During the pre-season, I wondered if the Packers were making the right decision about Favre. Yeah, long term, they knew it was time to move on, but short term, would they be better off with Favre this year, given that Aaron Rodgers has never started an NFL game? Well, if the first two games are any indication, Green Bay should be fine - both short term and long term!

Anyway, onto results. There's a new color this week - blue means the game was a push for the spread. And a game is missing, since the Ravens / Texans game was rescheduled for November.

• Chicago 17, Carolina 20 (-3) (37 O/U)
• Tennessee 24, Cincinnati 7 (-1) (37.5 O/U)
• Green Bay 48 (-3), Detroit 25 (44.5 O/U): Detroit put up a heroic effort, coming back from being down huge at half time to take a 25-24 lead in the 4th quarter. Green Bay comes back, and kicks a field goal. Then, Kitna takes over! 2 interceptions later (including one returned for a TD), and the Lions are back to less than heroic. Good times!
• Buffalo 20, Jacksonville 16 (-5.5) (37 O/U)
• Oakland 23, Kansas City 8 (-3.5) (36 O/U)
• Indianapolis 18 (-2.5), Minnesota 15 (43.5 O/U): I'm shocked that Indy is struggling like they are. I thought Manning would be able to comfortably be the best QB in the league with Brady out, but that hasn't been the case at all.
• New York Giants 41 (-8.5), St. Louis* 13 (41.5 O/U)
• New Orleans 24, Washington 29 (0) (42 O/U)
• San Francisco 33, Seattle 30 (-7) (38 O/U)
• Atlanta* 9, Tampa Bay 24 (-8) (38 O/U)
• Miami 10, Arizona 31 (-6.5) (39 O/U)
• San Diego 38 (-1.5), Denver 39 (45.5 O/U): The refs cost the Chargers the game, but it's hard to complain too much when you give up 39 points. Want to insulate yourself from dumb calls? Give yourself some buffer!
• New England 19, New York Jets 10 (-1.5) (37 O/U)
• Pittsburgh 10 (-6), Cleveland 6 (44.5 O/U)
• Philadelphia 37, Dallas 41 (-7) (47 O/U): This was quite the game! Probably the best MNF game I've seen in a LONG time. Back and forth, with Philly losing out. I'm bitter about this one too - there were two instances of receivers either getting stopped at the goal line or, umm, throwing the ball away at the goal line (Leon Lett, anyone?). Had those converted, I would have won my fantasy game this week!

Results Summary

• Picks (this week / season): 9 - 6 (60.00%) / 18 - 13 (58.06%)
• Spread (this week / season): 5 - 9 (35.71%) / 15 - 15 (50.00%)
• Over/Under (this week / season): 6 - 8 (42.86%) / 13 - 17 (43.33%)

As usual, I'm doing decent at picking games, while doing poorly against the spread and over / under. Oh well. Anyway, onto next week's games.

• Kansas City vs. Atlanta (-5.5) (36.5 O/U)
• Oakland vs. Buffalo (-9.5) (36.5 O/U)
• Tampa Bay vs. Chicago (-3) (35.5 O/U)
• Carolina vs. Minnesota (-3.5) (37.5 O/U)
• Miami* vs. New England (-12.5) (36 O/U): New England is back up to being +10 point favorites. Maybe it's because it's Miami. We'll see if it sticks, but for now, I'm not convinced.
• Cincinnati* vs. New York Giants (-13) (41.5 O/U)
• Houston vs. Tennessee (-5) (39 O/U): I've caught flack for the past two weeks picking against the Titans (and I was ultimately wrong), so this week, I'll pick them, ensuring they will lose.
• Arizona vs. Washington (-3) (42.5 O/U)
• New Orleans vs. Denver (-5.5) (51 O/U)
• Detroit vs. San Francisco (-4) (46.5 O/U)
• St. Louis* vs. Seattle (-9.5) (43.5 O/U)
• Cleveland vs. Baltimore (-2) (38.5 O/U)
• Jacksonville vs. Indianapolis (-5) (41.5 O/U)
• Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia (-3.5) (44.5 O/U)
• Dallas (-3) vs. Green Bay (51.5 O/U)
• New York Jets* vs. San Diego (-9) (44 O/U)

Check back next week for the results and new picks.

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