The Perfect Football Weekend

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Week 1 was the perfect football weekend. The Broncos won and all those other AFC West a$$hats lost. That is perfection by any definition! But it gets better. Consider:

The Raiders open their home slate against the Houston Texans. The Texans will be sans Clowney, but they still have a pretty stout defense and should be able to keep the rookie-led Raiders under control. This game is certainly not a lock for either team, but I am inclined to favor the Texans here in a low scoring affair. The Raiders defense still has a lot of question marks and the team as a whole has more gelling to do before they look ready to compete, even against a Texans team coming off a 2-14 season. Texans 16, Raiders 13.

The Chargers get the Seahawks in their home opener. Now I have never in my life witnessed a fanbase who puts so much stock into a preseason game (unless it's a loss of course) the way Seahawks fans do. I'm not sure if a lot them are new to football or what, but the last few years I've seen them celebrate preseason wins as though they were postseason wins. With that said, I am not taking the 41-14 drubbing over the Chargers into consideration at all when I consider this game. However, I do think the Seahawks are a better team than the Chargers and it will show. The Chargers seemed pretty evenly matched against the Cards and the score refected that. They are not evenly matched against the Seahawks and the score will reflect once again. Seahawks 34, Chargers 24.

That brings us to the first AFC West showdown of this young season, the Broncos vs the Chiefs. I watched a good portion of the Chiefs-Titans game and Kansas City looked asleep at the wheel. For all the excitement surrounding Andy Reid, I suspect the Chiefs under Reid have already hit their high water mark. That may be a bit premature, but we'll see over time. Meanwhile the Chiefs went out and signed Vickerson, he of former Broncos fame. It's a good football move for them short term and long term, though I doubt it'll provide the Chiefs the boost they need to beat these Broncos this week. Broncos in a blowout. Broncos 34, Chiefs 10.

That'll wrap up two perfect football weekends for the Broncos. Glad the real season is finally here!

Go Broncos!

 

[cdumler7]

I cannot imagine a more perfect situation than for the Broncos after 2 weeks to have a 2-game lead in the division!


I'll add a bit to this as I already have said before in probably our 2 biggest competitors for the top seed in Indy and New England both lost as well! It truly was a perfect weekend for the Broncos and one I do think they will need as the schedule we have still looks pretty darn brutal.


For the games this next weekend I honestly don't know what to expect for the Chargers or Raiders. Honestly the Chargers should not have lost their game against the Cardinals. A few mistakes in the 4th quarter killed them in that game. I know those things happen but just seems like nobody is better at killing themselves on Monday night than that of the Chargers. Seattle coming to town obviously is a tall task for anyone. Having them at home helps and the desperation of not wanting to fall behind the Broncos more than they already are could make this game closer than some might think. The Chargers will have to play a clean game to win but they are capable of pulling the upset.


The Raiders game I just have no clue. You have 2 bottom feeding teams going up against one another I usually pick the home team to win. Holding an offense to 6 points that is supposed to be as good as the Redskins though leads me to believe Houston is going to make life hell though for the rookie. It really comes down to can Houston's offense put up 14 points against the Raiders? I tend to lean towards yes so I think I would pick Houston in this one.


Now obviously the main game that matters is our Bronco/Chiefs game. Losing Derek Johnson is going to be huge for the Chiefs all season. He has been that one consistent defender through the good and bad years that has still performed well. He has been that leader on the field that they like. I like the chances of the Broncos winning in a blow out. The Chiefs OL just looks terrible and even with Bowe coming back this week the Chiefs are just lacking weapons. I look for the Chiefs to really try to establish Charles early in this one after failing to do so in week 1 but the Broncos really loading the box to make sure if they lose this game Alex Smith is the one who has to do it. I'll go Broncos 35 Chiefs 14 in this one.