Chicago at Green Bay:  Packers back to form

Oakland at Miami: Oakland should have more luck this week, and be more in sync.

Minnesota at Indianapolis: Indy at home gets Luck’s first win

New Orleans at Carolina: This is a toss up of to teams that should be better than they showed last week.

Houston at Jacksonville: Easy win here.

Dallas at Seattle: Seattle not in this class of teams yet.

Tennessee at San Diego: Another toss up, but I think Tennessee can pull this one out

Detroit at San Francisco: Home field advantage.

Cleveland at Cincinnati: Big response from Cincy

Kansas City at Buffalo: K.C. played well for three quarters last week.  They finish today.

Tampa Bay at New York: Tough battle in the swamp…the Jersey Swamp.

Arizona at New England: No debate here…Arizona with a backup QB.

Baltimore at Philly: Good luck Michael Vick

Washington at St. Louis: The RG3 show continues.

New York Jets at Pittsburgh: Don’t see Steelers losing first two, but injuries decide this one.

Denver at Atlanta: Game of The Week, I could be wrong here, but will enjoy either way.

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So we went 12-4 last week..not terrible. Which makes us 142-67 for the year. We picked Atlanta on Thursday night in a laugher.

Cincinnati at St. Louis: St. Louis has struggled all year.  I don;t think they do anything special here.  PICK: CINCINNATI

Miami at Buffalo: Picked Miami here just because I think they will respond after last weeks disaster and the firing of their coach. PICK: MIAMI

Tennessee at Indy: ANdrew Luck is too close to start winning now. PICK: TENNESSEE

Washington at NYG: Giants need to win their remaining division games to make the playoffs.  They start here. PICK: NYG

Seattle at Chicago: The Bears just can;t find a way to get any offense going.  PICK: SEATTLE

New Orleans at Minnesota: Might be some records set here by Brees..Minnesota has no pass defense. PICK: NEW ORLEANS

Carolina at Houston: Many feel Houston stumbles here, I think they keep rolling. PICK: HOUSTON

Green Bay at Kansas City: Again,  not the place Green Bay stumbles. PICK: GREEN BAY

Detroit at Oakland: This one could be close.  Oakland needs to find something to stay in the race for a Wild Card. PICK: DETROIT

New York Jets at Philadelphia: Jets have stayed quiet this week, but were making Giants references mid week.  We know Philly has the talent and ability, but will they show? PICK: PHILLY

Cleveland at Arizona: Cleveland has a lot to do in the coming years. PICK: ARIZONA

New England at Denver: I just can’t pick against Tebow when I see things like last week. PICK: DENVER

Baltimore at San Diego: I don’t think San Diego’s run this year is for real. PICK: BALTIMORE

Pittsburgh at San Francisco: This one will be good, but Pittsburgh needs it more. PICK: PITTSBURGH

After most analysts were against the Giants last week, they have learned their lesson to not count this team out just yet. They proved it by almost unanimously naming the Giants winners over the division-rival Redskins. There is one holdout, but we aren’t going to worry about him. (more…)

We had a rough week last week going 9-7 thanks to some unexpected injuries, and some other strange happenings.  We stand at 130-63 for the season including Thursday nights win in Pittsburgh.  Here we go:

New England at Washington: The Redskin defense is pretty good, but still no match in the long run for the Patriots

PICK: NEW ENGLAND

Kansas City at New York Jets: The Jet offense will have it’s struggles again this week against a very strong K.C. defense.  However Tyler Palko won’t mature much against the Jet defense. PICK: JETS

Houston at Cincinnati: Cincy’s defense might be a little much for the beat up Texans.  I’m going with the home team with Cincy making it’s last stand at a playoff spot.  PICK: CINCINNATI

Indianapolis at Baltimore:  Even though Baltimore lost to Jacksonville earlier this year, I don’t think lightning strike twice, besdie The Ravens need to keep pace with the Steelers: PICK BALTIMORE

Minnesota at Detroit: Keep an eye on who is playing Qb for Minny this week.  Christian Ponder wasn’t practicing during the week and might be out for this game.  Joe Webb won’t scare the Lions and the Minnesota secondary allowed Tim Tebow to go 15-20!  PICK: DETROIT

