Sunday, September 20, 2009

More quick picks

With extra overtime,time is short,so tomorrow will feature coverage of the Ohio State blanking of Toledo along with the Browns and Seahawks games.

The Browns travel to Denver,where they never win against the Broncos.
But Denver looked to be quite ordinary on offense against the Bengals last week,so Cleveland has a chance here,which is more than I could say on many past visits.
The key to this game is this matchup-Brandon Marshall and Eddie Royal being covered by Eric Wright and Brandon McDonald.
Denver threw with impunity against McDonald last season and the Denver wideouts against the Cleveland corners could tell the tale.
Kyle Orton's arm isn't Jay Cutler's and the Browns could take advantage of that and lessen the chance of getting beat deep.
On offense,the key is effective running by Jamal Lewis,better use on screen passes with the returning Jerome Harrison and go deep once in a while,so the Broncos don't start cheating up with their secondary like the Vikings did.
This is a winnable game for Cleveland,but considering its in Denver....

Seattle travels to San Francisco for the lead spot in the NFC West.
Leroy Hill is out for Seattle and that hurts the linebackers in controlling Frank Gore.
Seattle also needs to play the short passing game that Niner QB Shaun Hill prefers.
On offense,Seattle hopes to continue the nice mix in the offense,but look for Nate Burleson to get deep at least once in the game.

Our Predictions
Broncos 16 Browns 13
Seahawks 27 49ers 20

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