Michael Vick, Terrell Owens: Tweets, Fines, Some NFL Week 6 Predictions

Terrell Owens and Michael Vick know how to keep their names in the headlines, there's no doubt about that. Even with the Cincinnati Bengals on a bye week, Owens is still in the news for a $5,000 fine for a pregame tweet.

Michael Vick shoots back onto the radar as he's been named the Philadelphia Eagles emergency third quarterback for today's game versus the Atlanta Falcons.

Owens has the week off, but the Bengals also made news when defensive end Antwan Odom was suspended for violating the league's PED policy. Owens insisted the positive result was from a weight loss drug prescribed to his wife that was mistakenly ingested instead of his own pills.

The Bengals were going to be without Odom anyway, as he suffered a knee injury that was going to sideline him two to three weeks.

Owens, however, has been having a great 2010 season, with 31 catches for 476 yards and two touchdown grabs. Fantasy Football owners certainly are lamenting his bye week, but the good news is he'll be around the rest of the year.

Vick is on the road back to Healthyville, but as the third quarterback, Eagles fans really don't want to see Vick in action because that would mean a tragedy had befallen the team at the quarterback position.

The Eagles and the Falcons match up well, but Kevin Kolb is out to prove the starting job should be his to lose, not Vick's to take back. Kolb looked very good in San Francisco last week, but this is going to be a much tougher game.

Still, the Eagles probably should pull this one out, 28-24.

As for the Bengals, I can guarantee you the Bengals will not lose a game today.

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It's Ben Roethlisberger versus the rookie Colt McCoy in Cleveland, so that game is going to be ugly for Cleveland fans as the Browns offensive line, while opening holes for Peyton Hillis, has forgotten to protect the quarterback. Both Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace are on the sidelines with ankle injuries.

The Steelers defense is an elite squad and the Browns offense has a hard time scoring points, especially in the second half. The Browns rank 30th in the league in points, scoring an average of 15.6 points per game.

It's a blowout in Pittsburgh with the Browns moral victory only coming from a relatively healthy McCoy walking upright, unhobbled, off the field.

Steelers 42  Browns 13

In New England, the Patriots take on the Baltimore Ravens. If there's a definition of a smashmouth football game, this game will be it.

Joe Flacco is beginning to mature, but he's facing the three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady and his crafty head coach Bill Belichick.

The Ravens still have a great defense and are the only team to hand the Pittsburgh Steelers a loss. Plus, Ray Lewis still has proven he's a threat to opposing offenses everywhere.

This probably won't be a high-scoring game, but then again, talent usually wins out.

New England 21  Ravens 20

In Sunday Night Football, it's the Cowboys versus the Vikings, or in different terms, the battle of the two most disappointing teams of 2010.

Nobody thought either of these teams would be 1-3 at this point, but they are. The questions surrounding this game are whether or not Brett Favre can play and be effective, if Tony Romo can stop throwing interceptions when the game is on the line, and if the Dallas coaching staff can figure out that they're supposed to help the team WIN games.

Vikings in what I guess is an upset: Vikings 24  Cowboys 17