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It's your FAVORITE SportsGal89 Innnnnnnnnnnn the Buildin'! I am back with
hopefully another bright and exciting edition of my weekly predictions where I
put my guesses as to what is going to happen in this week's game day match-ups.
Then come back after Monday to see how it all panned out! And to get my
insight's on some of the week's best and worst games!
The Matchup My
Prediction Reality
Carolina @ Denver Panthers Broncos 21-20
Green Bay @
Jacksonville Green
Bay Green Bay 27-23*
Buffalo @
Baltimore Ravens Ravens 13-7*
Chicago
@Houston Houston Houston 23-14*
Cleveland @ Philadelphia Philly Eagles 29-10*
Tampa Bay
@Atlanta ATL Bucs 31-24
Minnesota
@Tennessee Minnesota Vikings 25-16*
Cincy @ New
York Jets Cincy Cincy 23-22*
Oakland @
NoLa NoLA Raiders 35-34
San Diego @
Kansas City Kansas
City Chiefs 33-27*
Miami @
Seattle Seattle Seahawks 12-10*
Detroit @
Indianapolis Indy Lions 39-35
New York
Giants @ Dallas Dallas Giants 20-19
New England
@ Arizona New
England Patriots 23-21*
STEELERS @
Washington DC STEELERS
;) Steelers 38-16*
Los Angeles
@ San Francisco 49ers 49ers 28-0*
Will I get it right? Come on back to see how I do
The Recap Posted 9/13/2016
Well not bad for week one 11/16 games right?! Considering that some of these games were really close I am not at all disappointed in how I faired with my predictions. But let's now turn the pages to the recaps.
I am going to focus on three games because I think they are the most interesting.
1. Giants @ Dallas
If you didn't watch this game or hear about this game, man was it interesting. It was a game of new beginnings to say the least. Players or coaching staff on both sides were different from the last time these team matched up. Starting with the Giants head coaching staff and a Dallas offense starting both a rookie QB and Running Back duo in Prescott and Zeke Elliott (of The Ohio State University.. But the head scratcher wasn't how this game started or the back and forth on how the game continued. It was how the game ended that you were like, can the Cowboys be any worse! To potentially win the game, Dallas has an incredible late drive that you think is going to go in their favor setting them up for a field goal and the win off the foot of Dan Bailey (who would have given me 17 points in my Fantasy League if I hadn't benched him this week). It was all resting on Terrance Williams, who instead of seeing the sideline to stop the clock, only sees the end zone and ends what would have certainly been a dramatic finish to this game, in the other direction. Now I am not going to say that Williams misstep was the sole reason for the Dallas loss, but it was definitely a SMH moment.
2. 49ers vs LA Rams
The second MNF matchup was held by the newly moved LA (St. Louis) Rams and San Francisco. San Francisco has been catching a lot of attention (see my other blog post for more) which maybe highlighted a little bit more of why this game was going to be good. But you also have the LA Rams this season's Hardknocks. They were all but put together. You (LA Rams) make no conversions , one of the worst offensive plays I have seen in a long while. To the point that you question if the 49ers are going to be that good, or if the Rams were just that BAD. Looking forward to how week 2 levels out to truly understand and see the power of the Niners under Chip Kelly.
3. Steelers @ Washington
Saving the best for last, not specifically because the Steelers are my team (the one thing that I agree with Stephen A. Smith on), but moreso because I was there. So here we go, the game started slow. There was a moment that I was feeling a little bored. But then the Steelers hit their first TD and it was a different energy and game. At one point mind you the game was a one possession game but then you had a pick from Ryan Shazier (50) that opened up the game in a whole different way. Key players in this Steelers Offense- Obvi, Antonio Brown, DeAngelo Williams and then unexpectedly Jesse James filling the void of the now retired Heath Miller and new player Eli Rodgers who had a tremendous play that could have been a loss for the Steelers.
