Let's face it, I was due for a bad week and last week was plenty bad. I went 6-8 last week which drags me down to 32-24 for the season. I need another double digit Sunday to bring me back to the world of the living.
I'll do something different this time:
Three teams have lost their starting QB; The Panthers, The Rams, and the 49-ers.
The Niners face the Ravens in San Fran, but they looked bad last week without their starter.
Ravens win.
The Panthers are just plain lost without Jake. The Saints need this game worse than anyone else out there needs a win. Saints win
The Rams are plenty bad no matter whose throwing, or not. The Cardinals are acting like a football team as of late. Cardinals win.
I'd call the next set Easy Pickins. Last week two of the easy ones bite me on my ass. I'm a slow learner. The Easy Pinkins.
The winless Dolphin play a much better Texans team. In Texas. Texans win.
The Browns could play the Patriots anywhere, anytime, and the outcome is just as assured.
Patriots win.
The Cowboys play the Bills in Buffalo. No snow is in the forecast, no wins for the Bills either.
Cowboys win.
Tampa Bay is playing at Indy. The Bucs are insane, the Colts won the Super Bowl. Colts win .
The next set is Those Games Where The Any Given Sunday Rule Might Kick In. But I doubt it.
The Foul-cons played a good game last week. The Titans are simply the better team here. Titans win.
The Jaguars always play KC tough, but KC is looking better as the season progresses. KC wins
But can I pick them when it really counts? Four games pit eight teams against each other in what will define each of those teams seasons. It's football the way that it is suppose to be. If you can't win these games you're not going anywhere. Accordingly, if you can't go three for four with these....take a seat.
The Suddenly Resurgent Seahawks face a Steelers team who lost to Arizona. The Steelers got stung while the Seahawks won big. Oh, and they're playing in the Steel City. Steelers win.
The Are They For Real Lions go into Washington to play the Are They For Real Redskins. One of these teams is not. Hell, maybe both, but someone has to walk out of this one ahead. Surprisingly, I'll take the skins. Redskins win.
The What The Hell Happened Chargers go into Denver and play the Broncos who played one quarter of good ball against the Colts last Sunday. Norv Turner couldn't coach his way out of a bathroom stall with an aging Republican in it. Broncos win.
The What The Hell Happen Bears go to Green Bay and face Walk On Water Brett Farves. The place will be Packed, and so will the Bears. Packers win.
Sooner or later there has to be one of t eh games that everyone is shocked by. The Bucs beating the Colts would be that game, but I don't see it. But that's the beauty of The Shocker; no one sees it coming. It may come this week, or next week, but sooner or later The Shocker will rise up and smite a much, much, better team.
We'll see.
Take Care,
Mike
<b> PS Giants over the Jets!!!!! (THANK YOU LADY N!!!!</b>
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Comments: 32
Good Luck on your picks.
I like the Steelers and they're a good team, too!
Big Ben is gettting back in form, I think!
Return to the dark side!
cave caneum
Come with Rebecca and I, return to the dark side!
Chiago is in a desperate situation and they would like little better than to take The Pack down.
Farve plays well, the Bears lose.
The Bears play well, it's still a dog fight.
The Lions have got to rise up and smite a better team on the road to be a real team. I think they lose to the Redskins because of RFK stadium.
They're better than they think they are.
Someday, I plan to get back into weight training, weight lifting. I am going to build up, get big like men.
That way when someone says the Ravens will beat my 49ers I will able to beat them up, even if they are correct!
By the way, I disagree with you on the San Francisco/Baltimore game.
You may or may not be correct, but I still disagree with you.
(1) Winning record
(2) Home team
(3) Key injuries
(4) History of bad blood tween teams
(5) Coaches head to head with opposing coach.
(6) Who has the better defense?
(7) Who needs it more?
I look at all these things in no order at all. You could bat .500 just picking the home team, or the team with the best record.
I've been watching football now for four decades. I speak the language.
The Ravens have a solid defense.
Sorry, Nalita, unless the niners cacn adjust to a new man behind teh wheel, they're going to lose by seven points.
(say, those DAWGS are looking sorry right now, heh)
Poor doggies!
Saints have to win and they have to do it...NOW!
Thanks, Firesmith!
I'm older than the Super Bowl.
That is a good rule to live by.