Week two of the 2009 NFL season is about to begin and already teams are looking at hard times. The Eagles are without Donovan McNabb, LT won’t go for the Chargers, and the Lions still haven’t won a football game since the 2007 season. My picks are off to a less than spectacular start too. I’m 8-6 so far but it’s all downhill from here.. Read the full story

We’re down to the best 8 teams in the NFL. There are plenty of subplots to each game. The New England Patriots pursuit of perfection is the top story of the playoffs. The Cowboys-Giants game is the most interesting this weekend. Read the full story

Team Jessica Simpson has been successful at revitalizing Nick Lachey’s ex-wife’s image. Jessica chillin at Texas Stadium and hanging out en México con Tony Romo have made her national news.. Again. But Jessica Simpson’s dad isn’t the only one cashing in on her resurgence. The oddsmakers are getting a piece of Jessica too. Read the full story

I don’t pick sides in games involving the Philadelphia Eagles. The home team is in bold type.

Cincinnati +3 over Cleveland

Green Bay -8 over Chicago

Indianapolis -7 over Houston

Kansas City +5.5 over Detroit

New England -22 over Miami

Buffalo +3 over NYG

Jacksonville -13 over Oakland

Washington +6 over Minnesota

Arizona -10 over Atlanta

Seattle -11 over Baltimore

Tennessee -8.5 over NYJ

Tampa Bay -6 over San Francisco

San Diego -8.5 over Denver

I don’t pick sides in games involving the Philadelphia Eagles. The home team is in bold type.

Seattle -7 over Carolina 

Cleveland -5′ over Buffalo

Kansas City +2′ over Tennessee

Baltimore -3′ over Miami 

New England -21 over NYJ

Arizona +3′ over New Orleans

Pittsburgh -3 over Jacksonville

Green Bay -8 over St. Louis 

Atlanta +12′ over Tampa Bay

Indianapolis -10′ over Oakland

Detroit +10 over San Diego 

NYG -5 over Washington

Chicago +10 over Minnesota

It’s finally here.. The big game we’ve been waiting for, and hopefully New England and Indianapolis won’t disappoint us. It’s a playoff game in week 9, and I seriously can’t wait. But I have to wait so that’s the end of that.

I went 7-5 last week, bringing my season total to 49-51-9. This is now the second week that I’ve been below .500 for the season. I gotta get things turned around in a hurry. The season started off so promising.. I was 11-2-2 out of the gate, and I’ve been 38-49-7 since. I’m the Minnesota Vikings of NFL picks.

Chicago, St. Louis, Miami, and the N.Y. Giants have a bye week, and I don’t pick for or against the Philadelphia Eagles. A Philly win over the Cowboys would have my squad right back in the NFC East mix.

The home team is in bold type.

Atlanta -3 over San Francsico: Enjoy it now ATL, because I probably won’t pick you in another game this season. At St. Louis on Dec. 2 is a slight possibility, but you guys will probably let the Rams off the 0-16 hook.

Buffalo +1 over Cincinnati: This is an easy pick. I’m taking the better team. The semi-mighty Bengals have fallen. Cincy was in the playoffs two years ago, and now they’re pure trash. They need to blow this thing up in the off season and start over.

Detroit -3 over Denver: This line seems too low to me. The Bronco offense can’t find the endzone, and the Lions light it up at home. The oddsmakers are the oddsmakers for a reason, but still, seems kinda low.

Green Bay +2 over Kansas City: The positives for the Chiefs are they’re coming off a bye week, playing at home against a team that played on Monday night. The bad news is they’re playing Green Bay’s defense and the Chiefs are the only team that Brett Favre has never beaten.

Minnesota +7 over San Diego: Adrian Peterson has played like a monster in the first half of his rookie season. He’s pretty much the only bright spot for the Vikings.. And I’m still taking the Vikes.. Dumb.

Jacksonville +3.5 over New Orleans: The Saints have looked good lately… Against Seattle, Atlanta, and San Francisco. The Jags are the best team the Saints have faced in over a month, and I don’t think New Orleans is up to the task.

NYJ + 3.5 over Washington: I don’t know what it is about this game, but I see the Jets winning. Something about New York’s 30th ranked offense and 29th ranked defense has me believing that they’ll keep this game close.

Tampa Bay -3.5 over Arizona: The Cardinals are the exact type of team that the Bucs need to play after last week’s tough loss to Jacksonville.. A crappy team. Tampa should beat them by at least a touchdown.

Tennessee -4 over Carolina: I have to believe that the 2nd best team in the AFC South can handle the 1st place team from the NFC South. Right? The Panthers are 4-0 on the road and 0-3 at home. Their first 4 road games were against the Rams, Falcons, Saints, and Cardinals.. a combined 7-22 on the season.

Cleveland -1 over Seattle: I usually don’t like teams that aren’t favored by at least 3 at home. A point doesn’t show a lot of confidence in the Browns, but Seattle’s weak. Shaun Alexander is far removed from his MVP season, and the defense doesn’t seem to crack like they use to… Speaking of defense, Cleveland has none, which probably explains the line.

