NFL

Okay everyone in the world is going to pick the Dallas Cowboys to win over the Cincinnati Bengals.  The Cowboys have looked like the best team in the NFL the first three games of the season; until they looked human against the Washington Redskins this past Sunday.  The Cincinnati Bengals are winless, and they might not have Carson Palmer as their starting quarterback due to injury.  Yet, for some strange reason, this game is getting a lot of energy.  For one reason or the other, it seems like this game could be the upset special of the weekend in the NFL.  Or it could be the biggest blow out of the weekend.  Doesn’t seem like there is a lot of gray area for this game.  I don’t think to many gamblers will be putting money on this game.

Cedric Benson who was cut by the Chicago Bears and was the Bears number one draft pick in 2005 –  was recently picked up by the Bengals to play against the Cowboys in his home state where he was a star at the University of Texas as a running back.  That could pay huge dividends for the offensive struggling Bengals.  The biggest X factor is wide receiver Chris Henry.  His four game NFL suspension is over and Henry is eligible to play this weekend for the Cowboys.  Henry has a tremendous amount of talent and size as a receiver.  That has never been a problem for coach Marvin Lewis and the Bengals organization.  The problem has been what is between Henry’s hears.  Or the lack of what is between his ears.  Since this will be the first game that Henry has played in this season, expect him to be ready to contribute in a big way.  And at this point the Cincinati Bengals and coach Lewis have nothing to lose at this point.  That is one of the reasons that this Bengal team is dangerous.

The closer that the Bengals stay in this game, the more the pressure will mount on the Dallas Cowboys.  The more pressure in a close game, the more likely Terrell Owens will get frustrated with the number of plays he is involved in.  The more frustrated Terrell Owens get with the lack of what he perceives of plays involved with him, the more Tony Romo will get an ear lashing.  The situation in Dallas could get ugly with T.O.  Just ask quarterback Donovan McNabb of the Philadelphia Eagles.  Okay, you could ask any random NFL fan.  A loss to hated rival Washington Redskins was bad enough for Jerry Jones.  But if the the Dallas Cowboys lost to the the lowly, winless Cincinnati Bengals — well just say the locker room of the Cowboys would be interesting to say the least.  It would pay big time to be a fly on the wall in that locker room after the game.

That is why this game could be an upset — all the pressure in the world for Dallas, while there isn’t any one outside of Cincy who believes they can win.