NFL Week 10 Picks: Projecting Teams Ready to Dominate

While Week 10 of the NFL season will give us some fantastic matchups that should be a blast to watch, there are two teams prepared to absolutely smoke their competition and continue the rolls they are currently on.

The Houston Texans have weathered injuries to three of the team's star players and appear to finally have figured out a formula for consistent winning. Even with running back Arian Foster back at full strength, the Texans lost defensive stud Mario Williams for the season and have been without All-Pro wideout Andre Johnson since Week 4.

Still, the Texans have emerged as one of the AFC's elite teams, boasting a 6-3 record and riding a three-game win streak. 

On Sunday they face the 4-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which have lost three of their last four games following a 3-1 start. 

The Texans boast the NFL's top defense, allowing 274.0 yards per game, and also have the league's second-best rushing offense (155.1 yards per game). Those two factors will allow Houston to control the clock and grind down Tampa Bay's defense, which has been disappointing this season. 

Expect the Texans to roll and enter their bye week with a 7-3 record.

The Green Bay Packers are simply the NFL's best team. At 8-0 midway through the season, the Packers have easily established themselves as the cream of the league's crop and I don't see that changing any time soon.

For Green Bay, it all starts with Aaron Rodgers, who may be in the middle of the best start of a season for a quarterback in NFL history. Through eight games Rodgers has completed 192 of 265 passes for 2,619 yards, with 24 touchdowns and just three interceptions. He leads the NFL in completion percentage (72.5 percent), yards per attempt (9.88) and passer rating (129.1). 

On Monday night, Rodgers will lead his Packers against the 2-6 Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota boasts the league's 30th ranked pass defense, a unit that is allowing 273.6 yards per game. Rodgers and company should light them up.

Despite playing close with the Packers during a 33-27 Week 7 loss, I don't expect the Vikings to put up much of a fight in Week 10. Green Bay will be at home and a raucous Monday Night Football crowd will fire the Packers up and send them to 9-0.