washington (-2) 3 units. atlanta is 0-2 on the road and washington has won 3 straight home games, against gb, carolina, and dallas. all 3 of those teams are arguably as good at atlanta is right now.
detroit (+4.5) 3 units. i think people have been slow to react to the fact that the vikings simply aren't very good right now. as i mentioned last week, signing cousins was really the beginning of the end of their window of opportunity. their pass defense is 27th in the league, giving up 8.1 yards/pass attempt. i hate having to root for matthew stafford, but i think he'll have a big game today.
cleveland (+7.5) 2 units. dammit, no doubt this is the "sharp" play. and it will probably lose in some really stupid fashion. but they shouldn't be laying this many points on the road with that porous defense.
san diego (ML) 2 units to win 2. seattle hasn't beaten a team that currently has a winning record. in fact, two of their 4 wins are against oakland and arizona.
sd/seattle over (48.5) 3 units.
houston (ML) 4 units to win 4. wow, denver is bad. after a season-opening win over seattle, they have two wins. against oakland and arizona. houston has won 5 straight (yeah, against all pretty mediocre teams, but 5 straight wins is 5 straight wins). denver responded to their earlier loss to kc by giving up 2,600 rushing yards to the jets.
rams (-1.5) 4 units. two top offenses and, well, one defense that should be decent. one thing to watch... will the rams be able to run the ball. new orleans, surprisingly, leads the league, only giving up 3.2 yards/run. but if the rams need to throw it... they lead the league, averaging 9.6 yards/pass attempt. on the other side of the ball, new orleans is 30th in the league, giving up 8.7 yards/attempt.
detroit (+4.5) 3 units. i think people have been slow to react to the fact that the vikings simply aren't very good right now. as i mentioned last week, signing cousins was really the beginning of the end of their window of opportunity. their pass defense is 27th in the league, giving up 8.1 yards/pass attempt. i hate having to root for matthew stafford, but i think he'll have a big game today.
cleveland (+7.5) 2 units. dammit, no doubt this is the "sharp" play. and it will probably lose in some really stupid fashion. but they shouldn't be laying this many points on the road with that porous defense.
san diego (ML) 2 units to win 2. seattle hasn't beaten a team that currently has a winning record. in fact, two of their 4 wins are against oakland and arizona.
sd/seattle over (48.5) 3 units.
houston (ML) 4 units to win 4. wow, denver is bad. after a season-opening win over seattle, they have two wins. against oakland and arizona. houston has won 5 straight (yeah, against all pretty mediocre teams, but 5 straight wins is 5 straight wins). denver responded to their earlier loss to kc by giving up 2,600 rushing yards to the jets.
rams (-1.5) 4 units. two top offenses and, well, one defense that should be decent. one thing to watch... will the rams be able to run the ball. new orleans, surprisingly, leads the league, only giving up 3.2 yards/run. but if the rams need to throw it... they lead the league, averaging 9.6 yards/pass attempt. on the other side of the ball, new orleans is 30th in the league, giving up 8.7 yards/attempt.
