Two of the bigger looking games this weekend in the NFL features the Kansas City Chiefs (3-3) facing the Tennessee Titans (4-2) in Nashville while the Cincinnati Bengals (4-2) will play at Baltimore against the Ravens (5-1) in a huge AFC North tilt.
The Ravens squashed the Los Angeles Chargers last week in Baltimore, 34-6 while the Bengals did the same in Detroit, beating the winless Lions, 34-11. The Ravens defense has been stepping up in recent weeks and they will face a hot quarterback in the Bengals' Joe Burrow, who has passed for 1,540 yard with 14 touchdowns and seven interceptions so far this season. The Ravens continue to run the football, even with their top two running backs gone for the entire season. Quarterback Lamar Jackson leads the team with 392 rushing yards as has also passed for 1,686 yards with nine touchdowns and five interceptions.
Both teams have registered 14 QB sacks and the Bengals defense has intercepted five passes, including four by linebacker Logan Wilson. The Ravens have four picks so far this year and have allowed 82 yards per game rushing through six games. The Bengals allow an average of 90 yards rushing per game. The task at hand for the Ravens will be slowing down Joe Mixon, who has 480 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
The Tennessee Titans are coming off a huge win against the Buffalo Bills last Monday night and now they face another formidable offense in the Chiefs, led by QB Patrick Mahomes. The Titans and Chiefs know each other well, so there are no secrets for game planning this Sunday.
Mahomes has been struggling with turnovers through the first six games, having thrown eight interceptions while trying to make plays rather than taking a sack. He has thrown 18 TD passes already and has thrown for 1,887 yards. Mahomes' main targets are Tyreek Hill (46 receptions for 592 yards and five TD) and tight end Travis Kelce, who has 38 receptions for 468 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, the Kansas City running game has averaged 125 yards per game. The Titans defense is average against against the pass (224 YPG allowed) while the run defense has been good, allowing 94 yards per game.
When the Titans have the football, running back Derrick Henry is the man who will do the bulk of the work, having already rushed for 783 yards (4.8 ypc average) and he has ten rushing touchdowns. The upside for Tennessee this week is the Chiefs struggle against the run on defense, allowing 137 yards per game. Titans QB Ryan Tannehill has thrown for six touchdowns (four interceptions) and has 1,467 passing yards.
The rest of the action in the NFL is broken down in the capsule style format and then the Heftyinfo predictions for all 13 games follow up.
Washington (2-4) at Green Bay (5-1) - Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are on a roll. Washington has been a disappointment so far this season.
Atlanta (2-3) at Miami (1-5) - Can the Dolphins get things righted at home against the Falcons? Possibly, but they haven't shown much this season to believe that will happen here. Toss up.
N.Y. Jets (1-4) at New England (2-4) - Patriots have owned the Jets for many years now and that should continue in this game.
Carolina (3-3) at N.Y. Giants (1-5) - The Giants are due to play a better game after two consecutive blowout defeats. The Panthers have lost three straight games. Something has to give.
Philadelphia (2-4) at Las Vegas (4-2) - Can the Raiders continue the upward momentum following all the recent drama?
Detroit (0-6) at L.A. Rams (5-1) - Rams roll !
Houston (1-5) at Arizona (6-0) - Cardinals roll !
Chicago (3-3) at Tampa Bay (5-1) - Buccaneers roll !
Indianapolis (2-4) at San Francisco (2-3) - The Sunday night game between two teams that haven't quite found their stride yet.
New Orleans (3-2) at Seattle (2-4) - The Seahawks pattern this season has been win, lose, lose - win, lose, lose while the Saints pattern has been win, loss, win, loss, win . . . see a pattern here?
The Heftyinfo picks for Week Seven . . . . . . . . (Home teams are listed in bold; Lock of the Week is listed in BOLD CAPS)
Cleveland over Denver
Green Bay over Washington
Kansas City over Tennessee
Miami over Atlanta
New England over N.Y. Jets
N.Y. Giants over Carolina
Baltimore over Cincinnati
Las Vegas over Philadelphia
L.A. Rams over Detroit
ARIZONA over Houston
Tampa Bay over Chicago
San Francisco over Indianapolis
Seattle over New Orleans
Last Week's Record - 10-4
SEASON RECORD - 61-33
Lock of the Week Record - 6-0
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