Week Six NFL News

The Cleveland Browns have shocked the New York Giants on Monday Night Football 35-14. In a game that the Giants were expected to just show up a win, the Browns had other ideas and may have saved their season.

Cleveland quarterback Derek Anderson led the Browns with an excellent performance. Anderson was 18-of-29 for 310 yards and 2 touchdowns. Anderson was able to hook-up with Pro-Bowl wide-out Braylon Edwards five times for 154 yards and a touchdown.

"We were just in sync," said Edwards after the game...

This week's installment of Monday Night Football on ESPN features the 4-0 New York Giants heading to Cleveland to take on the 1-3 Browns. Odds makers are calling the Giants an 8 point favorite with the total set at 43.

After finishing the 2007 season at 10-6, the Browns came into the 2008 season swirling with confidence and having an enthusiasm that the city of Cleveland has not seen in years.

A quarter of the way through, Cleveland has come back down to earth...

The 2-3 San Diego Chargers face what is almost a must-win game on Sunday night as they host the 3-1 New England Patriots. NFL betting odds makers at have the Chargers 6 1/2 point favorites at home with a total of 45 against the Patriots.

"Make no mistake about it, this is a critical time for our football team," said San Diego running back LaDainian Tomlinson. "These next three games before the bye are very critical for us. To me, this is going to determine what type of team we're going to be this year."

New England has managed to start the season winning three out of four games despite losing Tom Brady to a season-ending knee injury...

The Dallas Cowboys head to Phoenix to take on the Cardinals in a battle on the NFC's two highest scoring teams. Odds makers are calling Dallas a 4 1/2 point favorite on the road in Arizona.

The 3-2 Arizona Cardinals didn't come into 2008 with lofty expectations, however they have emerged as a leading contender in the weak NFC West. Arizona looked like a legitimate contender a week ago against the Bills, when they recorded a season-high point total while handing Buffalo its first loss, 41-17. The Cardinals won the turnover battle with the Bills 4-0 a week after turning the ball over seven times against the New York Jets.

Sunday afternoon the 4-1 Denver Broncos square-off with the 2-3 Jacksonville Jaguars at Mile High Stadium. Odds makers call the Broncos a 3 point favorite with the total set at 48.

The Broncos have jumped into a two-game lead in the AFC West with an offense that's averaging 415.0 yards per game through its first five contests. Jay Cutler and the Broncos' passing attack have led the way. Denver's signal caller has thrown for 296.8 yards per game and 10 touchdowns to just 4 interceptions. Cutler leads all AFC quarterbacks in yards with 1,502 through the air...

The Carolina Panthers head to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida to take on the Buccaneers in a key NFC South showdown. Odds makers have the Buccaneers as a 1 1/2 point favorite with the total setting at 37.

The 4-1 Panther take the division lead in the Tampa this week in what should prove to be a great match-up. A week ago Carolina rolled over the Chiefs 34-0 at home.

"It's been awhile since we've had a game like this," said coach John Fox, after Carolina's most lopsided win in team history...

The 2-2 New York Jets host the 0-5 Cincinnati Bengals at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey Sunday. Odds makers are saying that the Jets are 9 1/2 point favorites at home with the total sitting at 42 1/2.

Since taking over the head coaching job in New York, Eric Mangini has the Jets undefeated after the bye week. A season ago, the Jets shocked Pittsburgh after the bye and in 2006 they beat up New England at Gillette Stadium.

The last time out the Jets exploded of offense putting up 56 points against the Arizona Cardinals.

On Sunday the Colts and the Baltimore Ravens square off at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis with the Colts trying to avoid an 0-3 start in their home. Odds makers are calling the Colts a 4 point favorite with the total set at 38 1/2.

In the previous four seasons, the 2-2 Colts were 28-4 at the RCA Dome. Now since the opening of their new multi-million dollar facility, Indianapolis is on the verge of dropping three in a row at home for the first time since 2001.

The struggling Colts are also looking for their first decisive win of the season.

According to Dallas police, Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was involved in an altercation early Wednesday morning at a Dallas hotel.

Deputy Chief Vince Golbeck, commander of the central patrol division, said that Jones hit his bodyguard at the Joule hotel. Officers were called to the hotel about 1:30 a.m. and were told there was a disturbance between Adam Jones and one of his security officers.

Dallas police wrote an incident report that stated that there were broken mirrors and a bill was unpaid...