Posts Tagged ‘NFL’

The Cowboys are coming into their game against the Seattle Seahawks with a dismal performance this past week against Philadelphia. The visiting Seattle Seahawks could be the best opportunity for the Dallas Cowboys to get an easier match to build back some momentum. Dallas has couple of challenges, actually, over its next five contests, needing to play just one (Buffalo Bills) that has a winning record.

Sunday will see the Browns, who have not been at their greatest so far, looking for some form as they go to the Reliant Stadium in Houston to battle against the Texans.

The Indianapolis colts host the Atlanta Falcons this week in a match that pits two squads who are disappointed with their records. At 4 – 3, the Atlanta Falcons already have as many losses as they had the prior season. The Colts have as many losses this season (0 – 8) as the prior two seasons combined.

When their next 2 contests will be against division opponents that are ahead of them in the standings, most squads would enjoy a bye week. Nonetheless, the bye week might not be a blessing for the Jets. They won their prior 2 matches so their momentum may have been disturbed. Another difficulty is that in each of the last 2 years with head coach Rex Ryan, they’ve lost their matches after the bye week.

Following a terrible 0 – 3 start, the Chiefs will be attempting to win their fifth game back to back this week when they host the 0 – 7 Dolphins. The Chiefs lost a number of key competitors for the remainder of the year, including running back Jamaal Charles, after they started the year being outscored 89 – 10 in their 1st 2 competitions. Since that time, they have become the 1st team in Nfl history to start the year 0-3 and have at least a tie for their division lead four weeks later.

The game between the Broncos and the Oakland Raiders this week is about the quarterbacks. The Denver Broncos are hoping Tim Tebow can learn from his mistakes and show he can be a starting quarterback in the NFL. The Raiders are hoping the recently acquired Carson Palmer is able to use his experience to get acclimated swiftly into the new system.

Super Bowl probabilities show the Packers as 2-point favorites versus the Pittsburgh steelers with the total at 44.5.

The Pittsburgh steelers got out to a 24-0 lead in the AFC Championship and then put on on for dear life as they beat the Jets 24-19, only covering the 3.5 point spread.

With the Super Bowl fewer than two weeks away, supposition carries on to rise over which wounded players will come back, which ones will sit out the major competition, and which ones are questionable.

The history of football playoffs is littered with unpleasant games, but the champions of an ample amount of those games often make it to the Super Bowl.