Last week, I went 4-0 on my XFL picks. Let’s keep this winning streak going with an easy one:

Houston Roughnecks (2-0) At Tampa Bay Vipers (0-2) 2:00 p.m. Est. ABC

This game is between a top and a bottom and should be dominated as such. Houston is one of the two best teams in the league, personal opinion puts them at 1 or 2, while Tampa is a clear bottom dweller. Aaron Murray still has yet to practice this week, but there’s still Friday’s practice to see. If Murray doesn’t play, I don’t see the Vipers being able to do much of anything. Cornelius and Flowers both struggled with the pass as well as on third downs. While Tampa’s big highlight is a good ground game they can’t actually stay in a game long enough to make an impact because of their six to one turnover to take away ratio. Tampa has the number two and four leading rushers in the league in De’Veon Smith(125 yards) and Jacques Patrick(105 yards), respectively, but have not been able to convert a red zone try out of seven attempts on the season. The Vipers have been good on third down as well completing 50% of their third down attempts. The Houston Roughnecks have won two games including last week’s big match up against the Saint Louis Battlehawks being led by their MVP leading candidate in quarterback P.J. Walker. He has a seven to one touchdown to interception ratio and his seven touchdowns passing tops the league by three touchdowns over the next closest. Cam Phillips has been sidelined from practice all week with an ankle injury so keep an eye on RB turned WR Nick Holley for your fantasy teams as he is the likely benefactor. They have converted seven of eight red zone attempts which is huge, but have only converted 25% of their third down attempts. The defense has been tremendous for this team gathering eight sacks and four takeaways which is the biggest reason why I think Houston will dominate this game.

Houston 37 @ TB 6

Dallas Renegades (1-1) At Seattle Dragons (1-1) 5:00 p.m. Est. FOX

The Seattle Dragons have not played very well this season, but was able to pull out a win in one of those games. Kenneth Farrow, one of the three headed backfield, has been sidelined with a rib injury all week and doesn’t sound like a good projection for the game. This should up your fantasy value for backs Gardner and Williams who have both fared well when given opportunities. The big problem with the Dragons have been the play of the quarterback position. Brandon Silvers has been less than stellar as the starting quarterback with his amazing 48.3 completion percentage. He has not been able to extend drives on third down, but it’s not all his fault. First, his lack of a legitimate threat at the receiver position nor the tight end position doesn’t help with being able to continually move the ball. The Renegades put up the most yardage in the XFL’s new history last week and look to improve upon that this week. Artis-Payne wants to push up further on the leading rusher chart with another performance similar to last week while quarterback Landry Jones hopes to show his ring rust is gone and play much better than last week. Jones put up 300+ yards and a 70 % completion rate last week, so if he ascertained it was a bad game I would hate to be the team to play him when he plays well. This team struggles on third downs so they will need to do better to get a win in this one as well as find a way to pressure the quarterback. On second thought, it’s Silvers so maybe not…Anyway I see the Renegades likely to pull away in the second half in this one after a take away or two.

Dallas 29 @ Seattle 16