Will the Bengals get back on track in Tampa?  Does San Francisco stand a chance vs. the Chargers at home?  Find out in our 2006 NFL Week 6 preview article.  Don’t forget to look at the latest lines at Sportsbook.com

·  Bengals (-5.5) at Buccaneers

Carson Palmer and the Bengals are coming off a bye week, so they should be well rested.  With the Buccaneers defense floundering right now Palmer will look to get his offense back on track after a slow start to the season.  The Bucs enter their second week with new QB Bruce Gradkowski who played well in his debut. Cincinnati and their ball-hawking pass defense will look to disrupt the rookie QB to force mistakes.  They already have 7 interceptions in 4 games.  The Bucs should have success running the ball as the Bengals biggest flaw is run defense giving up 144 yards per game.  Tampa Bay's defense has allowed 91 points through 4 games so Palmer should be able to lead the offense to success.  The Bucs are terrible against the run so Rudi Johnson should have a field day in this match-up.  Bottom line is the Bengals have started slow and are bound to come around on offense right about now against a team that is playing terrible.  Look for the Bengals to cover with ease on the road

PICK:  Bengals

·  Dolphins (+2) at Jets

You know things are bad when Joey Harrington is under center.  The only bright spot is he is facing a team in the Jets that are not good against the pass.  They give up yards and points in bulk and haven't been able to shut down anyone to date.  That goes for their rush defense as well so look for Ronnie Brown to enjoy a good day.  The Jets average 148.6 rushing yards allowed per game.  Chad Pennington looks to regain his early season form but things might not come easy.  The Dolphins have been good in limiting opposing QB’s with the exception of TD’s allowed.  With the revolving door of RB’s the Jets have used this year, one might think that things just are not going well.  Their newest feature RB Leon Washington enjoyed success against a tough Jaguars defense last week.  However, things don’t get easier as he faces another tough run defense.  After all of this, it seems that the Dolphins are primed for and upset.  We just don’t see it because the Dolphins even with decent statistics have been down right bad.  Also, when Joey Harrington is the QB and he is on the road things will go bad.

PICK:  Jets

·  Chargers (-10) at 49ers

Philip Rivers showed what the hype was all about last week when he unleashed against the Steelers in a 23-13 victory.  Things can only improve this week as Rivers and company go up against their cross state rival.  San Francisco is dead last in the NFL with 146 total points allowed so far and rank 25th against the pass.  Oh and if that doesn’t work they have some guy named LaDainian Tomlinson.  He goes up against a group who gave up 154 yards rushing to Oakland last week.  You know you’re bad when you make Oakland look good.  The Chargers have allowed 36 points through 4 games, and have 16 sacks to date so look for them to put pressure on Alex Smith.  The 49ers might want to rely on RB Frank Gore to carry the load but that will prove difficult, as the Chargers have given up only 1 rushing TD to date.  San Diego is #1 vs. the rush and #1 vs. the pass entering week 6.  This game is a must bet, the Chargers will cover –10 and maybe twice that.

PICK:  Chargers

·  Chiefs (+6.5) at Steelers

Pittsburgh looks to snap a three-game losing streak when it hosts the Chiefs.  Ben Roethlisberger has been really bad since his return, throwing seven interceptions and no touchdowns.  He will find it difficult to get back on track facing a pass defense that is currently 4th in the NFL averaging 147.8 passing yards allowed per game, and until last week they had not allowed a passing TD.  When it comes to running the ball the Steelers will find it tough as well since the Chiefs defense will key in on Willie Parker to try to force Roetlisberber to throw.  Damon Huard is on a roll filling in for the injured Trent Green.  He should continue to see success against a Steelers secondary that has been suspect so far.  The lone bright spot for the Steelers this season has been the run defense as they have only allowed 2 rushing scores to date.  The Chiefs have been mediocre this season, but the defending Superbowl Champion Steelers have been almost bad so there is no way they should be –6.5 point favorites even at home.

PICK:  Chiefs

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