Kansas City at Atlanta

Pick: Chiefs

Strictly a gut feeling…the battle of the rebuilders

Oakland at Buffalo

Pick: Buffalo

Solid up-and-comer vs. War of the Roses

Tampa Bay at Chicago

Pick: Chicago

Two evenly matched teams. So I’ll go with my Bears and home field advantage.

Houston at Tennessee

Pick: Tennessee

If Shaub thought he had I tough against Pittsburgh in Week 1, this could be worse.

Carolina at Minnesota

Pick: Minnesota

A good team with its back against the wall at home typically responds.

Miami at New England

Pick: New England

Cassel looks solid and the regular season unbeaten streak is alive at 20. In Miami, they are already calling for rookie QB Chad Henne to replace Pennington.

Cincinnati at NY Giants

Pick: Giants

Giants have too much confidence. Cincy has too many distractions.

Arizona at Washington

Pick: Arizona

Warner has yet to throw an interception, and arguably the NFL’s best receiver tandem emerging O-Line, solid D. The Cards will win the NFC West and possibly more. Washington will perform like a Richter scale all season.

Detroit at San Francisco

Pick: 49ers

Detroit is abysmal everywhere you look. If O’Sullivan can avoid the big mistake it shouldn’t be close. Just hand it to Gore.

St. Louis at Seattle

Pick: Seattle

Rams are scoring 8 pts a game and giving up 39…next

New Orleans at Denver

Pick: Denver

Denver is scoring 40 pts per game and the Saints are without a running game to slow things down.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia

Pick: Eagles

If Philly can medically survive the NFC East, they are my pick to go to the NFC Championship Game. Roethlisberger is gutting out a separated passing shoulder. The way Philly scores he will struggle to keep up.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis

Pick: Indy

The Colts might not be what they were, but the O Line should get a boost with the expected return of C Jeff Saturday. Jacksonville looks big and clunky on offense.

Cleveland at Baltimore

Pick: Cleveland

Cleveland is too good on offense to be playing this bad. Although Flacco played well enough in Week 1, I find it tough to rely on rookie QBs.

Dallas at Green Bay

Pick: Green Bay

So far Aaron Rodgers has passed every test. Packers are at home and Dallas seems ripe to be beat. Philly was in position to put them away last week. Dallas secondary looks to still have issues.

NY Jets at San Diego

Pick: Chargers

How do you go against Phillip Rivers right now (fellow NC State QB...that’s right baby!). Yes, the Charger defense has been absent, but even with Favre, the Jets are still average.