No Pats game may provide some for more "family" time versus being plunked down in the lounge chair and screaming at the TV.  So, with that said... where is your NFL mind and what intrigues you this weekend?  My two cents....

Chargers-Jets:  Can the Chargers step up and defeat an East Coast team or will the Jets play to their capabilities?  I say Chargers step up more.

Denver - Miami:  Tebow, does he really show up well in this start and justify all the fan hoopla to see him start or is it a ploy to just to placate the fans?  One thing he may have going for him and his fellow Broncos, this may feel more like a home game for them.

Atlanta - Detroit: Does Detroit bounce back or Atlanta start playing up to their 2010 season results? I think Atlanta may surprise some folks today.

Green Bay - Minnesota:  Do the Vikings rise up with a new starting QB to show all they are a good team or does Green Bay do what it does against another weak opponent and win again?  Vikings may have more to prove and GB may be reading the press clippings too much.

These games intrigue me the most, but, not enough to keep me off the golf course this afternoon..  how about your two cents!

Easy, NFL Redzone.  See all at once.

My other team is the Lions so I'll be watching them and the NASCAR race.

After I watch the Chargers throttle the Yets, I will be going out.

I will be watching Chargers Jets.  When that game is over then I have things to do around the house so I will have on the NFL Red Zone while I get things done.  Just think, after today it's Patriots every weekend!!

Bibi jones!!!

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sweet, same for me, when the Patriots are off, the weeked can be pretty boring for the pro games. this weekend really is terrible

tcal you trying kill this old man good god almighty 

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Forgot to ask,who is the honey?

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Some hot chick pulled from the net.  Notice how she's not a big fatty like on that other thread.

Well, Tcal2...  can't say you wouldn't have other interests to keep you busy during a Pats bye weekend.

BIBI JONES + Gronk = Great bye week

I just incorporated the idea that across the NFL in 2010, a bye week was worth an average of 4.5 points at the next game.  The difference in power ratings is numerically small.  New England got jiggered up a few tenths because Dallas just came off a bye week last week, not because they did anything. 

My goal is to seek more accuracy for rating all teams at all times.  It happened that last week I saw a tiny injustice for the home team and so I corrected it.  A number of other teams also moved around slightly.  My advice is to not sweat the little stuff.  The Pats still aren’t quite up there with Green Bay, although on any given Super Bowl Sunday they might beat Green Bay, and I hope for the Patriots’ many rookies and the Patriots’ depth to pay off as the season goes into December.

This flash set of ratings doesn’t include Sunday night’s game.  As of this writing Indianapolis, stuck down there at #32, doesn’t seem to be doing that well this week either.  As always, my power ratings are based on the number of expected victories (out of 16) that a team would expect if the season began again tomorrow. 

1   gb   13.8   (last wk. 1)

2   ne   12.6   (last wk. 4)

3   bal   12.5   (last wk. 2)

4   sf   12.3   (last wk. 3)

5   det   11.9   (last wk. 5)

6   buf   10.4   (last wk. 7)

7   dal   10.1   (last wk. 6)

8   nyj   10.1   (last wk. 10)

9   chi   9.9   (last wk. 9)

10   phi   9.9   (last wk. 8)

11   oak   9.9   (last wk. 13)

12   hou   9.5   (last wk. 12)

13   no   9.5   (last wk. 11)

14   atl   8.4   (last wk. 15)

15   cin   8.3   (last wk. 14)

16   pit   8.0   (last wk. 17)

17   nyg   7.8   (last wk. 16)

18   ten   7.8   (last wk. 18)

19   sd   7.1   (last wk. 20)

20   sea   7.0   (last wk. 21)

21   tb   6.9   (last wk. 22)

22   was   6.8   (last wk. 19)

23   den   6.5   (last wk. 23)

24   car   5.9   (last wk. 24)

25   min   5.4   (last wk. 26)

26   az   5.4   (last wk. 25)

27   jac   4.6   (last wk. 28)

28   kc   4.4   (last wk. 27)

29   mia   3.6   (last wk. 30)

30   stl   3.3   (last wk. 29)

31   cle   3.2   (last wk. 31)

32   ind   3.0   (last wk. 32)

my mind is in the gutter

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^^mine too with bibi jones

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+1 - A post like tcal's should come with a Surgeon General's warning.

As for me, caught enough of the bolts/jets to watch Rivers gag, spun some vinyl, caught the start of the 2nd half of the Pack/Vike's game.  Rookie QB's in this league, unless they're extradordinary, have a tough row to hoe (and, no, that is a Gronk reference).