Sunday Games

Miami Dolphins @ Baltimore Ravens

The Dolphins are 4-0 lifetime against the Ravens
The Ravens have lost four of their last five games
The Ravens have only scored 17 points in their last two games
The Dolphins are 3-2 in their last five games
Last week, the Dolphins defeated the Browns 10-7. It was the first time all season that the Dolphins held a team under 10 points
The Dolphins are first in the NFL in passing yards allowed with only 178.2 PY/game on the season
The Ravens only allow 208.1 passing yards per game and the Dolphins offense averages 208.5 passing yards per game
The Ravens are only throwing for 161.1 passing yards per game. That is the lowest average per game in the entire NFL
QB A.J. Feeley has thrown 3 touchdown passes against only 1 interception in the last three games
The Dolphins are only averaging 82.8 rushing yards per game this season and the Ravens only give up 105.6 rushing yards per game
The Dolphins give up 140.8 rushing yards per game which is 3^rd worst in the NFL while the Ravens offense averages 124.9 rushing yards per game
The Ravens leading receiver only has 421 receiving yards (Travis Taylor)
The Ravens need a lot of help to make the playoffs…
The Ravens can clinch playoff berth:
1) Win and Bills loss and Broncos loss and Jaguars loss or tie.

Pittsburgh Steelers @ Buffalo Bills

The Steelers are 11-9 lifetime against the Steelers
The Steelers have now won 13 straight games
The Steelers have given up 16 points or less in seven of the last eight games
QB Ben Roethlisberger is extremely unlikely to play this weekend meaning former starting QB Tommy Maddox would get the nod
Roethlisberger completed 66.4% of his throws this season
RB Jerome Bettis has 13 rushing touchdowns this season which is a personal best
WR Hines Ward needs 7 more receiving yards to reach the 1,000 yard mark
Rookie sensation Lee Evans is up to 780 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns
The Bills have won eight of their last nine games
The Bills have six straight double-digit wins
RB Willis McGahee is up to 1,049 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on the season
The Bills once sluggish offense has scored at least 33 points in six consecutive games
The Bills only allow 96.5 rushing yards per game while the Steelers average 153.8 rushing yards per game
The Steelers only allow 80.2 rushing yards per game while the Bills average 118.5 rushing yards per game
QB Drew Bledsoe only has two 200+ passing efforts in the last nine weeks
WR Lee Evans has been the leading receiver in three of the last four weeks
Steelers may be resting players in this game including Jerome Bettis and Plaxico Burress
The Bills can clinch playoff berth with:
1) Bills win and Jets loss
OR
2) Bills win and Broncos loss or tie
OR
3) Bills tie and Broncos loss.

New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers

The Panthers are 10-9 lifetime against the Saints
In the last six games, WR Muhsin Muhammad has more receptions and yardage than any other receiver in the NFL
The Panthers have scored 20 or more points in eight consecutive games
The Panthers defeated the Saints 32-21 in New Orleans earlier this season
RB Nick Goings has rushed for 100 yards in five of the last six games
WR Muhammad has set career highs in both yardage and touchdowns this season (1,310 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns)
Prior to this season, Muhammad had scored 13 touchdowns in the last 56 games
The Saints have won their last three games to back into the playoff hunt
RB Deuce McAllister needs 66 more rushing yards to reach the 1,000 yard mark
WR Joe Horn has had another great season with 1,324 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns
The Saints have only allowed 43 points in the last three games after failing to hold an opponent under 20 points in any of the first twelve games this season
The Saints can clinch playoff berth with:
1) Saints win and Rams loss next week.
OR
2) Saints win and Seahawks win or tie and Vikings win or tie.
The Panthers can clinch playoff berth with:
1) Panthers win and Vikings loss
OR
2) Panthers win and Seahawks win or tie
OR
3) Panthers win or tie and Rams loss or tie.

Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears

The Packers are 77-84-6 against the Bears throughout the two teams’ long history
The Packers are 7-2 over the last nine games
The Packers have given up 28 points or more in three of the last four games
The Bears have only scored 21 total points over the last three games
The Bears are only averaging 14.5 points per game on the season. That is the worst performance in the NFL
The Packers have clinched the # 3 seed in the NFC playoffs
RB Ahman Green has been playing with fractured ribs throughout the past four weeks
QB Brett Favre only needs 108 more passing yards to reach the 4,000-yard mark for the 4^th time in his career.
Favre has had 13 straight seasons with more than 3,200 passing yards
Favre needs two more passing touchdowns to hit 30 for the third time in the last four seasons
The Packers have two receivers with 1,000+ yards receiving and double-digits in touchdowns (Javon Walker and Donald Driver)

Cleveland Browns @ Houston Texans

The Texans will reach .500 for the first time in franchise history with a season-ending win against the porous Browns
The Texans won their last two games (both on the road) by a combined scored of 45 to 5
RB Domanick Davis is up to 13 touchdowns on the season to go along with 1,077 rushing yards and 64 receptions
The Browns have lost their last nine games and have only scored fourteen total points in the last three weeks
The Texans have given up 10 points or less four times on the season
Neither team has anything but pride to play for in terms of playoff hopes

San Francisco 49ers @ New England Patriots

The 49ers are 7-2 lifetime against the Patriots
The Patriots have clinched a first round bye in the playoffs
The Patriots haven’t lost at home since the 2002 season (sixteen straight home wins)
The 49ers have two wins in their last fifteen road games
The 49ers have only won twice this season, both against the Cardinals
The 49ers are only averaging 16.8 points per game on the year while the Patriots average 27.7

Cincinnati Bengals @ Philadelphia Eagles

The Bengals are 6-3 lifetime against the Eagles
The Bengals need one more win to reach the .500 mark on the season
The Bengals have given up 22 points or more in five straight weeks
The Eagles have clinched homefield advantage throughout the playoffs and may rest a lot of starters
The Eagles have only scored 36 points over the last three weeks
The Eagles have only given up 70 points over the last six weeks
The Eagles are leading the NFL in points allowed (only 14.8 per game)
The Bengals are giving up 24.1 points per game

New York Jets @ St. Louis

The Jets are only 2-8 lifetime against the Rams
The Rams are 5-2 at home this season
The Rams haven’t scored over 20 points in a game since week ten
The Jets are 4-3 on the road this season
The Jets are only 5-5 in the last ten games
The Jets are only giving up 15.3 points per game on the season
The Rams are giving up 24.2 points per game on the season
The Rams are only averaging 19.1 points per game on the year
The Jets can clinch playoff berth with:
1) Jets win or tie
OR
2) Bills loss or tie
OR
3) Broncos loss or tie.
The Rams can clinch division with:
1) St. Louis win over Jets next week and Seahawks loss.
The Rams can clinch playoff berth with:
1) St. Louis win over Jets next week and Vikings loss
OR
2) St. Louis win over Jets next week and Saints/Panthers game ends in tie.

Detroit Lions @ Tennessee Titans

The Lions are 3-5 lifetime against the Titans franchise
Both teams have been eliminated from the playoff hunt
The Lions are 2-2 in the past four games and have allowed 16 points or less in three of those games
Rookie RB Kevin Jones is up to 1,061 rushing yards on the season
Jones has rushed for at least 79 yards in seven consecutive games
With six wins this season, the Lions have their most wins since the 9-7 season back in 2000
The Titans have lost five straight games and given up a terrible 208 points in those five games
The Titans haven’t had this poor of a season since 1994 when they went 2-14
The Titans are giving up 28.0 points per game on the season

