I need to go at least 8 - 6 to get back to .500, and I'm feeling pretty good here. Let's get to it then.

• St. Louis (-1.5) vs. Buffalo: It's getting to the point where the weather starts to be an issue. Not this weekend though - looks like game time should be around 55. St. Louis is only getting a point and a half? Not enough!
• Dallas vs. Baltimore (-8): I thik Baltimore will win, but Dallas will rebound from a poor few weeks to get within 8.
• New York Jets vs. Cleveland (PK): The Jets were right on track three or four weeks ago. Now they're a pick 'em against the Browns? That doesn't quite seem right.
• Pittsburgh (-4) vs. Cincinnati: Pittsburgh will continue to roll, despite their recent troubles against Cincy.
• Indianapolis (-7.5) vs. Chicago: Another city where weather becomes a factor. And again, not this weekend. Chicago's only hope for beating Indy is a sudden snow storm where Manning can't even see his receivers. And even then, it's iffy.
• Detroit vs. Minnesota (-7.5): Nothing like a game against the Lions to get a team going! Seven and a half? They'll lead by that at half time.
• Arizona vs. Carolina (-3): The Cardinals can see the .500 mark, and are hungry. Well, maybe not hungry, but they can feel a slight twinge in their stomachs. Carolina apparently forgot they are a Super Bowl team.
• Tennessee vs. Jacksonville (-3): The Titans, after a very disappointing loss to the Bears, should rebound nicely. Of course, this one's tough to put on the board (it wasn't yesterday) because both Leftwich and McNair are injured.
• San Francisco vs. Tampa Bay (-8): The Bucs should win, but not by 8. They play close games, and this one should be no different.
• Denver (-4) vs. New Orleans: Both of these teams are playing under the radar around here. No news on either team really. I'll take Denver though.
• Miami vs. Seattle (-10): The Ross Code of Betting kicks in here. When favored by 10, take the dog. But Seattle will win.
• San Diego (-4) vs. Oakland: All I've heard about this game is that Oakland has San Deigo's number, and has had it for the past three years. News flash: Everyone had San Diego's number over the past three years. This year is different. Why? The Chargers are good this year. They'll win by more than 4.
• Atlanta (-2.5) vs. New York Giants: It's the curse of the odd week for Atlanta, so the Giants should win.
• Washington vs. Philadelphia (-10.5): After just mentioning the RCoB, I'm going to ignore myself (something I recommend, actually), and pick Philly to win. T.O., despite his womanizing, racially stereotypical actions on Monday Night Footballs' intro, will probably opt to play football, rather than stay in the locker room with a towelless woman. That spells success for the Eagles. For those with no sense of sarcasm, that's a joke. I think the whole uproar has been blown way out of proportion, and honestly, will only serve to help MNF - the original plan behind the whole ad in the first place.
• Green Bay (-3) vs. Houston: Green Bay is making a solid run at the NFC North, and that will include rolling the Texans this weekend.
• New England (-3) vs. Kansas City: This should be a good match up. Hopefully it wil be high scoring, as neither team has a great defense, and both have pretty good offenses. New England should come out on top though.

For those looking for a lock solid pick this week (given my solid history of picking one of those), I'm going to go with Minnesota beating Detroit. Detroit has a lot of work to do - first and foremost is doing something with Harrington. Maybe Detroit should deep snap to their punt returner, and just treat every offensive play as a punt return. They'd probably be better that way. Since that won't happen, Minnesota will beat them. Gauranteed!