Last week folks. NFL done, NASCAR back again.

Ugh. It's the last week of the NFL season. Where the hell did that quarter of the year disappear to?
This late in the year, I went 12-4 in the straight up picks last week. Merry Christmas to ME!!!!
That brings the season picks to 161-78. 70% ratio. Hmmm. Just little ole me, at 70% on the straight up picks.

Well now we get to the worst week of the straight up picks, hell we are the worst week with points.

Indy vs. Buffalo. Fred Jackson runs for two scores. Indy loses again and misses the Super Bowl.

Jax vs. Cleveland. The O/U on this game is 39. Take the Under as it will be a running game. Cleveland wins.

Philly vs. Dallas. Lose this week, come back to Dallas next week, Minnesota lost last night. Philly wins by double digits.

Chicago vs. Detroit. Who really cares? I'm not picking either team.

Atlanta vs. Tampa Bay. Atlanta wins.

New Orleans vs. Carolina. Drew Brees gets dialed in against the Panthers, and wins large.

New England vs. Houston. Playoff status means nothing to New England, and Houston can still qualify. New England wins, but take the 8 points Houston is getting.

San Fran vs. St. Louis. Please. 49'er's destroy St Louis.

Pittsburgh vs. Miami Mullets- I'm taking Miami here.

NY Football Giants vs. Minnesota and diva Favre- That was a fantastic MNF game last night, but the Giants aren't going to bring game to the table at the Metrodome. The Vikings secure the 3rd seed in the NFC after beating the Giants.

Cincy vs. Jets. The Bengals are a mess the last few weeks. Take the Jets who need a win.

Green Bay vs. Arizona. Hmm. Wicked game. The Over/Under is 43 right now. Take the under. Arizona will win with Leinert at qb.

Washington Crackheads vs. San Diego. San Diego will continue on their path and beats Washington.

Tennessee vs. Seattle. Tennessee wins because they give Chris Johnson 50 touches on the ball.

Baltimore vs. Oakland. Baltimore wins easily.

Kansas City vs Denver. Denver tries to hold on to a playoff spot, but remember, I stated that Denver would be the first team to start 5-0 and miss the playoffs, KC wins.

Oh Brother, what a week..........

So a woman walks into the veterinarians office with a duck. She lays the duck on the vets table and says, what's wrong with my duck? The vet responds it's dead. I can't believe it says the woman, I want someone else to examine it. So, the vet takes the duck into another room and a golden lab sniffs the duck from head to tail, and concludes, it's dead. The woman still won't admit the duck is dead and wants another opinion. So, the vet takes the duck into a room where a cat sniffs the duck from head to tail and concludes once again, the duck is definitely dead. The woman finally relents and asks the doctor how much the office visit will be, and he responds, usually, 50.00 but since I had to send it to the lab and requested a cat scan, 300.00.

How are my jokes? Most likely as good as my picks. 8-8 this past week. I have been unable to pick a Thursday night game this year. And in the past few weeks my Monday night picks aren't much better. I was 14-2 in week 1 and 8-8 in week 15, are you kidding me? 149-74 overall. The Jets losing at home against the Falcons eliminated from the playoffs. Oakland beating Denver in Denver with a quarterback who had not played in years. Tampa winning in Seattle? Please. Minnesota tanking in Carolina? Why aren't 100.00 bills flying out of my ass?

I'm disgusted with many things happening in the Nation during this week, so no lovey dovey discussions regarding each game. Wake the hell up America, your freedom is being ripped from you as I type.

San Diego vs. Tennessee. San Diego
Buffalo vs. Atlanta. Atlanta
Kansas City vs. Cincy. Cincy
Oakland vs. Cleveland. Cleveland
Seattle vs. Green Bay. Green Bay
Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh. Baltimore
Houston vs Miami. Houston
Jacksonville vs. New England. New England
Tampa vs New Orleans. New Orleans
Carolina vs New York Giants. Giants
Detroit vs San Fran. San Fran
St Louis vs. Arizona. Arizona
NY Jets vs Indy. Indy
Denver vs. Philly. Philly
Dallas vs Washington. Dallas
Minnesota vs Chicago. Minnesota

I've played fantasy football for 12 years, and this season I had 5 teams, each one of my teams has reached the playoffs for the first time in my career, but I really could care less as I watch the Senate destroy this great Nation by passing a 2700 page bill that no one has yet to read, and Senators getting payoffs just for their vote. I'm so happy that the State of Nebraska will never have to pay federal Medicaid payments ever again, just so Harry Reid and his band of fucking crooks can ram this bill down our throats. If you think unemployment is bad now, just wait until June of 2010. Wake up people. This bill isn't about affordable healthcare, it's about Big Brother dictating every aspect of your life from here on out. How's the hoax and change working for ya now, suckers?

