VanFulpen's NFL Week 7 Winners

Cincinnati at Atlanta 1:00 PM CBS – WINNER: FALCONS


Washington at Chicago 1:00 PM FOX – WINNER: BEARS

St. Louis at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM FOX – WINNER: BUCS

San Francisco at Carolina 1:00 PM FOX – WINNER: 49ERS

Buffalo at Baltimore 1:00 PM CBS – WINNER: RAVENS

Philadelphia at Tennessee 1:00 PM FOX – WINNER: TITANS

Jacksonville at Kansas City 1:00 PM CBS – WINNER: CHIEFS

Pittsburgh at Miami 1:00 PM CBS – WINNER: DOLPHINS

Cleveland at New Orleans 1:00 PM CBS – WINNER: SAINTS

Arizona at Seattle 4:05 PM FOX – WINNER: SEAHAWKS

New England at San Diego 4:15 PM CBS – WINNER: CHARGERS

Oakland at Denver 4:15 PM CBS – WINNER: BRONCOS

Minnesota at Green Bay 8:20 PM NBC – WINNER: VIKINGS

NY Giants at Dallas 8:30 PM ESPN (Monday Night) –WINNER: COWBOYS

Last Week - 9-5

This Season – 52-38

If the NFL Playoffs started today

We have a long season to go but if the NFL Playoffs started today these would be the teams and how they would be seeded.

NFC
1. Atlanta Falcons
2. Chicago Bears
3. Washington Redskins
4. Arizona Cardinals
5. Tampa Bay Bucs
6. New York Giants

AFC
1. Baltimore Ravens
2. New York Jets
3. Kansas City Chiefs
4. Pittsburgh Steelers
5. New England Patriots
6. Houston Texans

VanFulpen's NFL Week 4 Winners

San Francisco at Atlanta 1:00 PM FOX – The 49ers need this win and the Falcons are coming off a huge win against the Saints.


WINNER: FALCONS


Cincinnati at Cleveland 1:00 PM CBS – The Bengals should be able to get their offense going this week.


WINNER: BENGALS


NY Jets at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS – The Bills will fight hard like they did last week against the Patriots but it most like won’t be enough.


WINNER: JETS


Seattle at St. Louis 1:00 PM FOX – The Rams won their first game of the season last week and the Seahawks had a huge win against the Chargers as well.


WINNER: SEAHAWKS


Denver at Tennessee 1:00 PM CBS – Chris Johnson and Vince Young got back on track last week and hope to keep it going.


WINNER: TITANS


Detroit at Green Bay 1:00 PM FOX – The Packers lost on Monday Night to the Bears and should take that out on the Lions.


WINNER: PACKERS


Baltimore at Pittsburgh 1:00 PM CBS – This game should be a hard hitting game as neither team likes each other.


WINNER: RAVENS


Carolina at New Orleans 1:00 PM FOX – The Saints are coming off a loss and are out to prove that they are still the team to beat.


WINNER: SAINTS


Indianapolis at Jacksonville 4:05 PM CBS – The Jaguars are in a tough spot this week and the Colts keep rolling.


WINNER: COLTS


Houston at Oakland 4:05 PM CBS – The Texans played great the first two weeks of the season, and then slipped up last week against the Cowboys.


WINNER: TEXANS


Washington at Philadelphia 4:15 PM FOX – In a huge game as Donovan McNabb return to Philadelphia to face off against the Eagles and Michael Vick.


Arizona at San Diego 4:15 PM FOX – The Chargers are too good of a football team to start the season 1-3 aren’t they?


WINNER: CHARGERS


Chicago at NY Giants 8:20 PM NBC – The Bears go into New York on a role and try to push their record to 4-0.


WINNER: GIANTS


New England at Miami 8:30 PM ESPN (Monday Night) – Both teams have lost their only game of the season to the Jets.


WINNER: DOLPHINS


Last week: 7-9


Overall: 27-21

Power Ranking Number 19: Washington Redskins

Quarterback Donovan McNabb has gone from the face of the franchise of the Philadelphia Eagles to the face of the Washington Redskins, he will make the Redskins a better team but get them to the playoffs that is a stretch. He still is one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL, but doesn’t have a ton of weapons around him to help him out. Running Back Clinton Portis and wide receiver Santana Moss have been the Redskins offensive stars for the past few years and McNabb and the Redskins are hoping that they still have some magic left in them. To help out Portis and the running game, the Redskins brought in Larry Johnson and Willie Parker, both who have seen better days as featured running backs, but the team is hoping that they still have some gas left in the tank. The wide receiving core has some young players in Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly, but both haven’t lived up to where they where drafted but the Redskins are hoping the McNabb can help their development. Tight end Chris Cooley is still the Redskins best receiver when it comes to catching the football and look for McNabb to use him often in the season.

The saga between the Redskins and defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth has been well documented, he will be a Redskin when training camp opens up and they hope he can be the dominating player that he has been in the past. Outside linebacker Brian Orakpo was the Redskins best rusher last season and had 11 sacks and they expect him to even be more productive this season going into his second year in the league. Linebacker London Fletcher is still a very productive player who doesn’t get the resignation that he deserves.

By getting McNabb the Redskins have done two things, one it has made them a better team and two it has weakened the Philadelphia Eagles. Right now it doesn’t make them a playoff team, but they are heading in that direction.

Coaches on the Hot Seat

Here are seven head coaches that are on the hot seat already six weeks into the NFL season.

1. Washington Redskins, Jim Zorn – Zorn has been on the hot seat since Week 1 of this season and most likely will have to make the playoffs to save his job. This week he has already lost his offensive play calling role to Sherman Lewis who was just brought in by the Redskins as a consultant and now is the offensive coordinator.

2. Oakland Raiders, Tom Cable – Cable has the Raiders 2-4, but the team has look horrible on offense and with his off the field issue where Randy Hanson reportedly told police that he punched him and broke his jaw. If he doesn’t show improvement on offense and win at least 5 games this season you could see Al Davis make another coaching move.

3. Buffalo Bills, Dick Jauron – Jauron like Cable has the Bills at 2-4 and his offense has also been bad, they fired their offensive coordinator before the season but that hasn’t improved the situation. The Bills might not fire Jauron because of the economics with the Bills and owner Ralph Wilson.

4. Tennessee Titans, Jeff Fisher – Fisher is the longest tenured head coach in the NFL, but with the Titans coming off a 13-3 season and starting the season 0-6, it doesn’t sit well with owner Bud Adams. Adams is thinking Fisher time might have run it course and it could be time to go in another direction.

5. Cleveland Browns, Eric Mangini – Mangini is in his first year in Cleveland, but things aren’t looking good for him. The team hasn’t performed and many players have complained about Mangini and the way he runs a team. Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar has joined the team as a consultant, and will help evaluated Mangini performance.

6. Carolina Panthers, John Fox – Fox has guided the Panthers to two straight wins, but will need to keep the wins coming, because it is public knowledge that former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher has a home in Charlotte, NC and would like to get back in to coaching that the Panthers seem to be a perfect fit for him.

7. Dallas Cowboys, Wade Phillips – Phillips will need to get the Cowboys into the playoffs or owner Jerry Jones will fire him and bring in a big name head coach like Mike Shanahan, Bill Cowher, or Mike Holmgren to guide the Cowboys in the 2010 season.