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Adrian Peterson is Minnesota’s offense and their defense has been good as well thus far which is why they are 5-0 at home. Ponder has been throwing 2 int’s the past 3 games and had an embarrassing 58 yards passing last week vs Arizona. The Tampa Bay Bucs on the other hand have a great rushing defense but are dead last in passing defense. They were beaten by NWO last week in a shoot out of a game after being up 21-7 at half. Minnesota will win at home on Thursday night 27-20.
Minny is very good at taking the league through Adrian Peterson and then letting their defense run wild. Washington beat the Vikings by stacking the box and forcing Christian Ponder to throw. That is the way Tampa has to go if they want to beat the vikings. I think Vikings win at home and drop Tampa 24-14,
2) New England -7 @ St. Louis
Leave it up to the NFL to schedule the New England Patriots for a game in London. This should be a much closer game than the line indicates. The St Louis front 7 can get to Brady easily and it will be up to Ridley and Vereen to ease the pressure. New England would've lost last week if it were not for a drop by the Jets. The New England secondary is the worst in the league and Bradford should have a big day. However i still think NE will pull it out in the end, 27-24.
The Patriots secondary might be better in another continent but i very much doubt that. They have been banged up and it has shown in the last 4 weeks as they allowed season high yard age totals to all 4 qbs they have faced and Sam Bradford is better than 3 of them. Also the Patriots offense hasn't been as deadly as we all assumed and that could be partially due to injuries to the TE’s and maybe playing good defenses. The Rams defense will get to Brady and make it a painful week for him. The issue is can St.Louis score enough points against the Patriots secondary to win the game. New England 24-17.
3) Indy +3.5 @ Tennessee
As an Indy fan I would like nothing more than the Colts to beat the piss out of the Titans. I hate the Titans. The Titans have won 2 in a row thanks to Chris Johnson and he is poised to have another big week like every RB that plays the colts soft run defense. The Colts are a horrible road team but they did play the bears and jets which have good defenses as oppose to the dead last Titans defense. Andrew Luck has a great day and the colts have just enough on defense to pull out the shoot out. Indianapolis 31-27.
Tennessee have won two in a row since Chris Johnson found his 2009 form again, but Indy will be tough to beat. Andrew Luck will have a field day against a weak Tennessee defense. Both teams are not great, but this could be a very entertaining game. I am also calling a shootout win for Indy, 35-34.
