Monday Morning Football Throwdown

What I saw:

New Orleans at K.C.:

Drew Brees continues to play great and his wide receivers continue to drop passes. Marques Colston and Jeremy Shockey cannot hold onto the ball. Both had several drops on what should have been easy completions. Shockey is an enigma and continuously drops passes and then laughs about it. I can understand having a little chuckle about an easy drop if it happens once a year, but not when it happens multiple times a game. The Saints should tell him to get his act together or nail him to the bench. New Orleans' defence did not look good in this game. K.C. moved the ball early, but eventually faded. New Orleans is missing their two injured defensive backs (Mike McKenzie and Tracy Porter). Reggie Bush should provide Brees with a much needed playmaker when he returns.

Philly at Cincinnati:

This was one of the biggest surprises of the day and even though I picked Cincy to cover at +9.5, I expected the Eagles to win the game. The biggest reason Philly lost this game? Donovan McNabb. I didn't think McNabb played well in last week's loss to the Giants and he played even worse against the Bengals. The veteran Eagles quarterback had three interceptions and lost a fumble in the game. He also couldn't throw an accurate pass to save his life. As if McNabb's play wasn't bad enough, he also proved his ignorance of NFL rules. Apparently, he didn't know that there were ties in the NFL and figured the two teams would keep playing until someone scored. Neither of these teams are very good and both should be a non-factor come playoff time.

Baltimore at NY Giants:

One of the sexiest picks of the week amongst expert handicappers was the Baltimore Ravens +7 over the Giants. What??? Why would you side with a rookie quarterback going into New Jersey to play the defending champions? The Giants running game looks unstoppable right now and New York is clearly the team to beat at this point in the season.

Minnesota at Tampa Bay:

A rejuvenated Jeff Garcia continues to impress. Garcia made play after play for the Bucs and led them to a hard fought victory over Adrian Peterson's Vikes. Peterson did an impressive job finding some room against one of the NFL's best defences, but couldn't do enough to match Garcia. What makes Garcia's play even more amazing is the fact that he barely has anything to work with. His biggest threats are Antonio Bryant and a getting-old Warrick Dunn.

Houston at Indy:

The Colts just don't have it this year, despite pulling off their second win of the season over the Houston Texans and backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels.

St. Louis at San Francisco:

Who's making fun of Mike Singletary now? After coming dangerously close to beating the division-leading Cardinals on the road last weekend, the 49ers ripped apart the Rams this Sunday. San Fran is looking extremely motivated and extremely tough. I wonder how new quarterback Shaun Hill will fair against a good defence though.

Arizona at Seattle:

The Seahawks stink this season, with or without Hasselbeck. Arizona's wide receivers are ridiculously good in case you didn't already know it.

Tennessee at Jacksonville:

Did anyone actually expect the Jags to be the team to bring down the mighty Titans? Jacksonville's defence is no good this year and as soon as the Titans fell behind 14-3 early, they started passing and stormed back. Kudos to Kerry Collins for playing great AGAIN, but Tennessee looked vulnerable against Green Bay a few weeks back and again looked beatable. It will be interesting to see how they'll fair against a playoff team. Collins lacks weapons on offence and it's tough to overcome some of the dropped passes the Titans are forced to deal with on a weekly basis when you come up against better teams.

San Diego at Pittsburgh:

Big Ben pulls out another tough win. It seems like the Steelers have a killer game every week. What kind of crazy schedule did the NFL give them this year?

Dallas at Washington:

Tony Romo is back and that means the Cowboys will start winning again. If Romo can stay healthy, the Cowboys are capable of beating anyone. The addition of Roy Williams is huge for Dallas and Marion Barber had a great game against the Redskins. Dallas' defence has been looking better the last few weeks and should continue to improve now that Terrence Newman is back. The Cowboys have a killer schedule, but I still think they squeeze into the playoffs.

MNF Prediction:

Cleveland at Buffalo -5:

Young Brady Quinn may not realize what he's getting himself into going to Buffalo on a Monday Night. The Bills home field advantage is underrated and they should put up a huge effort on prime time t.v. to cover the spread. TAKE THE BILLS -5