Week 7 Recap

A big card that gave back a game-- that's the story of Week 7.  The Seattle bounce back didn't happen; despite Wilson racking up yards and yards and yards, they couldn't get it together to beat Austin Davis's Rams.  Statistically, the Seahwaks play should have been good, but the scoreboard is what matters.

I also made an over-reach on the 49ers' D.  They've been overachieving to date with so many missing players, and this was clearly the week that those major losses on the defensive side of the ball caught up to them.  Manning picked them apart and sent the total over.

The Giants were a huge let down-- after cashing (handily) the Jets pick and the Saints pick (a game with a close score but the +3 really never in doubt in the second half), seeing the Giants fritter away the chance to be competitive in a big divisional road game (for the second time in two weeks) was disappointed.  Like many people, when Romo threw that early pick, I felt like the Cowboys were finally going to be the Cowboys.  But hand it to Dallas-- they rallied and beat the backdoor cover in the 4th quarter.

I'm not sure what to make of the Colts-- the shutout against Cincinnati was a surprise.  Sure, the Bengals were without Green, but still... The Colts aren't exactly a defensive squad that pitches a lot of shut outs.  I think this had to do more with "The Bungles" than the Colts.  With the Texans loss at Pittsburgh on Monday Night Football, the Colts are comfortably in control of the division.  It makes me wonder if we will see another weird Indy meltdown (like the St. Louis blowout at home last year), and certainly prompts a lot of questions about Cincinnati.

The appearance of Colt McCoy in the Washington game was surprising-- we are only a few weeks from the Cousins-over-Griffin discussions, and here he gets benched and McCoy lobs a TD on his first play.  I'll be very interested to see what happens this week with McCoy.

Kansas City is one of the quieter, better teams despite their .500 record.  After the strong start last year, the faltering down the stretch, and the debacle in the playoffs, Andy Reid's team still doesn't get much press or trust from the media.  The win over the Chargers was a huge divisional win for them. Their resume isn't bad-- wins over New England and San Diego are good, and a minor blowout of the Dolphins on the road doesn't hurt.  Aside from the inexplicable Week 1 loss to the Titans, the other two losses have been at San Francisco and at Denver-- both relatively close games.  They've been underdogs in their last five games and have gone 4-1 ATS and 3-2 SU (and the one loss ATS was a half point loser at SF).

Arizona is the (perhaps not so) surprising leader in the NFC West.  With Seattle and San Francisco faltering, the Cardinals have been solid, even through multiple QB injuries and a fairly unproductive stretch from Larry Fitzgerald.  Hand it Bruce Arians, who might be a candidate for coach of the year again if their success continues.

NFL 2014 Week 7: 2-3
NFL 2014 Season Total: 10-12