As things stand:
Cardinals 10-2
Seahawks 7-5
Rams 4-8
49ers 4-8
The lines:
Arizona Favored by 7.5 over Minnesota
Seattle favored by 9 over Baltimore
St Louis favored by 1 over Detroit
Cleveland favored by 1 over San Fransisco
Elo Says:
Arizona wins 76% of the time over Minnesota
Seattle wins 66% of the time Baltimore
St Louis win 51% of the time over Detroit
San Fransisco wins 59% of the time over Cleveland
Arizona will be hosting the Vikings on a short week this Thursday. At first I really thought this would be a much tougher matchup. The more I look at it they seem like a carbon copy of the Rams statically. Just with the wins. But an average team overall.
If you look at Minnesota's body of work this year they seemed to have been the definition of a paper tiger.
Offense (30th)
Defense (15th)
Net scoring points: 6
Most times that team isn't 8-4
DVOA Prior to Seattle Game #13 after likely around 15.
They are 0-3 in primetime and have lost almost every game against a team with a winning record. They look almost identical to the Rams when looking at stats etc. Cardinals win by 10 points.
Seattle will travel to Baltimore and could be playing Jimmy Clausen for the 2nd time this year. I doubt he wants anything to do with playing Seattle right now. It's plausible that Seattle might be playing the best football in the NFL right now and that their defense is back to the Super Bowl level it was at in years past. When the DVOA rankings get released tonight they will be in first place again for the 4th straight year. Seattle has had a top 5 offense during that span as well which always seems t get over looked however Bevell seems to be getting the respect he deserves from the fan base finally. I just don't see anyways Baltimore wins this game without a lot of bounces going their way. Seattle wins by 17.
I feel like the Lions have clearly been playing much better ball as of late than the Rams but neither team is one has been all that impressive. For now I am going to pick the Lions because they seem like the better team. The Rams have zero home field advantage (attendance last week was around 25,000) they are going through the issue of possible relocation. They still have no offense and could be down some key guys on defense this week. So I am going to side with the Lions on this one for now.
The 49ers will travel to play the Browns. I think Gabbert has played very well since taking over the starting job and has a much higher upside than Kap. But at this point it's still two bad teams. Manziel has been announced the starter for this game and I am sure a little vodka in his gatorade bottles might just be what he needs to loosen up throughout the game to try and lead his team to victory. In the end I think the Browns are going to Brown and lose like a Brown so 49ers by 3.
drdiags 34-10
RINGLESS 34-14
RedAlice 33-15
Hawksfansinceday1 32-16
KEARLY 28-16
POPEYEJONES 27-12
Hasselbeck 27-17
Superman28 26-15
greenblue_eye's2 24-12
Shadowhawk 23-15
REX 22-22
b8rtm8nn 21-12
Mizzou 19-9 XXXXXXX
Fade 14-13 XXXXXXX
ClutchDJ 10-9 XXXXXXX
UNCLE SI 8-4 xxx
Largent80 8-5 xxx
Erebus XXXXXX
SF49er XXXXXX
Marvin49 XXXXXX
SALISHHAWKFAN XXXXXX
Cardinals 10-2
Seahawks 7-5
Rams 4-8
49ers 4-8
The lines:
Arizona Favored by 7.5 over Minnesota
Seattle favored by 9 over Baltimore
St Louis favored by 1 over Detroit
Cleveland favored by 1 over San Fransisco
Elo Says:
Arizona wins 76% of the time over Minnesota
Seattle wins 66% of the time Baltimore
St Louis win 51% of the time over Detroit
San Fransisco wins 59% of the time over Cleveland
Arizona will be hosting the Vikings on a short week this Thursday. At first I really thought this would be a much tougher matchup. The more I look at it they seem like a carbon copy of the Rams statically. Just with the wins. But an average team overall.
If you look at Minnesota's body of work this year they seemed to have been the definition of a paper tiger.
Offense (30th)
Defense (15th)
Net scoring points: 6
Most times that team isn't 8-4
DVOA Prior to Seattle Game #13 after likely around 15.
They are 0-3 in primetime and have lost almost every game against a team with a winning record. They look almost identical to the Rams when looking at stats etc. Cardinals win by 10 points.
Seattle will travel to Baltimore and could be playing Jimmy Clausen for the 2nd time this year. I doubt he wants anything to do with playing Seattle right now. It's plausible that Seattle might be playing the best football in the NFL right now and that their defense is back to the Super Bowl level it was at in years past. When the DVOA rankings get released tonight they will be in first place again for the 4th straight year. Seattle has had a top 5 offense during that span as well which always seems t get over looked however Bevell seems to be getting the respect he deserves from the fan base finally. I just don't see anyways Baltimore wins this game without a lot of bounces going their way. Seattle wins by 17.
I feel like the Lions have clearly been playing much better ball as of late than the Rams but neither team is one has been all that impressive. For now I am going to pick the Lions because they seem like the better team. The Rams have zero home field advantage (attendance last week was around 25,000) they are going through the issue of possible relocation. They still have no offense and could be down some key guys on defense this week. So I am going to side with the Lions on this one for now.
The 49ers will travel to play the Browns. I think Gabbert has played very well since taking over the starting job and has a much higher upside than Kap. But at this point it's still two bad teams. Manziel has been announced the starter for this game and I am sure a little vodka in his gatorade bottles might just be what he needs to loosen up throughout the game to try and lead his team to victory. In the end I think the Browns are going to Brown and lose like a Brown so 49ers by 3.
drdiags 34-10
RINGLESS 34-14
RedAlice 33-15
Hawksfansinceday1 32-16
KEARLY 28-16
POPEYEJONES 27-12
Hasselbeck 27-17
Superman28 26-15
greenblue_eye's2 24-12
Shadowhawk 23-15
REX 22-22
b8rtm8nn 21-12
Mizzou 19-9 XXXXXXX
Fade 14-13 XXXXXXX
ClutchDJ 10-9 XXXXXXX
UNCLE SI 8-4 xxx
Largent80 8-5 xxx
Erebus XXXXXX
SF49er XXXXXX
Marvin49 XXXXXX
SALISHHAWKFAN XXXXXX
) plus the Rams are so bad at QB that Stafford makes up for the Rams advantage on D and being at home
