NFL Top 10 and Week 5 Picks

1 - NY Giants 4-0 (Last week 1)
The Giants ease to another workman like road victory against the Chiefs. A solid day for Eli with 292 yards and 3 TD passes.

2 - New Orleans 4-0 (Last week 3)
A two touchdown home win against the Jets where the defense held Mark Sanchez to 138 yards through the air. A bye next week leading up to the big game in two weeks when they host the Giants.

3 - Indianapolis 4-0 (Last week 5)
Peyton continues to dominate with 353 yards in the air in a very easy road victory against the Seahawks. So far they haven't missed a beat with the retirement of Dungy.

4 - Minnesota 4-0 (Last week 6)
The Vikings march on and Brett comes through with the win against his former team the Packers. Some concerns on defense where they gave up 384 yards through the air.

5 - New England 3-1 (Last week 7)
Patriots are rounding into form with a solid home win against the Ravens. Next week we get a reality check as they travel to Denver to play the surprising and undefeated Broncos.

6 - NY Jets 3-1 (Last week 2)
A loss at the Saints shouldn’t knock you down too much, but the offense was shut down on all fronts. Next week is important since a team led by a rookie QB needs to bounce back quickly.

7 - Baltimore 3-1 (Last week 4)
Ravens did not look all that bad on the road against in New England. The Patriots managed to control the game with ball control offense giving them a 10 minute edge in possession.

8 - Denver 4-0 (Last week unrated)
The Broncos finally crack the top 10 with a home win against the Cowboys. I’m not showing much respect for them yet, but next week’s game against the Patriots could change that, or knock them back out of the top 10.

9 - San Francisco 3-1 (Last week 10)
Frank Gore is still out with the ankle injury and Hill was held to 152 yards in the air. A problem? Nope. The Niners still cruise to a 35-0 win over the sad sack Rams at home.

10 - Chicago 3-1 (Last week 9)
We’ll drop them one spot due to a lack luster first half where they gave up three touchdowns to the Lions. They recovered nicely in the second half to win by 24.

Top Picks Week 5 (Last week 0-3, Season 6-6)

Ouch. A painful shutout last week dropping us back to .500 for the season.

New England minus 3 at Denver. Well I’m still not buying into Denver being a solid team. I’ll take the Patriots and give up 3 points on the road.

Houston plus 5 ½ at Arizona. I see both these teams as about even so I’m going to take 5 ½ points and go with the Texans on a short road trip.

NY Jets minus 1 ½ at Miami. Miami looked good against the Bills but this is an important in division bounce back game for the Jets so I’ll give up the 1 ½ points.