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First off allow me to express my extreme joy at watching the Patriots lose to the Jets on Thursday night.  A New England loss is always a thing to celebrate, but it was especially enjoyable to see them scramble into OT and then lose in one drive by Farve and Co.  

Now onto the games this Sunday.  First up;

Baltimore @ NY Giants

This should be a fairly interesting match-up of the best rushing defense in the NFL (the Ravens) and the 2^nd best passing defense (the Giants).  NY has struggled in their last few wins, but the key point is that they were indeed wins.  I tend to think they will rack up another one this weekend.  The Ravens showed some spark against the Texans, but they haven’t been up against a team like NY since week 5 when they hosted, and were beat down by, the Titans. I take NY on this one, but I don’t feel it will be a massacre. 

Tennessee @ Jacksonville and Indianapolis @ Houston

The AFC South has it’s own civil war this Sunday, with all four teams squaring off against one another.  First up the Jags host the undefeated Titans.  This should be another W in Tennessee’s column.  Jacksonville has allowed an average of 121 rushing yards per game this season.  And you can’t expect to win against the explosive offense of the Titans with stats like that. 

Next, Indy goes to Houston to face the 3-6 Texans.  Like in the previous match, this should be a no brainer for the Colts.  Bob Sanders is back on the field and has been a major contributor to Indy’s last 2 come-from-behind wins.  Hopefully, this week we can start off in the lead.

The interesting thing about these two games is how it plays into the wild card race.  Right now Indy and Jacksonville are essentially neck-and-neck, but if the scenarios above carry through then the Colts pull ahead by two games.  The rest of the schedules for these teams are a mix of tough and weak teams with Indy encountering most of the tough ones earlier and then easing up towards the end before the final divisional deciders.  Obviously, it is still too early to call wild card picks, but interesting to speculate none-the-less. 

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