Minnesota Vikings @ Washington Redskins

The Vikings are 7-9 lifetime against the Redskins
The Vikings can clinch playoff berth with:
1) Vikings win or tie
OR
2) Panthers loss or tie
OR
3) Rams loss or tie next week.
The Vikings are only 3-6 in their last nine games
The Vikings are giving up 24.9 points per game on the season while the Redskins surrendering only 16.5 points per game
The Redskins only score 14.6 points per game while the Vikings score 25.8 points per game
The Vikings are only 15^th in the NFL in rushing this season which is underachieving considering the talent on offense
QB Daunte Culpepper has set career highs in the following categories in 2004…
- Passing yardage: 4,418 yards
- Completion percentage: 69.8%
- Touchdown passes: 37
- Touchdown to interception ratio: 3.4 TD / interception
- YPA: 8.8
- Completions: 352
WR Nate Burleson enjoyed a great season with the injuries to Randy Moss. He is up to 957 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns
The Redskins will be without RB Clinton Portis, LB LaVar Arrington and CB Ade Jimoh for the season finale against the Vikings. Also, CB Fred Smoot is unlikely to play after spending Sunday night in a Dallas hospital with a mild kidney bruise
The Vikings have scored 82 combined points over the last three weeks but lost two of those games
The Redskins have given up 17 points or less in five straight games

Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Arizona Cardinals

The Buccaneers are 7-7 lifetime against the Cardinals
The Buccaneers have lost three straight games and four of the last five
The once strong Buccaneers defense has given up 89 points in the last three games
QB Brian Griese has completed 69.3% of his passes on the season but has thrown interceptions in seven straight games
If the Buccaneers lose this final game of the season, they will have 11 losses for the first time since 1993
The Cardinals are only 1-5 in their last six games
The Cardinals have scored 80 points in the last three games thanks to Josh McCown throwing for 842 yards and 5 touchdowns
The Cardinals are in the top half of the NFL in points allowed with only 21.0 points per game

Atlanta Falcons @ Seattle Seahawks

The Falcons are 2-6 lifetime against the Seahawks
The Falcons have clinched their division and a first round bye
The Seahawks have clinched a playoff berth
- Seattle can clinch division title with:
1) Seahawks win or tie
OR
2) Rams loss or tie next week.
Falcons are expected to use their starters in the final game of the season, including Vick, Duckett and Crumpler
The Falcons have lost their last two road games but are 4-3 on the season
The Seahawks clinched a playoff berth last week by defeating the Cardinals
RB Shaun Alexander has set career highs in rushing yardage (1,616) and touchdowns (19) this year
The Seahawks have given up 162 points in the last five games (2-3 in that stretch)
The Falcons have given up 21 points or more in four of the last five games
"I believe in momentum going into the playoffs," the sixth-year Seattle coach said Monday. That means Holmgren will do everything he can to beat the Falcons in Seattle's regular season finale. At stake for the Seahawks is a home playoff game Jan. 8 or Jan. 9 against Minnesota, Carolina or New Orleans. QB M.Hasselbeck said he definitely would play against the Falcons.
QB Michael Vick only threw 13 touchdown passes on the season

Indianapolis Colts @ Denver Broncos

The Colts are 4-10 lifetime against the Broncos
The Colts have clinched the AFC South
The Broncos can clinch playoff berth with:
1) Broncos win
OR
2) Broncos tie and Bills loss or tie
OR
3) Bills loss and Jaguars loss or tie and Ravens loss or tie.
QB Peyton Manning has 49 touchdowns on the season. He needs to pass for 449 yards and 1 touchdown this weekend to become the first 5,000 passing yards / 50 passing touchdown player in NFL history
Manning’s passer rating this season is a ridiculously high 121.4. In 1994, QB Steve Young set an NFL record with a passer rating of 112.8
RB Edgerrin James has 2,033 total yards this year
The Colts have won eight straight games
The Colts haven’t scored less than 20 points all season and are averaging 33.9 points per game
The Colts are giving up a respectable 21.2 points per game, ranking them 16^th overall
The Broncos give up only 19.3 points per game and score 23.2 points per game
The Broncos are 5-2 at home on the season
The Broncos are only 4-5 in the last nine games
QB Jake Plummer needs 147 passing yards to reach the 4,000 yard mark for the first time in his career
Tony Dungy was clear about his objective this weekend. "We're going out there to win," said Dungy. "We'd like to go (into the playoffs) with a 9-game winning streak. There are a lot of things we want to do in terms of keeping momentum and continuing to be sharp." Dungy didn't say how much his starters would play, but it is apparent that the game won't be a two-series shakedown for the starters.
The Colts have three players with 1,000 receiving yards and 10+ touchdown receptions (Harrison, Wayne and Stokley). It is the first time in NFL history that has happened
The tight end position for the Colts has also caught 11 touchdowns this year
The Broncos have two receivers over the 1,000 yard mark in Rod Smith and Ashley Lelie

