So, you may not want to take me to Vegas but if you used my picks for your office pool, I got you a straight-up 8 wins. Take away my mindless Cowboys pick, Cleveland throwing a wrench in New England's party, and Andy Reid staying perfect after the bye week, last week wasn't too bad. 8-5 with a chance at 10-3, especially with the Houston/San Diego game being a toss-up and Buffalo did play Chicago close.
Given that none of the talking heads had more than 10 wins, you could do way worse than me for your picks.
Since it's now two days since the games (apparently, a day off w/a 2yr. old and 4mo. old does not equate to having time to blog about sports), I won't bore you with my takeaways on all of the games; just a few quick points.
Money can buy you...
If this were Mad Libs, Jerry Jones could fill in the blanks with "a Super Bowl." Unfortunately, this is real life and Jerry now knows what everyone else has known for the last two+years, money can buy you talent, a coach and a stadium but it can't buy you heart. I don't know if playing in a billion dollar stadium has made the Cowboys soft or if it really was the coach. There is way too much talent in Dallas for that team to just lay down the last two weeks and we will see what effect, if any, the firing of Wade Philips will have on their performance.
All the trappings of a young team.
Like a young lion letting a gazelle out of its grasp, the Detroit Lions gave another team life and let a victory slip away. The Lions are much better than in year's past but they still have to learn the art of finishing teams off. Even with this loss, the Lions are still a team that no one wants to play. Parting thought: quiet as kept, Darelle Revis had Megatron on lock...Revis island is back.
As predicted, the Kansas City-Oakland game was the game of the week.
Talk about a back and forth game. Kansas City seemingly dominated the 1st half and between turnovers and flawed execution, the Raiders seemed destined to lose. But credit Tom Cable for rallying his troops. The Raiders played a focused and disciplined 2nd half of football and their ability to run the ball and keep the Chiefs from running the ball proved to be the difference in the game. Oh, and a shout out to Jason Campbell. He had a decent game, led his team to game tying and game winning field goals and has to be laughing about what is happening with the Redskins.
Final thoughts...
Nice game by Vick and the Eagles but does Indy lose that game with Dallas Clark in the lineup? And why are the Eagles still unable to score from 1st and Goal at the 1yard line. They got a gift from the refs on Sunday.
Huge win by Favre and the Vikings. In a game that they had to win, Favre came through and delivered. Favre may be starting to find his rhythm and the Vikings just may make a run for the playoffs.
Really, no one wanted TO besides Cincinnati? In addition to having a funny show (T.Ocho), he is putting up big numbers this season. He had 2 touchdowns on Monday night and that gives him 7 for the year. I can think of several teams that could use 7 and a solid #2 receiver.
Phillip Rivers is literally carrying the Chargers. Despite injuries, poor special teams and inept management, the Chargers are poised to make another playoff run and their success can be directly attributed to Rivers. He threw for 295 yards on Sunday and leads the NFL with nearly 3,000 yards. If the Chargers make the playoffs, be sure to hand Rivers the MVP trophy.
Good games coming up on Thursday- Baltimore at Atlanta in the League and in the NBA (which I'm more excited about than I have been in awhile), Boston visits Miami (Wade is clearly the key to Miami's success) and the Lakers visit Denver.
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