Thursday, September 11, 2014

AFC #LETME Week 2

Least Exciting To Most Exciting.

9. Dallas Cowboys at Tennessee Titans (noon CT, 1 ET, Fox: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Erin Andrews)
Fox's number one team is being used on this game probably only because Troy Aikman is a former Cowboy, especially when Fox has later in the day the titanic clash between the Seahawks and Chargers. Titans 20, Cowboys 10

8. New Orleans Saints at Cleveland Browns (1 ET, Fox: Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa)
If the Browns play against the Saints the way they did in the second half against the Steelers, but this time for the entire game, the Saints could suddenly find themselves in an 0-2 hole, with strike three only one pitch away. Saints 38, Browns 21

7. Houston Texans at Oakland Raiders (1:25 PT, 4:25 ET, CBS: Andrew Catalon, Steve Tasker, and Steve Beuerlein)
Last week, Derek Carr was the only rookie QB to get the Week 1 start, and this week he'll be facing the original team of his older brother, who somehow now has a Super Bowl ring. Texans 21, Raiders 14

6. Atlanta Falcons at Cincinnati Bengals (1 ET, CBS: Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon)
Both teams looked great in Week 1, with the Falcons playing in the most-exciting Sunday game to an unbiased observer. Falcons 33, Bengals 30

5. Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills (1 ET, CBS: Tom McCarthy and Adam Archuleta)
These are definitely the two teams who have the best chance of stealing the division away from the Pats this year. If the Dolphins win this game, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they go on to win 4 of 5 games before their first loss. Dolphins 30, Bills 20

4. Philadelphia Eagles at Indianapolis Colts (8:40 ET Monday, ESPN: Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, and Lisa Salters) Sunset at 7:53.
Can the Colts recover from their drubbing by the Broncos? They might have an easier time if the Eagles play the first half the way they did against the Jaguars, not requiring the Colts to make the 4th-qtr comeback they had to against the Broncos. Eagles 38, Colts 24

3. Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos (2:25 MT, 4:25 ET, CBS: Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, and Tracy Wolfson)
The Chiefs were 9-0 last year before losing twice to the Broncos in a 3-week span. This year, they've already lost their first game, to the Tennessee Titans. Broncos 34, Chiefs 31

2. Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens (8:25 ET Thursday, CBS, NFL Network: Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, and Tracy Wolfson) Sunset at 7:16.
The Steelers survived a scare from the Browns last week by getting their first points of the second half with no time remaining in the fourth quarter. The Ravens did not at all look good, and Joe Flacco is currently not elite. Steelers 9, Ravens 6

1. Seattle Seahawks at San Diego Chargers (1:05 PT, 4:05 ET, Fox: Thom Brennaman, David Diehl, and Laura Okmin)
While the Chargers' squandering away the game Monday night was pretty bad, the Seahawks aren't the same team on the road as they are at home: In Russell Wilson's first two seasons, he was 15-1 at home and only 9-7 on the road. Seahawks 41, Chargers 38

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