VanFulpen's NFL Week 5 Winners

Jacksonville at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS – Jacksonville is coming off a huge win against the Colts and gets two in a row.

Winner: JAGUARS

Tampa Bay at Cincinnati 1:00 PM FOX – The Bengals won’t lose two in a row.

Winner: BENGALS

Atlanta at Cleveland 1:00 PM FOX – The Falcons are on a role winning close games at the end, but this game won’t be that close.

Winner: FALCONS

St. Louis at Detroit 1:00 PM FOX – The Rams got their first win of the season last year against the Lions, the Lions do the same this year.

Winner: Lions

Kansas City at Indianapolis 1:00 PM CBS – After this week there is no unbeaten teams as the Colts won’t lose two in a row.

Winner: COLTS

Green Bay at Washington 1:00 PM FOX - The Redskins are coming off a huge win against the Eagles and ride that with an upset over the Packers.

Winner: REDSKINS

Chicago at Carolina 1:00 PM FOX – Even without Jay Culter at quarterback the Bears are able to come in to Carolina and get a win.

Winner: BEARS

Denver at Baltimore 1:00 PM CBS - The Ravens are coming off a last second win against the Steelers and keep things rolling this week.

WINNER: RAVENS

NY Giants at Houston 1:00 PM FOX - The Giants defensive line look great against the Bears last Sunday night but don’t think it will have the same effect this week.

WINNER: TEXANS

New Orleans at Arizona 4:05 PM FOX - Arizona is starting Max Hall at quarterback an undrafted rookie free-agent, the Saints defense will get off the bus blitzing.

Winner: SAINTS

San Diego at Oakland 4:15 PM CBS – The Chargers are trying to get things turned around and it helps that they are going against the Raiders.

Winner: CHARGERS

Tennessee at Dallas 4:15 PM CBS – The Cowboys have to stop running back Chris Johnson if they can do that they get to 2-2 on the season.

Winner: COWBOYS

Philadelphia at San Francisco 8:20 PM NBC – The 49ers are trying to get their first win of the season and they don’t have to face Michael Vick.

Winner: 49ers

Minnesota at NY Jets 8:30 PM ESPN (Monday Night) – I beat you anything that Randy Moss has more catches this Monday Night then last, since he didn’t have any in his last game as a Patriot.

Winner: VIKINGS

Last week: 9- 5


Overall: 36- 26

Power Ranking Number 11: New England Patriots

Could the New England Patriots who have been a dominate team in the AFC for the past decade be the third best team in there own division the AFC East? Well yes it is possible and that is where I place them behind the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins, but they are still one of the better teams in the AFC and in the NFL. The offense and the team is lead by their quarterback Tom Brady who is one of the best in the NFL. Wide receiver Randy Moss is going into his final year of his contract with the Patriots and wants to prove to them and the rest of the NFL that he deserves a new long term deal. Wide receiver Wes Welker is coming off a major knee injury in the last regular season game last season and isn’t expect to be 100 percent until sometime later in the regular season.

On defense the Patriots over the years have move the veterans out and replaced them with younger players and we saw in the playoffs last season against the Baltimore Ravens that just didn’t workout. Nose tackle Vince Wilfork is still the anchor of the defensive line and one of the more veteran players on that team. Linebacker Jerod Mayo is one of the more talent players in the NFL and look for him to take his game to another level this season. Cornerback Devin McCourty was the teams first round pick and they are hoping that he can be the player in the secondary that Ty Law was for them years ago when they won their first Super Bowl.

The Patriots still have one of the best head coaches in the NFL in Bill Belichick and one of the best front offices that have been able to find good young players as well as veterans and mesh them together to produce a win team year after year.