Week 6 Picks

Seattle Seahawks vs. Chicago Bears: Chicago
At this point, it is really difficult to pick anyone from the NFC West to win a game unless they are playing someone else from the NFC West. Chicago's defense is one of five averaging less than fifteen points a game and should be able to overwhelm Seattle's offense.

Miami Dolphins vs. Green Bay Packers: Green Bay
Miami has the 28th best scoring offense and the 24th best scoring defense. Green Bay is ranked 8th in both. Plus, Chad Henne as your starting quarterback on the road is not a recipe for success.

San Diego Chargers vs. St. Louis Rams: San Diego
As much as I wish I could pick against Phillip Rivers and Norv Turner (and the Chargers are 0-3 on the road this season), this looks like an easy win for the Chargers. The Chargers have the 2nd best scoring offense and have the 2nd best yards/game defense (although that somehow has translated into the 20th best scoring defense). The Rams have been a nice surprise, but their injuries at WR will make it difficult for the pass game to be productive.

Baltimore Ravens vs. New England Patriots: New England
This should be a fun game to watch. New England has the best scoring offense (32.8 points/game, compared with Baltimore's 18.4 points/game) but the Raven's scoring defense is is 4th (14.4 points/game, compared to New England's 24.0 points/game). I'm picking New England for two reasons: Tom Brady is much better than Joe Flacco, and New England is playing at home.

Detroit Lions vs. New York Giants: New York
Do I need to even explain this pick? I probably shouldn't be so flippant, as Detroit is averaging 25.2 points/game, good for 6th in the NFL. But it's the Lions. Enough said.

Atlanta Falcons vs. Philadelphia Eagles: Atlanta
Atlanta's 2nd ranked scoring defense is going to eat up Kevin Kolb alive. Plus, their 10th ranked scoring offense should be able to do more than enough against the Eagles defense. The Eagles will still be waiting for their first home win after this game.

Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: Pittsburgh
The Steelers top ranked scoring defense will feast upon my boy Colt McCoy making his first NFL start. How does Cleveland think this is a good idea? Also, it is nice for Ben Roethlisberger that he gets to tune up on Cleveland for his first NFL start back from suspension.

New Orleans Saints vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: New Orleans
I should probably pick Tampa for this game, since these teams are pretty even and Tampa is playing at home. Furthermore, Pierre Thomas still is out, leaving the Saints without a running game. But for all of that, I'm still picking New Orleans because I believe in Drew Brees over Josh Freeman.

Kansas City Chiefs vs. Houston Texans: Kansas City
I'm fully on the Chiefs bandwagon. Their defense is for real, only allowing 14.3 points/game (3rd best in the NFL). I like their RB tandem of Jamaal Charles and Thomas Jones, and am a huge fan of their leading receiver, TE Tony Moeaki. Houston's offense is not good enough to compensate for their defense, which is allowing 27.2 points/game (29th in the NFL).

New York Jets vs. Denver Broncos: New York
Kyle Orton, Brandon Lloyd, Eddie Royal, and Jabar Gaffney can put up fantasy points, but thats not the QB/WR corp you want to win games. Especially when going against the 6th ranked scoring defense in the Jets. And especially when the Broncos defense is 25th in scoring defense.

Oakland Raiders vs. San Francisco 49ers: Oakland
Both teams have awful defenses, but at least Oakland's offense is respectable, averaging 22.2 points/game (11th in the NFL). Also, how bizarre is it that Coach Mike Singletary wanted to bench Alex Smith last week, but Vernon Davis, Frank Gore, and the rest of the offense insisted Smith stay in the game? You know you're talking about Alex Smith right? The guy who has led your offense to average 15.2 points/game (only Carolina's is worse). David Carr's not that bad, right?

Dallas Cowboys vs. Minnesota Vikings: Minnesota
I was originally thinking Dallas, but I didn't realize how good the Vikings defense has been, only allowing 16.8 points/game (7th best in the NFL). Although I'm worried about Brett Favre's karma hurting the team. Basically, I have no idea how this game will go, so I picked the home team.

Washington Redskins vs. Indianapolis Colts: Indianapolis
Obviously I'll be rooting for the Redskins, but I don't see how Peyton Manning doesn't carve apart the Redskins secondary in front of a national audience, even if it is on the road. The Redskins will certainly need to score more than the 17.8 they are currently averaging to win this game.

Tennessee Titans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars: Tennessee
The Titans have the 5th best scoring offense and the 10th best scoring defense in the NFL. The Jaguars have the 13th best scoring offense and the 30th best scoring defense. My boy Vince Young and Chris Johnson should be able to control the tempo of this game and run all over Jacksonville.