Without doing any research to confirm this statement, it seems to me that we usually have more teams at extremes at this point in the season. Yet going into Week 7, we only have two winless teams left in the league, and no one is undefeated.
The winless teams are the Buffalo Bills and Carolina Panthers. I expect the Bills to consider their futility as they have to travel to Baltimore this week to take on the Ravens. They shoot horses, don’t they?
The Panthers, on the other hand, have an excellent chance to “get off the schneid,” as they say. They play host to the surprisingly poor San Francisco 49ers. It’ll be a case of dueling hot seats for Mike Singletary and John Fox.
And speaking of hot seats, you’ve got to know that Wade Phillips is feeling uneasy these days. So far from the hosting the Super Bowl this season, the Cowboys lost the “Desperation Bowl” in Minnesota last Sunday. Now they sit at 1-4, firmly entrenched at the bottom of the NFC East.
They can make a move this week, of course, because they have a divisional game. The Giants come to Dallas on Monday Night Football, and that should be a fascinating match-up. The Giants, you recall, had a very disappointing couple of outings early in the season, and the speculation was the Coughlin had lost his team. But now they have been on a real hot streak, they’re atop their division, and they have the chance to really bury one of their rivals on national television. The firm of Jones, Phillips, & Romo, meanwhile, faces what must be considered a must-win situation for them.
The Sunday Night game might also be regarded as a must-win game… for both contestants, in this case.
This is the real headliner game of the NFL Week 7, as Favre makes his return to Lambeau Field for what everyone reasonably assumes will be his final game there. That element combines with the on-field urgency of both teams and the alleged off-field exploits of Mr. Favre to make this the most talked about game of the week.
Finally, the other game of interest is the Redskins’ visit to the division-leading Bears. Chicago stumbled last week, but the Packers couldn’t take advantage due to their overtime loss to the visiting Dolphins. We badly need the Redskins to prevail in this one, therefore.
I only went 1-3 on my predictions last weekend. Let’s see if I can do better this go around…
I pick the Lions to come out of this weekend at 1-5. I’m confident of that pick. Meanwhile, I like the Bears to lose, for I think they’ve got a lot of problems, and I believe the Redskins are putting the pieces together. But the Packers? Still haunted by both the two match-ups with the Vikings last year and memories of Moss from his first iteration in the NFC North make me fearful. Reluctantly, therefore, I’m predicting a Viking win. Yuck.
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