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OVR DIV CON
Cardinals: 3-0 1-0 3-0
Rams: 1-2 1-0 1-1
49ers: 1-2 0-1 1-1
Seahawks: 1-2 0-1 1-2
While every week that comes there will be a little more urgency for various reasons. This week is no different. If any of the teams sitting at 1-2 drop a game this week it's going to be a hard fight to recover from that so I'd expect they all come out fighting.
The Cardinals will be playing another divisional game against the Rams. This is a game where I expect the Rams to come out and play hard. Jeff Fisher has a way of playing Divisional games tough. The thing that scares me most about this is the fact that the Rams are a QB grave yard for us dating back to Kolb, and the front line has only gotten better. Aaron Donald is putting up bigger numbers according to PFF than Watt ever has in the same stretch of any point of his season or career thus far. Arizona relies on an aggressive downfield offense and I think we could run into trouble in regards to that. Luckily our run game has really taken off this year so I expect that to play a huge role. On offense I feel the Rams just don't have a lot of fire power. I know they talk about missing their #1 WR and use that as a reason why it's started slow but the guy has 52 career catches. I think our Defense is nowhere good as where it has performed but I Feel the Rams offense is not a huge threat either. If the Cardinals can put up 20 they win this game. Cardinals 20 Rams 13. For references
Opening Line: Arizona -6.5
Cardinals DVOA: 76.4% Rams: -0.5%
offense: #3 Offense: # 21
Defense #3 Defense #8
The 49ers will be hosting the Green Bay Packers who last year went 4-4 on the road. If SF is going to have any shot at winning this their run game is going to need to have a special game. Even when trailing last week SF never tried to pass. I'd expect the last thing they want this week is a Rodgers Kap shootout because that's clearly not the strength of the team. The 49ers are having a huge issue creating pressure on the QB, and the DB's have often been out of place. Unless something has changed this week it would seem that Aaron Rodgers is going to have a great game. I think SF faces the biggest challenge this week in getting a victory, and ultimately it could be another ugly game for them. GB 37 SF 17
Opening Line: Green Bay -8.5
Packers DVOA: 51.0% 49ers: -51.4%
Offense: #1 Offense: 29th
Defense: #9 Defense: 30th
The Seahawks will be hosting the 0-3 Detroit Lions this week. The Seahawks always seem to keep games close early before blowing the doors off in the second half to a whopping. I'd have to expect much like last season as each week passes their defense will continually get stronger with more cohesion. The Seahawks always end up finding a way to have a lot of explosive plays in any given game. Detroit's offense has not been clicking, and their Defense has had a huge drop off from where it stood last year as a top 5 defense dropping all of the way down into the 20's with the departure of several key FA's. Matthew Stafford has never won a game on the road against a team with a winning record. I know the Seahawks don't have a winning record however they are winners and we all know that. Century Link, and a dominant Hawks team that is going to be returning to form will be too much to handle. Seahawks 26 Lions 17
Opening Line: Seahawks -9.5 Largest line of the week
Seahawks DVOA: 8.3% Lions: -18.4%
Offense: 16th Offense: 24th
Defense 18th Defense: 22nd
End of week 2 Projections:
Cardinals 4-0
Seahawks 2-2
49ers 1-3
Rams 1-3
Current Pool:
PLAYER
KEARLY 8-4
RINGLESS 8-4
Hawksfansinceday1 8-4
RedAlice 8-4
drdiags 7-1
Shadowhawk 7-5
Mizzou 7-5
Hasselbeck 7-5
greenblue_eye's2 6-2
POPEYEJONES 6-6
Marvin49 5-5
Fade 5-7
UNCLE SI 4-0
ClutchDJ 4-4
Superman28 4-4
Erebus 4-4
REX 3-5
SALISHHAWKFAN 3-5
SF49er 3-9
Laloosh 2-6
London 12 1-3
SeahawksTopGear: 1-3
SPORTS HERNIA 0-4
ELCALIENTE 0-4
OVR DIV CON
Cardinals: 3-0 1-0 3-0
Rams: 1-2 1-0 1-1
49ers: 1-2 0-1 1-1
Seahawks: 1-2 0-1 1-2
While every week that comes there will be a little more urgency for various reasons. This week is no different. If any of the teams sitting at 1-2 drop a game this week it's going to be a hard fight to recover from that so I'd expect they all come out fighting.
