The NFL season has started but how do you know which games to watch and which to skip? Ask our favorite police duo with their good cop, bad cop precaps of all the Week 10 matchups in the National Football League this weekend. To see which games will be televised in your area, check out 506sports.com’s essential NFL maps. If you’re worried about watching too much football or if you’re negotiating for a little break during the weekend, read our weekly feature, Do Not Watch This Game.
Week 10
Sunday, November 9, at 1:00 p.m. ET
Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills
Good cop: This game is for the real football fans out there! The teams may not be glamorous but they’re both 5-3 and playing great football! I can’t wait to see it!
Bad cop: Not glamorous is an understatement for teams featuring Alex Smith and Kyle Orton as starting quarterbacks. Even the biggest football fans in the world wouldn’t know those guys if they bumped into them in the super market. Unless Orton had his famous neck beard. Neck beard.
Tennessee Titans at Baltimore Ravens
Good cop: The Baltimore Ravens are the best last place team in football! A win this weekend is going to start their run to the playoffs!
Bad cop: The Tennessee Titans are the WORST third place team in the NFL by far. Can you say blowout?
Dallas Cowboys vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (In London)
Good cop: Will Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo play with two broken bones in his back?!? What a tough guy! That’s a game I want to watch!
Bad cop: The Jaguars always play with at least two broken elements of their team. The Cowboys could beat them without ever even attempting a pass.
Miami Dolphins at Detroit Lions
Good cop: Without ever making headlines, these two teams are quietly among the best in the league! They have great defenses! Neither team gave up a point last weekend!
Bad cop: Sure… the Dolphins shut out the Chargers and the Lions… had a bye week. Cheap stat.
San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints
Good cop: Whoooo! This is an exciting game! Both teams have underachieved this year and both teams need to win this game! At 4-4, a loss here could end the playoff chances of either team!
Bad cop: You’re overselling that a little. A loss would be disastrous for the 49ers but the Saints are actually in first place of their division at 4-4, that’s how bad their division is. The Saints can afford a loss here.
Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets
Good cop: Ben Roethlisberger has thrown twelve touchdowns in the last two weeks!
Bad cop: The New York Jets have eight passing touchdowns this whole year. I keep mistakenly typing their name as the Jest and I think I should stick with it.
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Good cop: If 8-8 might win this division, the 1-7 Buccaneers still have life!
Bad cop: Amazingly, that’s what they’re thinking too. As evidenced by them switching back to unsuccessful veteran quarterback Josh McCown.
SUNDAY, November 9, AT 4:05 and 4:25 P.M. ET
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders
Good cop: These teams hate each other! The Raiders would love to continue the Broncos losing streak!
Bad cop: One loss creates a losing streak? The Broncos lost last weekend and now they’re mad. You think the Raiders are going to even score in this game? Bah.
New York Giants at Seattle Seahawks
Good cop: This is an unexpectedly important game for the standings! With the Cardinals running out to a two game lead over the Seahawks and the Eagles and Cowboys ahead of the Giants and looking strong, these two teams need to win to stay in the divisional race!
Bad cop: I have no idea what will happen in this game. But I can’t see it being exciting. These teams induce my afternoon football nap more than any other teams in the league.
St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals
Good cop: The Rams may be a losing football team but they love playing within their division! They are 2-1 against divisional opponents and they just beat the 49ers in a close game! Will they make it two in a row?!!?
Bad cop: Rams are sheep. Sheep need water. Arizona is a desert. No, the Rams won’t win.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, AT 8:30 P.M. ET
Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
Good cop: Old time football! Outside! Freezing cold! The forecast says it will be 34 degrees at kickoff!
Bad cop: So it will probably be 65° and sunny. Did you see Patriots quarterback and star curmudgeon, Bill Belichick go off on the weather forecasters this week?
MONDAY, November 10, AT 8:30 P.M. ET
Carolina Panthers at Philadelphia Eagles
Good cop: It’s a classic matchup of star quarterback versus offensive system! The Panthers have the quarterback, Cam Newton, but the Eagles have the system! Even with a new quarterback, Mark Sanchez, coming in, my bet is on the system!
Bad cop: You do know that the offenses don’t actually play against each other, right? There are so many other factors that go into winning a football game, something that, dare I mention it, the Panthers haven’t done since October 5.