There are about fifty different things about Sunday’s games that I would like to comment on, but due to the restraints of time, I will have to wait until next week.
Here are my picks for tonight’s games:
Minnesota at Washington 7 P.M.
I was really tempted to pick the Vikings to win this game…The Redskins are really hurting and Mark Brunell looked awful in the preseason. The problem is, I don’t fear any of the Vikings’ wide receivers (now that Robinson is gone) and neither do the Redskins. If Washington can keep the Vikings’ receivers in check with single coverage (as I expect they will able to), then the Redskins will be blitzing the hell out of Brad Johnson. I know Minnesota’s offensive line is supposed to be pretty good this year, but I think they will crumble eventually under this onslaught. As for Washington’s offense…Clinton Portis likely won’t play, but the ‘skins have plenty of depth at the position and Betts and Duckett will pick up the slack. I’m not sure what to expect out of Brunell but I expect he’ll complete a couple deep balls to Santana Moss and the defense and special teams will take care of the rest. Hey, it worked last season.
My Pick: Redskins take care of business at home…but Brunell still looks shaky
San Diego at Oakland 10 P.M.
The Raiders have had some serious QB issues over the last couple seasons…so they went out and fixed them all…by signing Aaron Brooks, who has thrown one more TD pass than INT over the last two seasons. Randy Moss cannot be happy…I wouldn’t be surprised to see him ask for a trade before the season is over. What are the Raiders thinking? They had a chance to draft a quarterback in the first round but instead decided that it made much more sense to continue wasting the ability of their only top tier talent (Moss) by sticking another quarterback in the lineup who is just as likely to throw the ball to the other team as to Moss. In short, the Raiders will be awful again this year. Philip Rivers is unproven and I’m not sure what to expect from him but I imagine that he will hand the ball off to Tomlinson for most of the game and let him take care of business on the ground in Oakland, where he rushed for 140 yards last season.
My Pick: LT lifts the Chargers over the Raiders
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hey,
i didn't realize you posted these before the monday games. you were dead on about the raiders' game, dead on. well, i guess it goes to show, that if you make random picks with random explainations, every once in a while the stars line up and any bozo can pick a winner.
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