Week Four NFL Picks

It's time for another exciting weekend of pigskin action. With no further ado, here are my week four prognostications (home teams in all caps):

TEXANS over Raiders. The Fighting Tom Cables will put up a fight, but JaMarcus Russell will be sacked one too many times by Mario Williams.

Titans over JAGUARS. Tennessee may be winless, but they showed great promise in last week's hard-fought loss at the Jets. Don't count out Jeff Fisher's squad just yet.

Ravens over PATRIOTS. What a spectacular game this will be, a fascinating battle between the electric New England offense and the stifling Ravens defense. Look for Joe Flacco to orchestrate a game-winning drive in the final minutes.

Bengals over BROWNS. It's week four, and Coach Eric Mangini has already pulled the plug on Brady Quinn. Derek Anderson may be a slight improvement, but the Browns may well be the worst team in football. Blowout alert!

Giants over CHIEFS. The loud noise of Arrowhead Stadium will be largely muted by the dominance of the best team in the NFC.

BEARS over Lions. Congratulations to first-year head coach Jim Schwartz for bringing a long-awaited win to Detroit. Unfortunately for Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson, and company, it could be weeks before they celebrate another victory.

REDSKINS over Bucs. Two terrible teams duke it out in a game that will be sloppy and uninspired. If Jim Zorn's Redskins follow up last week's loss to the Lions with a home loss to the Bucs, Daniel Snyder will be out for blood.

COLTS over Seahawks. Many people predicted a downturn this season for the Colts, who lost wide receiver Marvin Harrison and Coach Tony Dungy during the offseason. But judging by their total thrashing of the Cardinals last week, Indy is as scary as they have ever been.

SAINTS over Jets. Game of the week. This battle of the undefeateds features two insanely productive offenses. In the end, Drew Brees will prve once again that his name belongs to be mentioned in the same breath as Manning, Roethlisberger, and Brady.

DOLPHINS over Bills. An already discouraging season got even worse for the Fish when they lost quarterback Chad Pennington to a season-ending injury. But they will still be able to knock off a Bills team that is distracted by the latest whining of Terrell Owens.

49ERS over Rams. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Niners!!!!!!! Enough said.

Cowboys over BRONCOS. The Cowboys are an incessantly overhyped, thoroughly mediocre team playing on the road against the undefeated Broncos. But after unconvincing wins against the Bengals, Browns, and Raiders, I get the sense that Denver is an even bigger pretender than Dallas.

STEELERS over Chargers. This is a must win for the defending Super Bowl champs. The Steelers cannot afford to drop to 1-3, and they won't. Ben Roethlisberger will have his best game in weeks, and Pittsburgh will prevail.

Packers over VIKINGS. Oh here we go. Green Bay gets its' first shot at revenge against old friend Brett Favre. Wouldn't we all be happy if Aaron Rodgers wanders over to the Vikings sideline at halftime and knees Favre in the groin?