Hi mad

Another interesting weekend of NFL. I need Green Bay to cover to get a split for the weekend as again my service went for away dogs and STL and MIN bit the dust although I did have San Diego. Nothing like waking up at 3.30 am to see your bet down 14 0. If I could survive the first 2 minutes of some of these games I would be ok. Anyway go the Pack.

Still early days but the San Diego running game must impress as they ran straight through defensive lines again this week, with New England being the victim. Running a line through their matches I think Denver and the NY Giants must also be good teams.

Week 4 stats wrap

Buffalo - NO - difficult to judge where the Saints are at, but they looked happier this week against a very bad Buffalo team. Buffalo have no offense especially passing (67 yds). They replaced their qb to try and get something going to no avail. NO won with good ball control and the help of 2 t/o's. NO pass defense looked good.

Detroit - TB Despite the closeness of the score, the Bucs continue to impress. Detroit closed down the running game but TB took to the air with success. What kept the Lions in the game was the 4-1 t/o's. It takes a good team to overcome 3 interceptions. The Lions played well defensively but were ordinary on offense. The Bucs defense won the game.

Sea - Wash - stats were as even as the o/t scoreline. This was the Redskins worse defensive game which I think just shows how good the Seattle offense is. Seattle passed well and have only 1 t/o in the last 3 games.

STL - NYG. I think the Giants are a good team and the loss to SD last week shows how good SD is. STL had 5 t/o, no rushing (42 yds) and put up big passing numbers (434 yds) in desperation mode. NY rushed for 164 yards.

Hou-Cinci The Bengals came down to earth getting only1 turnover. Then won against a very poor Houston team and continued to look good on offense. Houston's offensive line aren't geting the job done allowing 7 sacks and only getting 128 yds through the air.

SD-NE Vey impressive offensive figures for the Chargers including 183 yds rushing against a pretty good NE defense. NE have lots of injuries and losing 2 to's to none didn't help. NE are losing the t/o battle each week and still haven't rushed for more than 80 yds in any game this year.

Denver-Jax . Denver 188 yds rushing - Jax 12 yds rushing plus 4 t/o's favouring Denver sums it up. Denver had the ball for most of the game.

Indy-tenn - stats pretty close despite the score (31-10) Indy has 4 wins but only ordinary stats on both sides of the ball. They are winning on mistake free football (0 sacks and only 2 T/o's this year) and a great red zone defense. The Titans have a very inexperienced team whose numbers aren't that bad. As the season progress, they will improve and can't be taken for granted.

NYJ -Balt The Jets have no qb and no offense. 7 first downs and 28 yds rushing. Baltimore were lucky they caught NY in this mode. Baltimore won with +2 to's but showed little on offense. Not impresive at all.

MIN-ATL. Atlanta rushed for 285 yds and sacked Minnesota 9 times. Atlanta has passing problems with Vick being hurt again. The Vikings are very bad and I think their win last week against New Orleans was an anomaly. They can't run and can't defend the rush. Culpepper has been sacked 16 times in 2 games. No line = no wins.

Dallas - Oakland. Even stats with the opening 85 yd pass to Moss being the difference. Dallas have now got 5 of 7 games at home and in a tough division could surprise a few teams.

Phil-KC KC shut down the Eagles rushing game (28 yds)and Mcnabb and Owens went to the air to win in a big comeback. Phil passing stats are very impressive. KC continues to run wll (144 yds). Their run defense returned to normal which indicates how good Denver's rushing is. lost the t/o battle 2-4 in a game they should have won.

Ari-SF How bad is SF. Given a 14-0 lead on 2 fumbles they then proceeded to waste 55 minutes in a very poor effort. While their defense tried hard, they got worn down as they had a minus 33 field possession which is a very big difference. Arizona won but still can't score td's. The 49ers made them look good although they passed very well (368 yds). However against a good offense team, their defense won't hold up.