NFL Picks Week 8: Which Home Teams Are Bound to Fall?

I see a handful of home teams that have a realistic chance to lose in Week 8 of the 2011 NFL season.

With the unpredictability we've seen this year, you never know what might happen.

Which home teams have the best chance to be defeated?

St. Louis Rams

Man, the Rams are in trouble.

They're coming off a 34-7 drubbing at the hands of the Cowboys, when they allowed 253 rushing yards to rookie runner DeMarco Murray. 

No break for St. Louis. 

They get Drew Brees and Co. this week. 

Yikes. 

Marques Colston has returned to form, Jimmy Graham is unstoppable down the seam and the running back committee of Pierre Thomas, Mark Ingram and Darren Sproles have quietly become one of the most dangerous in the league. 

Another huge win for the Saints. 

Denver Broncos

Tim Tebow's passion sparks his team, he's great in the fourth quarter—I've heard it all. 

I'm not a Tebow-hater (why should you be?) but he simply isn't ready to keep pace with the Lions in this one. 

I don't care if it's Matt Stafford or Shaun Hill, can you really picture the Broncos scoring somewhere around 30 points?

They needed a miracle against the winless Dolphins. 

Detroit is far and away a better, more talented team than Miami.

Tebow can't win every week.

Philadelphia Eagles

The Eagles looked to be playing better football two weeks ago against the Redskins, and the Cowboys blasted St. Louis last week. 

So both teams have momentum heading into this one. 

However, I think the Cowboys' ultra-physical and extremely powerful defensive front will be the difference. 

They'll be able to limit LeSean's McCoy and should have no problem getting to Michael Vick. 

Philadelphia's run defense isn't very stout, so the Cowboys should control the clock with Murray, and their receiving corps matches up well with the Eagles secondary.