This week, a number of teams are teaching their players about batting a ball in the end zone after Monday night’s Lions @ Seahawks game. Expect refs to actually call the penalty if it ever happens again this year.

After losing to the Jets in London, the Miami Dolphins sacked Joe Philbin and installed Dan Campbell, their tight ends coach, as interim head coach.

Winless

We still have a team with no wins, the Detroit Lions, after losing in Seattle to the Seahawks in a gut wrenching loss that could have gone the other direction if the ‘batting the ball‘ call was made by a ref after Calvin Johnson fumbled the ball on the way to the end zone. The ball was batted out of the end zone by K. J. Wright. I predict the Lions lose a few more games before they come out of their current tailspin.

Lossless

The following teams are still dominating:

The Patriots (3-0) had a bye so they couldn’t lose!
The Bengals (4-0) still looking strong, but they face a resurging Seahawks (2-2) team this week in Cincinnati.
The Broncos (4-0) still overpowers with their defense.
The Packers (4-0) are the most complete team so far. They face the Rams (2-2) in Green Bay, so they should be able to keep their streak alive!
The Panthers (4-0) are looking good, but they have the Falcons (4-0) breathing down their neck. A bye week will ensure that they are still 4-0!
The Falcons (4-0) are blasting opponents with a high powered offense and a hard hitting defense. Just ask the Texans (1-3).

Single Win Teams Could Still Save Their Season

11 teams are struggling with only one win. Since only 4 games have been played, this is not necessarily a death blow for these teams. We still have a lot of football left to play.

Micheal’s Week 5 Predictions

Tonight
Colts (2-2) will travel to Houston and lose to the Texans (1-3) with Matt Hasselbeck at the helm as Andrew Luck looks on with a sore shoulder.

Sunday

The Falcons (4-0) host the Redskins (2-2) and defeat them handily.
In a division game, the Browns (1-3) travel to Baltimore and lose to the Ravens (1-3)
The Seahawks (2-2) travel to Cincinnati to lose to the Bengals (4-0). Expect a few turnover by the Bengals, but their offense is too much for the Seahawks.
The Packers (4-0) host the Rams (2-2) and serve them with a loss. The Packers will have a little trouble with the Rams defense, but Aaron Rodgers will still put up a lot of points.
The Bears (1-3) lose to the Chiefs (1-3) in a closer game than it should have been.
The Saints (1-3) will give the Eagles (1-3) a tough game, but will lose.
The Jaguars (1-3) break their 11 game road game losing streak and extend their 4 game win streak over the Buccaneers (1-3) who also extend their 11 game home losing streak. Lovie Smith will have 2 weeks to figure out how to turn the Bucs around.
The Bills (2-2) will have a slugfest with the Titans (1-2) in Tennessee. The defense will win this game for the Bills.
The Cardinals (3-1) will win over the Lions (0-4) in Detroit. Expect a lot of turnovers.
The Patriots (3-0) travel to Dallas to crush the Cowboys (2-2) to avenge Tom Brady and his wife from the smack talk of Greg Hardy. “Gronk spike ball (many times)!”
Broncos (4-0) will win over the Raiders (2-2), but expect the game to be closer than you would expect.
The 49ers (1-3) fly to New Jersey for a night game against the Giants (2-2). The Giants should be able to win this game.

Monday Night

The Steelers (2-2) will not be able to overcome the passing attack of the Chargers (2-2) and Philip Rivers.

Last Week Results

I didn’t do as well as I expected. 9-6 is not real bad. The Jaguars could have won if they had made the field goal as the last seconds ticked off the clock. Instead, the Colts won the game in overtime.

Let me know how you did – leave me a comment!

The League’s Lawsuit Has Been Dropped

The NFL, after finally seeing the photographs that were submitted as evidence against Greg Hardy in his domestic abuse trial, dropped its lawsuit against the Mecklenburg District Attorney’s office. The lawsuit was aimed to give the league access to the photographs so that they could determine a penalty for Greg Hardy. Now that the photos were made available to the NFL, the suit has been dropped.

Some of you may be familiar with this story by now. Greg Hardy is the defensive end for the Cowboys. Earlier, Greg Hardy was assumed to be guilty in a domestic violence case. This was a case that stemmed all the way back from last September. Well, it now seems the charges have been dropped. Why? What happened?

In part, some of it had to do with some pictures that were taken. There were photographs collected in the case, seven to be exact. These photographs were not able to be seen until now. These pictures were also considered to be pivotal in the case. Until last week, Greg Hardy’s lawyer and the rest of the team couldn’t even view the pictures. After the pictures were entered into the case, the charges didn’t hold any water. The other part that didn’t hold water was the testimony from the girl herself. What happened?

Last September Hardy’s ex-girlfriend had filed charges of sexual assault and battery. At that point she was pressing charges. There was even a formal consent put out to Greg. According to the ex, he violated her in many ways. She filed the charges. She was also asked to appear in court. She had to appear to make her case. If she was going to bring accusations like this, the judge had to be sure she was being honest.

Sexual assault, especially in the NFL is a big deal. You have to be 100% sure that what you are saying is true. These types of charges will damage a player’s life for good. When it came time for the case to come up in court, she was no where to be found. They looked all over for her and even called her a few times. There was no reply at all.

She didn’t even show up in court to present her side. After this like dog and pony show, the court decided to ditch all charges. Hardy can now go back to playing and try to put this all behind him.

I find this rather interesting. If you are sure that a guy has assaulted you, wouldn’t you want to prove your case? Sounds to me this was just another effort to get some money from Hardy. Things didn’t work out between them and she got pissed. Just another case of a “woman scorned.”

Greg Hardy

2015 Week 5 Predictions