Oct 29 2006
Gameday
Set your clocks back? Good. Let’s talk some football.
More clashes between the AFC North and NFC South take place today, as Baltimore visits New Orleans and Atlanta travels to Cincinnati. I’ve already talked about how torn I am over these games, as the only thing that directly helps my teams is a Falcons loss. Besides, I did pick the Bengals to win the division, and I’d like to get more than the obvious picks (Indianapolis and Chicago) right this year…
The Steelers travel to Oakland to face the Raiders today in a late-afternoon game, and the overwhelming feeling among Pittsburgh fans and writers is that everyone just wants to get this game over with. The Raiders may not be winless anymore, thanks to a visit from a demoralized Arizona Cardinals team last week, but that doesn’t make them a good team. The Steelers are perfectly capable of winning this one, and they must win it, because if they don’t, they can kiss any hope of a playoff berth goodbye. Everything’s a must-win until they get back on top of the AFC North.
Finally, the Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys finish the day with a Sunday night game in Charlotte. Here’s my preview of that game. A Panthers win and a Falcons loss puts Carolina back in second place in the division going into its bye week. Both teams are coming off a loss and will be fighting hard for a W, so this should be a fun one to watch. I’m planning on liveblogging that one at the FanHouse tonight, and I’ll provide a link when it goes live.
Oh, and DeAngelo Williams and Thomas Davis are gametime decisions. The latter is more important, since John Fox and Dan Henning appear to have lost hope in their running game…
Of course, a Steelers-Raiders liveblog will be right here. I’m thinking of throwing caution to the wind in my choice of pubs today. Stop back here later as I prove that Stevie Wonder was right when he sang, “Superstition ain’t the way.”
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The Raiders seem to be capable as well. You don’t have to be a Raider fan to know that is the team everyone loves to hate, but they are a still an NFL team and on any given Sunday the defending champs can get served.