Cracking Down on Big Hits? Huge Hit To The NFL...

Cracking Down on Big Hits? Huge Hit To The NFL...

  

    The NFL has been trying to protect the players more and more with an increase of player concussions.  New rules are being enforced that if a player gets a concussion from playing, they are extremely advised to stay out.  If a coach puts a player back in after the injury, the coach could receive a hefty fine.
    This weekend players like Dunta Robinson and James Harrison received fines for their tackles.  As seen in the video above, Desean Jackson was laid-out and left with a concussion. The collision was so immense that even CB Dunta Robinson left the game with a concussion.  LB James Harrison commented on the new rules by threatening to retire. He claims that he does not know how to play football this way.
     The NFL went as far to defame big hits as to stop selling pictures and videos of big hits to publishers.  Commissioner Goodel is a smart man, but I hope he does realize that slobber knockers are crowd pleasers.  I just hope that the league will stop waving around their big stick and let the players play. Because honestly, whats next? Fines for chest bumping?
     This past weekend was all the NFL and Commissioner Goodell needed to be able to bring down their
"No Fun League" gavel. I am all for protecting players, but taking away big hits from football is like taking away touchdown celebrations... Oh wait...

Week 7 Forecast!

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog
10/24 1:00 ET	Pittsburgh	-3	At Miami
10/24 1:00 ET	At Atlanta	-3.5	Cincinnati
10/24 1:00 ET	At Kansas City	-6.5	Jacksonville
10/24 1:00 ET	At Tennessee	-3	Philadelphia
10/24 1:00 ET	At Chicago	-3	Washington
10/24 1:00 ET	At New Orleans	-13	Cleveland
10/24 1:00 ET	At Baltimore	-13	Buffalo
10/24 1:00 ET	San Francisco	-3	At Carolina
10/24 1:00 ET	At Tampa Bay	-3	St. Louis
10/24 4:05 ET	At Seattle	-5.5	Arizona
10/24 4:15 ET	At San Diego	-2.5	New England
10/24 4:15 ET	At Denver	-8.5	Oakland
10/24 8:20 ET	At Green Bay	-2.5	Minnesota

Monday Night Football Point Spread

10/25 8:35 ET	At Dallas	-3	NY Giants

Pick of The Week
My sure bet for the week is New England over San Diego. The Chargers are looking very wear and New England is coming off a big win over the Ravens.  Look for defense to win this game as both QB's are gun slingers.


Game of The Week
The Froze Tundra of Green Bay warmed up after the Miami Dolphins brought some Wade and LeBron Heat.  The Pack will be very determined to turn around their falling season after 2 straight losses.  Rodgers will taunt this Vikings defense. WR Greg Jennings is the X-factor. If he performs well, the Vikings might lose yet another game.


Final Score Prediction: 31-16 Packers

Week 5 Projections!

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog
10/10 1:00 ET	At Baltimore	-7	Denver
10/10 1:00 ET	At Buffalo	PK	Jacksonville
10/10 1:00 ET	At Indianapolis	-7	Kansas City
10/10 1:00 ET	At Detroit	-3	St. Louis
10/10 1:00 ET	Atlanta	-3	At Cleveland
10/10 1:00 ET	At Cincinnati	-6.5	Tampa Bay
10/10 1:00 ET	At Carolina	-1	Chicago
10/10 1:00 ET	Green Bay	-2.5	At Washington
10/10 1:00 ET	At Houston	-3	NY Giants
10/10 4:05 ET	New Orleans	-6.5	At Arizona
10/10 4:15 ET	San Diego	-6	At Oakland
10/10 4:15 ET	At Dallas	-7	Tennessee
10/10 8:20 ET	At San Francisco	-3	Philadelphia

Monday Night Football Point Spread

10/11 8:35 ET	At NY Jets	-4	Minnesota

Game of the week: Monday Night Football hosts the game of the week. Randy Moss and the Minnesota Vikings go into the Meadowlands to take on Rex Ryan and the Jets.  I think that this will be a very intense game. The Vikings will win this in a close game, 34-30.

Moss to Vikings

The Freak Goes to the Freezing    

    The New England Patriots traded future Hall-of-Famer Randy Moss to the Minnesota Vikings.  In desperate need of a WR, since Sidney Rice went down, Minnesota was happy to give a 3rd round draft pick for Moss. The player that this trade most directly affects is Brett Farve.

