Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The company, food and football were great, and overall, the hognostications were really good. Congratulations to everyone for doing so well. Redskin in Canada finally made his move and is now just two back of JPM36. Fortunately our Skins won to offset my foul mood, as my Sunday hognostications were cause for disappointment. After all, I can accept the Bears losing to the Pats, and I won\u2019t even go into what happened in Tennessee, but demoralizing last-second losses by the Jags and the 9ers broke my chance of having a first decent week. Good luck to everyone this week, as there are some tough picks. <\/p>\n
Baltimore at Cincinnati<\/b>
\nThis is one of those tough picks. The Ravens are playing for only their franchise\u2019s second divisional title, and by virtue of playing on a Thursday night, are playing to become only the second team to win a divisional title in November since the league went to eight divisions in 2002. Meanwhile the Bengals need this win desperately to help keep their wildcard hopes alive. This is going to be a great team to watch for those of us that have the NFL Network. I\u2019m going with the better defense.
\nPick \u2013 Ravens <\/p>\n
San Diego at Buffalo<\/b>
\nObviously the Chargers are the more talented team in this match-up. The question is will the Chargers, with a two-game lead in their division, take a week off. One has to believe that the return of Merriman alone will be enough to fire up the Chargers to beat the Bills.
\nPick \u2013 Chargers <\/p>\n
Minnesota at Chicago<\/b>
\nUnfortunately for Vikings, they\u2019ll be playing the Bears coming off one of their only losses this season. Not that I\u2019d pick the Vikes if the Bears had won last week.
\nPick \u2013 Bears <\/p>\n
Kansas City at Cleveland<\/b>
\nPretty sad if the Brownies need to rely on a second year player like Braylon Edwards for leadership. Herm Edwards has done a great job in KC and will need to keep it up if they want to keep pace in the AFC wildcard chase.
\nPick \u2013 Chiefs <\/p>\n
New York Jets at Green Bay<\/b>
\nWhat a pleasant surprise for the Jets\u2019 faithful to have a shot at the playoffs this season. They\u2019ll have to win in the cold at Lambeau to stay in the race.
\nPick \u2013 Jets <\/p>\n
Detroit at New England<\/b>
\nOne of the easiest picks of the season.
\nPick – Patriots <\/p>\n
San Francisco at New Orleans<\/b>
\nShould\u2019ve known better than to pick the 9ers last week. This loss will officially put them out of the playoff chase.
\nPick \u2013 Saints <\/p>\n
Arizona at St. Louis<\/b>
\nAlthough it would be fun to see him there, there\u2019s no way Pete Carroll is stupid enough to trade USC for the Cardinals. The Cardinals are a pathetic 3-18 on the road over the past 2+ seasons under Green.
\nPick \u2013 Rams <\/p>\n
Indianapolis at Tennessee<\/b>
\nVince Young is the real deal. It\u2019ll be interesting to see if the interest in Young can keep Fisher in Tennessee. This one won\u2019t be as close at the 14-13 Colts\u2019 victory in week 8.
\nPick \u2013 Colts <\/p>\n
Atlanta at Washington<\/b>
\nIn Gibbs we trust! Much thanks to Coach Gibbs for silencing all the talking heads predicting his departure after the season. Gotta love the run-the-ball, stop-the-run focus.
\nPick \u2013 Redskins <\/p>\n
Jacksonville at Miami<\/b>
\nTwo teams headed in opposite directions.
\nPick \u2013 Dolphins <\/p>\n
Houston at Oakland<\/b>
\nA tough pick, although not a very interesting one. This is a battle of two anemic offenses. At least Houston can blame theirs on injuries to their OL.
\nPick – Texans <\/p>\n
Dallas at New York Giants<\/b>
\nAre things as bad in New York as the media would lead us to believe? Maybe not, but the pukes are playing well and don\u2019t have near the distractions, even with T.O.. Hasta luego, Vanderjerk.
\nPick \u2013 Pukes <\/p>\n
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh<\/b>
\nAnother tough pick – only taking the Steeler because they\u2019re at home.
\nPick – Steelers <\/p>\n
Seattle at Denver<\/b>
\nJay Cutler gets his chance. Rod Smith and Javon Walker ought to be excited, and if the Broncos can balance their offensive attack, they\u2019ll be tough to beat, particularly at home.
\nPick \u2013 Broncos <\/p>\n
Carolina at Philadelphia<\/b>
\nThe Panthers bounce back after getting beat by the class of the league last weekend.
\nPick – Panthers <\/p>\n
Last Week\u2019s Results: 12-4
\nSeason to Date: 101-74<\/p>\n
Edit: This blog was archived in May of 2016 from our original articles database.It was originally posted by Frank Hastings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"