Taking shots downfield against the baby Falcon corners ought to be as Panther receiver Steve Smith cold-cocking a teammate in the face, though defensive end John Abraham and his league leading 6 sacks may have something to say about that. The Falcons are leading the league, averaging 203 yards a game rushing (and they're doing it without Michael Vick the convicted dog killer). Now rookie Matt Ryan just has to learn not to be scared when playing away from home, since his lone road game produced some lowly results.
Eagle I Spirit picks: My fellow birds -- the Atlanta Falcons (even if they're dirty birds from the dirty south...oh uhhh and so am I -- my open backdoor bias excuse.
Washington Redskins (2-1) at Dallas Cowboys (3-0) Cowboys by 11.
Redskins WR Santana Moss has notched six points in six consecutive games, but expect the Cowboys to rope in Moss before he visits the Cowboys holy end zone, nixing his mission to get a lucky 7 games in a row with a TD reception, breaking a Redskin record. Cowboy SS Roy Williams who has become renowned for bad coverage will miss at least one more game. The Redskins will make their final regular-season visit to Texas Stadium, where they are 9-27. Soon they'll be batting less than an infinite 333.33 -- for eternity with the Texas Stadium meeting its apocalyptic end. For the Redskins, hell is the first part, but heaven comes later in the sentence. The -- is the purgatory.
Eagle I Spirit picks: The Cowboys
Baltimore Ravens (2-0) at Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1) -- Steelers by 6½.
The Ravens have not allowed a 100-yard rusher for 21 consecutive games and the Steelers' top two runs-stoppers are out, not to mention their top runner.
Eagle I Spirit picks: The Ravens
Arizona Cardinals (2-1)at New York Jets (1-2) -- Jets by 2.
The Cardinals can't be expected to run the ball, despite that being the focal point of the house of Cards' coach. At 3.3 yeards a carry, they're still in the crawling phase. Brett Farve, who is in his Broadway Brett phase, is hobbling and declining, so he'll be crawling real soon too.
Eagle I Spirit picks: The Cardinals
Cleveland Browns (0-3) at Cincinnati Bengals (0-3) Bengals by 3½.
This battle reminds me of Neil Young's song inspired by Kent St., with the line "four dead in Ohio". The Browns, Bengals, and Buckeyes (if they crawl back into the national championship game for the third straight year --inevitably to a south shalll rise again team for the third year in a row. Go Dawgs)! Quick, what's a fourth B in Ohio? How about Bush-backers, which Ohio is famous for. After the Bush bailout push, conservatives might fall under the spell of the National Organization for Women's Bush Wacker campaign. Or sticking to football, QB Derek Anderson whom the Browns are sticking with as precariously as any brown stuff suddenly stinkily sticking to the bottom of their shoes. Any reason for a Browns' fan boo and his candidancy as the starting quarterback is the 4th B, replaced by Brady Quinn.
Eagle I Spirit picks: The Bengals
•Green Bay Packers (2-1) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1) -- Buccaneers by 1½.
I say one of the bays wins...
Eagle I Spirit picks: The Bay playing at their bay -- Tampa Bay Bucs
San Francisco 49ers (2-1) at New Orleans Saints (1-2) Saints by 5½.
The 49ers, who have consecutive 30-point games for the first time since 2003 are golden again. There might even be a gold rush again, with the success of 49er running back, Frank Gore, even if that goes against the Mike Martz doctrine.
Eagle I Spirit picks: The 49ers
Houston Texans (0-2) at Jacksonville Jaguars (1-2) Jaguars by 9.
The Texans have won five in a row on the road but hit a big pothole this week in Jacksonville
Eagle I Spirit picks: The Jaguars
Denver Broncos (3-0) at Kansas City Chiefs (0-3)
Broncos by 9.
The Broncos are manifesting miraculous wins -- either via blown calls, blown wide field goals, or just playing the Raiders who always just blow against Shanahan's Broncos. This week they're playing the chefs who are cooking with their 3rd quarterback to start a game already. Their season looks well-done after this game. The Chiefs have a 12-game losing streak and have not held the lead in any game since the third quarter of their Dec. 16 loss to Tennessee.
Eagle I Spirit picks: the Broncos
Buffalo Bills (3-0) at St. Louis Rams (0-3) --
Bills by 8.
If you thought the Chiefs were as bad as you can get, the Rams are here to give those losers hope, since the virgin-like lambs have been outscored 38-0 in the first quarter. Take away the first quarter and they are still getting outscored 78-29 and easily outgained by more than 2 to 1 in yards this season. Coach Scott Linehan believes Marc Bulger was trying to get rid of the ball too quickly behind his leaky line. The star receiver, running back, along with the quarterback, just want to get rid of the coach quickly. Brings new meaning to the phrase coach-killer, which the Falcons' old coach's ol' coach father (Jim Mora Jr & Sr.) said dog-killer Michael Vick was.
Eagle I Spirit picks: Whoever the Rams are getting played by.
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San Diego Chargers (1-2) at Oakland Raiders (1-2) Chargers by 7.
The Chargers have a nine-game winning streak vs. the Raiders. With QB Phillip Rivers leading the NFL with nine touchdown passes,
expect the Chargers to win by 9 and remain on cloud 9 after their last week's resurgence.
Eagle I Spirit picks: The Chargers
Philadelphia Eagles (2-1) at Chicago Bears (1-2) -- Eagles by 3.
Bears' rookie RB Matt Forte is their most dynamic offensive threat, yet the Eagles' forte is run defense with a No. 1 rank against the run. How could I go against the Eagles?
Eagle I Spirit picks: The Eagles
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