2010 Week #10

Here are the Sunday picks for Week 10.

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BUF (0-8)	1	Det (2-6)			Buf	Det
NYJ (6-2)	3	CLE (3-5)			NY	NY
TB (5-3)	7	Car (1-7)			TB	TB
IND (5-3)	7	Cin (2-6)			Ind	Ind
MIA (4-4)	1	Tenn (5-3)			Tenn	Tenn
Min (3-5)	1	CHI (5-3)			Chi	Chi
JACK(4-4)	1	Hou (4-4)			Hou	Jack
KC (5-3)	1	DEN (2-6)			KC	Den
SF (2-6)	5½	StL (4-4)			StL	SF
ARIZ (3-5)	3	Sea (4-4)			Ariz	Ariz
NYG (6-2)	13½	Dal (1-7)			NY	Dal
	Sun. Nite
PIT (6-2)	5	NE (6-2)			NE	NE
	Mon. Nite
Phi (5-3)	3	WASH (4-4)			Phi	Phi

Some of our picks and observations included:

• Jason and I both had trepidation about picking this week's games because there didn't seem to be clear-cut picks for many of the games.  That was even before we saw the point spreads.  I can't remember that many one-point spreads in a single week.  Six games!  The NFL parity blob is as big as ever.
• It shouldn't be this difficult for the Buffalo Bills then to get a win this season considering how many other average to below-average teams reside in the NFL.  The Detroit Lions are in that group, and they just lost their starting QB Matthew Stafford.  Gimme the Bills back on American soil to get that 1st victory.  Jason will stick with his call last week of a 4th straight 3-point Bills loss.
• Ryan vs. Ryan took a very humorous turn when Jets coach Rex Ryan dressed in costume mocking his brother, Browns defensive coordinator Rob Ryan.  How great is that to be able to take shots at the other team's coaches?  Rex must be greatly confident in his team's preparation.  We'll go with the Jets to foil any other trick plays or gadgets Coach Mangenius and the Browns may try to cook up.
• Jason will go with his guy Josh Freeman and the Buccaneers over Carolina.  I'm taking Tampa because I'm picking against Panthers QB Jimmy Clausen until he shows me a reason not to.
• And you kinda have to pick against Cincy until they show a pulse too, I'd think.  I know that they almost came roaring back to knock off Pittsburgh on Monday night, but they played like total dogshit for three quarters before that.  Peyton Manning and the Colts should be up 5 TDs by the 4th quarter if the Bengals play like that again.
• A vote for Kerry Collins to Randy Moss today happens to be a vote against Chad Pennington to anybody on the Dolphins.  Either way, Miami hasn't won a home game yet this year, and they won't start winning against a Titans squad that's 3-1 on the road this season.
• Can you hear that?  Thundering through the halls and aisles of Soldier Field?  It's getting louder...louder...yes, I can make it out now...FIRE CHILLY!!  CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP FIRE CHILLY!! CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP...We both will take Chicago to beat a Minnesota team that's winless on the road this year, and I'll make a not-so-bold prediction that Vikings coach Brad Childress takes the Walk of Shame and gets shitcanned right after the game.
• I'll give the Texans one more chance to get their asses in gear, and I'll pick them to beat the Jaguars in Florida today.  Jason makes a great point that Jacksonville can put up big numbers today going against the last-ranked pass defense in football, and that's why he's got the Jags.  But I say that Houston should still win a shootout because Jacksonville has a secondary almost as bad as Houston, and the Texans have way more powerful aerial options than the Jags.
• I'm also giving Kansas City one last chance to hold their heads up high and show that they deserve to contend for a playoff spot.  It's two teams definitely sliding backwards when the Chefs visit Denver, but Jason thinks the Chiefs are sliding faster.  I'm going with KC because they should be able to command time of possession running the ball down the Broncos' throats.  Denver is giving up 4.6 yards per carry, and that's with potential Pro Bowl LB D.J. Williams, who will not start today because he picked up a DUI a few days ago.
• I hate Sam Bradford.  Don't know if we've established that.  Therefore, I will jinx him and his playoff aspirations by taking him to go into Candlestick and beat Coach Psycho.  Jason has a conspiracy angle that he pulls out when he wants utter chaos to ensue.  Sometimes he picks game results that would boost the playoff chances of a team that he wants to see make the playoffs just because they don't belong anywhere near the playoffs and he would get a tickle out of it.  Jason briefly cited some BS about Troy Smith giving the 49ers a spark at QB as his reason why he's picking San Francisco, but I don't think he believes that.  He's actually taking SF because a win would bring the Niners up to 3-6 and the Rams down to 4-5, and depending on what happened in the other NFC West showdown, SF could end the day only a game out of first place.  I'm not sure why Jason hates the viewing public so much that he wants to inflict on them a San Fran playoff home game on Wild Card weekend, but this is his desire, and he may pick them the rest of the way in order to make that twisted dream come true.
• And holding up that dream is his pick of Arizona over Seattle, because that would put both of those teams also at 4-5.  Their running games are both crap so I'm picking the Cards because they should do better in the air than Seattle, giving them the edge.
• Jason wants to see Jason Garrett's balls.  Wait, what?  Jay expressed interest in seeing what new Cowboys coach Jason Garrett would do in his first game against the New York Giants.  Specifically, he wants to see if Garrett shows his grapefruits and pulls guys who aren't giving effort, such as the defensive back spotlighted on all the recap shows last week who completely refused to try to tackle a Packer as he carried the ball into the end zone.  Jason will take Dallas to cover because he thinks Garrett will spark a better effort.  I don't think so.  You don't get off my Fed Ex Mail-It-In list until you show in a game that you deserve to be removed.
• Jason showed some balls in picking New England straight up to win at Pittsburgh tonight.  I like the Patriots to cover the 5 points, but not to win.  But when I asked Jason why he thinks NE will win the game, he just said "Because."  That should scare all of Steeler Nation, because nothing is more indicative of goofy shit happening than Jason predicting it to happen and having no explanation why.
• And in Capt. Shanahan's return to football since the Rex Grossman Affair, we like the Eagles to soar on Monday night in DC.  Philly's the better team, they're playing great right now, they're looking to avenge losing to Washington in Week 4, and they don't have a total anus as head coach.