What the Hell?? Week 15

What a brutal week for those who try to predict football games. Every single Thursday night game this season, I've lost. This past Saturday, New Orleans looked flat. It was the worst game I've watched the Saints play all season, but they were still fighting until there were 9 seconds left.

Point spreads weren't an option this week and I'm sure bookies and Vegas raked in tons of cash Sunday. I had Arizona winning straight up and they did but failed to cover against the 28th ranked pass defense in Detroit. Atlanta came out of no where with Matt Ryan starting as a surprise and managing a weak win. Atlanta was eliminated from the playoffs with Dallas's win over the Saints, they are a dome team traveling to New Jersey after record snowfall and they win. Are you freaking kidding me? Houston only manages to beat the Rams by 3? Oakland travels to Denver as a 14 point underdog while starting a quarterback who hasn't played in 2 years and won straight up. You've got to be kidding me. Minnesota was a 10 point favorite heading to Carolina Sunday night. Carolina had Mandy, I mean Matt Moore under center, lost DeAngelo Williams early and has lost both starting tackles for the season, yet pulled off a beatdown on a Vikings team which doesn't travel well.

Finally, in the worst game of the week, The Bucs traveled to Seattle as a 7 point underdog and won outright 24-7, while forcing 5 turnovers. You have got to be kidding me. Way to go Junior. At 1-12, and a chance to get Suh in the draft, you win the game and drop the Bucs draft spot down to at least 3rd currently. Do you think you might sneak 2 wins in during the final 3 weeks and save your job for next year? All I want for Christmas is to see your happy ass gone and an actual head coach with experience replace you. Oh, that's right, we had one. I disagreed with Gruden ALOT. However, this team would not be 2-12 if he had stayed.

Deja Vu, all over again?

If the playoffs were to start today, I know, all bets are off during the last two weeks of the season, but an interesting scenario is evolving. The NFC playoff participants seem more in place than the AFC with New Orleans, Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Arizona atop their respective divisions. Dallas and Green Bay appear to be locks for the wildcard spots. With New Orleans and Minnesota heading towards an apparent first round bye, week 17 will make for some interesting positioning for the last 4 teams likely to extend their seasons into January. Dallas hosts Philadelphia in the final week of the season and Green Bay travels to Arizona.

With Arizona and the winner of the NFC East getting the #3 and #4 seeds, week 17 games will set up a virtual rematch for the wildcard round of playoff games. I can remember in the past a team finishing the season and then playing them the next week in the playoffs, however, I can't ever recall 2 teams finishing the season only to face the same opponent the first week of the playoffs.

This lays out the groundwork for very fascinating football the last week of the year.

March to the playoffs continues.

I predicted this would be a bad year for the Bucs back in August while suggesting they would put 3 games in the win column, but that looks daunting at this point. Junior Morris has commented this past week that he is bored with being the head coach. Well, that must be because the team is functioning on a cylinders right now and that the team basically runs itself. Yeah, right. All I want for Christmas is a firing of Morris on January 4th, 2010, and a competent head coach put in place. I don't trust Morris in choosing the players in next year's draft with the Bucs selecting as high in the draft as they'll be.

Around the league, Indy and New Orleans are cruising towards a perfect season, though the Horseshoes head coach said that they would be resting players during the final two games. New England looks shaky with a banged up Tom Brady and Randy Moss laying down early in games.
Baltimore looks like they are making a push for a wildcard spot, despite losing at Green Bay 2 weeks ago. The Jets are in the hunt but after this weeks contest, they have to play Indy and Cincy. Green Bay certainly has been playing strong as of late. San Diego has reeled off 8 in a row and might be the third best team in the league.

