- Saints 30, Panthers 27 - Both winners - The Saint defense continues to stink, the Panthers continue to be cover machines, and Steve Smith is a MAN. Gotta love a guy who gets cheap shotted, takes time to do his touchdown dance, and only then retaliates by pushing a guy down on to the turf by his facemask just to then lift him back up by it. The Panthers wont win many games this year, but they are a lot of fun to watch. Note to league: don't fuck with Steve Smith.
- Bills 31, Eagles 24 - Both losers - We either really underestimated the Bills, or way overestimated the Eagles. Of course, I'm the guy who wrote this, so I have nobody to blame but myself for picking Philly.
- Seahawks 36, Giants 25 - Jason winner, Dre loser - This was my least insightful pick of the week, and I'd love to take credit for being so smart, but I didn't see Seattle winning. The Giants looked like a bad bet to cover the big number, so I played the hunch. Wow, is the NFC East looking like crap right now.
- Bengals 30, Jaguars 20 - Both winners - Blaine Gabbert looks terrible, while Andy Dalton is doing just enough to give his team a chance late, and so far the Bengals are making their opportunities against bad opponents pay off.
- Chiefs 28, Colts 24 - Dre winner, Jason loser - Dre called this one, Dwayne Bowe killed it. His circus catch for a score ignited the Chiefs, who erased a 17 point deficit and kept the Peyton-less Colts without a win. So who thinks my insane ramblings about 18 for MVP are crazy now? I've even seen some of the "experts" going this route as well. Not so crazy after all.
- Steelers 38, Titans 17 - Dre winner, Jason loser - So much for annointing the Tennessee Titans as the new "it" team in the AFC. The old "it" team chucked it around pretty good on that formerly high ranked defense. For a week, the Steelers looked like they'd shaken off the rust, but that's still a team with a lot of problems.
- Vikings 34, Cardinals 10 - Both losers - Reference the recap of the Eagles/Bills game for the link. Nobody to blame but myself.
- Raiders 25, Texans 20 - Both winners - Did the Raiders win it for Al? Maybe. I say they won it because they are better.
- Niners 48, Bucs 3 - Both winners - Holy beatdown. San Fran lived up to my "Halfway to Eight" prediction. Eight as in wins. Wins as in it will probably only take 8 to win that garbage division. Speaking of garbage divisions, is there a GOOD division in the NFC right now? Discuss.
- Patriots 30, Jets 21 - Jason winner, Dre loser - Thanks to the Jets. Their porous D stiffened up on a late third down, when all the Pats needed was a first down to run out the clock, forcing the Pats to kick a late field goal. Of course, that field goal gave me the ATS win. Funny how not sucking for just one play, on a day when you sucked it up all over the field, can ruin your chances to cover a number.
- Chargers 29, Broncos 24 - Jason winner, Dre loser - Didn't I just win the Pats pick this way? I digress. I was a little worried once I saw the "Tebow replaces Orton" crawl during the real game I was watching (Pats/Jets). Now I'm not a Tebow fan, but even though the Bolts were comfortably up, I felt like Jesus coming into the game would spark Denver. Spark them he did, and it was good. Right up until the desperation heave at the end of the game bounced off his intended receiver. Fret not Bronco fans, the touchdown wouldn't have counted since the receiver was the first player to touch the ball after being out of bounds at the back of the endzone. Tebow gets the start in two weeks against Miami, and I hear Joe Buck has asked to be Tebow's personal announcer for all his starts. I kid.
- Packers 25, Falcons 14 - Jason winner, Dre loser - The Atlanta "Paper Champion" Falcons are in deep trouble. After looking fairly competent (yet still really boring) on their first two posessions, the Falcons didn't score the rest of the game en route to another Aaron Rodgers passing clinic. Rodgers hit twelve (?!?!?) different targets and avoided a recharged Falcon pass rush after the Packers lost a key offensive lineman. Sad stat for the Falcons, who traded WAY up for Julio Jones after their defense gave up 48 to these same Packers in January: the juggernaut Vikings, Broncos, and Panthers have scored more points on offense than you have. Yikes.
- Lions 24, Bears 13 - Both losers - The Bears have made the Cover-Zero defense famous by just refusing to cover the other teams best wideout. On Monday night, we saw the Cover-Zero RUN defense, as Jahvid Best managed an 88 yard touchdown run without being so much as touched, and converted a late 3rd & 9 on a shotgun draw. The 88 yarder was amazing, Best didn't even really make a move, he just ran where the Bears weren't, which was the entire middle of the field. Dre probably still doesn't believe the Lions are any good, by the way.
Well, I'm off to Dre's wedding this week, which means we're doing the picks for Week 6 Bill O'Reilly style, baby!
Week 6 results: I went 8-5, while Dre went 6-7.
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