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After breaking down film of both teams, Scouts Inc. offers 10 things to watch in this week's Packers-Lions matchup.

1. Win the turnover battle: The Green Bay Packers are an exceptional plus-14 in turnover differential this season, while the Detroit Lions are minus-9. This is a traditional Detroit Thanksgiving Day game and emotions will be high, but both clubs need to temper that enthusiasm and play smart football.

After breaking down film of both teams, Scouts Inc. offers 10 things to watch in this week's Giants-Broncos matchup.

1. Denver's QB situation: Despite an ankle injury, look for the Broncos to start QB Kyle Orton this week. Last week they did not start him but ended up playing him after Chris Simms struggled early in the game. In our mind, either you are healthy enough to play, or you aren't, so we were dumbfounded by coach Josh McDaniels' move not to start him last week.

After breaking down film of both teams, Scouts Inc. offers 10 things to watch in this week's Buccaneers-Falcons matchup.

1. Tampa Bay must control time of possession: The Falcons are struggling defensively; the Buccaneers would love nothing more than to move the ball with a high-percentage offense. Tampa Bay needs to keep the ball out of the hands of Atlanta QB Matt Ryan. The Bucs will be focusing on their ground game as they move the chains methodically.

After breaking down film of both teams, Scouts Inc. offers 10 things to watch in this week's Browns-Bengals matchup.

1. Cleveland needs to maintain balance offensively: The Browns exploded offensively in Week 11 versus Detroit with an effective ground attack as well as an expanded passing game. The Bengals have a much better defense Detroit's. Cleveland will need to utilize a goods mixture of run and pass to keep Cincinnati guessing.
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After breaking down film of both teams, Scouts Inc. offers 10 things to watch in this week's Panthers-Jets matchup.

1. For Carolina, pound the rock: Their running game didn't really miss a beat without LT Jordan Gross last week. The reason? They became a more right-handed team; they centered their running game up the middle and to the right behind second-year RT Jeff Otah. Look for the Panthers to test the interior of the Jets' defense this week because they have not been the same against the run since losing NT Kris Jenkins.

After breaking down film of both teams, Scouts Inc. offers 10 things to watch in this week's Colts-Texans matchup.

1. Indianapolis needs to roll coverage to Andre Johnson. Teams can't afford to single cover Houston's Pro Bowl wideout. He brings a rare combination of size, speed and receiving skills to the game and is a great worker. Johnson doesn't quit and just go through the motions if things don't start clicking immediately. With some receivers, defenses can take them out of the game by jumping on them early, but Johnson simply does not quit. He will make you pay as soon as you think you have him contained.

After breaking down film of both teams, Scouts Inc. offers 10 things to watch in this week's Jaguars-49ers matchup.

1. Jacksonville needs to establish a strong ground game: This is strength against strength. The 49ers are holding opponents to under 100 yards per game on the ground while Jacksonville is in the top five in both rushing yards per game and yards per carry. Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio wants to build his passing game on the play-action fake, which is pretty much ineffective when the ground game is not working.

After breaking down film of both teams, Scouts Inc. offers 10 things to watch in this week's Bears-Vikings matchup.

1. Chicago needs to continue to try an establish a ground attack: The Bears made a concerted effort at running the ball in last week's loss and need to try to make a statement in the trenches against the Vikings. Controlling the clock will keep it out of the hands of an explosive Vikings offense as well as keeping their defense off balance.

After breaking down film of both teams, Scouts Inc. offers 10 things to watch in this week's Patriots-Saints matchup.

1. Can Tom Brady catch the Saints in blitzes? In the past couple of weeks, defenses have concentrated on stopping Randy Moss on the deep ball with combo coverages, which leave Wes Welker in a lot of one-on-one coverages. The Saints cannot sit back and let Brady have time to pick them apart. When they do blitz, Brady will get good one-on-one matchups against corners who aren't 100 percent healthy.