Sunday, November 28, 2010

Minnesota @ Washington
As I've said before, these are two very under-rated and under-achieving teams. The line is only 2 points in favour of the Skins, but this game could go either way. Either a) the Vikings will undergo the Jason Garrett-effect and suddenly decide to show up and play well, or b) it will be the same old-same old, with the Redskins playing a little above average and the Vikings handing them countless opportunities.
One point of note, I don't buy any of this 'McNabb is playing bad' nonsense. From what I'm seeing, his receivers are dropping a ridiculous amount of passes in critical situations.


Carolina @ Cleveland
Cleveland are eight point favourites in this game, and it's a line that I snapped up immediately. And then I realised Colt McCoy is out with a high ankle strain, and they have Jake Delholme facing an awful Panthers team that he apparently isn't good enough to play for. This doesn't bode well. Although, when it comes down to it, I ask myself this: how many points will Carolina score? Not many. And I can see the Browns getting at least two touchdowns. As a result, I can see Cleveland maybe just edging the eight points.
This will also be a very interesting test to see how the Browns cope without McCoy, and a good test of how good McCoy actually is. Cleveland have been amazing over their last three games, and everyone is giving Colt McCoy the credit. Carolina are so bad that the Browns could probably put out an awful showing and still beat them by a few touchdowns, so anything like a close game today and it will seriously boost McCoy's reputation.

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