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a Thunk? OK, how many of you thought that the Lions-Redskins game in week five of the season would be a contest that would give the winner a good leg-up in the playoff race? I just noticed the guy in the back who raised his hand. Yeah, sure you did, pal. Let me guess, you're the same guy who thought the Colorado Rockies would be in the playoffs all the way back in March. Or, that Appalachian State would pull off the upset over Michigan, right? Whatever, dude, you're not fooling anyone. Pssst. Hey buddy, did you really think that? Can you give me some help with my picks this week? Picks appear in bold. Carolina at New Orleans (-3) Sorry, but I just can't pick a team with a quarterback who wears prissy white gloves in a game played in a dome. It just seems "figure-skaterish." Jacksonville at Kansas City (+2.5) For those of you who haven't noticed, and with the recent studies showing how many people play fantasy football I kind of doubt it, Larry Johnson is starting to come around. Detroit (+3.5) at Washington If the Lions make the playoffs, is Matt Millen still dumb? Atlanta (+9) at Tennessee Does Vince Young sit around the house wondering if upper management is ever going to surround him with good players? Or, at least some that could make arena league teams? Miami at Houston (-5) I was quite surprised to see that the Dolphins have the second best pass defense in the NFL. Of course, i then realized that it's because their opponents are simply running out the clock. Seattle at Pittsburgh (-6) "Team Starbucks in the House of Ketchup! Now, let's go to the gentleman who will call the game - Emeril Lagasse and Bobby Flay." Cleveland at New England (-16) After everything that's happened, I'm sure that when Bill Belichick thinks about the past, he really, really wishes that things would have worked out in Cleveland. Ummmmmm, yeah. Arizona (-3) at St. Louis Actually, there isn't anything funny or interesting about this game. There just isn't. New York Jets at New York Giants (-3) Whenever I think of these two teams playing each other, I always envision a scene from West Side Story playing out as they pass each other in the parking garage on their way to the locker room. OK, it's weird, but it's 2:00 a.m. and I'm still writing this #$&%@! column! Tampa Bay at Indianapolis (-9.5) Even though he's won a Super Bowl of his own, I can't see Tony Dungy pulling back the reins if he has the chance to humiliate the Glazers. Actually, I can, because he's a classy guy who the Bucs never should have fired. San Diego (+1) at Denver I just keep thinking that a little light will go on and the coach will stop trying to be cute and just give LaDainian Tomlinson the football. Then again, this coach is Norv Turner, which means we'd first have to check and see if there's a bulb. Baltimore (-3) at San Francisco Trent Dilfer. In the words of the great Forrest Gump, that's all I have to say about that. Chicago at Green Bay (-3) You gotta believe that John Madden has had this date circled with a little heart on his calendar. It probably includes a note saying something like "dinner with Brett" or "JM + BF." Dallas (-10) at Buffalo This one's going to be ugly - like "Freddy Krueger and Rosie O'Donnell's love child" ugly. Last Weeks Record: 6-8 Overall Record: 29-29-4 |
