If you haven't already seen the video of Alex Trebek drunk on his own sense of game-show-hostness (and alcohol), you must click here. I understand that if you have some sort of unexplainable crush on Trebek, this video may be traumatizing. This is what I have been told. So how about the football!
Last week: 8-6
This season: 53-37
San Diego(+.5) over BUFFALO
- I'm pretty sure New England is not very good, but San Diego steamrolled them to a point where I'm kind of scared of them again. I think it's safe to assume they were harboring some residual bitterness from last year's AFC Championship game. And this seems like the time of year where Buffalo reverts to their preseason-expected form.
- There's a local radio sportscaster from Chicago here in San Francisco who refers to the Bears as the "Bearlys." I find this hilarious. Read it out loud. It's funny!
- I've been picking against my boys all season, but after their miracle against Jacksonville a couple of weeks ago, I can't not take them. They'll be getting a few critical pieces back (Parker, Hampton, Reed) while Cincy trots out Ryan Fitzpatrick for the injured Carson Palmer, in addition to some other second string ex-cons on defense. Of course, I remember last year when the Steelers went into the Meadowlands and got their clocks cleaned by the hapless Jets. So anything could happen. Hopefully Tomlin gets the boys fired up, because their schedule does not get any easier after this week.
Tennessee(-7.5) over KANSAS CITY
- Larry Johnson is out. OUT. This line should be closer to 11 or 12.
New Orleans(+3.5) over CAROLINA
ST. LOUIS(+6.5) over Dallas
- This is sketchy at best. But Dallas has a lot of people injured, and the Rams actually WON a game last week. Really, they won! And Dallas, as always, found a way to keep an inferior team around last week and were finally bitten. So I like the points here, even if it is the Rams.
NEW YORK GIANTS(-10.5) over San Francisco
- This game was initially scheduled to be in San Francisco, but then Red Bull decided to hold a soapbox derby here so they had to move it. Not really. But how cool is it that Red Bull holds soapbox derbies? I can't wait to go to this thing. A couple of years ago they had the Flugtag at Baltimore's inner harbor, and it was, without question, the coolest thing I ever did in Baltimore. Although, I'm not sure if that says more about how cool Red Bull is, or how shitty Baltimore is.
New York Jets(-3.5) over OAKLAND
WASHINGTON(-7.5) over Cleveland
Indianapolis(-1.5) over GREEN BAY
- STONE COLD LOCK OF THE WEEK!
Denver(+3.5) over NEW ENGLAND
- Are the Patriots finished? Just eight months ago they were on the verge of the NFL's first ever 19-0 season, and now they are in danger of not even making the playoffs. Which makes me ask myself, is Tom Brady really that good? I mean, the Patriots are pretty much the same team as last year, right? The only significant difference is Tawwmy Brady. And all of a sudden they can't even give the Chargers, a team they crushed in last year's AFC Championship, a game. It boggles the mind.
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