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With this being one of the better matchups for a primetime game, the Green Bay Packers will face the Tennessee Titans on Thursday night football and hope to keep their season alive with another win. Coming off a great overtime win over the Dallas Cowboys the Packers will look to continue their win streak over the Derrick Henry led Titans, as the Titans look to continue their win streak. Let’s go through each of my X factors for each team to win this game.

First, for the Green Bay Packers their biggest X Factor to win this game is definitely the run game and stopping Derrick Henry who is weekend and week out the best running back in football, if the Packers stop Henry and win the time of possession they have a good shot to win it and with rookie wide receiver Christian Watson emerging as the Packers number one receiver, which gives Green Bay another dimension for their office.

For the Titans, the biggest X Factor to win this game is forcing Aaron Rodgers into turnovers, and running with Derrick Henry to set up play action, with the Titans defense forcing turnovers in the last few weeks they should look to take the ball away on defense. With Derrick Henry being a top running back in his league, they should look to keep the ball out of Aaron Rodgers hands and force the Packers defense on the field for most of the game, leaving them gassed and missing tackles.

Overall, I believe the Packers will win this game but it will be a close one. I have the Packers winning. 21-17.

Starting with the NFC East which is widely considered the best division in football as of right now, let’s go through each team and discuss how good they actually are. 

So with the division leader Philadelphia eagles, they are widely considered to be the top NFC team and one of the best rosters in the NFL as of right now. The New York Giants who are 7-2 and have proven to be a good not great team week end and week out I do believe this team has had a couple things go their way in these games which have led to wins but nonetheless they are a good team. 

The Dallas Cowboys who are 6-3 are also considered to be one of the top NFC teams and are Super Bowl contenders, they have the best defense in the NFL as of right now and if they’re offense could be a touch better Dallas could be a team to watch out for. Finally the 5-5 Washington commanders who just defeated the Eagles on Monday night football in week 10, they are a good not great team like the Giants, and have an unproven quarterback who looks to be limited but otherwise have a decent roster all around.

Next we have the AFC East which is going to come down to the wire as of who’s going to win that division and potentially get a bye in the playoffs. As of right now, the Miami Dolphins have the best record in the division at 7-3 the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets are a close 6-3 and the 4-5 New England Patriots are just behind those three teams. The Miami Dolphins have one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL today with super star receivers and big name defensive players. 

The Buffalo Bills have arguably a top two quarterback in the league in Josh Allen alongside a great pass rush and also an explosive offense. The New York Jets who are one of the more surprising teams in the league this year, have been mostly a defensive story, with a good not great offense led by quarterback Zach Wilson who looks to be struggling thus far in his second year. And lastly the New England Patriots who are also a defensive lead team coached by Bill Belichick who weekend and week out can beat any team but don’t have the big names on their roster like the other AFC East teams in their division.

As the Philadelphia Eagles look to keep their undefeated record alive. They will be playing in a NFC east divisional matchup. The 4-5 Washington commanders look to keep their playoff hopes alive, as the Eagles are arguably the hottest team in the NFL right now and Jalen hurts having a MVP caliber season thus far, this could be a sneaky close game for the Eagles if the commanders can limit the turnovers and force the Eagles into third and longs and bad field position. Let’s go through each half of this game in my thoughts overall.

The Eagles dominated the first quarter with Jalen Hurts playing well and looking poised in the pocket. The Commanders dominated the first half with a 20-14 league going into halftime. This Commanders team really forced turnovers and forced Jalen hurts into some bad mistakes, the Commanders really took out star receiver AJ Brown who up until this game has had a great year. Even with the backup quarterback in, Taylor Heinicke and Commanders still looked strong and came out swinging in the first half.

The second half was more of the Commanders as they forced the Philadelphia eagles into multiple fumbles and won the turnover battle 4 to 1. With such a lopsided possession game Washington ran the ball in the second half and played keep away with Philadelphia. As Philadelphia has done to basically every team they played thus far into the year.

Overall I did think this was a trap game for the Eagles, but credit to the Commanders as they kept their playoff hopes alive with a dominating 32 to 21 win. Eagles fall to 8-1 as the Commanders advance to 5-5 on the year.

Week 10 in the NFL was nothing short of spectacular, some underdogs won and some teams are still on fire. Let’s go through my three biggest takeaways from Sunday’s games and why they should or shouldn’t be worried about their season.

Game of the year? Minnesota upsets Bills in OT

With possibly the game of the year between the Buffalo Bills and the Minnesota Vikings, the Vikings pulled out the win in overtime as Minnesota’s defense picked off Bills quarterback Josh Allen to solidify the game. With both quarterbacks struggling Sunday afternoon Vikings superstar receiver Justin Jefferson had possibly the catch of the year late in the fourth quarter on 4th and 18. With Josh Allen having the reputation of a rollercoaster player he definitely showed that today throwing two crucial picks in the red zone to Vikings corner Patrick Peterson. This is such a big loss for Buffalo as the Bills fall to 6-3 and third in the AFC East, but the Bills have already lost to the Jets and Dolphins this year already.    

