Week 6 of the 2014 NFL season is here -- along with the inevitable i sues stemming from team depth. for the ? How will the hold up ? The poor are completely decimated at running back. The ' dashing ball carrier, , has had little to dash through, thanks to all of Philly's injuries up front. And then there are guys, like receiver , who have played hurt at various points this season, forcing their teams to use other players in spots. The , meanwhile, lost their best defensive player before the preseason even started. We could go on and on.Speaking of Dallas ...Introducing the Ray Charles of NFL power rankings . at 12. Obviously they don't drug test at CBS sports Self-employd1 (@Real_change2012) CBS is doing a heckuva job with that Thursday night package. One minor note: I work for NFL Media. Regarding the Ray Charles comparison, I a sume you're saying I will have a lengthy, succe sful career. Thank you for that. The two fan bases most upset by were the ' and the '. Buffalo backers have a point: Perhaps I was too hard on the team for bailing on its quarterback and . Rest a sured I will move the way up if they beat the . Dallas, meanwhile, has defeated just one team that was playing well at the time -- -- and needed overtime to do it. The have finished 8-8 three years in a row, so I'm thinking their ranking seems appropriate.That said, you can see how I think and that tough line will perform in Seattle below. As for the rest of the Week 6 sked, feel free to share your take ... is the place.Now, let's get to it ...Elliot Harrison went 12-3 on , giving him a record of 48-28 so far this season. How will he fare in Week 6? His picks are below. gets a safety. The run the football effectively. plays adequately. And Buffalo still loses to New England. Look, we understand the anger around this 3-2 team ranking 22nd in . But is 22-2 against Buffalo in his "short" career (that was sarcasm, directed at the hypersensitive fans who thought last week). It should be noted that Ezekiel Elliott Jersey Brady's came in Buffalo, where this game will be played, and where the crowd will be going absolutely nutso. Brady threw four interceptions that day in 2011. Can that happen again? Probably not. Yes, in their most recent AFC East game, but Brady hasn't lost back-to-back divisional contests since 2006. The cannot afford to keep settling for field goals -- they . </content:weekly-predictions> How will the respond to against the ? My gue s is, they win, despite the fact that the should present a far greater challenge in Cincinnati this Sunday than they did in their lo s two weeks back. Two alarming facts for Carolina: a) its red-zone defense is the worst in football and b) its run game . Without the ability to burn clock on the ground, the will have a tough time keeping their defenders' legs from getting tired and failing at the end of drives. If you're wondering whether the ' D will give up major points again, bear in mind this team hasn't allowed 30-plus points in back-to-back games since 2008. Cincy wins. has been flying so far under the radar for the , Tom Skerritt just took a Dallas Cowboys Jersey long beat before admonishing him for . is having a wonderful season, completing 68.9 percent of his pa ses, but even more noteworthy is his 18-1 record against the , the best winning percentage (.947) against any single opponent by a quarterback since 1950 -- even better than r Roger Staubach's mark against the (.941) and fellow Hall member Bob Griese's mark against the (.900). That's ... impre sive. On the Cleveland front, 2014 represents the first time since 1969 that the have scored 21 or more points in their first four games. That '69 squad beat Dallas in the divisional round of the playoffs, then lost to Minnesota in the NFL Championship Game. Of course, the recent scoring boom aside, the are still going to fall to the in Cleveland. is hotter than Brooklyn Decker in a University of North Texas track suit ... he's so *on fire* that Mtley Cre would like to use him in their final stateside concert ( ) ... he's doing so well in his current job that the LinkedIn endorsements are piling up. vs. the ' front seven should be fun. Miami's run defense is allowing just 3.83 yards per carry so far, but everyone thinks Lacy is about to go to buck wild on the host team after running 13 times for 105 yards last week. The real question is this: Which will show up? Will we see the guy who for the 'Fins in London, or the guy who had gotten very little bang for his buck to that point (in each of his first three games this season, Tannehill averaged 5.56, 4.92 and 4.77 yards per attempt, far below the league average of 7.2)? The first rule of Field Goal Club is, You do not talk about mi sed field goals. In related news, Turd Norton makes his debut as kicker and goes 1 for 3 in Minnesota, mi sing from 33 and 34 yards out ... but nailing one from 55. The have mi sed eight field goals this season. Since 1970, just four teams have mi sed more field goals through Week 5. The , meanwhile, eagerly anticipate , the second coming of, well ... it's hard to say who his game reminds me of. You know what? Bridgewater is the second coming of nobody; he's a unique player who -- off-the-cuff analysis ahead -- has no-son-of-a-gun-is-too-big-for-me attitude. Oh, and then there's this: The have scored at least 22 points in 14 of their last 16 home games against the . So there you go: 22-20. Don't snicker about the score; the host absolutely can compile 21 points ... we think. Denver's defense was , forcing the to Trevon Diggs Jersey punt an astounding 11 times. It seems as if this group is really coming together. Now, if only the could run the football. Gang Green had been darn near impo sible to run against -- until colliding with future r . Still, the (83 rushing yards allowed per game). for this one, and the good news is that this game is on the East Coast ... so . The recipe for New York's best chance includes a 30-carry dose of and some takeaways. Unfortunately for the , they're not forcing any of those. They're tied for second-worst with three takeaways -- as many as has given