Last Week
Joe:10-4Aaron: 9-5
Current Standings
Joe: 48-29Aaron: 45-32
Pittsburgh at Tennessee
Aaron: Lots of ugly football last weekand the Steelers' unwatchable contribution followed their usual low-scoring,formulaic slog. The Titans areundeniably awful, but these Thursday Night games do tend tobring out the best in the home underdogs. Tennessee outright? Nah, butthey'll hang around long enough for late Steelers score to decide it. Pick: Pittsburgh
Joe: It's a good thing there's so muchbaseball on tonight to distract from this dog of a game. Are the Steelers themost uninteresting playoff contender in the league? Nobody even cares about Roethlisbergerand how he's a disgusting rapist anymore. They're the better team here, but Icontinue to hold on to some dumb hope that the Titans are a spoiler thisseason. Plus, like I said before, gotta keep these Thursday picks interesting.Pick: Tennessee
Oakland at Atlanta
Aaron: Weird season for my Raiders, asthe media narrative surrounding them seems to change from week to week. After losing to the Dolphins in week two, theteam was "terrible". Oaklandupset Pittsburgh in week three and the team has "heart". Peyton Manning surgically removes theRaiders' hearts in week four and we're back to "terrible". One thing hasn't changed: the Raiders'secondary IS terrible. If you missed theevisceration that was Buffalo at San Francisco last week, you'll get to witnessit here. Pick:Atlanta
Joe: Nobody'sreally going to have any faith in the Falcons once theplayoffs roll around, right? Pick: Atlanta
Cincinnati at Cleveland
Aaron: Is this the game in which weall look at Cleveland's last two or three weeks as moral victories based ontheir effort or relatively small margin of defeat and pick 'em to beat anup-and-down Bengals team at home for their first victory of the season? Just checking. Pick: Cincinnati
Joe: Oh, twist my arm. Pick:Cleveland
St. Louis at Miami
Aaron: I'm not sure that a pair ofin-division home wins are enough of a case for me to pick the Rams thisweek. The Dolphins surprisingly possessthe best run defense in the league, which shouldn't surpriseanyone who can actually name someone on Miami's defensive front line. Without looking it up,Joe. I am not thatperson. Pick: Miami
Joe: I mean ... Jason Taylor, right?Pick: Miami
Indianapolis at NY Jets
Aaron: After last week's emotional winhome win against Green Bay, the Colts will inevitably be the inspirational pickhere against the dysfunctional Jets. But, sometimes the happy ending goes horribly wrong. Like when a rookie QB plays on the road orfor those of you who planned on voting "Democrat" in November. Pick: NY Jets
Joe: I refuse to listen to you on BOTHthose counts, sir. And I will also not mention baseball AT ALL right now. Pick:Indianapolis
Detroit at Philadelphia
Aaron: Have the Eagles fielded thethree most famous black quarterbacks in NFL history? I need to bring this up at my barbershop nextweekend, but Randall Cunningham, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick are 75% of thefamous black QB Mount Rushmore, no? Who's the fourth? WarrenMoon? Good, borderline great, butfamous? Steve McNair? More famous in death. Holy cow, is it Kordell Stewart? Pick: Philadelphia
Joe: Doug Williams won a Super Bowl!Daunte Culpepper was a 1st-round fantasy pick! Vince Young is Kordell Stewartwith a NCAA National Championship! Pick: Philadelphia KansasCity at Tampa Bay
Aaron: The Bucs have nice little rundefense, but a closer look at the numbers shows that they've been stopping asorry collection of RBs this year -- including Carolina's two-headed,four-legged mediocrity, Dallas' perpetual black hole in the backfield and, ofcourse, Ahmad Bradshaw. Pick:Kansas City
Joe: Kansas City's defense might bethe perfect salve for Tampa's sputtering offense, though. Pick: TampaBay
Dallas at Baltimore
Aaron: Look, I've defended Cowboys QBTony Romo. I think he gets WAY too much sh*t considering the supporting castthat Old Man Jones has brought on board. But, the narrative after last week's loss to the Bears ("It wasn'tRomo's fault! His receivers can't runroutes!") makes me wonder if we've come all the way back around tomollycoddling the guy. This week shouldtake care of that conundrum. Pick: Baltimore
Joe: Mollycoddling! Jalen, you go outback and cut your daddy a switch! Pick: Baltimore
New England at Seattle
Aaron: The Seahawks field a top 10running game and a top 10 defense against both the run and the pass. They're next to last in passing offense,though, so this one should be low-scoring and dependent on the groundgame. Seattle certainlycould steal this, but would you trust Seahawks QB RussellWilson to move the length of the field, if needed, to win the game? Now, how about Tom Brady? Yup. Pick: New England
Joe: All my usual platitudes about"It would be great to see the Pats lose but they won't" apply here.Pick: New England
Buffalo at Arizona
Aaron: Fun fact -- With last week'sloss, Bills head coach Chan Gailey's career winning percentage is .435. It all depends on when he's fired this year,but he still maintains a slim lead over the career winning percentage of DickJauron, the previous Bills head coach (.423). So, there's that, Joe. Pick: Arizona
Joe: He's not getting fired this year.He's a good coach. Not even kidding. Pick: Arizona
NY Giants at San Francisco
Aaron: We're six weeks into the seasonand STILL haven't had one of those nonsensical week-long sports talkconversations where we collectively ask, "What's wrong with EliManning?" or "Has Tom Coughlin lost this team?" We're due. Pick: San Francisco
Joe: Are we? I'm sensing anoverconfident letdown game. Or am I hoping for it? Pick: NYGiants
Minnesota at Washington
Aaron: I'm not trying to make light ofthis, but the Redskins QB options are a concussed Robert Griffin III or ahealthy Rex Grossman. I mean...they'reboth...so... Pick:Minnesota
Joe: Keep trying to find SOMETHINGinteresting to say about this one, but I'm coming up empty. Hey! Remember whenthe Redskins won the Super Bowl IN Minnesota? Perfect place for a Super Bowl,the dead of winter in January in Minneapolis. Who'd they beat again? Pick:Minnesota
Green Bay at Houston
Aaron: The performance of Texans RBArian Foster single-handedly torpedoed two of my fantasy teams last week. I'm just saying I'll be pissed if he doesn'tgive that same kind of effort here, when he knows he WON'T be playing againstmy fantasy team. Pick:Houston
Joe: Whereas an uncommonly quiet dayfrom Andre Johnson saved by fantasy bacon. Yin and Yang! Pick:Houston
Denver at San Diego
Aaron: I didn't think I could enjoy aChargers loss any more thoroughly. But, listening to their fans meticulouslypiss n' moan about the officiating -- verbally breaking down the Saints gametape like the Zapruder film -- all week long has been absolutely magical forme. Magical. Pick: San Diego
Joe: One of these days, I want a linkto a blog written by one of Cam's neighbors or co-workers or someone who issubject to all these anti-Chargers screeds on a daily basis. I just want to seehow the city of San Diego copes with such an assault. Pick: SanDiego
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