Justin Fields best QB in the NFC North?

    Is Bears quarterback Justin Fields the best QB in the NFC North? I believe so, with Fields having back to back weeks with over 140 rushing yards and 2 plus passing touchdowns. Even though the Bears did lose to the Detroit Lions at home, Justin did outplay Lions QB Jared Goff and overall has played better than the other NFC North quarterbacks these last few weeks. If the Bears can put a better team around Justin in these next couple years, Chicago could be a scary team.

Bad Dallas defense or good Packers offense?

Was today about a good Packers offense or a bad Dallas defense? This was a good Packers offense…well at least for today it was. With Dallas’s defense being one of the best in the league, this Dallas D really gave up a lot of points to a struggling Green Bay offense who look to have found their stride, especially with rookie wide receiver Christian Watson who had multiple touchdowns on the day and really looked to grow a relationship with Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Today is the best day for a NFL fan, as every Sunday is considered NFL day during the football season. Let’s look at each game in time order being played on Sunday, predict the scores and outcomes. 

    Seattle Seahawks vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers 

    When: 9:30 AM ET

    Score: 21-20 Seattle wins

    Buffalo Bills vs Minnesota Vikings

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 24-21 Buffalo wins

    Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 28-24 Bears win

    Kansas City Chiefs vs Jacksonville Jaguars 

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 27-21 Chiefs win

    Miami Dolphins vs Cleveland Browns

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 28-20 Dolphins win

    New York Giants vs Houston Texans

When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 24-21 Giants win

    New Orleans Saints at Pittsburgh Steelers 

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 20-17 Pittsburgh wins

    Denver Broncos at Tennessee Titans

    When: 1:00 PM ET

    Score: 24-21 Titans win

    Las Vegas Raiders vs Indianapolis Colts

    When: 4:05 PM ET

    Score: 27-20 Raiders win

Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers

When: 4:25 PM ET

    Score: 21-17 Dallas wins

Los Angeles Rams vs Arizona Cardinals

When: 4:25 PM ET

    Score: 20-17 Arizona wins

San Francisco 49ers vs Los Angeles Chargers

When: 8:20 PM ET

Score: 28-24 49ers win

As predicted the Thursday night primetime game on Amazon,between the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers was expected to be a good one as both teams are battling it out to be in the race for the division crown. I predicted both teams should utilize the play action pass and sprinkle in the run game. Let’s take a look at each half of this game and my overall thoughts.

The first half of this game was rather slow as the Falcons offense  was sputtering in the first and second quarter as the run game was completely bottled up and the pass game was just not there. For the Panthers they had a bit more luck in the run game, but both teams still couldn’t put many points on the board until late in the second quarter when the Panthers scored. 

The Panthers completely out who played the Falcons in the second half as Carolina set up the run game really well, with starting running back D’onta Foreman this Panthers offense completely ran through him as he racked up 31 carries for 130 yards and a touchdown. The Falcons on the other hand didn’t do anything in the run game as the leading rusher was quarterback Marcus Mariota with 43 yards, Mariota didn’t play well but on paper his stats didn’t look bad. 

Overall, the Panthers won 25-15 and this was a great win for the Panthers as they are now 3-7, as the Falcons drop to 4-6 on the year, with the NFC South Struggling this is truly anybody’s division to win in even though the Panthers have a subpar record, they still have a fighting chance in the weak NFC conference.

Heading into week 10 of the NFL season the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons will tip off on Thursday night and likely be another great primetime game. The last time these two met in week 8 they had an epic showdown as the Falcons barely squeaked out the win in overtime with the game winning field goal.

The Carolina Panthers have been one of the most disappointing teams, this season with firing head coach Matt Rhule, trading superstar running back Christian Mccaffrey and having a quarterback carousel throughout the year this Panthers team looks to build for their future, the Falcons have been one of the more surprising teams this year as they have been in close games pretty much every week and have upset some teams and other weeks.

The biggest X Factor for the Panthers to win this game is setting up a running game and passing the ball downfield via play action with Falcons corner AJ Terrell being out for this game, this panthers offense should really look to throw the ball and take advantage of a weak Falcons secondary.

The biggest X Factor for the Falcons is running the ball as multiple defensive lineman are out for the Panthers and the Falcons having the third best running game in the league which is rather surprising, but the Falcons should also look to use play action with the Falcons great playmakers in tight end Kyle Pitts and rookie receiver Drake London, Marcus Mariota has also been one of the more surprising quarterbacks this year as he has clearly had a great comeback season.

Overall I predict this to be a very close game, but I do have the Falcons winning 24-21.

As we head into week 10 of the NFL season, let’s go through my top picks for the NFL awards thus far in the season. Between the most surprising players to the overachievers this NFL season has been like no other, even though we’re only halfway through let’s go over my top picks for each of the NFL awards.

Most valuable player- Patrick Mahomes

With Patrick Mahomes being the most consistent player week to week and what he’s doing without Tyreek Hill definitely has to put Mahomes at the top of my list.

Defensive player of the year- Micah Parsons

Micah Parsons may not be the leader in any of the statistical categories, but what he’s doing with that Dallas Cowboys defense is absolutely phenomenal and something we haven’t seen in a long time.

