Now the ‘regular’ tilts commence. Let’s take a looky-loo.

To The Games!

Commies/Falcons:

Boy, did you come to the wrong place if you wanted to see adequate qb play. Shoo! Go on with you! Between Ridder and Howell the sack total is 45. Some of that is poor o-line play but a lot of it is the youngsters holding onto the ball too long. The indecisiveness is understandable but they’ve got to speed up their reads.

Seahawks/Bengals:

Look for Seattle to blitz early and often given that it got them 11 sacks last week. Playing into Seattle’s hands is Joe’s calf-under pressure he has a 36.4% completion rate and a paltry 3.1 yards per attempt. He can get those numbers up if he focuses in on Chase again-Seattle gives up the 2nd-most points to wr’s.

Colts/Jags:

Both squadoos are 3-2 but the Colts just doesn’t belong. (as the old song goes, proper grammar be damned) Most figured the Jags O would be in fine fiddle this year but the run D has been a revelation, giving up just 81 yards a game. We’ll see what JT thinks about that.

Panthers/Fins:

Somebody is starting Salman Ahmed in Math Hard! league for the delicious garbage points he’ll collect in the second half. (one hopes) The sneakiest pick for the player that gets the most fantasy points today is Thielen. The guy has become a target monster this year and playing from behind all game isn’t going to change that.

Vikes/Bears:

One team will be halfway to .500 after this travesty is done. Hurrah! The other will be all snuggled in the basement of the NFC North. Addison and Osborn might just see the ball a bit with JJ being out. You could say the Bears have ‘momentum’ but really they just broke a godawful losing streak.

Niners/Browns:

P.J. Walker has his work cut out for him. The San Fran O gets all the kudos/headlines recently but the D is still stifling. The Browns D is nothing to sniff at either, being #1 in defensive efficiency. I’m going with a low-scoring 1st half and the Niners pulling away after 2nd half adjustments kick in.

Saints/Texans:

Do you like free money? There’s this one weird trick that New Orleans has done for 11 straight games-they’ve gone under the total. C.J. Stroud? Third in passing yards? Zero interceptions? These are not your mother’s rookie numbers. The Saints provide a real test because their secondary has picked off 7 balls to date. You should also think twice about inserting Nico into your lineup.

There you go!