Gridiron Greatness

Congrats to the Hawkeyes on another great win, after dominating the 2nd half for a second straight week. With the losses from Virginia Tech and Ohio State, I wouldn't be surprised to see the undefeated Hawkeyes move up to number 7 in the polls. More importantly though, Ricky Stanzi has gotten more and more comfortable with managing the game and not throwing interceptions. With only 5 incompletions and a somewhat costly fumble, Stanzi proved that he is fairly reliable.
Anyway, I'm happy about that...Now to the Sunday games! In the early round, Houston travels to Cincinnati in a game that is surprisingly important. Baltimore needs to get back on track with a win against an unbeaten Minnesota team, but their run defense has been surprisingly porous the last few weeks. My bold prediction for the noon games is that my Chiefs will get the 3rd straight win by a winless team against the Washington Redskins, and Jim Zorn will lose his job during the bye week in 2 weeks. The Giants and Saints will simply be an awesome game, if I had to pick I suppose I'll go with the Saints at home, but it's really just too close to tell.
In the afternoon, Philadelphia will prove that there is more than one contender in the NFC East; the Patriots will continue the woes of the winless Titans, and the Jets get back on track with a win against the Bills (a little bit of credit goes to T.O. for not losing his cool yet, because this is a seriously bad team -a LITTLE credit).
Atlanta edges Chicago on the road due to Matty Ice being his normal cool self (and carrying my fantasy team along for the ride, thank you), and as unpopular as this pick seems to be: the Broncos go into San Diego and prove that Josh McDaniels is the front runner for Coach of the Year. By the way, Kyle Orton has only one interception all season, and that was a gimme to Randy Moss to close the half -yes, I said Randy Moss has an interception. So much for Kyle Orton can't be a starter in the NFL. Kyle Orton for the ProBowl on this blog.