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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