NFL Week Six Predictions

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Last week's record: 10-4

Overall record: 54-22

Lock of the Week: 4-for-5

Houston (2-3) @ Cincinnati (4-1): Cincy is coming off of another big win as they come home to face the Texans. After their big victory over Pittsburgh in Week Three, they almost had a letdown at Cleveland. This is another trap game for the Bengals. That's not to say that the Texans are as bad as Cleveland, but they're not the Steelers or the Ravens. Look for Houston to put up good numbers on offense and do just enough on "D" to get a huge road win.

Houston wins, 24-22

Detroit (1-4) @ Green Bay (2-2): The Lions have looked considerably better this year than they did at any point last year. The Packers have looked better on defense, but they haven't been able to protect Aaron Rodgers at all. Some of that is due to injuries, but they must do a better job than they've done in their first four games. Green Bay should come out rejuvenated and put on a nice offensive show for the home crowd to get a divisional win.

Green Bay wins, 31-17

Baltimore (3-2) @ Minnesota (5-0): The Ravens started out the season on fire, but have since cooled off. Because of that, the next month is crucial for them. They have the Vikes, a bye, Denver, and then their second game with Cincy. They need a win here.

Personally, I think Minnesota is a tad overrated, but they're still a very good team. The key for Baltimore will be to play much better defense than they have so far. The Ravens will be upset at how their last couple of games have ended and they'll take it out on Minnesota and hand them their first loss.

Baltimore wins, 29-26

New York Giants (5-0) @ New Orleans (4-0): The Giants finally get out of the JV part of their schedule and have a big game against the Saints. The Saints' defense has been ball-hawking all year and if they are going to be successful against the Giants, they have to continue that. However, I really like the Giants here. If they execute, they should win.

The one thing that can derail the Giants in this game is their receivers. They've looked much better thus far than most thought they would, but this is the first good team they've faced. How they handle everything will be big in determining who wins.

New York Giants win, 20-16

Cleveland (1-4) @ Pittsburgh (3-2): The Browns are coming off a pathetic performance and now face a team that they've had very minimal success against over the last several years. Pittsburgh's offense is quietly becoming pretty good and Troy Polamalu is coming back so the Steelers should win this easily.

On another note, Aaron Smith went down for the year last week and while the effects probably won't be felt in this game, it will be huge for the rest of the year. Smith is ridiculously underrated and when he went down two years ago, the run defense fell apart. Pittsburgh must do a better job of accommodating this time around.

Pittsburgh wins 38-7

Carolina (1-3) @ Tampa Bay (0-5): Carolina continues its quest to .500 this week and they should get one step closer this week with a win over the Bucs. I think that the most interesting part of this game will be whether or not Josh Freeman will get his shot. The Bucs will probably be 0-6 after this game and have the Pats next week. Does 0-7 constitute bringing the rook in?

Carolina wins, 20-10

Kansas City (0-5) @ Washington (2-3): The Chiefs came pretty close to pulling off an upset last week, but in coming up short, they're still searching for their first win. That means that Washington is the perfect opponent as they've given three teams their first wins this year. The Redskins just seem to be falling apart, while the Chiefs have actually played decently all year, just unable to get a win. They will get their first this year and continue the Washington's slide.

Kansas City wins, 17-14

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