Week 6 NFL Picks!

New York Giants (3-2) @ Atlanta Falcons (1-4), 8:15 PM

Atlanta is a mess. The team is fighting, coach Bobby Petrino is losing control of his players and their best playmaker, corner back DeAngelo Hall, is rumored to be traded to the Raiders. No one expected this team to go anywhere this season because of the Michael Vick situation, but this is worse than anyone could have imagined.

A redeeming factor? Joey Harrington playing well. The former first round pick spent two weeks doing his best Troy Aikman impression and keeping his team in games. He struggled a little last week against the Titans and Petrino pulled him in favor of Byron Leftwich. Guess what? Leftwich sucked, and the team lost. Anyone surprised? Didn’t think so.

The Giants are hot after winning three in a row, and should continue to use the same game plan they used against the Jets: Brandon Jacobs, Derrick Ward, Play Action Passing and an occasional embarrassing stiff arm from Plaxico Burress. If they do that they can keep scoring points like they did in the second half on Sunday. It’s a bit troubling that this team is not waking up until the second half, so, expect offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride to go for the jugular right away.

It’s going to be another test for left tackle David Diehl, as he’ll be forced to go against former New York Jet John Abraham. Diehl has passed with flying colors so far, and I expect him to do the same this week.

Defensively, The Giants played well again against the Jets. They really let up only 7 points (1 fumble return TD, 1 Special Teams TD, and Eli’s halftime INT for a FG.) and hit Chad Pennington roughly eight times, despite only getting one sack. Oh, and did I mention that Aaron Ross is really good? Oh, I thought so.

Giants 28 – Falcons 13

New York Jets(1-4) @ Philadelphia Eagles(1-3),

Someone has to win right? If the Jets are ever going to get off the schneid this would be the week to do it against a banged up Eagles that has a shadow of Donovan McNabb at quarterback. They should follow the Giants blueprint and blitz McNabb forcing him to get rid of the ball quickly.

Offensively, Tom Rock of Newsday is reporting that Pennington is on a short leash. Another example of people listening to me. Expect to see Kellen Clemens in the second half if Chad is anything less than excellent. Don’t expect much from the Jets offense in this game.

Eagles 20 – Jets 7

Other Games:

Washington 20 – Green Bay 17

Cleveland 27 – Miami 10

Minnesota 17 – Chicago 10

St. Louis 20 – Baltimore 10

Tennessee 24 – Tampa Bay 17

Cincinnati 28 – Kansas City 20

Jacksonville 20 – Houston 14

Arizona 24 – Carolina 17

San Diego 31 – Oakland 7

New England 28 – Dallas 10