Week 2 NFL Picks

Seattle (0-1) @ Pittsburgh (0-1)

Remember how bad Super Bowl XL was between these two teams five years ago? Well this game will be worse. Seattle might be the worst team in the league and the Pittsburgh Criminals are not a happy bunch after last week's fiasco in Baltimore.

Pittsburgh 30 Seattle 14

Oakland (1-0) @ Buffalo (1-0)

Yep, one of these sad-sack franchises is gonna start the season 2-0. And despite how flawless the Bills looked against the Chiefs last week, I'm not ready to anoint this team as a sleeper just yet. Darren McFadden should run wild against the Bills. And by the way, is there a better punter-kicker duo in football than Shane Lechler + Sebastian Janikowski of the Raiders?

Oakland 27 Buffalo 17

Arizona (1-0) @ Washington (1-0)

See the paragraph above: (One of these sad-sack franchises will start the season 2-0). The burning question in this game is if Redskins RB Tim Hightower will make the Cardinals regret cutting him in the off-season. But seriously, when has Tim Hightower made anybody regret anything? There's a reason the Cardinals kept Beanie Wells over Hightower. And not many people are buying into Cardinals QB Kevin Kolb even though he had a solid performance against Carolina last week. The Cards are back, baby.

Arizona 23 Washington 19

Tampa Bay (0-1) @ Minnesota (0-1)

Just when the Vikings thought they had their problems at quarterback figured out, Donovan McNabb throws for 39 yards last week...Time to panic...Well it would be time to panic for most teams. But most teams don't have a running back like Adrian Peterson. This has all the makings of a huge day for Peterson at the dome in Minnesota. And for the last time...the Bucs are not for real.

Minnesota 26 Tampa Bay 20

Jacksonville (1-0) @ NY Jets (1-0)

The Jets are officially the luckiest team in football. They've won so many squeakers over the last two years and in a game they had no business winning on Sunday against the Cowboys, they escaped with a victory. It doesn't matter if the team they're playing is mediocre (eg. Jacksonville)..the Jets always seem to win by a tight margin. Expect the Jags to keep it somewhat close.

NY Jets 24 Jacksonville 14

Chicago (1-0) @ New Orleans (0-1)

I'm a little scared that the Bears are actually a good team once again even though I thought the complete opposite before the season. But the Saints at home...in the dome....a must-win game to avoid dropping to 0-2...Jay Cutler trying to run his offense with 70,000 people screaming at him..

New Orleans 29 Chicago 10

Green Bay (1-0) @ Carolina (0-1)

You never would have known that the Panthers actually LOST their opening week game after all this week's talk of Cam Newton's outstanding performance in his first game. Newton's good..but he's a long way from becoming Aaron Rodgers, who threw three touchdown passes on the Packers first three drives against the Saints.

Green Bay 34 Carolina 13

Baltimore (1-0) @ Tennessee (0-1)

The Titans looked like garbage last week. Chris Johnson resembled a 3rd string running back on a high school football team. Matt Hasselbeck looked clueless. Not a good sign as they go up against a Ravens D which was frightening against the Steelers last week.

Baltimore 21 Tennessee 16

Kansas City (0-1) @ Detroit (1-0)

Even though I hate them, there's no way the Chiefs are as bad as their performance against Buffalo. Now they run into a Lions team whose bandwagon is so big right now that the wagon is about to tip over and dump everyone off.. Not yet though..

Detroit 28 Kansas City 27

Cleveland (0-1) @ Indianapolis (0-1)

Kerry Collins was bad last week. He almost looked like a quarterback who had been retired but was brought out of retirement right before the season started....Oh that's right, he was. Meanwhile, the Browns who might have been the most disappointing team of Week 1 after laying an egg against the Bengals, is somehow favoured in this game on the road. These are still the Indianapolis Colts everybody..and you know what...these are still the Cleveland Browns..

Indianapolis 30 Cleveland 7

Dallas (0-1) @ San Francisco (1-0)

The Cowboys looked really good for 45 minutes last week before their 4th quarter meltdown against the Jets. Fortunately for Tony Romo and company, it's virtually impossible to melt down against a team as bad as the 49ers.

Dallas 33 San Francisco 17

Cincinnati (1-0) @ Denver (0-1)

I'm just starting to realize that a lot of these Week 2 matchups are awful.

Denver 21 Cincinnati 19

San Diego (1-0) @ New England (1-0)

Wow, a good game finally. Tom Brady's stock is at an all-time high right now after his performance against Miami. Everyone in the media can't stop talking about the Patriots and Brady. Well last time I checked, Philip Rivers is nearly as good as Brady, the Chargers have better receivers, a better tight end, and a better defense.

San Diego 24 New England 23

Houston (1-0) @ Miami (0-1)

The Texans get starting RB and last year's leading rusher Arian Foster back. Look out.

Houston 39 Miami 20

Philadelphia (1-0) @ Atlanta (0-1)

What's more likely? A) Michael Vick runs for 2 touchdowns and leads his current team to a victory over his former team or B) Michael Vick runs for his life after the dogs he used to dogfight are let loose after him.

I'll say A..

Philadelphia 27 Atlanta 21

St. Louis (0-1) @ NY Giants (0-1)

Why does Monday Night Football, one of the longest traditions in football television history, always have the one of the worst games of the week?

NY Giants 24 St. Louis 10

Last Week: 8-8
Season: 8-8