NFL Schedule Week 4: Underwhelming Slate Features 2 Must-Watch Games

Have you seen the Week 4 schedule yet?

Woof.

With the exception of the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. the Houston Texans and the New York Jets at the Baltimore Ravens, every other game is met with a big “eeeeeh.”

I’m talking Falcons at Seahawks, Broncos at Packers, Giants at Cardinals, Bills at Bengals...and the list goes on.

The Vikings at Chiefs will be interesting just to see who gets the early advantage in the “suck for Luck” sweepstakes.

There aren’t any stats to measure this, but can you ever remember a week with so many bad games? It's like Week 1 of the college football season where all of the best teams are playing the likes of Chattanooga and Western Michigan.

I think it’s a testament to how the league is filled with a lot of bad teams. The main culprit for this is terrible QB play. The perfect example is the Saints-Jags matchup.

Drew Brees versus a rookie making his second start. Hmmmmm.

The league preaches parity, but like America in general, the middle class is slowly vanishing. Week 4 reflects as much.

Getting back to the watchable games, the Texans face a huge test against the Steelers.

Houston really blew it against the Saints and have yet to prove they can beat a contender. The Steelers O-line is beyond battered and the Texans have to take advantage by throwing constant pressure Ben Roethlisberger’s way.

A home loss would make everybody talk themselves into the Titans winning the AFC South.

The Jets and Ravens are on Sunday night, in a rematch of last year’s Week 1 slug fest. The physicality in this one is going to be sky-high and you can bet on the game coming down to the two QBs in the fourth quarter.

Joe Flacco responded in a big way against the Rams after a loss, how will Mark Sanchez fare a week after being humbled by the Raiders?

Make sure to tune into these two affairs because the rest of the slate will leave you fast asleep on the couch.

You can’t rip the NFL too much for this oddball week because it was created with the lockout in mind. There isn’t a single divisional game and in case the season started late; they could wipe this week completely off the books.

Maybe they should anyway.