Side Assessment:
Listening to commentators on ESPN today the question was how did Antonio Brown get away with what he did in Monday Night's Game. Almost to the fault of Washington's Defensive Coordinator because of the $$$ that was put up to get Josh Norman notable Corner. Here's my thing, Breeland was quite possibly the second best coverage on Antonio Brown and he didn't do horribly. You had Ben and Antonio a great tandem duo who have played that risky coverage and show strength in being able to dominate the man to man. What I will say and at the credit of Stephen A. Smith, the outrage of the Washington team is actually not that they didn't have Norman on Brown but that they didn't have double coverage on Brown. Playing man to man is cool, but when you keep getting beat on your left side, which ended up being your weaker side, why are you NOT doubling the coverage. To the advantage of the Steelers they spread the wealth all over the place, you had a solid ground game with DeAngelo chipping away at the wholes for some decent yards and then you had the air game with long balls to Antonio Brown. These are going to be things that defenses are going to have to account for. And honestly watching this game live and from the view I had, I did not realize the skill that is DeAngelo Williams. He pauses before making a decision to run, he uses his front 7 to shield him and to block and then maximizes on that play. It's incredible to watch and something that I don't think we give him much credit for until you actually see it. There isn't hesitation that comes by these decisions it is purely him playing the field the way he needs to do bring in points for his team.
That's all she wrote folks, check back for week 2 predictions!
Well not bad for week one 11/16 games right?! Considering that some of these games were really close I am not at all disappointed in how I faired with my predictions. But let's now turn the pages to the recaps.
I am going to focus on three games because I think they are the most interesting.
1. Giants @ Dallas
If you didn't watch this game or hear about this game, man was it interesting. It was a game of new beginnings to say the least. Players or coaching staff on both sides were different from the last time these team matched up. Starting with the Giants head coaching staff and a Dallas offense starting both a rookie QB and Running Back duo in Prescott and Zeke Elliott (of The Ohio State University.. But the head scratcher wasn't how this game started or the back and forth on how the game continued. It was how the game ended that you were like, can the Cowboys be any worse! To potentially win the game, Dallas has an incredible late drive that you think is going to go in their favor setting them up for a field goal and the win off the foot of Dan Bailey (who would have given me 17 points in my Fantasy League if I hadn't benched him this week). It was all resting on Terrance Williams, who instead of seeing the sideline to stop the clock, only sees the end zone and ends what would have certainly been a dramatic finish to this game, in the other direction. Now I am not going to say that Williams misstep was the sole reason for the Dallas loss, but it was definitely a SMH moment.
2. 49ers vs LA Rams
The second MNF matchup was held by the newly moved LA (St. Louis) Rams and San Francisco. San Francisco has been catching a lot of attention (see my other blog post for more) which maybe highlighted a little bit more of why this game was going to be good. But you also have the LA Rams this season's Hardknocks. They were all but put together. You (LA Rams) make no conversions , one of the worst offensive plays I have seen in a long while. To the point that you question if the 49ers are going to be that good, or if the Rams were just that BAD. Looking forward to how week 2 levels out to truly understand and see the power of the Niners under Chip Kelly.
3. Steelers @ Washington
Saving the best for last, not specifically because the Steelers are my team (the one thing that I agree with Stephen A. Smith on), but moreso because I was there. So here we go, the game started slow. There was a moment that I was feeling a little bored. But then the Steelers hit their first TD and it was a different energy and game. At one point mind you the game was a one possession game but then you had a pick from Ryan Shazier (50) that opened up the game in a whole different way. Key players in this Steelers Offense- Obvi, Antonio Brown, DeAngelo Williams and then unexpectedly Jesse James filling the void of the now retired Heath Miller and new player Eli Rodgers who had a tremendous play that could have been a loss for the Steelers.
Side Assessment:
Listening to commentators on ESPN today the question was how did Antonio Brown get away with what he did in Monday Night's Game. Almost to the fault of Washington's Defensive Coordinator because of the $$$ that was put up to get Josh Norman notable Corner. Here's my thing, Breeland was quite possibly the second best coverage on Antonio Brown and he didn't do horribly. You had Ben and Antonio a great tandem duo who have played that risky coverage and show strength in being able to dominate the man to man. What I will say and at the credit of Stephen A. Smith, the outrage of the Washington team is actually not that they didn't have Norman on Brown but that they didn't have double coverage on Brown. Playing man to man is cool, but when you keep getting beat on your left side, which ended up being your weaker side, why are you NOT doubling the coverage. To the advantage of the Steelers they spread the wealth all over the place, you had a solid ground game with DeAngelo chipping away at the wholes for some decent yards and then you had the air game with long balls to Antonio Brown. These are going to be things that defenses are going to have to account for. And honestly watching this game live and from the view I had, I did not realize the skill that is DeAngelo Williams. He pauses before making a decision to run, he uses his front 7 to shield him and to block and then maximizes on that play. It's incredible to watch and something that I don't think we give him much credit for until you actually see it. There isn't hesitation that comes by these decisions it is purely him playing the field the way he needs to do bring in points for his team.
That's all she wrote folks, check back for week 2 predictions!
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