Not much time this week - imagine that! Anyway, here's the picks for this week, with a few notes thrown in for fun.

• Jeff Fisher is a player's coach, even for players no longer on his team. I guess that means that Billy Volek isn't a player.
• Bill Parcels is very subtly challenging Owens throug the media to play through pain - again! Could it be more obvious that it wasn't his choice to bring T.O. to Dallas?
• The Giants head all the way across country to play in the loudest open air stadium in the NFC. It's no wonder that teams who play across three timezones from one week to the next have a poor record.
• If Daunte Culpepper can't get it going against Tennessee, it might actually be time to bring Joey Harrington in.
• I can't believe I just typed that.
• Monday night in New Orleans will be the biggest game of the season. Never has a football game symbolized the life of a whole city.

On to the picks:

• Carolina (-3.5) vs. Tampa Bay (34.5 O/U)
• Chicago (-4.5) vs. Minnesota (34.5 O/U)
• Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh (-2) (41.5 O/U)
• Green Bay* vs. Detroit (-6.5) (39 O/U)
• Jacksonville vs. Indianapolis (-7) (43 O/U)
• New York Jets (-5.5) vs. Buffalo (34.5 O/U)
• Tennessee* vs. Miami (-10.5) (35.5 O/U)
• Washington (-4) vs. Houston (37.5 O/U)
• Baltimore (-7.5) vs. Cleveland (33.5 O/U)
• New York Giants vs. Seattle (-3) (43 O/U)
• Philadelphia (-7) vs. San Francisco (42 O/U)
• St. Louis vs. Arizona (-4.5) (45 O/U)
• Denver vs. New England (-7.5) (39 O/U)
• Atlanta (-4.5) vs. New Orleans (44 O/U)

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