Here are my picks for week two of the 2019 NFL season.
Thursday, September 12th
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-1) vs Carolina Panthers (0-1)- 8:20, NFLN: The Bucs are coming off a home loss against the San Francisco 49ers in which Jameis Winston threw two pick sixes in. The Panthers are coming off a tough home loss against the Los Angeles Rams. This is a good opportunity for the Panthers offense to get going a bit and for Christian McCaffrey to have an absolute monster game to give the Cats an important win.
Prediction: Carolina 34, Tampa Bay 17.
Sunday, September 15th
San Francisco 49ers (1-0) vs Cincinnati Bengals (0-1)- 1:00, FOX: The 49ers are coming off a road win in Tampa against the Buccaneers. The Bengals are coming off a tough road loss in Seattle against the Seahawks. The Bengals may be a better team than expected, but I think they revert back to reality this week as the Niners go to 2-0.
Prediction: San Francisco 24, Cincinnati 17.
Los Angeles Chargers (1-0) vs Detroit Lions (0-0-1)- 1:00, CBS: The Chargers are coming off an overtime home win over the Indianapolis Colts. The Lions are coming off a tie in Glendale against the Cardinals in which the Lions led most of the game in. The Chargers are the way better team here and Philip Rivers will torch the Lions secondary.
Prediction: LA Chargers 33, Detroit 19.
Minnesota Vikings (1-0) vs Green Bay Packers (1-0)- 1:00, FOX: This is a pretty big game for week two. The Vikings are coming off a big home win over the Atlanta Falcons. The Packers are coming off a divisional road win in Chicago against the Bears courtesy of their fine defense. Both of these teams are good defensively and I think the Vikings have the better defense and I think they get a key divisional road win here.
Prediction: Minnesota 23, Green Bay 20.
Indianapolis Colts (0-1) vs Tennessee Titans (1-0)- 1:00, CBS: The Colts are coming off a tough overtime road loss in Los Angeles against the Chargers. The Titans are coming off a great road win in Cleveland against the Browns. I'm not sold on the Titans whatsoever and I feel that performance was more about the Browns and how they took them for granted and I liked what I saw from the Colts last week with the exception of Adam Vinateri, who cost them the game with a few missed kicks.
Prediction: Indianapolis 28, Tennessee 17.
New England Patriots (1-0) vs Miami Dolphins (0-1)- 1:00, CBS: The Patriots are coming off an ass kicking Sunday night home win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Dolphins are coming off just a dreadful home loss against the Baltimore Ravens and the tanking narrative surrounding the team kept growing, especially in the wake of players requesting trades (already!). Antonio Brown is playing for the Pats in this game and he's going to have a great debut and remind people he's still a great player in this league. This is my lock of the week.
Prediction: New England 45, Miami 17.
Buffalo Bills (1-0) vs New York Giants (0-1)- 1:00, CBS: The Bills are coming off a come from behind road win in East Rutherford against the Jets. The Giants are coming off a divisional road loss in Arlington against the Cowboys. Josh Allen showed me something last week shrugging off the turnovers he had in the Jets and leading his team back and I think he will make big throws and the defense will stop Saquon Barkley enough to get their second win in a row at MetLife.
Prediction: Buffalo 27, NY Giants 20.
Seattle Seahawks (1-0) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1)- 1:00, FOX: The Seahawks are coming off a home win against the Cincinnati Bengals in which they looked awfully vulnerable in. The Steelers are coming off a disastrous road loss in Foxboro against the Patriots. The Steelers are a much better team than they showed a week ago and I think they'll bounce back in a big way.
Prediction: Pittsburgh 35, Seattle 17.
Dallas Cowboys (1-0) vs Washington Redskins (0-1)- 1:00, FOX: The Cowboys are coming off a great divisional home win over the New York Giants. The Redskins are coming off a divisional road loss in Philadelphia against the Eagles in which they were competitive in. The Cowboys are the much better team and the Skins offensive success I feel had more to do with the Eagles sleepwalking more than if they're actually a good offense.
Prediction: Dallas 38, Washington 20.
Arizona Cardinals (0-0-1) vs Baltimore Ravens (1-0)- 1:00, FOX: The Cardinals are coming off a tie at home against the Detroit Lions. The Ravens are coming off a dominant road win in Miami against the tanking Dolphins. The Cardinals weren't good the first three quarters last week and the Ravens are a better team than the Lions, so Kyler Murray could be in for a rude awakening.
Prediction: Baltimore 28, Arizona 16.
Jacksonville Jaguars (0-1) vs Houston Texans (0-1)- 1:00, CBS: The Jaguars are coming off a home loss against the Kansas City Chiefs in which Nick Foles broke his collarbone in and Gardner Minshew didn't look bad filling in. The Texans are coming off a heartbreaking Monday Night road loss in New Orleans against the Saints. I expect points to be scored in this game but I trust the Texans position guys around DeShaun Watson than Minshew's with the Jags.
Prediction: Houston 30, Jacksonville 24.
Kansas City Chiefs (1-0) vs Oakland Raiders (1-0)- 4:05, CBS: The Chiefs are coming off a nice road win in Jacksonville against the Jaguars despite facing a backup quarterback most of the game. The Raiders are coming off a nice Monday Night home win over the division rival Denver Broncos. The Raiders showed me a lot last week, but I don't see them stopping Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense despite Tyreek Hill being hurt.
Prediction: Kansas City 38, Oakland 30.
Chicago Bears (0-1) vs Denver Broncos (0-1)- 4:25, FOX: The Bears are coming off a dreadful season opening home loss against the Green Bay Packers despite the defense holding Aaron Rodgers in check. The Broncos are coming off a disappointing divisional Monday Night road loss in Oakland against the Raiders. This is a risky pick considering how poor Mitch Trubisky and Joe Flacco played respectively, I'm taking Flacco's team to get the bounce back home win as their pass rush will wake up too.
Prediction: Denver 24, Chicago 20.
New Orleans Saints (1-0) vs Los Angeles Rams (1-0)- 4:25, FOX: Here's the best game of Week 2! Rematch of the NFC Championship game from a season ago. The Saints are coming off a thrilling Monday Night home win over the Houston Texans. The Rams are coming off a road win in Charlotte against the Panthers. I wanted to pick the Saints here as they're motivated after what happened last season, but despite the Eric Weddle injury in the secondary I like the Rams here at home.
Prediction: LA Rams 30, New Orleans 27.
Philadelphia Eagles (1-0) vs Atlanta Falcons (0-1)- 8:20, NBC: The Eagles are coming off a divisional home win against the Washington Redskins. The Falcons are coming off a rough road loss in Minneapolis against the Vikings. This screams "bounce back" for the Falcons, who looked inept offensively a week ago against a defense in the Vikings that is much better than the Eagles defense.
Prediction: Atlanta 33, Philadelphia 26.
Monday, September 16th
Cleveland Browns (0-1) vs New York Jets (0-1)- 8:20, ESPN: The Browns are coming off a disastrous home loss against the Tennessee Titans. The Jets are coming off a heartbreaking divisional home loss against the Buffalo Bills. On top of the tough loss, the Jets learned that Sam Darnold has mono and he's going to miss time. Trevor Siemian will start for the Jets and it's a drop off, but not a large drop off. That said, I expect a big bounce back game from Baker Mayfield and he'll carve up the Jets weak secondary and the defense lost CJ Mosley due to a groin injury. Don't underestimate that this is Odell Bekcham Jr's return to MetLife (granted it's not against his old team) and he's bound to have a monster game.
Prediction: Cleveland 27, NY Jets 16.
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