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Week 4 Predictions (Cont)
Jags at Bengals
Not the most exciting game on the schedule, but I am sure it will have it moments on Sunday afternoon. I would be suprised if either of these teams will make the postseason, but there still a lot of buliding that can be done with a win. For the Bengals, it would mean the first win of Joe Burrow's young career. Hard to say how this game will unfold, though. Neither defense is really that great and neither offense really have the firepower to carry the team to a win. Both teams also feature young quarterbacks and to no surprise that both teams ranked in bottom half of the league in yards and points per game.
I am excited to see another game from Joe Burrow and this Bengals' team, though. This team isn't ready to contend, but developing their young talent is the key. That all starts with Burrow and nothing can replace real in-game expereince. That's exactly what he is getting and he actually has been good for being a rookie. My gameplan vs Jags would be feeding the ball to Mixon and not committing any stupid mistakes. I feel like that would be the ideal thing to do, but I realize that it just isn't that simple.
The Jags are a little better than the Bengals, in my opinion. I wouldn't say it enough for me to be confident that they will win, though. In fact, the Jags looked completely awful vs the Dolphins on last Thursday's night. If they play like that again, I am almost certain that they will lose once again. The Jags have to play better than that, because they aren't quite that bad.
Prediction - Bengals will have to wait for their first win, as the Jags get back into the win coulmn with a good win on the road!
Browns at Cowboys
Before the season started, I know a lot of people were very high on the Browns and I really just never got on that bandwagon. Sure, they are 2-1. But their two wins are against two teams with a record of 0-5-1, I wouldn't feel exactly confident in that. The Browns can be good, but I feel like they have to comitt to the run and depend less on the run. Even when you have stars like OBJ, whose has been horrible according to a lot of grading systems.
On the other hand, the Cowboys need a win and start to turn their season around. They easily could be 0-3 right now or 3-0, but they are 1-2 instead. They lost by 3 in week, won by 1 in week 2 and lost by 7 in week 3. All of their games has been really close. What stood out to me in week 3 was how little the Cowboys ran the ball. McCarthy is getting back to his old ways like in Green Bay, where he is get away from the run. When you have a talent like Zeke and a moblie quarterback like Dak, I would be taking advantage of it. Pound the ball vs teams, it will make passing the ball that much easier.
Prediction - I don't believe that the Browns are for real, in fact I am not very big on them. I didn't (and still don't) think McCarthy was the right guy for the Cowboys' coaching job. But I think he will have a good enough gameplan to beat the Browns. The Cowboys have too much talent to lose another game so early in the season. Either way, things could be ugly for the NFC East. But I will save that for another day, though.
Cardinals at Panthers
Two games went the opposite way of what I thought in week 3 and they both happen to play in this game. I didn't see the Panthers beating the Chargers in week 3 and I didn't see the Cardinals losing to the Lions in week 3. Well, both of those things ended up happeining. Panthers are pretty banged up and weren't expected to good, anyways. Yet, he did pull off a win vs the Chargers. The Cardinals were expected to at least decent and I think they have a shot at the wild card this season. But Cardinals need to win the games that they ''should'' win. Last week vs Lions, they should had won that game. But they made too many mistakes and you can't do that in the NFL and still expect to win.
I believe the Cardinals will only go far as Kyler Murray takes them and last week, he didn't play as well as could have. Of course, I believe the Lions have a better offense than the Panthers. This Carolina team isn't very good and don't have a lot of playmakers. But they will beat you, if you take it easy on them and disrespect them. That goes for any NFL team, you can't let up this league!
Prediction - I think the Cardinals will win this game and get back to their winning ways. The Cardinals are too good to lose back-to-back games. They have too much talent on both side of the ball and I don't think the Panthers have quality QB or enough firepower on offense to go toe-to-toe with the Cardinals. Arizona by 10!
Ravens vs Washington Football Team
I know a lot of people act like the Washington Football Team is horrible, but they have actually exceed what I thought they could do through 3 weeks. But still I don't think that they will do much vs the Ravens. This Baltimore gotta be pretty angry, after getting beaten down again on live tv vs Kansas City. I think this Washington team will be good in the future, but the future in Baltimore is already here. I am expecting a big day out of Lamar Jackson and this high-powered rushing offense.
Prediction - I am not even gonna go that much into details on this game because I think the Ravens are good enough on both side of the ball that the Washington Football team don't have much of a shot. No shade at Washington, as I think they have faired a lot better than most people figured they would. But at the same time, they aren't even close to being on the same level as the Ravens. I got Baltimore by a lot in this one!
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