I am going to keep this short and to the point since I have to get up early for class tomorrow morning. We can discuss Sunday’s games during next weekend’s post…Let’s get right to the Monday night match-up:
Pittsburgh (1-0, 0-0 away)
at
Jacksonville (1-0, 1-0 home)
Jacksonville’s pass defense looked superb last week, harassing Drew Bledsoe into throwing three interceptions including a game-clinching pick in the fourth quarter. Their run defense looked solid as well, holding Dallas to 88 yards on the ground. Byron Leftwich did an excellent job of managing the game and not making the big mistakes that his counterpart, Bledsoe, did. Pittsburgh looked pretty dominating in their opener, picking apart Miami (a trendy preseason Super Bowl pick) with their backup QB Charlie Batch. This week they have Roethlisberger back so, to be hopelessly cliché, “the sky’s the limit”, right? Wrong. Bill Cowher better keep an oil can ready…I expect Big Ben’s gears to be a bit rusty. Keep in mind that this is his first action of the season and he is facing, on the road, a defense that kept the Cowboys’ high-octane offense (featuring tough and speedy wide outs Terry Glenn and Terrell Owens) in check last week. Trust me, the Jaguars will be ready for Roethlisberger. I am surprised that more people don’t agree with me. Besides their excellent and balanced defense, the Jaguars also feature three talented young WRs in Wilford, Jones and Williams that will keep the Pittsburgh defense honest by not allowing them to key in on one guy, and they have a fearless competitor in Leftwich who, if my memory serves correct, willed his team to back-to-back victories over Cincinnati and Pittsburgh (in my opinion the top two teams in the NFL last year) last season. How quick people can be in writing teams off as overrated and disregarding their youth and inexperience. The Jags are for real. Their 12-4 record last season was not an aberration. They can play with the best teams in the NFL and I expect them to remind their critics of that fact on Monday night.
My Pick:
The Jaguars ‘claw’ their way to victory!
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okay benji,
i read your blog before the game, and i don:t remember which team i even chose but i:m praying it was pittsburg so that i can be right and you can be wrong.
i think someone did a spam post on one of your earlier comments. it didn:t make any sense and it was like an add.
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