Week 2 NFL Predictions

Oakland at Baltimore: After seeing what I saw last Sunday night, I'll be hard-pressed to pick the Raiders again this season.
Baltimore 31 Oakland 3

Houston at Indianapolis: Colts and Texans? What is this, a joke?
Indianapolis 31 Houston 14

Cleveland at Cincinnati: The great matchups just keep popping up, don't they? They may be the best of the three I've listed thus far and that's pretty sad.
Cincinnati 24 Cleveland 10

Buffalo at Miami: Buffalo looked like a better team last week compared to a season ago, but with the game in Florida and a week for Saban to work on his flag throwing, I'm giving the edge to the Dolphins.
Miami 21 Buffalo 14

Detroit at Chicago: Just what Da Bearz needed, a loudmouth Lion guaranteeing a victory and claiming that no defense can stop Detroit's offense when they're clicking. This is a Lions' team who scored six points (no touchdowns) in their opening week loss to Seattle. With that extra bit of motivation, Chicago could be looking at another shut-out.
Chicago 21 Detroit 0

Carolina at Minnesota: It's hard for me to believe that Carolina will give up another 252 yards rushing, this time, to Minnesota. That's not going to happen. While this game should be close throughout, I'm going to pick the Panthers.
Carolina 21 Minnesota 14

NY Giants at Philadelphia: For some reason, with a 24-10 victory over HOUSTON, many are jumping back on the Eagle bandwagon. Not me. If it hadn't been for an offensive pass interference call the refs made toward the end of the game on the Giants last week (phantom interference), NY could've very well won the football game. They have the more balanced of the two teams and will be able to pound and tire Philly's defense more so than Philly will be able to do to NY's. Advantage: The G-Men.
NY Giants 28 Philadelphia 21

Tampa Bay at Atlanta: The Bucs will definitely come out with extra fire and determination this week after they were embarrassed at home by Baltimore last week. With the game at home, though, I still give a slight edge to the Falcons.
Atlanta 24 Tampa Bay 21

New Orleans at Green Bay: Just like I wrote for Oakland, I'll be hard-pressed to pick the Packers this year.
New Orleans 28 Green Bay 21

St. Louis at San Francisco: The 49ers played very well offensively a week ago against Arizona, but that defense of theirs still looks to be quite week. Add that to the always strong Ram offense and we have ourselves a few points scored by St. Louis.
St. Louis 38 San Francisco 17

Arizona at Seattle: Arizona looked solid offensively a week ago, but not so much defensively. Reverse that for the Seahawks, as they couldn't get much done on the offensive side of the ball, but played very well defensively. With the game at home, I'll give the very slight edge to Seattle, but it's not a pick I'm feeling confident about.
Seattle 28 Arizona 24

New England at NY Jets: Even after their 19-17 win over the Bills last week, it's hard for me to pick over Belichek and Brady. Pennington should make this an interesting game, but the Pats should come out with the win.
New England 24 NY Jets 14

Tennessee at San Diego: If LT can run all year like he did in week 1 against Oakland, Phillip Rivers won't have to do much this season to be successful. Tennessee isn't as bad as the Raiders (who is?), but they're down there. LT should have a field day in this one as well.
San Diego 24 Tennessee 0

Kansas City at Denver: With Trent Green being out and the game being held in Denver, I'll have to go with the Broncos in this one.
Denver 24 Kansas City 14

Washington at Dallas: Bill Parcells had to be ticked as all heck after Dallas gave up that 10-0 lead at Jacksonville last week. I have a hard time believing he'll lose this game at home.
Dallas 21 Washington 14

Pittsburgh at Jacksonville: Whether Roethlisberger starts or not, I like Pitt's chances. They have more talent at receiver and tailback than the Jaguars and should be able to outscore Jacksonville in this low-scoring duel.
Pittsburgh 17 Jacksonville 10