Results for tag: In-Running
Posted by:
orioles
on Nov 21, 2010 at 08:46:40 PM
[u][b]Indianapolis Colts @ New England Patriots[/b][/u]
Yum, yum. If there’s anything guaranteed to make my walnut cake and tea taste better it’s a matchup like this. Peyton on Tom and I’m taking the good ol’ boy over the hair do.
In Formula 1, you get the feeling that if you put any of the top guys in the best car, they would win the Drivers’ Championship. Well, this season Peyton turned up in the garage and found a Reliant Robin. Injuries have robbed him of key players, Wayne has lost some form and Garcon is catching like he’s visually impaired – but still 18 can get it done. He may get something of a break here as the Pats haven’t a terrifying pass rush and there are a couple of ropey corners deep in a New England secondary that lacks experience, but be warned –...
Posted by:
orioles
on Nov 21, 2010 at 04:40:04 PM
[u][b]Houston Texans @ New York Jets[/b][/u]
I have the Jets as one of my teams to go all the way (Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Oakland, as you ask) and I’ll take them against Houston today. The Texan deep threats are potent and Schaub is capable, and paired with Foster they present the kind of balanced offense that I like: the problem is, it’s the Jets D, Houston stink on the other side of the ball, and there are real injury concerns on the Oilers’ sideline.
Everyone knows you attack Houston vertically, and every week they get torched. They have no pass rush to speak of, their safeties, Bernard Pollard and Eugene Wilson, are poor, and CBs Glover Quin and Kareem Jackson are out of their rookie depth. That makes them vulnerable deep and underneath, so I expect Edwards, Holmes...
Posted by:
orioles
on Nov 18, 2010 at 06:50:42 PM
I just don't buy the Bears (they've already made that judgement look foolish!) so I'm hardly going to look kindly on them on the road off a short week; but this is a [i]really[/i] tough game to call.
Cutler seems to have woken up, the Bears' O line has held up as they get players fit and playing their proper positions and Mike Martz has discovered the run game. The Miami pass rush and secondary are struggling with injuries and their third string trigger man is under centre, behind an O line with Berger gone and Long struggling, so it must be Chicago, right?
Cobblers.
The Vikes were gutless last week - they just laid down and died - and I expect the home team to bring a lot more pressure up front on Cutler tonight. As I said, the phins' pass rush is dinged up (Cameron Wake limped...
Posted by:
orioles
on Nov 11, 2010 at 08:58:23 PM
Matt Ryan is money at home (17-1; 25 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, 7.8 yards per attempt and a 64.3 completion percentage) and is going to challenge a Ravens' defense that has struggled to limit the pass without a true shutdown corner.
The key here is Roddy White, who is arguably the most dangerous wide receiver in the NFL. He matches up all over the place as Atlanta like to use him in a variety of looks, and he would give any defender fits, let alone a secondary that has issues. The problem is; White is injured.
It's often difficult to know how limited by injury a player is in the NFL because frankly, just about everyone is injured all the time. Don't believe the egg-chasers; American football is the most violent and physically demanding oval ball game on the planet and it can ...