Week 2 Picks!

After a rough Week 1 start, I need to pick it up for Week 2. A lot of underdogs rose up and played havoc on the favorites last week, so I think I need to start looking to pick more dogs. The only thing that went right was that the Broncos won (Thank you, Marvin Lewis and the Bengals) and I won my suicide pick (San Diego). We'll see what happens this week, but we are still a few weeks away from really figuring out the good teams from the bad teams. On to the picks for Week 2....

Suicide Pick: Washington over St.Louis

Last Week's Record: 5-10-1

Overall Season Record: 5-10-1

(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)

Oakland +3 over KANSAS CITY

TENNESSEE -6 over Houston

New England -3 over NEW YORK JETS

Cincinnati +9 over GREEN BAY

DETROIT +10 over Minnesota

New Orleans (Pick) over PHILADELPHIA

Carolina +6 over ATLANTA

WASHINGTON -9 over St.Louis

JACKSONVILLE -3 over Arizona

Seattle +1 over SAN FRANCISCO

BUFFALO -5 over Tampa Bay

Baltimore +3 over SAN DIEGO

CHICAGO +3 over Pittsburgh

New York Giants +3 over DALLAS

MIAMI +3 over Indianapolis

DENVER (-3) over Cleveland: Tough game for Denver after "The Immaculate Deflection" victory over Cincy. Denver's offense could get rolling against the Browns' defense. Cleveland's secondary is not impressive, although I think Denver's running will struggle again this week. Plus, Eric Mangini knows Josh McDaniels' offensive scheme from all those years working together in New England, and then facing off against each other twice a year when Mangini was with the Jets. I'm sure Brady Quinn will look to push the ball downfield to Braylon Edwards and have some success throwing the ball, but Josh Cribbs is the player that scares me the most. It seems like a player of Cribbs' nature always has a huge day against the Broncos. The game is at home, so Denver needs to get on top early and they need the crowd to get going. Denver has lost some of that "Mile High Magic" in the past few seasons. This week they get it back. If the spread was higher I would be cautious, but I'll lay the three and take the Broncos.

Final Score: Denver 24- Cleveland-20