Picks were 11-5 last week and the season record so far is 141-66.

Thursday Night
Indy at Jacksonville.
This game opened in Vegas on Monday morning with the Horseshoes being a 6.5 favorite and today, it's down to 3 points. Jacksonville has too much on the line in this matchup and will be playing in front of a soldout stadium for the first time in several seasons. Jacksonville wins by 2 on a late field goal.

Saturday Night
Dallas at New Orleans.
The Saints were my preseason favorites to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl and this team is playing as well as anyone in the league right now. The Superdome will be rockin, mass quantities of beer will be consumed, thousands of crawfish will be eaten while the fans watch the Saints roll over the Cowboys in a double digit win. The Cowboys wish the playoffs would start the week after Thanksgiving as they play horrible in December. The Boys will miss the playoffs again this season. At least Jerry Jones has a big screen tv at his new stadium to watch the playoffs on.

New England at Buffalo.
The wheels are falling off in New England and if they don't get it get it back on track soon, they too, will be watching the playoffs at home. The Pats win a low scoring contest 19-13.

Arizona at Detroit.
Arizona turned the ball over 7 times in San Francisco Monday night. Detroit has been outscored by over 100 points in the last three games. Arizona locks up the NFC West division by 4pm Sunday after pummeling the Lions.

Miami at Tennessee.
The Titans started the season by dropping 6 straight games, then won 5 in a row. It appears that Vince Young might miss this weeks game and if he does, it will be reflected in Chris Johnson's production. Miami is playing for a wildcard spot and wins this week.

Cleveland at Kansas City.
Who stole the Brown's uniforms last week? 8 sacks? A win against Pittsburgh? Will they make it two in a row? Yes. The Chiefs are horrible and Matt Cassel simply isn't the same quarterback without Randy Moss and Wes Welker. Break up the Browns, they win two in a row.

Houston at St Louis.
It's a little too late for the Texans. They have had problems at running back all season long and quite simply are one of the most underachieving teams in the NFL this season. St Louis is , well, St Louis and their offensive line is down to just two starting guards. Houston puts up huge numbers against a team which should be playing in the NCAA Div II.

Atlanta at J-E-T-S. Jets Jets Jets.
The Falcons have never had back to back winning seasons in franchise history and with Matt Ryan and Michael Turner out, they just may continue that trend this year. The forecast calls for possible snow in the Meadowlands this Sunday, the Jets have a great defense and strong running attack. Jets move forward, maintaining playoff hopes.

San Francisco at Philadelphia.
You know the drill, a team wins on Monday night against a division rival and a west coast team comes east for a 1:00pm kickoff. The 49'ers are improved this year but not quite there yet. Philly marches towards a division title with a win.

Chicago at Baltimore.
Baltimore's Ray Rice is running as strong as any back in football right now, amassing 200 total yards and a score last week against the Lions. Chicago's Jay Cutler has lobbed 20 picks so far this year. The Bears have no offensive line, Matt Forte has really suffered a sophomore slump, they have no defense, a questionable kicker, but other than that, I guess it could be worse. Baltimore wins.

Cincinnati at San Diego.
Every time these two teams match up, I can't help but think about that classic matchup on January 10th, 1982, where the gametime temperatures were -9 on the field and the 35 mph winds caused the windchill temps to be near -50 at kickoff. That won't be a problem this week, kickoff will see the temps in the mid 60's in San Diego. Cincinnati lost to Oakland a few weeks back on the west coast and the offense is having trouble scoring points. Bad time of the year to have scoring problems. San Diego is red hot, and I'm wondering if Tomlinson can stay healthy in January this year.

Oakland at Denver.
How bad is your football team when you're crippled by Bruce Gradkowski being lost for the season? If that's not bad enough, your options at quarterback are JaMarcus Russel or Charlie Frye. Ouch. Denver wins easily.

Green Bay at Pittsburgh.
Snow in December at Heinz Field but the Steelers have nothing left to play for other than pride. Green Bay is cruising with 5 straight wins and they aren't going to let up in this one. Green Bay wins by a touchdown.

