Wellness

[gardenman]

Two games on Saturday and two more on Sunday! Saturday's games start wih the Bengals at the Texans. For much of the year the Texans looked like one of the best teams in the league. They haven't looked that way lately. I'm not sure what happened to them, but they seem to have lost the mojo. I'll give a slight edge to the Texans since they're playing at home, but it's a slight edge. If they can get back to playing like they were earlier, they could be a Superbowl team. If they don't, they could be out very early.

The late game on Saturday is the Vikings at the Packers. These two played a very close game last week and I expect the same tonight. The Pack has the best quarterback of the two, so I'll give the edge to the Packers.

The early Sunday game is the Colts at the Ravens. This will be an interesting game. Ray Lewis is back and will be a spritual force for the Ravens, but is he a physical hindrance at this time? Ray Lewis is not nearly as fast as he once was and his lack of speed can be exploited. Also coming back from several weeks off can be challenging. I've got this game as a coinflip game, but my gut says Andrew Luck will make a big play (likely to his tight end Coby Fleener) to pull out the win. If the Ravens run Ray Rice enough they could/should win, but for whatever reason they tend to not run Ray Rice too much. I've got the Colts sneaking past this game by the narrowest of margins.

And the later game on Sunday is the Seahawks at the Redskins. A positive for the Redskins is that they're playing in DC and not Seattle. A negative for the Redskins is the health of RGIII. He was looking pretty gimpy at the end of the Cowboy game last week. A fully healthy RGIII would give the Redskins an edge against pretty much any team in the league, but I'm not sure we'll ever see a fully healthy RGIII. The two teams match up pretty well, but I think Seattle is the bettter team. Washington has the edge playing at home though. West coast teams traveling east typically have issues. I'll give the slightest edge to the Redskins in this game