Last Week - 12 - 4
Overall - 126- 66
Buffalo over St. Louis - The Rams played well last week, but I don't think they are better than the Bills.
Cincinnati over Dallas - The Bengals are fighting for the wildcard spot with the Steelers. They aren't going to lose.
Cleveland over Kansas City - The Browns are the little team that suddenly could. They won't lose to a team that won with emotion last week, although perhaps the Chiefs will ride that emotion another week. I just don't think so.
Indianapolis over Tennessee - I needed the Colts to lose last week and instead they chugged down the field and made an awesome play to win the game. Don't think a team like that is planning on losing.
Chicago over Minnesota - Brian Urlacher is out, and everyone thinks that will bring the Bears down, but sometimes that makes a team just fight harder.
Pittsburgh over San Diego - Don't bet against my boys, but can the Chargers really lose again? Unfortunately, they are playing in da burg at Heinz field and Big Ben is back and looking for a win.
Tampa Bay over Philadelphia - This one was a hard one because, like the Chargers, can the Eagles really lose again? Nine games in a row? But, like the Steelers, the game is at Raymond James on a day where the Buccaneers are celebrating their 10th anniversary of their Super Bowl win with returning, beloved players taking the field. I guarantee those guys will also be in the locker room firing up the current players. Eagles go down.
Baltimore over Washington - The Ravens lost to their most hated rivalry. They aren't going to lose two in a row despite my wishes.
Atlanta over Carolina - I voted for Matt Ryan for the Pro Bowl. He wins again.
Jets over Jaguars - The Jets seem to pull out these games against itty, bitty teams. They are my wildcard this week.
San Francisco over Miami - Miami wins willy nilly every other week, but the 49ers are the better team.
Giants over New Orleans - I went with the Giants because they are at home. Gunning game with both quarterbacks throwing big yardage.
Seattle over Arizona - Get ready to watch Pete Carroll jump up and down again on the field.
Green Bay over Detroit - The Lions could pull this one out if the Packers play like they did a couple weeks ago. But we are down at the end where teams fight for the playoffs and Aaron Rogers is a star. Packers win.
New England over Houston - This is a good game for the Texans to win before the playoffs, but it is Tom Brady so I went with the Pats. But Brady could be tired after the birth of his daughter, although after typing that sentence I realized he probably has a nanny.
Cowboy DUI - Sad news for the Cowboys (who I hope win on emotion this week). Saturday morning two current players, Josh Brent and Jerry Brown, were involved in a crash in Texas. Brent was driving drunk and Brown was killed. This has set off an outcry, much like the one last week after the murder-suicide of Jovan Belcher, this time over DUI's in the NFL. This one, however, makes much more sense than the gun control thing of last week. These pro athletes are always involved in episodes where drinking is heavily involved. The fact that so many of them get behind the wheel of a car is just sickening. These guys can afford to have drivers for heaven's sake.
Tampa's Anniversary - This is one time that I would love to be at the Bucs game, and if the Steelers game weren't so important, I probably would have been. I've said before that I was a huge fan of those former players of old who went out and did what everyone said they couldn't do. A great article about that time in the Tampa Bay Times today
Bounty gate - The NFL, after turning over the case to former commissioner Paul Tagliabue, offered the players involved a new deal if they admitted quilt. The players rejected it preferring to take their shot with Tagliabue.
Regis Philbin - It was so great to see my Regis again! Love him. He was on Fox's pre-game show talking about the Giants and his bit at the end about doing a good job and taking over Michael Strahan's job was hilarious.
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