Teams listed first are selected to cover the wagering lines. Home teams in caps.
Sunday
Browns (plus 13 1/2) vs. CHARGERS: This number is a whopping impost against the Browns, who have been keeping 'em close.
Chiefs (plus 2 1/2) vs. RAMS: Wasn't enthralled by how the Rams proceeded here last week. Not much verve.
Bengals (plus 3) vs. RAVENS: One game (against New Orleans) does not make Brian Billick an offensive guru. Further study is recommended.
GIANTS (minus 13) vs. Texans: Houston would seem torn on whether David Carr has a future. If club has to think about it, he doesn't.
JAGUARS (minus 9) vs. Titans: Jacksonville defense has pitched two shutouts in three home games. It can confound Vince Young.
Cowboys (minus 3) vs. REDSKINS: At 2-5, 'Skins are on the precipice. Watch them topple over it.
BILLS (minus 3 1/2) vs. Packers: Buffalo has people (Lee Evans, Willis McGahee) who can exploit shaky Green Bay secondary.
Saints (minus 1) vs. BUCS: Difficult to support a Tampa Bay side that has not scored an offensive TD since beating Cincinnati in Week 6.
Falcons (minus 5 1/2) vs. LIONS: In the thinking that at long last Michael Vick has achieved consistency.
BEARS (minus 13 1/2) vs. Dolphins: A Miami offensive front missing three starters can't be expected to deal with Chicago's defense.
49ERS (plus 6 1/2) vs. Vikings: Refer to Chicago 41, San Francisco 10. Embarrassment is a powerful incentive.
Broncos (plus 2 1/2) vs. STEELERS: Big Ben is going to start ticking. The question is, when?
PATRIOTS (minus 2 1/2) vs. Colts: You can have Peyton Manning. Give me Bill Belichick.
Monday
SEAHAWKS (minus 7 1/2) vs. Raiders: Teams can't play when they can't hear, and the din at this site can be thunderous.
Last week: 4-10. Season: 55-55-2.
NUMBERS GAME
.5 Sacks needed by Miami defensive end Jason Taylor to join Michael Strahan (132.5) and Simeon Rice (120.0) as the only active players with 100. Taylor has had at least one sack in each of his past four games.
1 Teams that have won four in a row at home by 25 or more points in a season: the 2006 Chicago Bears, who'll try to extend the streak Sunday against Miami.
3 Times two teams have opened a season 8-0, including zero since 1990; Indianapolis and Chicago will try to become the fourth tandem to accomplish the feat Sunday.
9 Catches of 20 or more yards this season by Atlanta's Alge Crumpler, the league high for tight ends.
15 League-high interceptions by Baltimore, three more than it had all of last season.
71 Consecutive games in which Tiki Barber has led the Giants in rushing, the longest streak in league history.
3-0 49ers' record when Frank Gore carries 20 or more times in a game.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
DE Aaron Kampman, Packers: He has had at least one sack in each of the past three games and is tied with San Diego's Shawne Merriman for the league lead with 8.5. Sunday he'll face a Buffalo line that has allowed seven sacks the past two games and 21 overall, tying for ninth-most in the league.
DE Derrick Burgess, Raiders: He had a league-high 16 sacks last season and 2.5 last week against Pittsburgh to move into a tie for fourth with 7.5 this year. Monday night, he'll face off against arguably the top left tackle in the league, Seattle's Walter Jones, who reportedly allowed only one sack last season.
QB Carson Palmer, Bengals: He has won three straight starts against the Ravens, whom he'll oppose Sunday, and in those games he completed 76.1 percent of his passes for 932 yards and eight touchdowns, with two interceptions.
QB Mark Brunell, Redskins: Brunell has struggled of late, but Dallas could be the perfect tonic. In seven career games against the Cowboys, he has thrown for 15 TDs with only 4 INTs. In three of them, he had a passer rating of 100.0 or higher.
RB Jamal Lewis, Ravens: Lewis has run for at least 100 yards in eight of nine career meetings against the Bengals, whom he'll face Sunday. In fact, three of his top nine rushing outings have come against Cincinnati, which is allowing 129.3 yards per game this season, 25th-most in the league.
