Apparently, "bold" means wrong

Bad Guesses.

1. Big day for Big Ben

After watching the Ravens dismantle the Broncos last week with a heavy dose of no-huddle offense, expect Ben Roethlisberger, who has been lobbying hard for just such a system in Pittsburgh, to get the chance to do some of the same. That means you can expect a pass-heavy attack from Ben and the boys in Denver. That's not so bold, but this is … it won't work. Ben will take too much on his shoulders against a team that doesn't give up big plays and is second in the league in sacks, despite being ranked 25th in pass defense.

I guess they predicted Ben would struggle? That doesn't fit with the "Big day for Big Ben" title, but okay. As of the third quarter, he's doing pretty average, so we'll call this a draw.

2. No winnin' for Witten

Tight end Jason Wittenhas been the go-to guy in Dallas this season, leading the team in receiving. The Eagles have been absolutely torched by TE's all season, but that trend will end this week. Tony Romo hasn't handled the Eagles' pressure schemes very well. He's taken over 10 sacks in his last five games against Philly, and has had a rating of 55 or lower in three of those games. You can be sure the Eagles will be looking to bracket Witten, force Romo to hold the ball and get the blitz package on him in a hurry. This will be Witten's worst game of the season.

7 catches, 43 yards. That's pretty much his average this season.

3. Dolphins will win in New England

Wrong.

4. No sweep for Cincy

Wrong.

5. Cutler throws home-field disaster

29/47, 369 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT.....Wrong.

6. Giants will run the ball at least 35 times

Weird and wrong prediction.

7. Aaron Rodgers will not be sacked

Really, really wrong.

8. Colts' undefeated campaign ends in a shootout

Wrong twice in one prediction. Congrats!

9. Vince Young goes 2-0.

Okay, they got this one right, but they still said something wrong.

The irony is that Young, who is not nearly the QB that Kerry Collins is, will have a 2-0 record as a starter.

That's not irony(nitpick?). And I'm not sure you can claim Kerry Collins is that much better than Vince. Kerry Collins is really bad. At least Vince Young can kind of run when he's not trying to OD.

10. Bye week baloney

What?

Traditionally, teams coming off the bye do very well. Not this week. The Pats have dropped a game to the division-rival Dolphins in two of the past three seasons, including one at home last season.

And they won.

The Bengals are facing a tough Ravens team for the second time and may not be ready to match their physical style of play in the first half of their game this week.

But they did.

The Steelers are on the road against a Broncos team that has yet to lose at home.

But it looks like they might.

The Redskins are in disarray and have to play a Falcons team that is finding its legs.

The Redskins don't really count as an NFL team.

The Bucs are the only winless team in the league and have to host the Packers, who are fighting for the NFC North title.

No longer winless.

Finally, the Chiefs, who may have the best chance of any of these teams to capture a win, will be on the road against an up and down Jags team that is nonetheless 2-1 at home.

But they lost, even though Chris Chambers pretended to be a less (formerly) overrated WR.

Don't be surprised to see all the teams coming off byes in the loss column this week.

It just means an editor made a mistake. I guess they got 1.5 out of 10 correct, which is pretty bad considering a lot of their "bold" predictions were picking teams to win.