Tennessee Titans @ New York Giants The Giants can't seem to get their running game going. To make things worse, their defense can't seem to stop opponents from running. Not a good formula with Chris Johnson coming into town hungry after a subpar game last week. Titans 23 Giants 21 Cincinnati Bengals @ Carolina Panthers The Bengals show they have enough weapons on offense to be unpredictable. Rookie tight end Jermaine Greshem might explode this week. Bengals 31 Carolina 13 Pittsburgh Steelers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers No one saw the Bucs at 2-0. In fact, many thought they would only win two games all season. It was a nice run by a young team who may arrive ahead of schedule. Steelers 24 Buccaneers 10 Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots Patriots fans are so relaxed about this game, they are talking about Tom Brady's hair. Patriots 34 Bills Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Ravens Baltimore has played well defensively, but the offense has been a huge disappointment. Quarterback Joe Flacco is coming off perhaps the worst game of his young career. Ravens 17 Browns 13 San Francisco 49ers @ Kansas City Chiefs The Niners played much better the second week than the first. They are due for a win, but it may not be easy against the pesky Chiefs who are surprisingly undefeated right now. 49ers 27 Chiefs 17 Dallas Cowboys @ Houston Texans Game of the Week Dallas is about to hit panic mode. Houston used to be a gimme in the past, but this Texans team is tougher. Houston needs to run the ball, but the passing game is good enough to carry them to victory. Dallas offensive coordinator Jason Garrett needs to get back to running the ball if he wants his team to win. Texans 30 Cowboys 28 Detroit Lions @ Minnesota Vikings The good news here is that one of these teams will finally win a game this season. The Vikings season is pretty much on the line right here. Vikings 31 Lions 23 Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints Atlanta played a lot better last week, and they know this is a very important divisional confrontation. The Saints are looking like the best team to have a chance of repeating since the Patriots in 2003 and 2004. Saints 38 Falcons 31 Washington Redskins @ Saint Louis Rams Washington is one overtime field goal away from being unbeaten with virtually no running game, an erratic offensive line, and basically two pass catchers. If they cannot improve the offense this week against the lowly Rams, it will be a long season in the tough NFC East. Redskins 28 Rams 24 Philadelphia Eagles @ Jacksonville Jaguars Eagles head coach Andy Reid is a bit lucky the teams schedule is the way it is. He was forced to plug in Michael Vick at quarterback after an injury to starter Kevin Kolb on opening day. He then gave Vick his first start since 2006 against the lowly Lions. Now Philly faces an average Jaguars defense to build on that success. Jacksonville will look to run the ball down the throats of the Eagles tiny defense, so it will be close if Maurice Jones-Drew runs wild. Eagles 24 Jaguars 21 Indianapolis Colts @ Denver Broncos The Colts go as Peyton Manning goes. Their defense was tough against the Giants last week after being run over by the Texans the week before. Denver is unpredictable on offense, but their defense will have a tough time stopping Indianapolis if Manning is on his game. Colts 34 Denver 24 Oakland Raiders @ Arizona Cardinals Two teams looking for an indentity beyond mediocrity. Oakland slithered by the Rams last week for their first win, while the Cardinals, who beat the Rams in their first game, are near the bottom on both scoring offense and defense. The Raiders aren't much better in those categories. Raiders 17 Cardinals 15 San Diego Chargers @ Seattle Seahawks While San Diego exploded last week after a bad start to the season, Seattle came crashing back to Earth with a solid beating by Denver after blowing out San Francisco the week before. Chargers 31 Seahawks 16 New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins While the Jets last week looked like the team Rex Ryan had been spouting off about incessantly, they then get hit with the drama of top receiver Braylon Edwards arrest for DUI. Miami might be facing them at the right time. Though the Dolphins offense scares nobody, their defense has allowed a league best 20 points so far. The Jets basically mirror them with a mediocre offense and good defense. The term "defensive struggle" appears likely in this battle. Jets 13 Dolphins 10 Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears Chicago's new offensive coordinator Mike Martz has quarterback Jay Cutler playing the way the Bears envisioned wen they traded away so much to attain his services. The fact Cutler does well without much of a running game speaks highly of his abilities. Green Bay has shown why so many picked them to win the NFC North. This is the longest running rivalry in NFL history between two teams that have won 21 championships and inducted 47 people into the Hall of Fame between them. Greatness is expected. Packers 27 Bears 24 Power Rankings 1. Saints 2. Packers 3. Texans 4. Steelers 5. Patriots 6. Bengals 7. Ravens 8. Bears 9. Dolphins 10. Jets 11. Titans 12. Chargers 13. Colts 14. Falcons 15. Redskins 16. Eagles 17. Giants 18. Broncos 19. Cowboys 20. Chiefs 21. Buccaneers 22. Cardinals 23. Seahawks 24. Vikings 25. Raiders 26. Jaguars 27. 49ers 28. Lions 29. Bills 30. Browns 31. Panthers 32. Rams
