WEEK 2 IN THE NFL

Week 1 was in the 2009 NFL season was pretty good. You had all kinds of action and games. There were blowouts, close games, and wild finishes. Let's hope that Week 2 brings more of the same.

The New York Jets will play host this week to the New England Patriots. After an imppressive win over the not so impressive Texans, the Jets seem a little cocky. Maybe a little too cocky and have been doing a lot of talk during this week with regard to what they want to do to the Patriots. I agree with Tom Brady, talk is cheap. Before you go running your mouth (ahem, Kerry Rhodes) about wanting to embarass the Patriots, how about you just get a win in your building against them, where they have beat you 8 straight times. I like the confidence of the Jets, but to think that a thrashing of the Texans is going to translate into a thrashing of the Patriots is huge mistake. For 1, the Patriots don't have just 1 wide receiver like the Texans, so doubling Moss won't do anything because that leaves room for Welker, Galloway, Watson, and Chris Baker, thats right the former Jets Tight End who will have a huge impact on this game. Not to mention what Bill Belichick does to rookie QB's with his defense. My advice to the Jets, shut up, run the ball as much as you can, and keep both safeties deep to prevent the long ball, the Bart Scott and David Harris can take care of the underneath stuff.

Prediction: Patriots 34, Jets 17

On Sunday Night Football, the Giants will visit the Cowboys and their new stadium in what is perhaps the game of the week, with Jets Patriots a close second. This game should be very interesting. Dallas put very good numbers last week as they dominated the Bucs, only problem is that the Bucs are one of the worst teams in the league because of the major transition they are undergoing. The Giants last week dominated the Redskins at home, even though the score did not indicate it with stellar play from the D-Line and with a severely banged up secondary. The key to this game for both teams is to establish the run to prevent each team's pass rush from teeing off on the opposing Quarterback. The Giants' Chris Canty, the former Cowboy and Aaron Ross will miss the game. The Giants defense should be stout nonetheless, the only concern I think that there is for the Giants is the Dallas Tight Ends, Jason Witten and Martellus Bennett. With how poor the Dallas defense looked last week, the Giants should be able to run the ball effectively and control the clock, the Dallas secondary can be had and so with a good running game, Eli should be able to pick them apart. This one could turn into a shootout real fast but I suspect that it won't. This game could go either way.

Prediction: Giants 24, Dallas 21

The Rest of the Games:

Give the me the Falcons over the Panthers. Jake Delhomme looked like he was hurt las week as there was nothing on his throws. Matt Ryan is the next big thing in the NFL.

I'll take the Vikings over the Lions. This one is a gimme. Adrian Peterson should run for 400 yards and 8 TD's against the pathetic Lions.

I'll take the Packers over the Bengals. Aaron Rodgers is on his way to being a star and the Green Bay defense looked awesome in its new 3-4 scheme last Sunday. I feel bad for Carson Palmer, such a good QB, ravaged by injuries and a stink team around him. HARD KNOCKS didn't fool me, this team is bad.

Titans over the Texans. Titans beat themselves last week against the Steelers, that won't happen again. It's hard to believe that Matt Schaub was one of the most sought after QB's a couple of seasons ago, he looked terrible last week.

For two teams that were supposed to be in the pits this year, both the Raiders and Chiefs surprised me last week. Raiders run game and defense looked pretty good against the Chargers and should look good again. Raiders over the Chiefs.

The Eagles looked and played up to all the offseason hype last week against a bad Panthers team. Now McNabb is hurt and they face the almighty Drew Brees and the Saints passing attack. No McNabb, no Philly win, Saints over the Eagles by at least 14.

I love Steve Spagnuolo as a coach but his team is just awful. Then again the Redskins are pretty awful themselves, but they have more talent at more positions so I take them by default. Redskins barely over the Rams.

The defending NFC champions got off to a bad start with a loss to divisional rival 49ers last week. Breaston may not play and Boldin is hurting and the Jags nearly pulled off the upset against the Colts. I can't see Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald going 0-2. Cardinals over the Jaguars.

A big win for the 49ers last week should have their confidence up this week. Mike Singletary won't let it go to their heads and have them ready to go again. The Seahawks beat up on a bad Rams team last week and are a little banged up on defense. 49ers over the Seahawks.

Bills lost a heartbreaker last week. They have no one to blame but themselves as they lead by 11 with about 4 minutes left. They should be angry this week and the Bucs are miserable on defense. Edwards should have a similar day to Romo with T.O. and Lee Evans at his disposal against a swiss cheese secondary. Bill win big over Bucs.

Both the Steelers and Bears lost their best defender last week. The Bears lost Brian Urlacher for the year and the Steelers lost Troy Polamalu for 3-6 weeks after his one man show in the first quarter of last week's game againt the Titans. Steelers can survive the short-term without Polamalu because of Big Ben. A bounce back performance from Cutler won't be enough. Steelers over Bears in a game of field goals.

Broncos and Browns is matchup of AFC uglies. Broncos got as lucky as you can get with the way they won over the Bengals. Browns are still trying to tackle Adrian Peterson. Mangini is an idiot, plain and simple. Josh McDaniels starts off 2-0. Broncos over Browns.

It's a new era in Baltimore with Joe Flacco at the helm. Everybody was wondering how the Ravens would replace Bart Scott and Jim Leonard, they replaced them with a ton of offense. The Chargers looked very average against the Raiders. Ravens blowout the Chargers.

Monday Night Football presents the Colts and the Dolphins. The Colts lost Anthony Gonzales for a while but when has losing a starting receiver ever stopped Peyton Manning. He still has Reggie Wayne who is a close second to Larry Fitzgerald as the best receiver in the league. The Dolphins won't sneak up on anybody this year, much like the Tampa Bay Rays didn't. Colts over the Dolphins.

That's all for now. Be back on Tuesday to anaylze Week 2 and see how my predictions went.

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!