A good slate of games on tap for Week Five in the NFL…
The most important of the group, of course, is the Packers’ trip to Washington to play the unpredictable Redskins. For years, it seems, the folks in DC have been underachieving, and so you wonder when they’re finally going to get it together and live up to their potential.
I am more afraid of our own injuries and lack of discipline, however, than I am of Donovan McNabb or anything else the Redskins have to offer. For I am persuaded that if both the Packers and the Redskins played up to their potential this Sunday afternoon, Green Bay would walk away with a victory. Our own unevenness so far in 2010 makes me apprehensive, though.
Elsewhere around the Division, the Bears visit the Panthers. I think Chicago is the better team, but they’re without Cutler, which will handicap what Mike Martz wants to do on offense.
Meanwhile, the surprising Rams will play the luckless Lions in Detroit. Tough game to guess. Both teams are much improved, though clearly St. Louis benefits from being in an easier division. My hunch is that this is the week the Lions finally put it all together and get the win they have deserved several times already this season.
Finally, in the game that will likely get the most hype this weekend, the Vikings play the Jets in New York on Monday Night Football. This really should be a great game – lots of talent, lots of personalities, and lots of storylines. My allegiance is obviously with the Jets, and I am eager to see what their defense will do to the newly revitalized Minnesota offense. I like the Jets at home.
Elsewhere, can you believe the Kansas City Chiefs? We have a couple of undefeated teams going into the home stretch of the 2009 season, but here we are in Week Five with only one undefeated team. And it’s the Chiefs!! They are playing the surprisingly .500 Colts in a game that is nearly must-win for Indy and a game that will go a long way to prove whether KC is for real.
And, finally, the Sunday Night Football game should be an interesting one. It’s not exactly the clash of the Titans, but it pits the winless and desperate 49ers against the Philadelphia Eagles with their quarterback carousel. I honestly thing Kevin Kolb has a better chance of succeeding on the road than he would at home. Still, the visiting team seldom performs well on a cross-country trip. Also, the 49ers simply cannot afford to lose again.
Predictions? I like the Packers, Lions, and Bears to win in the NFC North this week, while the Vikings fall on the road.
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