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Philli v. Cleveland under 33.5
The Browns' are down to their 3rd string Centre...in fact the whole O-line is a mess with injuries, and although Frye has looked ok at times, the rest of the QB's have been poor so far in camp.
Philli are having some injury worries themselves, effectively being down to 2 RB's with Westbrook likely out, are still thin in the receiving ranks and have signed Offensive Tackle Stefan Rodgers to bolster a thinning o-line.
Their defense did look impressive tho, and should be too strong for the Browns to do too much damage.
Teams that played with a short week last season scored 13 (Chic), 10 (Indi), 17 (Miami) & 16 (Atlanta).
San Fran v. Chicago under 34.5
Chicago having big injury problems on offense already. 3-4 of their best receivers are out (although Mohummed looks like he might be back for the game, but you wouldn't expect him to be played all that much)...and the RB spot has also taken hits.
Their defense on the other hand, is one of the deepest in the NFL.
San Fran look like losing their long-time Centre and will use the pre-season to experiment with their O-line...So you can be sure that Alex Smith won't be getting much time under centre, and also you'd expect a fairly conservative game plan, as to not risk any QB damage.
For all their problems the SF run D was relatively good last year, so expecting another low scorer.
Tampa Bay v. Jets over 33.5
The Jets are saying that officially no decision has been made on who is going to start at QB...so expect Pennington to come out firing. He went 12-14 for 117 yards in a scrimmage during the week, and all reports say he is looking superb.
The best part is that Ramsey and Bollinger are still in with a chance, and both are very good QB's...so should be some late scoring.
Simms has been fantastic early for TB too apparently, and there is a lot of competition for spots within the receiving corp, so looks like they will be throwing a little more than usual.
Forget the trends (and the threat of rain)...Points here.
KC @ Houston under 36.5
Bennett is out, so plenty of Dee Brown and the scrubs at RB (you wouldn't expect to see Larry Johnson much, if at all)...
Roaf obviously gone...now their left guard is out, will hurt the running game...but guessing they will stick to the ground in their "new ball control offense".
As offensively minded as they have been, they didn't score over 17 in any pre-season games last year.
Houston, well, they're Houston still!! Davis is out, the QB's are crap and the running game sucks! (even with Davis in! ) :shrug:
Cinci v. Wash under 35.5
No Palmer, just Doug Johnson and Wright.
Washington QB rotation is weak (Todd Collins is looking the goods so far!), and their defense is way ahead at this stage.
The two teams met last year pre-season for 24-17 but Palmer was something like 12-24 for 150 and 2 TD's, and Kitna went 4-5 for 44 for a TD...
...on the other side Ramsey threw for 190, so with those 3 missing, looks to me like the points might dry up some!
Good Luck all
Philli v. Cleveland under 33.5
The Browns' are down to their 3rd string Centre...in fact the whole O-line is a mess with injuries, and although Frye has looked ok at times, the rest of the QB's have been poor so far in camp.
Philli are having some injury worries themselves, effectively being down to 2 RB's with Westbrook likely out, are still thin in the receiving ranks and have signed Offensive Tackle Stefan Rodgers to bolster a thinning o-line.
Their defense did look impressive tho, and should be too strong for the Browns to do too much damage.
Teams that played with a short week last season scored 13 (Chic), 10 (Indi), 17 (Miami) & 16 (Atlanta).
San Fran v. Chicago under 34.5
Chicago having big injury problems on offense already. 3-4 of their best receivers are out (although Mohummed looks like he might be back for the game, but you wouldn't expect him to be played all that much)...and the RB spot has also taken hits.
Their defense on the other hand, is one of the deepest in the NFL.
San Fran look like losing their long-time Centre and will use the pre-season to experiment with their O-line...So you can be sure that Alex Smith won't be getting much time under centre, and also you'd expect a fairly conservative game plan, as to not risk any QB damage.
For all their problems the SF run D was relatively good last year, so expecting another low scorer.
Tampa Bay v. Jets over 33.5
The Jets are saying that officially no decision has been made on who is going to start at QB...so expect Pennington to come out firing. He went 12-14 for 117 yards in a scrimmage during the week, and all reports say he is looking superb.
The best part is that Ramsey and Bollinger are still in with a chance, and both are very good QB's...so should be some late scoring.
Simms has been fantastic early for TB too apparently, and there is a lot of competition for spots within the receiving corp, so looks like they will be throwing a little more than usual.
Forget the trends (and the threat of rain)...Points here.
KC @ Houston under 36.5
Bennett is out, so plenty of Dee Brown and the scrubs at RB (you wouldn't expect to see Larry Johnson much, if at all)...
Roaf obviously gone...now their left guard is out, will hurt the running game...but guessing they will stick to the ground in their "new ball control offense".
As offensively minded as they have been, they didn't score over 17 in any pre-season games last year.
Houston, well, they're Houston still!! Davis is out, the QB's are crap and the running game sucks! (even with Davis in! ) :shrug:
Cinci v. Wash under 35.5
No Palmer, just Doug Johnson and Wright.
Washington QB rotation is weak (Todd Collins is looking the goods so far!), and their defense is way ahead at this stage.
The two teams met last year pre-season for 24-17 but Palmer was something like 12-24 for 150 and 2 TD's, and Kitna went 4-5 for 44 for a TD...
...on the other side Ramsey threw for 190, so with those 3 missing, looks to me like the points might dry up some!
Good Luck all
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