up all season. A solid home win for the delivered ... It's not easy to predict consecutive lo ses for the , who have had just five losing streaks in the era, none of which were longer than three games. And you'd have to think will play better than he did in last week (57.9 percent completion rate, 235 yards, zero touchdowns, one pick and four sacks). That said, the Tampa Bay pa sing game has been no slouch under , the second-year pro who is doing just enough to win games. On third down, he has a pa ser rating of 125.3 -- putting him behind only and . Talk about anyone's ballgame. ' main task in Nashville will be to not turn the ball over so that he can live to play another down for the Jags. That said, tucking the ball and running could work, as the rookie quarterback has rushed for 68 yards on just 11 scampers. He merely needs to refrain from forcing throws and make sure he gets down on the pitch. Slide, dude. We would like to see coach get rookie running back as involved as po sible. Tenne see's defense struggled to make stops late in against the . What keeps a D fresher than an offense that runs the football -- and the clock -- in support? By the way, Jacksonville is allowing 435.4 yards per game -- . If you don't start running back on your team this week, you're a communist -- by which I mean, you're so into the collective good, you want to prevent an inordinate amount of points from going your way. Our research department's Luke Skywalker, , says San Diego has topped 30 just once in its past 10 games against the . He's right -- so let's hand the Bolts 29. Give 'em hell, defense. Now, it's worth mentioning that Oakland beat San Diego in last year -- the game that went so late on the East Coast that television viewers had to choose between AFC West football and the "How to Make Money in Real Estate with No Money Down" infomercial with Carlton Sheets. By the way, the last time the won back-to-back home games over the , was Oakland's head coach. This prediction is dependent on either -- -- or -- -- playing quarterback for the . If ends up under center again, you can pretty much flip the scores. played some good football for Washington . Yes, the ' defense has been two bits short of awful. But as long as we're talking Old West, remember that Arizona's quarterback situation was a ghost town in -- the Cards had *eleven* punts. In the past DeMarcus Lawrence Jersey 10 years, no one has punted more than that in a given game. It was so ugly, . If Palmer or Stanton gets on the field in Arizona, look out; the have allowed nine touchdowns against just one interception over their past three games. </content:weekly-predictions> Chicago puts Walter Payton's number on the board in Atlanta -- by virtue of scoring 34 points. It will be apropos, too, as will have a heckuva day, posting more than 150 scrimmage yards and two scores. And even if the manage to stop Forte, they'll have had to use too many resources to do it, meaning pa s-catchers and will have the big games instead. We all know has struggled of late, which has been attributed to i sues with protection and being away from home. In the friendly confines of the Georgia Dome, where he's notched a pa ser rating of 142.2 this season, Ryan should perform against the defense. The concern is that front seven ... This game will be extremely close early on, with the host pulling away late in the third quarter. Look, Seattle is a great team, there's no doubt about it. But the defense will have its hands full with that offensive line, which is a far cry from the unit the faced . Dallas left tackle isn't backing down against anyone; neither is or . I freaking love ProFootballFocus.com, but I think is low. ain't league-leading running back without that group. Murray's Seattle counterpart, (ranked No. 1 by ProFootballFocus.com), has been awesome despite working with le s stellar play up front, as has quarterback . Thinking the have trouble, personnel-wise, stopping the read option, as well as Wilson's keepers. was held to a scant 48 rushing yards the last time these two squads met, and Big Blue walked away . Does that stat line sound familiar? McCoy rushed 19 times for 22 yards , 10 times for 17 yards and 24 times for 81 yards . Philly's banged-up line is causing McCoy and the run game problems, while quarterback is barely playing well enough to compensate. Meanwhile, has posted a pa ser rating of 100-plus for New York in three straight games now. Question is, can provide a spark for the ? Against this front, the answer is yes. </content:weekly-predictions> San Francisco survives in St. Louis. That's it. should find some favorable matchups downfield, especially if plays; the ' safeties have really struggled this season, and frankly, the pa s rush hasn't been there to pick up the slack. from St. Louis' defensive line has been totally underrated, in terms of how it has affected this team's season. Without Long to contend with, opposing offenses can simply shift protection to 's side. On top of all that, dealing with Niners offensive lineman will be no day at the beach, er, Arch. Still, I don't think San Francisco will be able to shut down the -to- connection. It feels like this will be an old-school NFC West slugfest ... or fine se game. Either way, it should be close. ALREADY COMPLETED absolutely went *off* , posting 121 DeMarcus Ware Jersey receiving yards and three touchdowns for the in a game that exposed the as a 2-14-team-to-be in front of a national television audience. This year's trip should be different for all involved, starting with the fact that is playing A-level ball for Houston. My one concern here is that Foster just maintained a huge workload -- going to overtime, to boot -- and will be coming off a short week of rest. Indianapolis is , but the ranking is that high largely because the and got so far behind the that they had to air it out. Indy is allowing a relatively hearty 4.59 yards per carry; even so, Foster's production won't be enough to offset 's. </content:weekly-predictions>Follow Elliot Harrison on Twitter .
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