Atlanta at Carolina: I have been a big fan of Cam Newton this year, but the rest of the team needs some help, as he noted this week in the media.  Atlanta needs to sew up the top Wild Card spot soon. PICK: ATLANTA

Philadelphia at Miami: Vick, Maclin, Matthews, all back….I’m guessing they need some time to get used to seeing each other again.  Miami playing very well especially at home.  PICK: MIAMI

Tampa Bay at Jacksonville: If Raheem Morris wants to have any sense of success this year, he needs to start winning again.  Jacksonville didn’t look much better last Monday with a new coach.  PICK: TAMPA BAY

New Orleans at Tennessee: New Orleans is on a roll. Tennessee coming off a good road win in Buffalo.  I don’t see N.O. missing a step here.  PICK: NEW ORLEANS

San Francisco at Arizona: Fantastic effort by Arizona last week beating the Cowboys in Overtime, and a nice pick by us.  I think they spent a lot on that game.  PICK: SAN FRANCISCO

Chicago at Denver: Chicago with no Qb and no RB…I’m not turing on Tebow now.  PICK: DENVER

Oakland at Green Bay: This one is actually a tough one.  The Green Bay defense could be susceptible to the Oakland running game and if Carson Palmer gets going with the Raider speed, there could be a lot of points scored here.  Still think Rodgers is too much for anyone to handle.  PICK: GREEN BAY

Buffalo at San Diego: San Diego needs this one, and all the rest. Buffalo blew their chances last week at home, this one across the country ends badly for them. PICK: SAN DIEGO

New York GIANTS AT DALLAS: I think the running game is back for the Giants and will help Eli exploit the Cowboy secondary.  Dallas offensive line still a work in progress. PICK: GIANTS

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The JETS at Washington: The one thing the Redskins have is defense, and the Jets are struggling to find an offense.  This is a low scoring affair waiting to happen.  Much closer than some might think. Pick: Washington

Kansas City at Chicago:  Well, here we have two teams without  QB’s, and both with good defenses.  Chicago offense should be able to accomplish more than K.C. though.  Pick: Chicago

Tennessee at Buffalo: Tennessee has struggled lately. Buffalo played their biggest game of the year last week and came up short.  Both of these teams started strong and now try and stay relevant. Pick: Buffalo

Oakland at Miami: The running game of the Raiders is impressive and Carson Palmer only gets more comfortable each week.  Miami has been impressive, but the Raiders need to more at this point. Pick: Raiders

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh: Cincinnati couldn’t beat them at home with the Steelers missing a few players.  I just can’t see them winning on the road.  I’ll be rooting for the Bengals, but Pick: Steelers

Carolina at Tampa Bay: Tampa’s last stand. Carolina is always competitive with Cam Newton.  I think this is very close, and comes down to turnovers  Pick: Tampa Bay

Atlanta at Houston: A third string Qb against an improving Atlanta defense.  Tough choice here because Houston can still run the ball.  Arian Foster could ruin this pick.  Pick: Atlanta

Denver at Minnesota: Tebow until he loses. Pick: Denver

Indianapolis at New England: No explanation needed Pick: New England

Baltimore at Cleveland: Baltimore defense still controls games like this Pick: Baltimore

Green Bay at NYG:   The Giants need pressure and turnovers to have a chance.  If Bradshaw plays their chances go up. Same with Michael Boley  Pick: NYG

Dallas at Arizona: Larry Fitzgerald vs the Cowboy defense.  The Cowboys have escaped the last two weeks.  This road test might catch them by surprise.  Pick: Arizona

St. Louis at San Francisco: SF on extended rest, at home, looking to wrap up the division title.  Poor Spags..Come home please!

Pick: San Francisco

Detroit at New Orleans: Detroit with one less pass rusher, and a less than stellar run defense. Tough spot. Pick: New Orleans

Those are the Sunday picks for this week….a tough week actually as we wait to see who still has the desire to show up and play.

As all of you can see there are many unanimous picks for this week…and The Giants losing to the Saints is one of them.  Along with the Cowboys over the Dolphins, which they got right, the panel is picking Cincinnati over Cleveland, Atlanta over Minnesota, The Jets over Buffalo, Houston over Jacksonville, Pittsburgh over Kansas City, and our beloved Giants falling to the Saints in New Orleans on Monday Night Football. If this holds true it seems there will be not many competitive games this weekend to watch. But we all know that that rarely holds true.