NFL today's predictions 08/22 and more

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Titans + 3
Texans + 4
Broncos - 2 ½

The 3rd meeting is always essential in NFL pre-season games, as teams get to play their quarterbacks into the third quarter, much different than the past two, where they gave almost everybody on the roster a chance to show what they have accomplished in order to win a place at the starting line-up.

So let’s check on what can happen tonight on 3 interesting games:

Even though the Falcons are playing at home, I think the Titans offense is stronger for this game, with guys like Justin McCareins and Justin Gage firing up Atlanta’s plays with their young talent, while Matt Ryan will be leading Tennessee’s defense along with Stephen Tulloch.

While on Texas, the two NFL teams of the state will renew their rivalry tonight in order to find out who is most prepared to face the coming 08/09 NFL regular season, and I think the Cowboys are better, but the Texans have won their two previous pre-season matches and seem ready to repeat as they won to the Cowboys on the same meeting just one year ago, I’ll give it to the Texans this time around.

Now, for me the most interesting game of this date is Broncos / Packers, with odds favoring Denver, who has won one of their previous two NFL pre-season games and Green Bay having lost their previous two. I also think the Broncos have the most chances of winning this match as Denver is always forcing them selves to win pre-season games while testing new plays in order to arrive fully prepared to the regular season, and the Packers are now playing without Brett Favre who got traded to the Jets, so they will have to rely more on their defense for now, while the team gets used to Aaron Rodgers to play as full-time starter.