Week 6 Recap: Humble Pie

And we thought Week 5 was bad.....

This is one of those weeks that's so bad it's even hard to fathom. It took an insane finish to the Monday Night game to save Dre and I from dual 4 win weeks. Instead, Dre was "propelled" to a 5 win week while I got to put up my overdue 3 win week. Amazingly, after a 5 and now a 3 win week, I somehow sit only 4 games behind Dre for the season. Of course, we were flirting with a .600 win percentage all season long, so a "market correction" was due.

There's no point in getting into much detail on all the games, considering how far off the reservation we both were with the majority of our picks, so I will restrict myself to comments where appropriate.

The "Who Cares" Games of the Week:

• Titans 26, Steelers 23 - Both losers
• Buccaneers 38, Chiefs 10 - Both losers
• Dolphins 17, Rams 14 - Both losers
• Bills 19, Cardinals 16 (OT) - Both losers

And now for the rest of the games, in much less detail:

• Falcons 23, Raiders (+9½) 20 - Both losers - Matt Ryan is trying to cement his reputation as one the greatest regular season quarterbacks ever. Take that exactly how it sounds.
• Jets (-3½) 35, Colts 9 - Dre winner, Jason loser - Looks like we get another week of Jet fellating. Oh, joy!
• Lions (+3½) 26, Eagles 23 (OT) - Dre winner, Jason loser - In this pass-happy NFL, it seems that no leads are safe anymore. Teams are coming back from late double digit deficits with alarming regularity. But, in this case, a "market correction" of its own took place, I believe. The Eagles had made turning awful performances into wins an artform, so it was nice to see a little karma drag the Eagles back down to Earth.
• Ravens 31, Cowboys (+3) 29 - Both losers - The Cowboys absolutely dominated yet another game, and still came up short. They passed and ran each for over 200 yards. They held the ball for over FORTY minutes. Thirty first downs. Stunning numbers. Oh, except they gave up big special teams plays with regularity. That seems to be another theme this season. It's hard to win when you give up free touchdowns and great field position. It was a good game to watch, though (this was my Super Bowl Preview, if anyone remembers....I hope you don't).
• Seahawks (+3½) 24, Patriots 23 - Both winners - Not much to say here, just MEAT GRINDER!!!!!!
• Giants (+6½) 26, Niners 3 - Jason winner, Dre loser - You don't rip a teams heart out the way the Giants did in the NFC Championship and expect one game to exorcise all the demons. The Niners must have had that in mind, because they did not look like the team that was rolling up fools all season. This is not a case of the Giants just being that good, its that the G-Men are in the Niners heads.
• Redskins (-1) 38, Vikings 26 - Jason winner, Dre loser - The RG3 76-yard touchdown run has to be epitome of what the Redskins can be. If Griffin has room to operate, that team can look electric. When his head if bouncing off the turf like it did in Atlanta, not so much. Also, the Vikings are living up to my prediction of being this years Buffalo Bills. They'll be in last in the NFC North before long.
• Packers (+3½) 42, Texans 24 - Dre winner, Jason loser - The Texans simply did not look ready for prime time. The Packers knew they were up against the wall, staring 2-4 in the face, and Aaron Rodgers picked a hell of a stage to put on one of his usual All Time games. Rodgers now joins the great Matt Flynn as the only Packer QBs to throw 6 TDs in one game.
• Broncos (-1) 35, Chargers 24 - Dre winner, Jason loser - How many people do you think went to bed at halftime of this game? The Chargers blew a 24-0 halftime lead and saddled me with a 3 win week. Thanks, guys! However, I had to play Aaron Rodgers AND Jordy Nelson in my fantasy league this week, so I was glad for the Peyton Manning-to-Eric Decker hookup that got me a hard fought win. I know none of you care about my fantasy team....I won three fucking picks this week, I needed something to hang my hat on.