Saturday, November 27, 2004
Baltimore (+ 7) at New England: The Patriots are coming off a Monday night road game and Kyle Boller is starting to improve. PATRIOTS, 20-16
St. Louis (+ 6) at Green Bay (Monday night): The Rams lost at Miami and at Buffalo. Why should they win in Green Bay? PACKERS, 27-20
Philadelphia (- 7) at New York Giants: Eli Manning gave the Giants a lift last week. But the Eagles are by far the NFC's best team. EAGLES, 23-17
Miami (off) at San Francisco: Good thing it's off. Neither of these teams deserves to be a favorite. DOLPHINS, 25-22
New Orleans (+ 9.5) at Atlanta: The Saints are last in NFL in total defense, rushing defense, passing defense, yards allowed per play, and first downs allowed per game. FALCONS, 41-26
Jacksonville (+ 5.5) at Minnesota: Two wounded warriors, Byron Leftwich and Randy Moss, could return. JAGUARS, 20-19
San Diego (+ 3) at Kansas City: The Chargers have lost their last seven visits to Arrowhead. It has to stop sometime. CHARGERS, 37-35
Buffalo (+ 5) at Seattle: The Seahawks may lead the NFC West, but they're a huge disappointment. BILLS, 24-23
New York Jets (- 3) at Arizona: The Cardinals have won three straight at home and Quincy Carter is still the Jets' QB. CARDINALS, 10-7
Cleveland (+ 6) at Cincinnati: Does the spread represent what the public thinks of the improved Bengals or the declining Browns? BENGALS, 20-17
Oakland (+ 11) at Denver: Mike Shanahan loves to crush the Raiders. BRONCOS, 38-9
Washington (+ 11) at Pittsburgh: Misery, misery, misery for Joe Gibbs. STEELERS, 19-3
Tampa Bay (- 2.5) at Carolina: Nick Goings has had his one big game. BUCS, 17-6
Tennessee (- 1.5) at Houston: Give Steve McNair a slight edge over the conservative Texans. TITANS, 16-14
XLast week: 9-6-1 (spread), 13-3 (straight up). Season: 80-77-3 (spread), 105-55 (straight up)
Associated Press