Week 2 All Free Plays: NFL

The site is undergoing some minor re-tooling and will have a bit of face lift for next week so because of this all my week 2 picks are coming as free plays. Lock of the Week 1. New England Patriots vs NY Jets After a very mediocre showing against the Bills the Patriots come into this game at only -3.5 points, one of the lowest spreads I have seen on this team in years. Yes they are not the same team as in years past and have lost depth on defense but they always find away to win. Two real keys to this are: 1) when is the last time you saw the Pat's play two bad games back-to-back? then factor in divisional opponents and average level competition as neither the Bills or Jets can be described as elite. Brady is not going to give the Jets the soft rusty performance he gave the Bills. 2) Where the Bills no-huddle kept the Pat's older D-line on the field and tired them the Jets don't have the gimmick and with a rookie QB will be facing blitz's from every direction every other down; they'll cough it up. In short Pats win the turnover battle and Brady capitalizes Take the Pats at -3.5 at 3 Units then if you have the juice squeeze this game again and take the Pats -170 Money Line 2.Cincinnati Bengals vs Green Bay Packers The Bengals mustered only a TD against a much weaker Bronco's defense and the Bengals and Carson Palmer come in against one of the better secondaries in the game. Basically it's strength on strength except for the fact Green Bay also has a terrific passing game led by Aaron Rodgers. So as long as Aaron protects the ball reasonably well they cover the -9 spread Take the Packers -9 at 2 units 3. Minnesota Vikings vs Detroit Lions Despite their weak showing against the Browns the Vikes have a tough D much tougher than the Saints and their pass rush combined with play makers like Antoine Winfield should keep the Lions off the board and avoid the spread scare the Saints gave many cappers in week one. Take the Vikes -10 at 3 Units 4. St Louis Rams vs Washington Redskins I almost recommended the Rams on this one to cover the spread at 1 unit as the Skins seem to have trouble scoring on anyone despite several weapons. their game is a possession ground control game, they control the clock and field position but it usually doesn't lead to BIG scores... and the Rams they just can't score take the under at 2 units Upset of the Week 5. Baltimore Ravens vs San Diego Chargers The Chargers reputation for slow starting is growing into legend after almost dropping to the Raiders who should be one of this years worst teams. They get a tough Ravens team that has three quality running backs in Ray Rice, Willis Mcgahee and Le'ron McClain and Joe Flacco will complete timely passes unlike the Raiders and the Ravens won't play a pure vanilla D all game. Take the Raves on the Moneyline + 2 Units