Tampa Bay at Seattle.
Tampa plays poorly on the west coast. Josh Freeman will be overwhelmed by the noise in Seattle's stadium and after throwing 8 picks in the last two games, that trend should continue. The Bucs haven't scored a touchdown in 2 games and most likely won't score one on Sunday either. Seattle wins.

Minnesota at Carolina.
Carolina has Matt Moore under center, and their strength has been the running game over the past few weeks. But, the Panthers have lost both starting tackles and Minnesota brings the Williams Wall on the defensive line with them. Minnesota must continue to win in order to obtain a first round bye or even homefield advantage in the playoffs. Favre tosses 3 scores and the Vikings cruise Sunday night.

Monday Night
New York Football Giants at Washington.
The Giants defense has been exposed. Washington has actually seen some offense after coordinator Sherm Lewis was hired mid season. Washington wins a home game over a division rival.

Journalism is dead, part deux.

I know, you are all tired of the Tiger Woods stories, I am too, he's a dirtbag. However as I pointed out last weeks grammar issue on the ProFootballTalk.com website, let's take a look at tonight's article from the New York Daily News linked below. They claim that since the advent of the Tiger Woods scandal after Thanksgiving, Democrat Representative Joe Baca has scrapped his plans to bestow the Congressional Medal of Honor to Tiger Woods. MEMO to the NY Daily News, bestow means to give as a gift. The Congressional Medal of Honor is earned and awarded, not bestowed. My Great grandfather was awarded the medal twice for his service, and I have the family tree to prove I'm not some wacked out blogger. But what I find so offensive in this article is that the writer never questions the intent to bestow the Congressional Medal of Honor on Tiger Woods, who has never served in the military. This is what I find so disturbing about the 20year old somethings coming out of college and finally getting jobs in journalism. They were not taught proper history and they disregard those who remember it. Interesting enough, there is no rebuttal on Rep. Baca's website, and if you do not live in his district, he will not accept emails from you, and calls go directly to voicemail. This was going to be the most transparent administration in the history of US Government. How's that hoax and change working out for ya?


http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/12/09/2009-12-09_tiger_woods_texts_to_rachel_uchitel_alleged_mistress_no_1_reveal_tortured_affair.html

Phew!, A hell of a week.

Last week's picks stunk it up as I watched my first losing record of the season while going 7-9. Sure, I picked the Chiefs over the Broncos as a stretch pick. But, Bruce, the Polish Popgun Gradkowski, former Buc, looked like Roger Freaking Staubach against the Steelers in Pittsburgh. What's up with that? I did, however, predict a trap game for the Saints and suggested taking Washington and the 11 points. Those who did, won. Last week's dismal predictions have brought my selections to a season long record of 130-61.

Thursday Night
Pittsburgh V. Cleveland. Stick a fork in the Steelers, they are done for the season. That thought warms the hearts of many Brownie fans I'm sure, but it's always better to have something to root for than root against. The poor fans in Cleveland haven't had anything to root for in decades and it isn't looking better down the road. The climate change, Global warming blizzard, known as AlGore which is creeping across the Great Lakes region today will create a massive lake effect snow event for Thursday's game. Take the under on the points, and the Steelers will win.

Denver V. Indy. I have picked Indy to lose the past two weeks but I'm not picking them this week though. The Horseshoes can wrap up homefield advantage through the playoffs this week. This afternoon, the Colts said that career quarterback backup Jim Sorgi has been placed on IR with a shoulder injury. Manning will play this week and solidify homefield for the playoffs. It will be interesting to see what the Colts do with their starters for the final 3 weeks. Peyton has got to be just a bit happy with the turmoil over at Tiger Woods house, just think of all the new sponsors he can sign with after the first of the new year. Maybe advertising executives could create an all Manning all the time network, and in the offseason, the forehead could sell things just like the Home Shopping Network. Colts win.

Cincy V. Minnesota. Gray beard Favre threw nearly as many picks in Sunday night's game as he has all season. But the Vikings are going home to the friendly confines of the Metrodome, with the piped in crowd noise, where they are 6-0 this season. Cincinnati has never beaten Minnesota in Minnesota. Cincy has been weak against teams they should blow out, and while there are some injuries on Minnesota's side, Minnesota wins this game based on Favre's will. Close one, 30-27.

