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by Digger

Week 3 had a few big surprises. Miami's KO of New England ranks as the weeks shocker. Overall, I picked 10 winners correctly (hardly bragging rights material). Time to give week 4 a shot.

San Francisco (2-1) @ New Orleans (1-2): SF is playing inspired football after back to back wins over Seattle and Detroit. NO has lost back to back thrillers. This game could be a slugfest. SF escapes with the win, 33-31.

Atlanta (2-1) @ Carolina (2-1): So far so good for the Birds. One man wrecking crew Michael Turner flies around opposing defenders (59 rushes, 366 yds, 5 td). Carolina provides a true test after beating up powderpuff winless teams (Detroit, KC). Panthers spread the wealth on offense. A two headed rushing attack of Stewart & Williams. Delhomme making sound reads but only 1 td. We'll go with an upset here. Falcons fly, 26-20.

Cleveland (0-3) @ Cincinnati (0-3): It's a battle of winless Ohio teams. Cleveland's offense has been tragically bad. Cincinnati played the Super Bowl Champs well last weekend before losing in overtime. Cincy finally gets a win vs a weak Browns team, 36-9.

Houston (0-2) @ Jacksonville (1-2): Houston's franchise struggles continue. Jags stunned the Colts in Indy for their first win. Here comes another. Jags romp, 26-10.

Denver (3-0) @ Kansas City (0-3): Denver is NFL's #1 scoring team. KC's rushing D allows an average of 204 yds/game. Not a good combination. Denver will pile it on. KC needs a new coach and might get one after this shellacking. Denver 55-0.

Arizona (2-1) @ New York Jets (1-2): It's been the Kurt Warner show in Arizona so far. The Jets secondary crashed vs SD. They won't be able to cover Fitzgerald (16 catches) or Boldin (17 catches). Favre is still getting used to offensive schemes. Offensive coordinator needs to simplify things. Jets not ready for prime time yet. They will pour it on after a week 5 bye. Arizona wins, 31-23.

Green Bay (2-1) @ Tampa Bay (2-1): Green Bay opened the season on fire until Dallas rode to town last week. Tampa's Brian Griese threw 67 passes vs Chicago including the game tying td with 00:07 left in regulation before winning in overtime. Overall team stats are nearly identical. This has the makings of an anything can happen game. Turnovers and Special Teams will make the difference. Tampa wins 34-31.

Minnesota (1-2) @ Tennessee (3-0): Both enter week 4 with opening day QB's riding pine. Vet Gus Frerotte was steady at the helm last week after being named starting QB (won). Not many remember Titans QB Collins once led the Giants to the Super Bowl (lost). He's been playing relatively mistake free football for undefeated Tennessee. NFL's #3 defense has played a huge roll too. Titans keep rolling, 20-16.

San Diego (1-2) @ Oakland (2-1): Tale of two teams in opposite directions. SD dropped two heartbreakers before grounding the Jets 48-29. Oakland was beginning to believe after a week 2 victory and leading Buffalo most of last week before crumbling. San Diego remains focused at winning their first Super Bowl. Oakland may lose their coach after this weekend. Things are very rocky in the Raiders camp with coach and owner trading headlines. San Diego clobbers Oakland, 38-17.

Buffalo (3-0) @ St. Louis (0-3): Buffalo believes! They beat Seattle and Jacksonville before showing their character coming from behind with 17 fourth quarter points vs Oakland. These guys play solid fundamental football. St. Louis has benched Bulger for Trent Green. Green is one hit to the head away from the end of his career. Rams problems go well beyond a change of signal callers. Buffalo bangs Rams horns, 27-10.

Washington (2-1) @ Dallas (3-0): Game of the week! Redskins/Cowboys is one of NFL's greatest ever rivalries, second to none. This is the biggest early season game of the year. NFL's NFC East is far and away the best. Composite records are 10-2. Washington can't afford to lose this one. How will they slow down the Cowboys attack? They can't. Dallas is firing on all cylinders. Cowboys dominate, 44-27.

Philadelphia (2-1) @ Chicago (1-2): Defensive matchup of the week. Eagles are banged up on offense which isn't a good recipe vs a pounding Bears D. Chicago lost two back to back nailbiters by 3 points each. Bears can be instant contenders if they start making big plays down field. Tough game. Team with less turnovers prevail. Bears finally on the right side of a tight one, 17-15.

Baltimore (2-0) @ Pittsburgh (2-1): Ravens QB Flacco faces his first monster defense this week. Baltimore has looked good in their two wins. Defense is stiffling once again. Pittsburgh's offense has struggled to score while defense keeps games close. RB Parker is out. Heavy hitting battle will won on the line of scrimmage. Ravens win, 24-13.