The Chicago Bears are rolling and the Carolina Panthers are dying quicker than a fat kid on a boogie board in Jaws. The Panthers just fired their longtime General Manager Matt Hurney. They lost a dismal game against an average Cowboys team, 19-14. Last year the Panthers averaged 25.4 ppg, but this year they've scored more than 14 only twice. On the other hand, the Bears' defense is allowing a league-low 13.0 ppg and essentially has been more important to the Bears' team scoring wise than the offense since they have a league-high 21 turnovers forced. This might be the only team in NFL history trying to figure out ways to keep their defense on the field.
Cam Newton is truly feeling the effects of a sophomore slump as he's thrown more picks than TD’s (6-5). He is completing a meager 58.4% of his passes, which might fly in the amateur level but not in the pro’s. He also leads the team in rushing by almost 100 yards which is his one positive, but definitely a team negative as they have not been able to get any momentum with Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams. Their best receiver, “The Leprechaun” Steve Smith, has a respectable 471 receiving yards but has not caught a TD which could be a testament to Newton’s redzone woes. Is it me, or should Cam Newton and Jay Cutler hang out after a game so they can both sulk together?
Cutler might not be the gunslinger we all know and hate since he bruised his ribs when he was sacked by the powerful Suh last week. The Panthers are allowing 366.2 ypg and 24 ppg, which sounds favorable for the over, but won’t be enough to compensate for the Panthers' inability to score. Even though their defensive leader is out for the season, Jon Beason, they still have studs in James Anderson and safety Charles Godrey, who play hard enough just to barely lose games. For the Bears, Charles Tillman might be the most impressive defensive player in the league. Yea, you heard me JJ Watt. With Urlacher still playing strong even though he has 1 knee (he's somehow still around, like Jigsaw), Julius Peppers getting to the ball quickly, and Lance Briggs maintaining the second tier of their defense, the Bears might devour other teams like the horror movie Grizzly on their path to Super bowl glory.
The G-men seek revenge Freddy Krueger style on a team that came out reeling and dominated the Giants the first game of the season. Like most analysts, I thought the Giants would once again play another mediocre regular season and get stuck on the bubble of the playoffs at the end, but they seemed to have righted the ship. By the way, it’s weird that the Giants feel more at home at Dallas’s stadium then the ‘Boys do since the G-men are 3-0 in Dallas. Home Field advantage my ass.
Eli Manning and crew are averaging 29.3 ppg while the Cowboys score an average of 18.8 ppg. The G-men’s 3 headed monster of Bradshaw, Brown, and Wilson average more than 5 yards per carry while Eli holds the advantage of passing ypg over his rival, Tony Romo. 295-278. Oh and Sean Lee, the Cowboys leading tackler, is out for the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his right big toe. I mean, what a pussy. Who needs toes anyway? The Cowboys do have the untouchable D. Ware and future stud Claiborne in their secondary, but overall, their defense has not been exceeding expectations. Their best d-lineman, Jay Ratliff, has been a walking injury this year. On the other side, the Giant’s front seven might be the best in game with a defensive line that contains a plethora of animals in Justin Tuck, Chris “Shredder” Canty, JPP, and Osi. Their linebackers are not bad with Michael Boley and Kiwanuka, and while their secondary in my opinion is suspect, Tony Romo won’t have time to analyze his reads. I feel bad for the guy and every QB who has to face this smoking squad.
These Saints are starting to march as their offense seems to be clicking. Oh wait, their offense has always been decent, but their defense has been absolutely abysmal since they haven't scored less than 24 points a game and while they started the season off 0-4, they lost by an average of 5 points. The last two weeks they've won by an average of 7 points. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing besides the fact that they are finally finding ways to win and like a great defense, their offense will continue to keep them in games.
Peyton Manning is back, tell your friends. You have to be an idiot to think he was gone for good. His game management, understanding of defenses, game planning, and anticipation is as super human as Blade and allows him to dissects defenses like Ghostface. He would dominate a defense with my arm for god sakes. That being said, Drew Brees is almost as good if not better as he continues to murder records. He annihilated the most-yards-in-a-season record last year and as recently as a few weeks ago broke the record for most consecutive games with a TD. Plus, both teams have similar weapons as the Broncos Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker are similar to Marques Colston and Lance Moore. While the Broncos have a better rushing game with Willis McGahee, the Saints have a better TE in Jimmy Graham.
On the defensive sides, the Saints finally get their heart, soul, and bounty bookie Vilma back as well as D-end Will Smith. The Broncos has some heavy hitters in Von Miller, Dumervil, and the ageless Champ Bailey. Seeing how the saints average 411 ypg and the Broncos average 385 ypg, defenses will be nonexistent as you will be able to witness fireworks. This is going to be a high scoring, close game as both teams are very similar.
Record
Week 7
2-1
Week 6
1-2
Week 5
1-2
Week 4
3-0
Week 3
2-1
Week 2
1-2
Week 1
0-1
LOCK STREET TOTAL RECORD
10-10
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