New England -5.5 over Indianapolis: The only game that matters this week… Well, besides Eagles/Cowboys. I’ve been saying that I’m taking the Patriots every week until I see a reason not to. I gambled a couple of weeks ago and took the Dolphins to cover against the Patriots, which, as we know, was a huge mistake.. Kinda like me thinking the wildfires would affect San Diego’s play last week. New England has been destroying the league and they’re not gonna stop until they hold up the Lombardi Trophy…

On a quick sidenote. I’ve heard or read people making reference to Bill Belichick being Darth Vader. C’mon people, to quote Mark Jackson, “You’re better than that”. Calling Bill Belichick Darth Vader makes you seem like an idiot. Belichick is clearly the Emperor. He’s evil, wears a hooded jacket, and he’s guiding his young protegee, the real Darth Vader, Tom Brady. Remember, Darth started out good, but he fell victim to the temptation of the Dark Side… This also means that Tom’s son with Bridget Moynihan is Luke Skywalker, and that TB has a daughter that Bridget was wise to keep from him…. It’lll be a good game tho.

Houston +3 over Oakland: And this will be a bad game.

Pittsburgh -9 over Baltimore: Steve McNair’s back this week for the Ravens, but who gives a damn? The Ravens are a hollow 4-3. Their 4 wins are against the Jets, the Cardinals, the Niners, and the Rams, and they’ve lost at Cincy, Cleveland, and Buffalo. The Steelers victory over Seattle is their only win over an alleged good team, but they’re still good enough to beat Baltimore by 10.

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  If you’re reading this post, you’re one brave mofo. I went 4-9 last week in what I proclaimed to be my the start of me turning my picks around. In the last two weeks I’m 8-15-2. My record is now 42-46-9, the first time I’ve been below .500 all season.

Now, before I get to my picks.. Why does a woman take your number or give you her number, with no actual intent of ever speaking to you? Fellas, it’s happened to all of us. You meet a PYT, you’re choppin’ it up, things are going good. The numbers get exchanged, and you never hold a meaningful conversation with her again. You might talk to her for about 20 seconds a couple of times, but you’ll always be calling at a bad time… Or you just get her voicemail, leave a couple of non-Swingers style messages, and she’s still not calling back.. I hate that. It’s like having money on a team that’s favored by 3 and kicks a late field goal to win by 1 or 2. If you’re not gonna cover, why bother winning? If you don’t wanna talk, why bother with the number thing?

All right.. Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City, Arizona, Baltimore, and Seattle have bye weeks. Remember, I don’t pick for or against the Philadelphia Eagles.. But they sure as hell better find a way to beat the Vikings if they have any hope of saving their season.

The home team is in bold type.

Indianapolis -7 over Carolina: This has all the makings of a trap game for the Colts. Road game, on grass, against a team coming off a bye, and the week before the showdown with New England. I think Indy stays focused.

Detroit +5 over Chicago: The Bears pulled out a miracle win last week, but they don’t look like a team that’s ready to string victories together. This seems like a field goal game to me.

Pittsburgh -3.5 over Cincinnati: The Bengals whooping up on the Jets does not mean that they’re ready to turn things around. The positive for Cincy, the Steelers are 1-2 on the road. The negative for Cincy, they’re still the Bengals.

NYG -9.5 over Miami: The game’s being played in London, but Miami’s considered the home team.. I have no idea what playing in England is gonna do to each team so I’m going with the Giants being able to handle the change better.

Cleveland -3 over St. Louis: The Browns aren’t that good, but the Rams are that bad. Cleveland could win this game by double digits.. Of course with my recent pick history, the Rams will probably pick up their first win.

Tennessee -7 over Oakland: Wow, a home team. I remember when Eddie George useta go off against the Raiders.. Eddie’s not walking through that door, but they won’t need him as long as they have Rob Bironas.

Buffalo +3 over NYJ: This game was literally a coin flip for me. I can make an argument either way, but the quarter landed on heads.

Houston + 9.5 over San Diego: The wildfires in San Diego will unfortunately have an effect on the Chargers. It’s only human nature. The Bolts should still win the game, but don’t be surprised if they look disjointed.

Tampa Bay -4 over Jacksonville: If this is Donovan McNabb’s last season in Philly, I see three places he could easily end up. In Minnesota with Brad Childress, In Chicago, or in Jacksonville. Why Jacksonville? Because, if a team can cut a black quarterback and replace him with a black quarterback, and then the new quarterback gets hurt and is replaced by another black quarterback, that team has a thing for black quarterbacks. How about this slogan “The Jacksonville Jaguars, the Kim Kardashian of the NFL”?

New England -16 over Washington: I went against the Patriots last week like an idiot. I instilled the always take the Patriots rule and broke it. I’m dumb. I highly doubt the Patriots will look past the Redskins to the Colts. The Pats are on a mission to crush the league, and they look like they will.

San Francisco +2.5 over New Orleans: For some reason I see the Saints coming out and laying an egg this game. They’ve been in a fog for most of the season, and don’t look right.

Green Bay +3 over Denver: I have zero faith in Green Bay’s ability to suddenly discover a running game, but I’m taking them anyways. The weather might be in the 40s on Monday night, which is fine with the Packers.

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