Jacksonville Jaguars @ Oakland Raiders

These two teams have only faced off twice with both teams winning once
The Jaguars stinker last week against the Texans was a crushing blow to their playoff aspirations. Now this week they must defeat the Raiders and have both the Bills and the Broncos lose
The Jaguars are only 2-4 in their last six games
The Jaguars have failed to score over 17 points in a game nine times this season
RB Fred Taylor is expected to play against the Raiders after missing his first start in the last 47 games last week
The Raiders have scored 70 points in the last two games
The Raiders are 3-4 in the last seven games
QB Kerry Collins needs two touchdown passes in the final game of the season to set a career high of 23
In the last six games, Collins has thrown 16 touchdown passes against only 5 interceptions after starting the season with only 5 touchdowns and 12 interceptions
WR Jerry Porter has caught 8 touchdown passes in the last five weeks
Porter needs only 37 more receiving yards to reach the 1,000 yard mark
The Raiders have given up 30+ points in four straight games and 20+ points in thirteen straight games
RB Fred Taylor has 1,569 total yards on the season but only 3 touchdowns

Kansas City Chiefs @ San Diego Chargers

The Chiefs are 47-41-1 lifetime against the Chargers
The Chiefs have won their last four games and scored 159 points in that stretch
The Chiefs are giving up 27.4 points per game and scoring 31.1
The Chargers have clinched the AFC West
The Chiefs lost to the Chargers 34-31 earlier this season in Kansas City
QB Trent Green has thrown for a career high of 4,218 yards and needs one more touchdown pass to set a personal-best mark of 27 on a season
TE Tony Gonzalez is already up to 1,114 receiving yards on the season. He needs 90 yards this weekend to set a personal best
RB Larry Johnson has scored multiple-touchdowns in four straight games
TE Antonio Gates caught his 13^th touchdown pass last week, which is an NFL record for his position
Gates needs only 37 more receiving yards to hit the 1,000 yard mark
The Chargers have scored 20+ points in eight consecutive weeks
QB Drew Brees has completed 65.5% of his throws with 27 touchdown passes and only 7 interceptions
RB LaDainian Tomlinson set an NFL record last week with a touchdown run in his 12^th consecutive game
Tomlinson has 18 touchdowns on the season
The Chargers are 4-1 against divisional foes on the season while the Chiefs are 3-2 (with three straight wins)
The Chiefs have 30 rushing touchdowns on the season
WR Eddie Kennison has quietly had a strong season. He has 1,013 receiving yards and leads the team with 8 touchdown receptions

Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants

The Cowboys are 50-32-2 lifetime against the Giants
The Cowboys lost 26 to 10 to the Giants earlier this season
The Cowboys have only scored 33 points in the last three games but have three wins over the last five weeks
QB Eli Manning has thrown for 382 yards and a pair of scores in the last two games
The Giants have lost eight straight football games after starting the season 5-2
The Giants have surrendered 151 points in the last five games
WR Keyshawn Johnson needs only 37 yards to reach the 1,000 yard mark and TE Jason Whitten needs 97 more yards
What a terrible season for WR Amani Toomer. He has caught only 51 passes for 747 and hasn’t scored a single touchdown
TE Jeremy Shockey has six of the team’s nine touchdown receptions
Giants’ receivers caught only one touchdown pass all season (Tim Carter back in week two)
RB Tiki Barber needs 77 more rushing yards to reach the 1,500-yard mark. He has already set a career high in rushing yardage