NFL Pick 'Em - Week 4

It's been an interesting 3 weeks. A few undefeated teams from out of nowhere, a couple of teams *cough Titans cough* playing well below expectations, and a jumbled mess of 2-1 and 1-2 teams.

It all adds up to +3 on the season for me, Loren, after getting a last second save from Brett Favre (how do you like them apples, Derek?). There won't be any change in the standings this week since we couldn't find any games we'd disagree on.

On to week 4 picks...

Baltimore @ New England

Derek - Baltimore. Hard hitting D with a good O, something that we have never seen in Baltimore before including their Super Bowl runs, this team was good last year, they are really good this years. The Pats don’t look to good when you can get to Brady, the Ravens will get to Brady often.

Loren - Baltimore. Derek’s assessment is spot on. The one caveat I’ll throw out there is that New England is famous for finding ways to fix problems. When they figure out their O line issues, and they will, you don’t want to be betting against them that week no matter who they're playing.

NY Jets @ New Orleans

Derek - New Orleans. The Saints will simply smother the Jets with points, it’s going to be one of those rare NFL games where the teams will trade scores for long stretches of the game, too bad for the Jets a rookie QB won’t be able to keep up.

Loren - New Orleans. The Saints are an offensive juggernaut, which is even scarier when you consider that we haven’t seen production from Henderson or Reggie Bush yet. If they get all the gears meshed, this could be an offense for the ages. Ryan’s D is good, but not that good.

Dallas @ Denver

Derek - Dallas. Big D travels to High D, and will be by far the best team the Broncos have played this year. The Cowboys have a good offense and a decent D this should be enough to trip up Denver at home. Also Orton will look bad for the first time this year, book it.

Loren - Dallas. I really want to pick my Broncos here but Dallas is a lot more physical than the other teams they’ve played so far. I’m not saying Denver can’t pull this out, especially playing at altitude at home, but the lack of a consistent run game will definitely hurt them.

San Diego @ Pittsburgh

Derek - San Diego. Pittsburgh has not looked good this year even in their win they looked bad. San Diego is off to it’s normal slowish start. But they will turn it around and have a D that can stop and tackle Big Ben.

Loren - San Deigo. The Steelers are reeling, hurt and confused with young players making mistakes on the offensive side. Their D is too banged up to cover for them in long stretches. Tomlinson may not have that something special he used to, but San Diego finally has other weapons to make up for it.

Green Bay at Minnesota

Derek - Minnesota. Lots of people were on the GB bandwagon this year and I’m not sure if much has changed but they are about to go 2-2. All Day will run all over them and Favvreere will only turn it over once.

Loren - Minnesota. The Vikes just seem to have that aura this year. It’s their time, their going to win, and only the football gods can stop them. This would be the week for the football gods to step in and punish Favre, but the Vikes have their own god in Adrian Peterson. I expect a really good game.