Battle For Los Angeles and Other NFL Thoughts

Maybe they couldn't use that because of the book and movie, but I like the sound of that better than Fight for LA.

The Rams are stacked. You could say without too much argument that they field the best d-line, best pair of corners (before they got hurt), and the best running back in the league. They had the highest scoring offense in the league last year and then added wide receiver Branden Cooks in the off season. The worse you can say about them is that they lost their FG kicker to injury in Week 2.

I honestly don't know why more sportscasters aren't predicting them to win the Super Bowl. Maybe in an era of controversial broadcasting it's just to obvious. I mean, does anyone have a legitimate argument for why they shouldn't win it all?

No surprise that the Chargers lost 23-35. When I looked at the schedule before the season began I figured there would a good possibility that the Chargers would be 1-2 at this point. I was hoping they could beat the Chiefs and be 2-1, but Patrick Mahomes put an end to that. Figured the Bills was a win and they lose to the Rams.

Over the next 9 games (10 weeks) the Chargers face a series of games where I feel they should win. Divisional games are always tougher and they play the Raiders twice and Broncos in that stretch so I'm thinking they lose one of those (although they should win all three). The toughest game of the 9 game stretch is at Pittsburgh December 2nd. 7-2 should be doable, if not 8-1. That should mean a record of 8-4 or 9-3 with the last 4-games facing a tough stretch against Cincinnati, at KC, Baltimore, at Denver.

Other NFL thoughts...

Baker Mayfield has an arm! His throws are on a line and accurate. You have to wonder why it took the Browns coaching staff so long to let him play. Everyone talking about Mahomes' arm and how far he can fling it, but Mayfield's throws are lasers!  With Josh Gordon in New England and Mayfield under center, Jarvis Landry is going to payoff for those who drafted him in fantasy. I picked the Jets to win this game, which was looking pretty good until Mayfield came into the game.

What in the world happened to the Vikings?! The Bills were the worse team in the AFC and maybe the NFL (Arizona may have a legit case for being the worse). So how can a Super Bowl contender not only lose to Buffalo, but almost get shut out 27-6. Viks scored on a meaningless TD in the 4th and for some reason went for two. Oh sure three TDs and 2-pt. conversions plus a field goal would have tied it...

I think this time the fall of the Patriots is for real. The Lions had given up 78 points in the first two games (Jets, 49ers), but the Pats only managed 10. That's two games in-a-row that they haven't even been competitive. Their only win so far is against the 0-3 Texans.

Fitz-Magic may have lost, but he still threw for 411 yards and 3 TDs. The difference this week...3 ints.