Jets V. Tampa Bay. Josh Freeman. For a few weeks you looked promising, but now in the last two games, you've turned the ball over 9 times. 4 picks last week in the endzone against a struggling Panthers team. You threw for over 300 yards, moved the team up and down the field, on the road, and scored 6 points? Last year, I posted Buc game recaps, this year, why bother. It appears that the J-E-T-S will be starting Kellen Clemens at QB this week instead of first round draft choice, Mark Sanchez. Didn't Kellen Clemens used to play saxophone for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band? Don't touch the Bucs for the last 4 games of this season, the JETS win.

Buffalo V. Kansas City. If there would ever be a contraction of the number of NFL teams, these two should be prime candidates. Jamaal Charles runs wild in this one and KC (without the Sunshine Band) chalks up a win.

Green Bay V. Chicago. Green Bay is making their push towards the playoffs, Chicago is looking towards the April draft. Green Bay's defense is very underrated and does Chicago even have a defense? Green Bay wins large.

New Orleans V. Atlanta. I called the trap game last week with the Saints coming off a home game, in a dome, then going on the road outdoors. Real football should be played outdoors. However, this Saints team is clicking on all cylinders and will be playing indoors against a wounded Falcons team. Matt Ryan will most likely not be playing this week, Michael Turner will miss another start and their secondary is horrible. Saints win and give the points this week.

Detroit V. Baltimore. Detroit is 0-6 on the road. Baltimore is pissed off and on a short week. Take Baltimore to win with Ray Rice having a large game.

Miami V. Jacksonville. I've been up in the air here about this game. Jacksonville has one of the best running backs in the league in MJD, but I feel the Miami Mullets are going to bring lots of confidence into this game against a in state rival which has been all over the board this year. Miami wins a very close game.

Carolina V. New England. New England is going to lose 3 in a row? If they do, Tom Brady will have lots of time to spend with his new baby come January 3rd around 4pm. Pats win.

Seattle V. Houston. Two teams which have really disappointed me all year. I have Texans running back, Steve Slaton on one of my fantasy teams, and now he is out for the season. The Texans have much more talent than their record allows. Seattle has a 1-5 road record, but I feel Seattle gets the win here.

St Louis V. Tennessee. Please, no discussion here. Chris Johnson rushes for 200 yards and three scores. Tennessee wins by halftime.

Washington V. Oakland. I really thought I would be done discussing the Polish Pop Gun, Bruce Gradkowski after he left Tampa and had failed attempts in Cleveland and St Louis, but oh no, here he comes again. 3 touchdowns in the 4th quarter against Pittsburgh, are you kidding me? The Crackheads suck and are headed West, so the Raiders win number 5 for the year and 3 under the leadership of the bald one. Why couldn't you through 50 yards down the field when you were in Tampa?

San Diego V. Dallas. I mentioned last week that Dallas always takes the December dive, but I didn't think it was going to be against a Giants team with their own problems. Never underestimate the impact of a divisional game. Outside of Indy and New Orleans, the Chargers are playing lights out football. (remember, I predicted them in the AFC Championship game back in September) This will be a great game but San Diego comes away with win number 8 in a row.

Philadelphia V. New York Football Giants. The Giants have their backs up against the wall in this game, if they lose, they are done for the playoffs. McNabb is getting up there in age, Andy Ried just got a contract extension today and the Eagles continue their march towards the NFC East division title after beating the Giants in this Sunday night game.

Monday Night
Arizona V. San Fran. Nancy Pelosi is representing San Fran, I want them to lose every single game from here on out, sorry folks but until you fruits and nuts elect reasonable representation, you must lose. Arizona wins.

A Clean sweep of the post?

WOW! Less than two hours after my post regarding the grammar issues in Florio's post, the prediction website is updated with a new introduction to the first paragraph. That's fantastic.

The Patriots have only swept Miami twice in the Belichick area and they often struggle in Jimmy Buffet Stadium.


Patriots (7-4) at Dolphins (5-6)
1 p.m., CBS

The Dolphins aren’t any worse than the team that finished last season 11-5. Yet they are staring 5-7 in the face. A much tougher schedule and a propensity for fourth quarter collapses have ruined their season. (Opponents have outscored Miami 83-22 in the fourth quarter since their bye week.)

