Week 8 Pick Ems

Jonathan and I are officially competitive. We’re going at each other’s throats with behind-the-scenes smack talk you folks only wish you got to read.

Straight up, I have a 3 game lead for the season with a cool 67-36. However, Jonathan is beating me in picking the upsets at .481 to my .471.

Whatever, he’s just lucky. On to the picks!

Last week

Kyle – Against the Spread – 2-3
Straight up – 9-5
Jonathan – Against the Spread – 3-3
Straight up – 10-4

To Date

Kyle – Against the Spread – 8-9 (.471)
Straight up – 67-36 (.650)
Jonathan – Against the spread – 13-14 (.481)
Straight up – 64-39 (.621)

Kyle’s pick	Kyle’s Thoughts/Notes/Ramblings	Jonathan’s pick
	CLE (-3) @ STL – Looking at the Rams remaining home games isn’t a pretty sight. It’s either this one or when Atlanta comes to town later in the year. That’s it. With Steven Jackson coming back, I like the Rams to finally win one.
	DET (+5) @ CHI – Detroit is a horrible road team, and I think the Bears have too much pride to let this crapfest continue.
	IND (-7) @ CAR – We all know about The Hugest Biggest Game Of All Time Ever, so we’ll talk Panthers. They don’t have a shot in hell.
	MIA (+9.5) vs. NYG – (London) Are you serious, Miami? Ronnie Brown out for the year gives you no hope to win two games this year. Especially since you traded away Chris Chambers.
	OAK (+7.5) @ TEN – I knew the Raiders were overrated. They almost stole one from us when we fell asleep in the second half, but they’re still a crappy football team. Five wins, maybe.
	PHI (-1) @ MIN – Tough game to call. The Eagles run defense is a seive. I like AP to explode at home, and Donovan McNabb has shown me nothing when Brian Westbrook doesn’t get going (which he won’t).
	PIT (-3.5) @ CIN – If you even begin to look at the trenches in this game, it goes overwhelmingly toward Pittsburgh. Steelers 31-10.
	BUF (+3) @ NYJ – Two tough teams to figure out. I think the Bills play a helluva lot better at home, so I’ll take the Jets in a flip of the coin game.
	HOU (+9.5) @ SD – So the Chargers will be playing in Qualcomm Sunday after all. While I think Norv Turner will cost them a few more games this year, I don’t think the week after the bye is one of them.
	JAC (+4) @ TB – Yes, I know David Garrard is hurt. But I remember watching Quinn Gray in the Kansas City game in week 17 last year, and i saw a lot better player than the one who showed up last Monday night. With a full week of preparation, I think the Jags should be able to pull out a win a whole 3 1/2 hours from their home stadium.
	NO (-3) @ SF – I don’t always pick losing streak teams that find their star returning from injuries, but I’m 2/2 in the Niners and Rams. Alex Smith returning won’t spark that much of an offense, but the Saints have done little to impress either. The long trip won’t help them, so I like the 49ers to (finally) win one.
	NE (-16.5) @ WAS – This is the first time in NFL history that two head coaches with 3 Super Bowl wins will share the field. Yeah, I don’t care either.
	GB (+3) @ DEN – It’s looking like Champ won’t go again. Just my gut feeling (more limited in practice Thursday than Wednesday). If we can beat the Steelers without Champ we should beat the Pack without him – let’s take care of business and get back above .500.