Offensive player of the year- Tyreek Hill

With Tyreek Hill on pace to break multiple records and doing it without his former teammate Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill has really been one of the most valuable players in the NFL this season.

Offensive rookie of the year- Kenneth Walker lll

With Kenneth Walker exploding onto the scene in the last month he has to be in consideration in my top pick for offensive rookie of the year.

Defensive rookie of the year- Sauce Gardener

Many consider rookie corner Sauce Gardener to be a top five defensive back in the NFL already as a rookie, and last week he showed that against the Buffalo Bills, with what Gardner is doing with this Jets defense is something spectacular, even as a rookie.

Coach of the year- Pete Carol

What Pete Carroll has done with the Seattle Seahawks team this season is something we haven’t seen in a long, long time, without star quarterback Russell Wilson, Pete Carroll has given this organization and team juice that they didn’t look like they had this off-season.

Most disappointing team of the year- Indianapolis Colts 

With the Indianapolis Colts having a bright future ahead of them this season with newly acquired quarterback Matt Ryan, and great pieces all around the team, this Colts team had massive upside and potential but has overall struggled throughout the whole organization.

Most surprising team of the year- Seattle Seahawks 

The Seattle Seahawks are currently leading the charge in the NFC West, no one predicted this Seahawks team to be nearly as good as they are, many predicted the Seattle team to be one of the worst teams in the NFL and currently they are looking like they are going to make the playoffs and potentially have a Home playoff game.

Comeback player of the year- Geno Smith

With what Geno Smith is doing this year is unbelievable as he has completely changed his career trajectory, Geno has been a career back up for many years now and what he’s doing in Seattle this year is unheard of.

As we wrap up week 9 in the NFL season. The Baltimore Ravens will be taking on the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans on Monday night football, with the ravens making a key addition to the defense in Roquan smith at the trade deadline, last week they looked to integrate Smith into their defense and with a struggling New Orleans offense the Saints will look to capitalize on a struggling Baltimore defense. Let’s take a look at each half of this game and break it down on how each team played.

As we go through the first half the Ravens thus far have looked like the better team by a wide margin as Lamar Jackson set up a nice touchdown pass to rookie tight end Isaiah Likely, and Baltimore‘s rushing offense once again looks great, even without starting running back JK Dobbins. The Saints on the other hand look anemic on both sides of the ball as they can’t seem to get any sort of running game going and can’t stop the ravens run heavy offense. Even though the ravens struggle to throw the ball in this first half they’ve done a nice job spreading it around to all of their playmakers.

In the second half it was all about the Ravens run game as back up running back Kenyan Drake played really well throughout the game scoring two touchdowns and rushing for over 90 yards, Lamar Jackson also did a great job on the ground with over 80 yards. The Ravens didn’t do a great job passing the ball without their top to pass catchers in Rashad Bateman who is out for the year and Mark Andrews who’s out for this game, it’s quite impressive that the leading receiver on the ravens had 24 receiving yards and Baltimore still won by double digits.

The Saints red zone offense looked atrocious with Alvin Kamara getting a lack of touches, It really makes you wonder why New Orleans didn’t give Kamara the ball more for some reason, Kamara only got nine rushing attempts and gathered 30 yards on the ground, even though Saints quarterback Andy Dalton struggled at times New Orleans coaching really need to make some adjustments last night. Baltimore won 27-13.

Week 9 in the NFL was nothing short of spectacular, some underdogs won and some teams are still on fire. Let’s go through my three biggest takeaways from Sunday’s games and why they should or shouldn’t be worried about their season.

    Jets upset the Bills

    The New York Jets upset the Buffalo Bills who are considered to be the best team in the NFL, the Bills who were heavy betting favorites coming into this game lost 17-20 with Bills quarterback Josh Allen playing poorly with two interceptions and just sloppy play all around. The New York Jets and their fans have to feel ecstatic about this win against Buffalo and their chances to make the playoffs this year. This Jets team is a rangy and tough team, particularly on defense as the Jets are quickly becoming one of the best defenses in the league.  

    Minnesota 7-1???

    Are the 7-1 Minnesota Vikings underrated or overrated? I believe this Vikings team isn’t as good as their record makes them look, with this Vikings team barely pulling out a win against the Washington Commanders. The Vikings came from behind to win 20-17 against Washington and with Kurt Cousins playing a middle of the pack game this Vikings team has so much more potential if they had a better quarterback at the helm. 

    NFC offensive struggles

With some of the best NFC teams in 2021 in the Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, these three teams are all under .500 and their chances of making the playoffs are looking slimmer week by week and that’s particularly by the struggles on offense with these three teams. For the Bucs and Rams case their offensive lines are really struggling between injuries or losses in the offseason, for Green Bay’s case their offense looks anemic with the play of quarterback Aaron Rodgers with below average and rookie receivers, Rodgers hasn’t looked close to his former back to back MVP self, with the Packers and Rodgers having three interceptions against the Detroit Lions that really cost them the game and fall to 3-6 on the year.