New England traditionally bounces back from tough losses with fury. They haven’t lost back-to-back games since 2006. But this is the second time in three weeks they are coming off a devastating loss and they are working on a short week. The Patriots have only swept Miami twice in the Belichick area and they often struggle in Jimmy Buffet Stadium.

This is a very dangerous game for the Patriots, but Miami’s secondary has too many holes for Tom Brady to throw in. Look for something different from these Pats: a fourth quarter comeback.

Pick: Patriots 31, Dolpins 28


Hmmm. How many times have the Patriots struggled in Jimmy Buffet Stadium?

And what exactly is the Bill Belicheck area?

Florio is a sell out and a loser unable to write complete sentences based on factual information.

Journalism is dead folks, thats why newspapers are dying

Below, is a game prediction from Mike Florio and Gregg Rosenthal. Mike Florio founded the popular website, profootballtalk.com. This year, Mike sold out to NBC and merged with the nbcsports.msnbc.com team. Mike runs a site which is many times driven by rumors, not near the comparison of the TMZ of pro football, but mostly, his site is feeds of stories run in papers from NFL hometowns. Over the years, his site has attracted a lot of attention and he had gotten sponsorship from Sprint shortly before merging with NBC sports. The site sees much shameless self-promotion with a focus on grammar, sentence structure, and fact checking.
Below is the compiled game day predictions from Mr Florios website on the NBC/MSNBC site regarding the upcoming Miami Mullets against the New England Patriots. I beg any 9th grade English teacher to show me how the first two sentences of the posting are grammatically correct.
The Dolphins play in Land Shark Stadium, not Jimmy Buffett Stadium. And look at the final score prediction, what the hell is a Dolpin? Now, if you are writing a blog for NBC, wouldn't you think there could be (A) some fact checking, (B) some spell checking, and lastly, some sentence structure checking? What happened to the AP style guide for journalism?
Florio, last time I checked, I was kicking your ass too in straight up picks this year, behind you guys over at ESPN and Sporting News. Line forms at the end around the corner.

Patriots (7-4) at Dolphins (5-6)
1 p.m., CBS

The Dolphins aren’t worse of a team than the one that finished last season 11-5. Yet they are staring 5-7 in the face. A much tougher schedule and a propensity for fourth quarter collapses have ruined their season. (Opponents have outscored Miami 83-22 in the fourth quarter since their bye week.)

New England traditionally bounces back from tough losses with fury. They haven’t lost back-to-back games since 2006. But this is the second time in three weeks they are coming off a devastating loss and they are working on a short week. The Patriots have only swept Miami twice in the Belichick area and they often struggle in Jimmy Buffet Stadium.

This is a very dangerous game for the Patriots, but Miami’s secondary has too many holes for Tom Brady to throw in. Look for something different from these Pats: a fourth quarter comeback.

Pick: Patriots 31, Dolpins 28

Road Rules week 13.

week 12 saw my picks at 10-6 to bring the season long record to 123-52. I believe that record is still above any of the "experts" over at ESPN, though Merril Hoge is close. We are in the stretch run for the playoffs and injuries are mounting as some teams scrap to get an invitation to play in the NFL's second season. This week, I believe we will see a road team domination.

Thursday night
Jets @Toronto Bills. The Bills play their first regular season game north of the border at the Rogers Center in Toronto. Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez is nursing a knee injury and I'm going with the Bills to win this "home" game.

Philly @ Atlanta. Matt Ryan will miss this weekends start with Chris Redman filling in for Atlanta this week. Redman was efficient last week versus the Bucs but will see a myriad of blitz packages this week. Sure, the Eagles are going to go without DeSean Jackson most likely this week(concussion), but Jason Avant should fill in nicely. Eagles continue their march towards the NFC East title.

St Louis @ Chicago. This week Jay Cutler might finally have some time to set up and throw the ball as the Rams have no pass rush. Good thing, because the Bears don't have an offensive line. Bears win at home. Matt Forte, 131 combined yards and 1 touchdown.

