Oddly enough, when one peruses the Sunday schedule for football this week, there's quite a few games that well...look like they would be super boring. It's either a pair of losing teams or a squad that should dominate the other and if it was any other year in the NFL, one would be correct in those assumptions. But this year has been anything but the norm and week after week has given us some close contests, instant classics or nail biting overtime and this week, will no doubt deliver more of the same. Will we see another undefeated fall? Will an underdog surprise another elite team and will another coach find himself fired after this weekend? Time will tell, and here are the games that have caught our eye for tomorrow. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT NEW YORK GIANTSJohn's Take The Patriots are one incredible team right now. No one can hang with them on offense or on defense, but they are about to face off against the one team that always has their number, the New York Football Giants. This is a team that has always managed to figure out the Patriots and defeat them at critical times and what more critical a time than in the midst of the Tom Brady revenge tour? Eli Manning doesn't fear the Pats defense and Tom Brady has often found himself frustrated by the Giants D since they figure out how to shut #12 down on a regular basis. This should simply be one fantastic game and there is a good chance it could be the end of New England's winning streak. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT DENVER BRONCOSJohn's Take Well if this doesn't have the formula for an incredible game on paper, I don't know what does. On one hand you have the Chiefs, who have lost seven in a row to the Broncos, on the outside looking in playoff wise and knowing that the Broncos are vulnerable right now. On the other hand you have Denver, coming off of an embarrassing loss in part to the undisciplined play of the defense and you know this is a team looking to set the wrongs right again with a big time win, which can mean only one thing...both teams will be coming out swinging and you really can't ask for more when it comes to an AFC West matchup. The only X factor here is the health of Peyton Manning who is battling a foot injury and a rib injury, if he can play through those and do what he has done the last couple of weeks, Denver wins...it not, it's anyone's game. CAROLINA PANTHERS AT TENNESSEE TITANSJohn's Take The elite teams are being challenged and while the Panthers on paper look like they should roll over the Titans after handily beating the Packers, that simply may not be the case. Tennessee put on an impressive showing against the Saints last week by pulling out the win under new head coach Mike Mularky, and you know they are looking to turn that streak into more wins and show the league they're not a joke and what better way to do that...than by going after an undefeated. The Panthers have to give the Titans the same intensity they have all season and find a way to contain Marcus Mariota otherwise there is a chance this game will get out of hand and another undefeated will fall. MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT OAKLAND RAIDERSJohn's Take
As it turns out, when the Raiders play a worthy adversary, the results are pretty fantastic. While they may have lost to the Steelers in overtime last week, they hung with Pittsburgh the whole way and it made for one of the best games of Week 9 and now...they get a chance to entertain again when they host the Vikings tomorrow and the game might actually top their last one. The Vikings are a tough team, and as we learned last week, it doesn't matter who is at quarterback, they will fight for every yard and do whatever it takes to win, something the Raiders are doing as well this year and that means we should be in for another incredible back and forth game.
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