Ravens vs Texans

The Ravens should win this game, they should be pissed off and a little desperate after losing the game and division lead to the Steelers last week.

But they are also beat up and probably tired. Not a great recipe for success against a potent Texans offense. The thing that still has me leaning the Ravens way is just how good they are against the run. If they can stuff Foster then Schaub has to step up, will he?

I'm guessing Flacco and Co. leave Houston with a win on Monday Night Football, extending the division race another week at least.

Steelers vs Bengals preview

Pre-season favorites to win the AFC North??? I questioned it then and I thought to myself.... the bungles? Really? The experts were picking the bungles to do something they haven't done in twenty years and that is have back to back winning seasons.

Yeah, not so much. 

The Steelers were picked third and expected to miss the playoffs.

Yeah, not so much.

What does all that have to do with Sunday's game?

Yeah, not so much. 

As much as I do love reveling in Cincinnati's ineptitude, I am still concerned that this is a trap game for Pittsburgh. We just came off a physical, emotional win and it would be easy to look past Cinci and towards the Jets. That said it looks like the Bengals have mailed it in, they believed their own press clippings and thought, "we are an elite team". Man, it's gotta hurt to fall from a ten story building like that, ouchie.

Cedric Benson is going to get stuffed all day and Carson Palmer will make a few plays and few more mistakes. Mendenhall should get going early and have a solid twenty carry day. I'm hoping Ben can get a day off and we cruise, but I don't think it's going to be a blowout.

Steelers should win a fairly low scoring game, my pick 24 -14.