YOU BEEN BLINDED

NFL WEEK 5 PICKS: NO GUARANTEES

All right… Not a good week last week, but not a bad week either. I went 8-5, 3 games over .500, and now my season mark stands at 29-23-6… If you’re keeping up, I had the Steelers last week as my x Star play. It didn’t work out so well. I didn’t give the fact that Ken Whisenhunt is the former Pittsburgh O coordinator enough consideration. If anybody would know Ben Roethlisberger’s weaknesses, it would be the guy that called his plays his first two seasons. Palamalu getting hurt early, and Big Ben throwing an interception in the endzone both killed my chance to pull out the win. So what does this mean? Nothing. I made a terrible pick.

This week’s bye teams are Cincinnati, Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Oakland. As always, the home team is in bold type.

New Orleans -3 over Carolina: The Panthers suck at home. I don’t know why, it’s just how it is. They’re on the road in this game so that was some useless info. I have to believe Sean Payton figured out how to get the offense going during the bye week.

Jacksonville -2 over Kansas City: The Chiefs are coming off the huge win at San Diego while the Jaguars had a bye week. The Jags have already gone into Denver and won, they can do it in Kansas City.

Washington -3.5 over Detroit: The Redskins are another rested up team going up against a team that had a huge victory last week. The Lions 34 4th quarter points last week will leave them without many points this week.

Tennessee -8 over Atlanta: Hooray for Joey Harrington. He beat Matt Schaub. Is Atlanta still kicking themselves for letting Schaub get away? They shouldn’t be, but people will say they should after the Falcons get stomped in Nashville.

Houston -5 over Miami: Ricky Williams wants back in? He’s obviously still smoking weed. I’m feelin the Texans defense carrying the team to a cover.

Seattle +6 over Pittsburgh: A Super Bowl rematch.. Sorta. Seahawks fans aren’t gonna feel any differently about XL if the team wins on Sunday.. They’ll just say it shoulda been two in a row over the Steelers. Quit your bitchin’ and accept this close loss.

New England -16.5 over Cleveland: If I was in Vegas, gambling with real money, I wouldn’t touch this game. New England has been crushing teams, but starting an NFL game down 17 is stupid. Even if they’ll probably cover.

Arizona -3 over St. Louis: Kurt Warner gets to kick Matt Leinart and his old team in the balls on the same day. Gus Ferrotte gets to try his luck behind the offensive line that got Marc Bulger’s ribs broken. Have fun.

NYJ +3.5 over NYG: The Giants defense isn’t gonna have that performance two weeks in a row. Right? Right?! I felt bad for the Eagles because I’m a fan, but I felt worse for Winston Justice, who I once went to dinner with [| |].

Tampa Bay +9.5 over Indianapolis: I just don’t learn. The Colts were favored by double digits over the Broncos, so I took the Broncs. I lost. I’m basically applying the same theory here, so you’d probably be wise to go opposite of me.

San Diego pick over Denver: Is there a reason the Broncos aren’t favored by at least a field goal over the discombobulated Chargers? The books seem to think so, and that’s good enough for me.

San Francisco +3.5 over Baltimore: No Alex Smith, no problem. Insert Trent f’n Dilfer against his former team, and pray for the best… The Niners have a pretty tough defense and the Ravens offense is weak, so the game should be close. All Trent has to do is avoid the big mistake. That’s all…

Green Bay -3 over Chicago: The Packers get a chance to embarrass the Bears on Sunday night football. The Pack should pile on, and deliver the nail in the coffin to Chi-town. Chicago’s defense has been rough on Favre the last few seasons, but now Brett has a D of his own, while the Bears guard is slipping.

Dallas -10 over Buffalo: The Cowboys have been put in the “assume I’m with them every week until I say otherwise” category. The Boys haven’t exactly beat anybody yet (Giants, Dolphins, Bears, and Rams) so the Bills should be easy prey because they’re a nobody too. Buffalo is awesome by the way… 31st in offense, 31st in passing, 18th in rushing, and 32nd in defense. Awesome is slang for garbage if you didn’t know.

Tags: NFL Week 5 Picks, NFL, Sports, Football Odds

1. NFL WEEK THREE PICKS: REDEMPTION...
2. NFL WEEK 12 PICKS: PART 1...
3. NFL WEEK 13 PICKS: A WEEKEND OF HONOR...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.