Well, now I have to turn in the rest of my picks. Because I fell asleep at the wheel in posting my picks, missing the NFC Championship Game preview called Packers-Cowboys, now playing on DirecTV and your sports bar, My fantasy quarterback, Brett Favre, who never gets hurt….got hurt.
Well, he’ll be okay, his seperated shoulder is his non-throwing one, and he has no elbow damage in his throwing arm. That’s great, his consecutive streak of game started continues. Hooray. Glad to see a legend of the game is healthy.
That’s great. Makes me feel better about the negative two points he put up this week!
Now that I got that off my chest, and now come off as a fantasy football asshole, let me get to the picks! (As punishment, I am watching the Knick game.) All home teams in caps, courtesy of World Sports Exchange.
RAMS (-3) over Falcons: Oh, it’s that time of the year. When the bad matchups get really, really, really bad.
REDSKINS (-6) over Bills: This is pretty grim, but you would think the Redskins will be emotional and wanting to honor their fallen teammate. And if they’re not ready to do that, that’s okay too.
Lions (+4) over VIKINGS: I am so not comfortable with the growing Tarvaris Jackson bandwagon.
Texans (+4) over TITANS: Vince Young has been huffing a big back of suck lately. What is going on?
Jaguars (+7) over COLTS: Somehow I’m not afraid of the David Garrard bandwagon.
Jets (+1) over DOLPHINS: The Toilet Bowl is on! Look for the Jets to try to salvage their pride by avoiding being The Team That Lost To The Dolphins. Ok, I am hoping.
CHIEFS (+6) over Chargers: Not buying the latest Chargers “resurgence”.
Seahawks (+3) over EAGLES: Much props to Philly for showing the blueprint to possibly beating the Patriots. Now it’s back to reality. I think (these are the Seahawks, you know.)
49ers (+3) over PANTHERS: David Carr or the old guy. What happened to this team?
Buccaneers (+3) over SAINTS: A tale of two teams: The visitors, who I don’t want to believe in, or the home team, who I am tired of trying to believe in.
CARDINALS (-1) over Browns: The AFC/NFC thing isn’t what it once was, and Kurt Warner conveniently dropping the ball in the end zone won’t happen again (I hope).
BRONCOS (-3.5) over Raiders: If Raider coach Lane Kiffin bails for Arkansas, that would be quite the indictment, no? Besides, I suspect if Kiffin stays in Oakland, Darren McFadden will come to him.
BEARS (+1.5) over Giants: Are the Giants collapsing? They’ll find out here…provided they DON’T kick to Devin Hester, they should be able to outscore these guys. Other caveat being of course, that Eli Manning throws it to other New York Giants.
STEELERS (-7) over Bengals: No, you couldn’t tell anything from that slopfest against Miami. And I am too lazy to research a good Omar Epps movie with lots of rain and treacherous footing, so no joke this week. Now, if Mike Tomlin looked like Morris Chestnut, I’m confident I could find something….
Patriots (+20) over RAVENS: Ha, thought you could screw me two weeks in a row? Not so fast, Patriots. Lets face it, the Ravens are not getting to 20 points by exploiting weaknesses in the Patriots pass defense.
Best Bets: Patriots, Steelers, Buccaneers
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