It's crunch mode at work, so I'll make this short and sweet.

• Baltimore (-1) vs. New York Jets: The Ravens are a solid defensive team who looks to be getting more and more comfortable as the season goes on. The Jets, with Pennington out, will have trouble getting Curtis Martin going, meaning they'll struggle offensively. Baltimore's offense isn't great, but it's enough to get some points on the board.
• Pittsburgh (-4) vs. Cleveland: After taking out the top two teams in the league in back to back weeks, how can you pick against the Steelers. I can't.
• Houston vs. Indianapolis (-9.5): This could be another shootout. Houston has a pretty good offense, and Indy's defense is pathetic. And it doesn't really matter how good the Texans are on defense - Manning doesn't care. He'll still put up three or four touchdowns on you.
• Chicago vs. Tennessee (-5.5): Will McNair play? That's the big question, right? If he plays (and is healthy enough to play a good game), then Tennessee should roll. If not, this could be close. I'll still take Tennessee with the points though.
• Tampa Bay vs. Atlanta (-4): Week 10. Even week. Atlanta rocks on even weeks. They'll win.
• Detroit vs. Jacksonville (-3): Detroit on the road. Byron Leftwich out. A good combo for the Lions. Unless the crowd starts booing Harrington if he plays bad. But that won't happen on the road.
• Seattle vs. St. Louis (PK): Seattle will be looking to avenge their earlier loss, which triggered a downward fall after that loss. Maybe beating them will help Seattle to regain their earlier swagger?
• Kansas City (-4) vs. New Orleans: KC, despite losing to the Bucs last week, seems to be back on track. I'm not saying they'll make the playoffs, but they are definitely playing better. And the playoffs aren't out of reach, are they?
• Cincinnati vs. Washington (-3): I'm not sold on Washington yet. Or the Bengals for that matter, but I think they'll pull off the upset here.
• Minnesota vs. Green Bay (-4): Minnesota needs to get back on track, and regain focus. With Moss out, it will be difficult, but my gut says they'll win this one. And you know how good my gut has been!
• New York Giants (-2.5) vs. Arizona: my PM asked me for a lock pick this week, and I hadn't even looked at the schedule yet. But I told him, "look at Arizona. Whoever they play, pick them." I couldn't not pick the Giants after that!
• Carolina vs. San Francisco (PK): Wonderful match up! Combined record of 2-14! The only highlight is that one team will double their number of wins this week. And I think it'll be Carolina.
• Buffalo vs. New England (-8): Eight points is a lot, especially considering Buffalo just beat the Jets. But I have confidence they can win by more than eight.
• Philadelphia (-6) vs. Dallas: Not a bad MNF game, really. A divisional rivalry, and really, Dallas is only one game out of a playoff spot (despite being 3-5). Is this east coast bias? Woudn't Minnesota vs. Green Bay be a better game? Of course, Minnesota just played on Monday last week, so maybe that helped justify the decision. But what about Seattle vs. St. Louis? Anyway, Philly needs to prove they can handle losing, and come out and and take it to Dallas, which I think they will.

So there you have it. Probably starting next week, I'll start making some playoff predictions, or at least start looking at where teams are looking to line up.