The Cardinals will be playing another divisional game against the Rams. This is a game where I expect the Rams to come out and play hard. Jeff Fisher has a way of playing Divisional games tough. The thing that scares me most about this is the fact that the Rams are a QB grave yard for us dating back to Kolb, and the front line has only gotten better. Aaron Donald is putting up bigger numbers according to PFF than Watt ever has in the same stretch of any point of his season or career thus far. Arizona relies on an aggressive downfield offense and I think we could run into trouble in regards to that. Luckily our run game has really taken off this year so I expect that to play a huge role. On offense I feel the Rams just don't have a lot of fire power. I know they talk about missing their #1 WR and use that as a reason why it's started slow but the guy has 52 career catches. I think our Defense is nowhere good as where it has performed but I Feel the Rams offense is not a huge threat either. If the Cardinals can put up 20 they win this game. Cardinals 20 Rams 13. For references
Opening Line: Arizona -6.5
Cardinals DVOA: 76.4% Rams: -0.5%
offense: #3 Offense: # 21
Defense #3 Defense #8
The 49ers will be hosting the Green Bay Packers who last year went 4-4 on the road. If SF is going to have any shot at winning this their run game is going to need to have a special game. Even when trailing last week SF never tried to pass. I'd expect the last thing they want this week is a Rodgers Kap shootout because that's clearly not the strength of the team. The 49ers are having a huge issue creating pressure on the QB, and the DB's have often been out of place. Unless something has changed this week it would seem that Aaron Rodgers is going to have a great game. I think SF faces the biggest challenge this week in getting a victory, and ultimately it could be another ugly game for them. GB 37 SF 17
Opening Line: Green Bay -8.5
Packers DVOA: 51.0% 49ers: -51.4%
Offense: #1 Offense: 29th
Defense: #9 Defense: 30th
The Seahawks will be hosting the 0-3 Detroit Lions this week. The Seahawks always seem to keep games close early before blowing the doors off in the second half to a whopping. I'd have to expect much like last season as each week passes their defense will continually get stronger with more cohesion. The Seahawks always end up finding a way to have a lot of explosive plays in any given game. Detroit's offense has not been clicking, and their Defense has had a huge drop off from where it stood last year as a top 5 defense dropping all of the way down into the 20's with the departure of several key FA's. Matthew Stafford has never won a game on the road against a team with a winning record. I know the Seahawks don't have a winning record however they are winners and we all know that. Century Link, and a dominant Hawks team that is going to be returning to form will be too much to handle. Seahawks 26 Lions 17
Opening Line: Seahawks -9.5 Largest line of the week
Seahawks DVOA: 8.3% Lions: -18.4%
Offense: 16th Offense: 24th
Defense 18th Defense: 22nd
End of week 2 Projections:
Cardinals 4-0
Seahawks 2-2
49ers 1-3
Rams 1-3
Current Pool:
PLAYER
KEARLY 8-4
RINGLESS 8-4
Hawksfansinceday1 8-4
RedAlice 8-4
drdiags 7-1
Shadowhawk 7-5
Mizzou 7-5
Hasselbeck 7-5
greenblue_eye's2 6-2
POPEYEJONES 6-6
Marvin49 5-5
Fade 5-7
UNCLE SI 4-0
ClutchDJ 4-4
Superman28 4-4
Erebus 4-4
REX 3-5
SALISHHAWKFAN 3-5
SF49er 3-9
Laloosh 2-6
London 12 1-3
SeahawksTopGear: 1-3
SPORTS HERNIA 0-4
ELCALIENTE 0-4