London, England. While SF isdoing a Bowl approach to the game by getting there early and taking in the sights and scenes DEN is doing a shock approach as they will simply get off the plane & go stright to meetings and were told to sleep on the plane. Last week both teams had disappointing results in different fashions as SF had the game in hand up 7 with 4 min left but were picked apart when they went to a prevent defense. DEN meanwhile was crushed 59-14 by OAK and were outgained 508-240. While the Broncos have the better QB, I like SF's approach to the game better and they get the close win.

Stafford is expected to restart his 2010 season after missing the L/5 games with a shoulder injury. While only 1-5 DET is not the easy out from previous years and are improving on both sides of the ball. LY Detroit ended their 19 game losing streak with a 19-14 win over WAS as they dominated the 1H with 16-6 FD and 274-94 yd edges as the Redskins only had the ball for 8:00. WAS LW benefitted from 6 TO's but only got 7 pts out of them in the win over CHI. While DET is off a bye and playing at home, WAS is the better team and will be mindful of LY's game and get a hard-fought victory.

Last week the Panthers pulled in a season high 379 yds while earning their first win. Moore had a solid game with 308 yds with 308 yds (68%) with a 2-1 ratio and was helped out by CAR sticking to the run (34 att's 2.2). STL had a 17-3 lead on the road but were too conservative in the 2H as they were outFD 12-6 & outgained 198-86. The Rams are 3-1 at home TY & should have beaten ARZ in the opener. They have played much better competition in that stretch and get their 4th win on the season (just 3 the L/2 years combined).

I was impressed with the Bills effort vs the Ravens as they more than doubled their season avg in yards LW (506 yds) & took them to OT. Fitzpatrick has functioned rather well in the Bills offense with 3 games of 92+ QBR’s in his 4 starts. However the defense is a train wreck as they can’t stop the run (#32 4.8), pressure the QB (#29 13 sacks), & are -13 in the TD/Int department. KC’s coaching staff flexed its muscle LW adjusting to JAX in the 2H with a 237-95 yd margin & 28-7 score. My computer calls for KC to own a 411-281 yd edge as BUF comes back to earth a bit here.

Last week TB rallied from 17-3 to beat the Rams on a great 16 play/81 yd drive to go ahead with 10 sec left in the game. Now they have to go cross country with a weak run game (#22 4.0), a weak run defense (#31 5.3) & an even weaker pass rush (#32 just 5 sacks). ARZ will likely go with QB Hall but had a mild concussion and was KO’d of LW’s game. After turning the ball over 5 times LW look for ARZ to put the ball in the hands of Wells/Hightower who combined for 113 yds (5.7) and get the home win.

The Patriots LW went cross country & upset an injury depleted SD team despite being outgained 363-179. NE took advantage of 4 SD TO’s & played sound fundamentals with a very young back 7. MIN is off a tough SNF loss where Favre threw 3 ints in 7 att’s with 1 being returned for a TD. He reinjured the ankle he hurt in LY’s NFC Championship & the media has played the will he play/won’t he play game all week. Despite their flaws both are high profile teams that are pretty even statistically the L4W. My computer calls for just 14 yds difference here and I'll go with the surging home team.