    Farve was left without a big deep threat when Rice got injured. This lead to his worst career star to a season.  He already as accumulated as many interceptions as he had ALL of last season.  I believe with the addition of Moss, Farve will improve dramatically.  Also, Sidney Rice will be back in the lineup around week 9. For that second half of the season, the Vikings will have Randy Moss at the No 1, Sidney Rice No 2, Percy (2009 Rookie of the Year) Harvin in the slot at No 3 and Bernard Berrian at the No 4.  

    Brett Farve will lead this team to a huge bounce back. I think they immediately become contenders in the NFC North.  Also, look for Adrian "All Day" Peterson to put up RIDICULOUS numbers from here on out. The defenses now have to respect the pass, and they will have to remove one or maybe even two defenders out of the box to cover "The Freak."

Playoff Predictions

Playoff Team Predictions


NFC
East- With the NFC East looking as weak as it's ever been, it seems that the Eagles should take this division. QB Michael Vick  is playing like an MVP type QB.  The NFC East just seems very weak this year and I say that the Eagles will finish 11-5.

North- Although the Chicago Bears are looking extremely sound on defense and QB Jay Cutler is limiting his turnovers, I think the Packers will take this division behind the phenom QB Aaron Rodgers. The "Cheese Heads" will end the regular season 13-3.

South- With an astonishing THREE teams with a 2-1 record (including last year's horrendously embarrassing Tampa Bay Buccaneers), the NFC South is looking very strong.  I predict that the, defending Super Bowl Champion, Saints will win the division with a 11-5 record.  

West- I am willing to make a huge surprise and BOLD pick that the Seattle Seahawks win the NFC West.  Their KR Specialist, Leon Washington, is getting hot, and Head-coach Pete Carrol has clearly made an impact on this once struggling team.  10-6 is my calculations for these rebounding birds.

AFC

East-  In my opinion, the AFC East is the strongest division in the NFL this year.  with three 2-1 teams, the divisional games are already heating up.  I think that the Miami Dolphins and the NY Jets tie in season record 10-6.  I also have to say that NY will win the division title since I believe the Jets will win the tiebreaker over the Phins. 

North- The Cincinnati Bengals behind Head-coach Marvin Lewis will pull out the division win with a nail biter.  The AFC North Could very well have THREE teams make the playoffs.  The Steelers and Ravens could win the wild card.  Although the Steelers have started out 3-0, I really don't think they will continue to succeed. The Ravens will give the Bengals the biggest run for their claws. QB Joe Flacco seems to be coming into form, but a nagging injury to Ray Rice will slow the flight of these birds.

South- After suffering a week 1 loss to Arian Foster, the Colts have clearly turned everything around. WR Austin Collie is performing extremely well, and Peyton Manning is continuing his MVP run with 6 TDs and no interceptions.  Colts will be atop of the division with a 13-3 record.

West- There must be something in the air in western United States because I have the Kansas City Chiefs winning the AFC West.... If anyone would have called this before the season started they might have been slapped, kicked, spit on, and told to go watch Dancing With the Stars. These Chiefs are looking stellar. The only problem I see is that KC might not be able to put up a lot of points behind Matt Cassel. But, the Chief's defense is scoring TDs causing turnovers and not allowing points. The Chiefs must have put something in their Gatorade.

Week 4!

Week 4 Forecast!!

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog
10/3 1:00 ET	At Tennessee	-6.5	Denver
10/3 1:00 ET	At Pittsburgh	-1.5	Baltimore
10/3 1:00 ET	Cincinnati	-3	At Cleveland
10/3 1:00 ET	At Green Bay	-14.5	Detroit
10/3 1:00 ET	At New Orleans	-13.5	Carolina
10/3 1:00 ET	At Atlanta	-7	San Francisco
10/3 1:00 ET	Seattle	-1	At St. Louis
10/3 1:00 ET	NY Jets	-5.5	At Buffalo
10/3 4:05 ET	Indianapolis	-7	At Jacksonville
10/3 4:05 ET	Houston	-3	At Oakland
10/3 4:15 ET	At San Diego	-8.5	Arizona
10/3 4:15 ET	At Philadelphia	-6	Washington
10/3 8:20 ET	At NY Giants	-4	Chicago

Monday Night Football Point Spread

10/4 8:35 ET	New England	-1	At Miami

Game of the week: Baltimore at Pittsburgh. This defensive battle lead by the two juggernauts Ray Lewis, for the Ravens, and Troy "Head and Shoulders" Polamalu will be EXPLOSIVE. This division rivalry will be loaded with short tempers, late hits, celebrations, and heart.  Final Score prediction 20-13 Baltimore.