Click images for desktop size: "23" by Ravel Lithiumr The pain pill really knocked me out last night - nearly 14 hours of sleep.
Sadly all it did was make me feel hung over, unrested and with the back pain fully intact.
But I know most of you want to chuckle at my vapid football picks.
Last week I was 7-7. This knocked me out of the top 1% and all the way down to 417th!! I've stopped aspiring towards the plasma TV and am now aiming for the iPod . . .
My picks are in bold.

Baltimore at Tennessee - The Titans treated Future Hall Of Famer Steve McNair as badly as a corporation can handle an individual. He made them too much money and got locked out of his home. I expect him to play like a man possessed when he leads the Ravens back to Nashville.

Buffalo at Indianapolis - Peyton Manning.

Cleveland at Atlanta - I'm not sold on the Falcons and I'm still not sold on Michael Vick. This is a common sense pick. I seem to be wrong on most of my common sense picks. I expect Cleveland to come in for blood and pride.

Green Bay at Minnesota - Brett Favre has owned the Vikings but he has no defense to help him out.

Houston at Jacksonville - I like Jack Del Rio as a coach and s a person. I dislike the Texans front office. This is a vengeance pick and it helps the Jaguars are the much better team.

San Diego at Cincinnati - This is my game of the week. The Bengals have been insulted. People forget they are human beings and will lash back. This is a deeply talented team. The Chargers are deep too and in Tomlinson have the premier football player playing today. This will be fun. The Bengals get the nod because of Palmer and Johnson and the fact that the Chargers have supremely unimaginative Marty Schottenheimer calling the shots.

New Orleans at Pittsburgh - A game of the week runner up. Going with destiny and against the inept coaching job Cowher has done for the Steelers this season.

New York Jets at New England - This will be an entertaining game but TOM BRADY!!

Kansas City at Miami - ANother common sense pick/ I don't think the Dolphins beating the Bears last week was a fluke, it was just the first time this season that the Dolphins played like a team.

San Francisco at Detroit - Cruddy game of the week runner-up. The Lions have looked marginally better than the 49er's and I like the look of the Lions.

Washington at Philadelphia - The Redskins Joe Gibbs is looking more and more out of it in modern football and the Eagles have Donavan McNabb who usually responds to a bad team game with a stellar individual performance.

Denver at Oakland - A common sense pick but I'd bet this one and give the points.

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Dallas at Arizona - You have to pick Dallas but with Parcells, histories most over rated coach, and Denny Greene, histories worse coach, this could be a wash with the Cardinals finally showing up for a whole game. GO MATT!

St Louis at Seattle - The Rams aren't that good but the Seahawks are too banged up and have been playing too badly to consider, even at home.

Chicago at New York Giants - The real Rex Grossman that I remember showed up for the Bears last week and the defense couldn't pull it out of the fire this time. I'm taking the Bears because Grossman has to know that he needs to prove something here.

Tampa Bay at Carolina - some body at ESPN should get a refund. This is the 2nd cruddy game of the week in a row for Monday night football. Taking the Panthers because of Steve Smith.