NFL Week 12 "Early Slate" Take 1 in "A QB Driven League"...DAWG Pound in the Big BIRD Cage 404 vs RISE UP Falcons...BUCS vs BEARS in the "LOVIE Game"...BENGALS hit Harris County Texas vs BULLS on Pararde...and the KHANstruction JAGS in NAP Town vs BLUE Swagger and CHUCK Strong! # #CLEvsATL #TBvsCHI #CINvsHOU #JAXvsIND #NFLWk12EarlySlateTake1

NFL Week 12 "Early Slate" Take in "A QB Driven League"...

#DawgPound (6-4) @ #RiseUpFalcons (4-6) 1pm ET

Where do you start talking about this game? The Browns before last week's game was tied for 1st in the AFC north with the Bengals. The Atlanta Falcons have been dead through eleven week's and all of a sudden they are in 1st place in the NFC south. Now we get a game where both needs to hits the winner's circle and who do you trust?

QB Brian Hoyer has two outstanding RB's in Isaiah Crowell and Terrence West and they were good enough to send RB Ben Tate packing. Then there is the return of WR Josh Gordon who is on a supposed pitch count...yeah right Falcons secondary!

The Falcons and QB Matty Ice have a 2nd life and they might try to run the table as they still have games with the Steelers and Ravens. It will come down to the Falcons "D" stopping Hoyer and Company as the Falcons will score!

Winner: Falcons 27-19

#ItsABucsLife (2-8) @ #BelieveInMonsters (4-6) "Lovie Game" 1pm ET

The "Lovie Smith Game" is upon us and looking at the records that is something to play for talking the Bucs. The Bears are playing for pride and what comes with that maybe a back door lob of an NFC wild card slot.

Bucs rook WR Mike Evans has been sensational and that Bears secondary needs to wake up. The Bears on the other hand WR Alshon Jeffery went off last week vs SKOL and that should continue vs a Bucs secondary that is under major construction. It would not surprise me to see both Teams or at least the Bucs play their best game of 2014 vs the Bears!

Winner: Bucs 30-27

#WhoDey (6-3-1) @ #BullsOnParade (5-5) 1pm ET

The Bengals have two games left with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the AFC north. They have no more margin for error as they are up a game. Who Dey QB "Strawberry Rifle" Andy Dalton has to step up and last week was huge as the Bengals looked and played like the two-time AFC north champs.

The Texans coming in at 5-5 and right in the middle of the AFC south divisional race shocked everyone in Cleveland last week beating up the Dawg Pound 23-7. The Bengals at least offensively are a different animal and "Area 99" JJ Watt will have to bring it like he did last week. Can QB Ryan Mallett play well in back to back weeks as the "Texarkana Arkansas Cannon" looks like the future QB for the Texans?

Winner: Texans 20-16

#KHANstructionJags (1-9) @ #BlueSwaggerColts (6-4) 1pm ET 

The Jags are playing for 2015 depth chart happenings and looking for more improvement heading into the back end of 2014. The Colts have plenty of business to attend to like staying ahead of the Texans in the AFC south and trying to get the best w-l they can get hopefully heading into the "Fight for Lamar"!

Can the Jags "D" slow down Luck and Company who minus last week and that game vs the Steelers a month or so ago have been explosive on offense? The Colts need to get back to the basic on "D" if they want any chance of getting into the "Fight for Lamar" then doing some damage.

Winner: Colts 38-17