NFL Predictions Week 4: 3 Shocking Upsets That Will Tilt Balance of Power

Are you ready for a week of upsets?

Well, ready or not, they are on their way. After Week 4, everyone is going to be questioning their power rankings in a massive reshuffling of the balance of power in the NFL.

Oakland Raiders over New England Patriots

The Oakland Raiders are ready for the second-straight upset of an AFC East team. This game is going to be a shootout, but in the end the Raiders are going to take this game, because they are a more physical team.

The Patriots offense has turned everyone's heads, and it put them at the top of many power rankings, but it has masked the fact that their defense is awful. Teams are moving the ball at will against the Patriots.

They are the 32nd-ranked team in terms of passing yards allowed per game, and while they are 10th in rushing yards allowed, this is largely because teams are forgoing the run to throw.

The Patriots are 21st in yards allowed per rush, and the Raiders are going to exploit this. It will pay off in the fourth quarter.

Prediction: Raiders 34, Patriots 27

Pittsburgh Steelers over Houston Texans

The Steelers are a shell of their former selves. Teams are running on them at a rate that seemed unthinkable heading into the season.

Their defense will turn the corner in this one. The Texans are still a very good running team, but they are not the same with Arian Foster struggling to come back from his hamstring injury.

They are only 15th in the NFL in yards allowed per rush. The Steelers will shut down this running game and turn them into a one-dimensional team.

And that one dimension won't be effective enough to lead them past a Steelers offense that shreds the Texans' suspect defense.

Prediction: Steelers 27, Texans 20

San Francisco 49ers over Philadelphia Eagles

This will be the most shocking upset of them all. "The Dream Team" of the Eagles is proving not to be a dream team at all.

The 49ers are really good at one thing—stopping the run. And the run is the only part of the Eagles that is really working.

The Eagles will be lost without their rushing attack, and the 49ers will manage to get their running game going just enough to outscore them.

Prediction: 49ers 17, Eagles 14