My Football Picks for Week 7

Games at 1 pm eastern 10-21-2007

• Buccaneers @ Lions - Lions
• Titans @ Texans - Titans
• Patriots @ Dolphins  - Patriots
• 49ers @ Giants - Giants
• Ravens @ Bills - Ravens
• Falcons @ Saints - Saints
• Cardinals @ Redskins - Redskins

 

Games at 4ish eastern

• Jets @ Bengals - Bengals
• Chiefs @ Raiders - Chiefs
• Bears @ Eagles - Eagles
• Rams @ Seahawks - Seahawks
• Vikings @ Cowboys - Cowboys

 

Sunday Night 8:15 pm eastern

• Steelers @ Broncos - Steelers

 

Monday Night 8:30 pm eastern 10-22-2007

• Colts @ Jaguars - Colts

The Chargers, Packers, Panthers, and Browns all have byes this week. 

 

Going into week 7, there are 6 teams on top, in my opinion.  The Patriots and Colts remain undefeated; the Steelers, Jaguars, Cowboys, and Packers have only suffered 1 loss.  On the bottom side, there are 7 in the gutter.  The Rams and Dolphins have yet to win a game, and the Bills, Jets, Bengals, Falcons, and Saints have only won 1.  It gets harder to make picks, I think, because as the season rolls on, teams get better at showing their strengths.  Match-ups tend to become more equalized.  In my opinion. 

I like the Lions because I think the Bucs are weak right now.  I think the Titans will play better than the Texans, and the Titans have won 4 of their last 5 match-ups.  The Pats/Dolphins game is a bit scary for me.  Despite the fact that the Dolphins are winless so far, they do like to be giant slayers, and the Pats are a perfect giant for them to slay.  Couple that with the fact that it's a division match-up, and it would seem to make the Dolphins even more hungry - if they could win just one game this season, wouldn't you think this would be the game they'd want?  I do.  I think the Pats will have a bit of a fight on their hands, but I believe they will prevail.  The Dolphins have won 3 of the last 5 matches with the Pats.  I think the Giants have come fairly far this season, and I don't think the 49ers will be a match for them.  I also don't think the suffering Bills will be any match for the visiting Ravens.  I might be wrong though - the Bills just might come out fighting after a bye following their 1 point loss to the Cowboys.  Now, the Falcons/Saints game might be sort of interesting.  Both teams have only won a single game so far this season.  However, I think the Falcons are too disoriented right now to beat even the Saints, who seem to be making an effort to rally especially after beating the Seahawks on the road.  I pick the Saints at home.  Redskins over Cardinals, for a couple of reasons: the Cards are (presumably as of this posting) playing their not-so-experienced 3rd string QB, and they've not beaten the Skins in the last 5 times they've met.  That may change, sure, but I don't think it'll be this week.  Bengals over Jets might prove to be another interesting game, since both these teams also only have a single win.  But I'll take the Bengals at home.  Another close call to me is the Chiefs/Raiders game.  I'll go with the Chiefs though because they too have beaten the Raiders the last 5 times they've met.  Same thing with the Eagles over the Bears.  Plus, I think the Bears are still trying to find themselves.  I'll go with the Seahawks over the Rams, and not just because the Rams are currently winless.  I think the Seahawks don't want to be the team that gets beaten by a winless team 2 weeks in a row.  Cowboys over Vikings.  They're just better.  Steelers over Broncos, again because I think the Steelers are a better team, and the Broncos seem to be spiraling out of control.  They might turn it around this week, but I doubt it.  Colts over Panthers, but I think the Panthers will make the Colts earn it.  I think this one will be within 10 points, partly because I think the Panthers are a decent team, and partly because I think they want to look good on Monday Night Football.   

Those are my picks for week 7.  :)

Happy Football!

Go Patriots!