The NFL season is almost here. The last week of preseason is being played and teams are getting ready to trim down their rosters. What great games will we have in week one? This is usually the week when novice football fans realize that preseason doesn’t matter. All the good teams return to form and the bad teams, which were dominating in preseason, begin their horrific trip through the regular season. Here’s a listing of games going down in week one in the NFL.

Thursday September 7

1. Miami Dolphins at the Pittsburgh Steelers

The Dolphins have been over hyped this off-season. Here’s a great test for this Miami club right out of the gate.

Sunday September 10

2. Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers

The battle for division supremacy begins right here.

3. New Orleans Saints at Cleveland Browns

4. Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions

The Seattle Seahawks get a fairly easy game to open the season. The Lions have a new offensive coordinator.

5. Philadelphia Eagles at Houston Texans

6. Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs

Will Carson Palmer be ready for action? This will be a hard fought game.

7. Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots

The rivalry gets going in week one. The Patriots have lost a great deal this off-season. Are the Bills ready to step it up this year?

8. Denver Broncos at St. Louis Rams

9. Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

10. New York Jets at Tennessee Titans

How long before we hear chants calling for Vince Young?

11. San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals

One of the worst games this week. The only reason to watch is to see the Cardinals news stadium and to see how Edgerrin James runs for Arizona.

12. Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers

Is this it for Brett Favre? Will the Bears find an offense?

13. Dallas Cowboys at Jacksonville Jaguars

Great opening game for two clubs looking to step it up this season. Will Owens actually play in this one?

14. Indianapolis Colts at New York Giants

Sunday night football starts out with a monstrous game. How will P. Manning do without James? Can either of the Manning brothers win a playoff game?

15. Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins

The Redskins are proving that offense is not their thing. The Vikings believe they have a shot at their division this season. This should be a good Monday night game.

16. San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders

You are now up to date on week one in the NFL. It’s going to be a great week.

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It’s week 11 in the NFL and the Chargers and Broncos are both 7-2 in the AFC West. This week the two titans go at it in Denver. At stake is first place in the AFC West and potentially the division title. These two teams will square off once more on December 10 in San Diego.

The San Diego Chargers have won three games in a row, including an impressive win at Cincinnati last week. The Bengals were up 21-0 at one point, but the Chargers kept plugging away. The game quickly turned into an offensive shootout. I guess the defenses went on a tea break. The Chargers won the game 49-41.

While the victory was a great one, I’m a little concerned about the Chargers defense. They gave up 41 points. They also gave up 24 and 25 points in previous weeks to the Rams and Brownsand 27 to the Chiefs. They are going to face a stingy defense in the Broncos and the Charges defense must step up.

The Broncos have won two straight and six of their last seven. The lone loss was a heartbreaker at home to the Colts34-31. While their defense has been stellar, their offense is leaving a bit to be desired. They escaped at Oakland last week with a 17-13 victorycome on.

This could be a must-win for each team. Both teams have a couple of tough games ahead. They both play each other again and the Chiefs. Both have a couple of each games too. However, they each have one tough game without a common opponent. The Broncos play at home against the Bengals. Meanwhile, the Chargers travel to Seattle to face a tough Seahawks team at Qwest Field.

Whoever wins this game will have a one game advantageand that’s going to be very significant. Both of these teams could finish with nearly identical results the rest of the way.

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While it’s still quite a few months before the NFL Draft, with the regular season winding down, it’s a good time as any to take a glance at the teams who are “competing’ for the league’s worst record and the right to draft the lone “can’t miss” college player, USC running back/receiver/kick return specialist Reggie Bush.

If you weren’t convinced of this kid’s potential at the beginning of the college football year, after watching him blow by defenses in 2004, after watching his last two games against Fresno State and UCLA, you have to be convinced now, right??

Current favorite: The Houston Texans

They’ll be a few changes here, especially in the coaching department, as Dom Capers and his staff will either be shown the door at the end of the season, or sooner. David Carr was supposed to develop into the franchise QB by now, but we really don’t know how good he is because of the lack of talent around him. The Texans management still believe he has potential, so they won’t be drafting his replacement in 2006.

Bush would give the team at least a watch-able player, something they don’t have at the moment. Not sure about you, but Domanick Davis doesn’t exactly get the juices flowing.

The San Francisco 49ers

This may be the best scenario for the the San Diego native, since the hometown Chargers won’t pick til late in the 1st round. Also, he and last year’s #1 pick Alex Smith were teammates at Helix High. near San Diego.

The 49ers were once a proud organization, and with a underrated coach like Mike Nolan at the helm, all he needs are a few difference-makers, which Bush definitely is. Interesting enough, the Niners face the Texans in week 17, possibly with the USC star as the prize for the loser.

I knew Direct TV offered Sunday Ticket for some reason.

New York Jets

With the team having so much uncertainty about thir current quarterback situation, namely the health of Chad Pennington, Matt Leinart may be the more helpful choice. The Jets still have Curtis Martin in the backfield, and he can still run despite his age by evidenced by his rushing title in 2004.

And with Eli Manning starring for the cross-town Giants, the Jets would also love to have a marquee signal-caller. But could they really pass on Bush??

Green Bay Packers

Brett Favre probably won’t allow the Pack to finish with the league’s worst record, especially with the Lions and Ravens remaining on the schedule. Who even knows yet if he’ll be back next year, as it’s pretty much assured that head coach Mike Sherman is a goner.

And the team certainly won’t draft another QB, since Aaron Rodgers is the future, I guess? If Favre returns for another year or two, he may never see the field.

The health of Ahman Green is also an issue, so Bush would be the perfect fit for GB. He’d also give Favre a dump-off guy, so hopefully he won’t continue to throw into coverage. But old habits are hard to break, especially 14 year old habits.

John Onan (ego74) is a sports writer and handicapper. He runs Ego Sports Consulting, where he offers winning sports picks for a very reasonable price.

His website is http://ego42420.tripod.com and he can be reached at nay7201@mail.com

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