Saturday, September 18, 2004
Indianapolis (+ 11/2) at Tennessee: The quarterbacks could cancel each other out. COLTS, 22-21
Minnesota (+ 31/2) at Philadelphia: The Vikings are better indoors than out. EAGLES, 27-20
Pittsburgh (+ 4) at Baltimore: The Ravens won't be embarrassed at home. RAVENS, 19-6
New England (- 8) at Arizona: The perfect place for a letdown -- the Cardinals were competitive at home last season and Pat Tillman ceremonies will have them fired up. Bill Belichick doesn't allow letdowns and devours young QBs. PATRIOTS 24-13
Carolina (+ 6) at Kansas City: The Panthers are without Steve Smith and the defense looked ordinary against Ahman Green and the Packers. Priest Holmes romps? CHIEFS, 27-16
St. Louis (+ 21/2) at Atlanta: The Rams needed a little luck to beat the Cardinals. The luck runs out. FALCONS, 27-24
Washington (- 3) at N.Y. Giants: Tom Coughlin's silly fines have the Giants angry. They take it out on the Redskins. GIANTS, 19-17
Denver (- 3) at Jacksonville: Jake Plummer will only throw with his right arm this week. BRONCOS, 27-20
Chicago (+ 81/2) at Green Bay: Rivalry game and Packers on a short week. PACKERS, 23-17
Cleveland (+ 4) at Dallas: Jeff Garcia will carve up the Dallas defense if it plays as it did last week. Tuna won't let it. COWBOYS, 20-14
N.Y. Jets (- 3) at San Diego: Chad Pennington will carve up the San Diego defense and Marty Schottenheimer won't be able to do anything about it. JETS, 32-24
Miami (+ 41/2) at Cincinnati: The Dolphins had to play early to avoid Hurricane Ivan last week and they're supposed to get the remnants in Cincinnati Sunday. It's just not their year. BENGALS, 26-16
San Francisco (+ 7) at New Orleans: Speaking of Ivan ... he forced the Saints to practice in San Antonio. SAINTS, 17-7
Seattle (- 3) at Tampa Bay: The Seahawks flew to New Orleans and on now to Tampa. Air miles, jet lag and .... SEAHAWKS, 20-9
Houston (+ 3) at Detroit: The Lions haven't started 2-0 since 2000. LIONS, 24-19
Buffalo (+ 31/2) at Oakland: Into the black hole. RAIDERS, 15-14
XLAST WEEK: 9-7 (Spread), 12-4 (straight up)
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