Detroit @ Cincinnati. Cincy didn't put as many points on the board last week against their divisional rival, but that should change this week. Jasmine's favorite team, the Bengals, are 13 point favorites this week and are 6-0 against the spread (ATS) in non conference games in the past two years. Cincy puts the pedal to the metal and wins by 20.

Oakland @ Pittsburgh. Big Ben should be back this week. Da Raydahs have had 10 days to get ready for the Steelers. Bruce "the Polish Popgun" Gradkowski will be figured out by the Steelers defense and another ugly showing by the Raiders is in store.

Tennessee @ Indy. This should be a great game this week. The Titans have won 5 in a row, and the Colts have yet to lose one this year. However, Tennessee is 9-2 against the spread when they've have 2 or more consecutive wins in the past 2 years. Indy is 13-30 ATS over the past 5 years against teams with losing records. The Colts finally lose this week.

Denver @ Kansas City. Yes, Denver won large, 26-6 against the Giants on Turkey Day, but the Giants are in a downward spiral. Denver is 0-7 ATS in the past 7 games when they were favored by 3.5-9.5 points and 1-8 ATS against teams with a losing record. Kansas City has nothing to lose. I'm taking Kansas City to beat their division rival outright behind Jamaal Charles running strong. Charles has 90 yards and two scores.

New England @ Miami. Did you all get to watch my preseason Super Bowl pick Saints put that beat down on the Pats? That upcoming NFC Championship game between the Vikings and Saints is going to be one for the ages. Miami is 0-6 against the spread in week 10-13 over the past 2 seasons. Brady and company are pissed off and will wear out the young corners of the Miami Mullets.

New Orleans @ Washington Crackheads. This is a classic trap game. The Saints are coming off an emotional win on a short week and traveling to an outdoor stadium against a weak team. Washington has covered the spread in the last three games and early in the week, they are a double digit underdog. I'll take Washington and the points but the Saints win.

Tampa Bay @ Carolina. Carolina's starting quarterback, Jake Delhomme has a broken finger on his throwing hand and it appears that the third year Oregon State product, Matt Moore will most likely start at quarterback. Steve Smith and DeAngelo Williams are both listed early in the week as questionable. The Bucs are 6.5 point underdogs and on the road for the second straight game. The Bucs win this game outright this week. I predict 4 turnovers by the Panthers, and the Bucs score 30 points for win number two of the year.

Houston @ Jacksonville. These two teams are the poster children for those teams which are classic underachievers. Matt Schaub has a monster day against one of the worst pass defenses in the league. Houston hangs around in the wildcard chase for another week.

San Diego @ Cleveland. San Diego comes in on fire, to the city where the river caught on fire, after running off 6 consecutive wins. Cleveland doesn't have a prayer.

Dallas @ New York Football Giants. Sure, the calender reads December and that should signal the annual meltdown for the Dallas Cowboys. It won't start this week against a Giants team which started 5-0 and is 1-5 in subsequent games in the past 6 weeks. The Cowboys meltdown starts next week as they face the Chargers, @New Orleans, @Washington, and Philly, the final month of the season. Cowboys win this week.

San Francisco @ Seattle. San Fran is still in the hunt for a wildcard spot as the Giants, Cowboys, and Falcons future is uncertain. Seattle has been horrible this season and seemingly, key players have been on the injury report week in and week out all season long. San Fran hangs around this week, wins and stays in the hunt.

Minnesota @ Arizona. Will Warner play this week? Will Favre finally have a bad game this season? Will I ever win the Florida Lottery? All three of these are valuable and important questions. The Vikings are having a season for the ages with a quarterback of the ages. Warner sits, Favre plays and I don't win the lotto again this week. Minnesota needs to keep pace with the Saints for home field advantage through the playoffs. Vikings win a close one, 37-31.

Monday Night
Baltimore @ Green Bay. Pittsburgh's slide over the past 3 games, have allowed Baltimore to get back into the thick of the AFC wildcard playoff hunt. Green Bay has won 3 in a row after losing in Tampa to the previous winless Bucs. Baltimore has more to lose in this game than Green Bay. Ray Lewis will have the Raven's defense amped up and they will win a close one on Monday Night Football, 23-19.