Thursday, January 14, 2010

Minnesota (1-4) at Buffalo (2-3)

  Minn offense  19th   74.8 rush - [18th] / 188.6 pass - [17th]
defense 8th 95.4 rush - [16th] / 156.8 pass - [6th]
scoring 12.4 for - [26th] / 15.0 against - [9th]


Buff offense 26th 46.8 rush - [26th] / 147.6 pass - [24th]
defense 17th 102.6 rush - [20th] / 199.4 pass - [16th]
scoring 10.6 for - [27th] / 17.6 against - [16th]


key matchups:
DT Rod Horn (11 sacks) vs. G Ed White
TE Reuben Gant (9 rec/93 yds/1 TDs) vs. LB Ken Fantetti (2 INTs)
WR Leonard Willis (21 rec/377 yds/1 TDs) vs. CB Jackie Williams (1 INT)

prediction:
Minnesota 15, Buffalo 16

New York Jets 10 at Kansas City 16

Last season the Chiefs had the best record in the AFC, this season they have started 1-4.  Today they beat the hottest team in the NFL.  And for a team that is built around their offense they won this game with their defense.  They got a great game out of their defense.  The Jets came in averaging close to 26 points a game and they held them to 10 points all in the first half. 

Kansas City
Greg Hendrickson 16/33 193yds
Ted Brown 17car/83yds
Walter White 10tt/5rec/60yds
Bob Gregolunas 7 tackles 1 sack

New York
Vince Evans 21/38 271yds 1TD
Horace Ivory 14car/58yds
Trent Smock 6tt/5rec/116yds
Bob Martin 7 tackles


New YorkAFC (5-0) at Kansas City (1-4)

   NYJ offense  2nd    110.0 rush - [8th] / 236.8 pass - [5th]
defense 6th 57.0 rush - [3rd] / 186.2 pass - [12th]
scoring 25.8 for - [5th] / 11.4 against - [2nd]


K.C. offense 18th 117.6 rush - [6th] / 146.6 pass - [25th]
defense 22nd 107.0 rush - [21st] / 206.6 pass - [17th]
scoring 14.6 for - [21st] / 17.8 against - [17th]


key matchups:
HB Ted Brown (404 yds/3 TDs) vs. New YorkAFC run D (2.7 rush avg)
QB Vince Evans (12 TDs/1310 yds) vs. Kansas City pass D
WR Ronnie Moore (36 rec/581 yds/5 TDs) vs. CB Gerald Jackson

prediction:
New YorkAFC 22, Kansas City 16

Green Bay 19 at Baltimore 16

The Colts rallied in the 4th quarter but it was too late.  The addition of Isaac Curtis seemed to spark the Packers a bit, but they could still only manage 156yds passing. Still it was enough with a great defensive effort.  They managed to completely shut down Billy Sims.

Green Bay
Lynn Dickey 16/24 156yds 1Int
David Overstreet 28car/54yds 1TD 1Fumble
Rickey Watts 4tt/4rec/46yds
Steve Wagner 5 tackles 1 knockdown
Chester Marcol 4 of 4 long of 51yds

Baltimore
Bert Jones 21/37 213yds 2TDs 1Fumble
Billy Sims 11car/8yds
Frank Russell 7tt/5rec/46yds
Johnnie Poe 7 tackles 1 int
Gary Roberts 3 tackles 3 sacks

Green Bay (3-2) at Baltimore (3-2)

  G.B. offense  27th   53.2 rush - [24th] / 134.0 pass - [27th]
defense 3rd 60.2 rush - [5th] / 156.0 pass - [5th]
scoring 14.0 for - [22nd] / 15.2 against - [10th]


Bal offense 6th 122.2 rush - [4th] / 209.6 pass - [10th]
defense 14th 89.6 rush - [14th] / 196.6 pass - [14th]
scoring 19.8 for - [10th] / 15.0 against - [8th]


key matchups:
HB Billy Sims (514 yds/4 TDs) vs. LB Dan Bunz (31 Tackles)
DE Mike Bell (6 sacks) vs. T Mark Koncar
DE Mark Gastineau (6 sacks) vs. T George Kunz
DT Dan Hampton (13 sacks) vs. G Bob Van Duyne

prediction:
Green Bay 15, Baltimore 21

Denver 8 at Seattle 23

The best game the Seattle offense has had this year.  They were so good last year, but they've struggled a bit this year, especially the passing game.  Finally Brian Sipe put together a solid game.  Similar to Kansas City the player that seems to be struggling is their star receiver.  Steve Largent may have lost a step, it sure seems that way at least.

Seattle
Brian Sipe 18/24 175yds 2TDs 1Int
James Jones 14car/49yds
Trey Hann 9tt/7rec/76yds
George Adzick 7 tackles 3 knockdowns

Denver
Danny White 19/45 208yds 1Int 1Fumble
Jon Keyworth 3car/21yds
Terrence Yunker 10tt/3rec/49yds
Art Monk 8tt/5rec/52yds
Tom Jackson 10 tackles 1 int
Matt Millen 10 tackles


Denver (0-5) at Seattle (3-2)

   Den offense  28th   43.6 rush - [27th] / 140.0 pass - [26th]
defense 18th 92.4 rush - [15th] / 213.6 pass - [21st]
scoring 7.4 for - [28th] / 19.8 against - [20th]


Sea offense 20th 100.4 rush - [12th] / 157.4 pass - [22nd]
defense 15th 99.8 rush - [19th] / 197.8 pass - [15th]
scoring 19.0 for - [11th] / 17.4 against - [13th]


key matchups:
WR Steve Largent (22 rec/376 yds/4 TDs) vs. CB Steve Foley

prediction:
Denver 12, Seattle 22