13. The Bills ripped down the Colts thanks to
turnovers, as they forced three and didn't give away any. Those kind of numbers wont happen against Brady. New England will be able to penetrate better than the Colts did defensively forcing the young Bills QB to make mistakes. It will still be a close division game, but the Patriots cheating or not will take a 28-24 win mostly because they have Gronk to hit in the red zone.
The Bengals have some good pass defense, though Rivers looked great in his comeback against the Lions, look for Cincinnati to close the door on the San Diego offense. Dalton will either have a great or poor game against the Chargers defense, he will be the make or break piece to this game. I have faith in Dalton and see a Bengals winning 24-17. I don't think home field advantage will be a factor in the Titans at Browns game. Mariota was amazing in his debut, while his defense took apart young Winston. They could do the same to another young QB in Manziel. The Titans will take this game easily if they show us the same skill as they did last week. Look for Tennessee to take it 31-17. The Falcons are coming off an impressive game, but the Giants showed they are good at forcing turnovers. The Giants gave their game away last week, but I think they wont make those clock mistakes again. Odell Beckham Jr. wasn't much of the game against Dallas, so look for him to be a big difference maker against a Falcons defense that most likely wont be as good as last week. This game wont be over til the final couple drives, but the Giants will take it 23-21.

The Rams took out the Seahawks, surprising many with their big special teams score near the end of the game. While the Redskins gave up their game to the Dolphins based off a special teams play. But that wont be the factor in this one, as the Rams defensive line is going to blow through the Redskins offensive line. That will be the big part of the game giving the Rams their 27-13 win. Miami barley covered the spread last week, but they will win by at least a touchdown this week. The Jaguars showed that they didn't have much last week against Carolina and home field wont be much of an advantage. Look for the Dolphins to take this one with defense forcing turnovers leading to easy scores. Final of 28-14. The Ravens lost Suggs, but the Raiders had a lot of injury issues as well. Charles Woodson is out, and Carr may be out too making this an easy win for the Ravens. 30-17 is the final I see, as woes continue in Oakland.
Cowboys vs. Eagles should be a very fun entertaining came. Yes Dez is gone, but he wasn't much of a part of their win against the Giants. The Cowboys have the defense that the Eagles don't, so it will come down to Bradford yet again to be the difference maker for the Eagles. I see this game going down to the final play, giving Dallas a 31-30 win. Seattle and Green Bay are meeting again after the intense NFC Championship meeting. There are two big pieces that will decide this game. First the Seahawks still don't have Chancellor and they looked like a mess without him against the Rams. While the Packers added James Jones back to the team, which paid off last week with two touchdowns. Look for Green Bay to come out on top in a scoring battle 34-30 final. The Jets were impressive in their win over the Browns, but after a good game Fitzpatrick is due for a bad game. Plus I doubt he will be able to keep up to Luck and the Colts who look to make their fans cheer and smile with a 37-24 win.
Record: 9-7