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Here we are in Week 6 without any undefeated teams. Mercury Morris probably popped a few bottles of champagne already but at least this means we won't have to see him clowning around ESPN come December.
That said, this year has been extremely unpredictable. Trying to do so has been frustrating to say the least but we're doing our best here. This week has more enticing games compared to last week. Nobody expected both Minnesota and Dallas to be 1-3 headed into their matchup but there they are at 1-3. Both teams are desperate for a win and both teams should be playing with that sense of urgency.
This week has a pretty good slate of games on tap. Aside from the Dallas game, there's plenty of good football to watch. The Patriots/Ravens, Dolphins/Packers, Falcons/Eagles and Chiefs/Texans all should be pretty entertaining and good games. So naturally, they'll be blowouts or penalty filled, frustrating games.
Here's our once again abbreviated Week 6 picks. Rangers playoff baseball as the best of us here.Standings will also return for Week 7 - you can blame playoff baseball for that.
Seattle (2-2) at Chicago (4-1) - I don't think anybody expected Seattle to be 2-2 or Chicago to be 4-1 at this point of the year. Jay Cutler will return for the Bears and probably not a moment too soon for Bears fans. Chicago is undefeated at home so far this year and Seattle is winless on the road.
- Charles Code: Bears
- Christopher Fittz: Bears
- Liam Ponting: Bears
- Maurice London: Bears - Dumbface is back, bad news for a porous Seattle secondary.
- Robert Griffin: Bears - West coast team playing an early game against a superior opponent. I expect this to be extremely ugly.
- JP Starkey: Bears - I feel pretty good about picking the Bears to win this division.
- Brett Perryman: Bears - Cutler's return will be enough.
- Code: Dolphins
- Fittz: Packers
- Ponting: Dolphins
- London: Packers - Green Bay has problems, Miami has more.
- Griffin: Packers - Even without Aaron Rodgers, I think the Packers win at home. This is one of the hardest games to call in a hard week, though.
- Starkey: Dolphins - Miami will be ready to play this game.
- Perryman: Packers - Miami is glad for a break from the AFC East, but what's left of the Packers will trudge on.
- Code: Chargers
- Fittz: Chargers
- Ponting: Chargers
- London: Chargers - It really is eerie how similar Norv and Wade's career's have gone. Sadly, only Norv gets a win this week.
- Griffin: Rams - San Diego is the better team, but, again, I'm rarely going to pick a west coast team in an early game. I'm absolutely expecting the Rams to cover. It just seems like a Norv thing to fail against a not-good-but-better-than-you-probably-think team, too.
- Starkey: Rams - Upset of the week leaves everybody even more confused about both teams.
- Perryman: Chargers - And here I was a week ago saying that the Rams aren't that bad.
- Code: Patriots
- Fittz: Patriots
- Ponting: Ravens
- London: Ravens - How scary will this team be after Ed Reed returns? Super Bowl scary? I agree.
- Griffin: Patriots - Another close game. I'm also not sure if this will be high or low scoring. I'm just taking the home team and the better quarterback.
- Starkey: Patriots - I'll be at this game so there's no way I'm going into Foxboro thinking New England is losing.
- Perryman: Patriots - Good game, tough call. Give me to Pats to bond over the Moss departure.
- Code: Giants
- Fittz: Lions
- Ponting: Giants
- London: Giants
- Griffin: Giants - This should be ugly.
- Starkey: Giants - I'd love to pick the Lions but I can't. It's annoying that the Giants will be 4-2.
- Perryman: Giants - Odd fact: the Lions are 1-4 with a +14 point differential, but a big win followed by a trip to NY is a bad recipe.
- Code: Eagles
- Fittz: Falcons
- Ponting: Eagles
- London: Falcons - Ryan>>Kolb.
- Griffin: Falcons - I'm just really not believing the Eagles can keep winning with that line and these QBs and all the injuries. I'm also a huge believer in the Falcons, but they need to stop winning by the skin of their teeth.
- Starkey: Eagles - Kolb wins this game leading to some more quarterback tension in Philadelphia.
- Perryman: Eagles - Kolb figured some things out last week.
- Code: Steelers
- Fittz: Steelers
- Ponting: Steelers
- London: Steelers - Poor Colt McCoy.
- Griffin: Steelers - As much as I think Cleveland is better than the record shows, this is as close to "no way" as you get in the NFL.
- Starkey: Steelers - I have to say, I'm really tempted to pick the Browns here. This game will probably be 49-3 Pittsburgh, but I'm still tempted to take Cleveland.
- Perryman: Steelers - This is going to be ugly.
- Code: Saints
- Fittz: Saints
- Ponting: Saints
- London: Saints - I want to pick the Bucs here, I just don't see the Saints losing two in a row.
- Griffin: Saints - Tampa Bay could make themselves honest-to-God playoff contenders if they win this, and maybe the world would start realizing how much talent Josh Freeman has. I don't think it's going to happen, but I think there's a good chance of it.
- Starkey: Saints - Given who they've beaten this year, I can't justify taking Tampa Bay against a good team.
- Perryman: Saints - To be honest, I can't supply much supporting logic for this.
- Code: Texans
- Fittz: Chiefs
- Ponting: Texans
- London: Chiefs - The original Texans over these Texans.
- Griffin: Texans- Okay, if I'm wrong, THIS will be the last week I doubt Kansas City, okay? It's not like I don't think they can do it, I just still think the Texans are better and they get the homefield thing.
- Starkey: Chiefs - I'm back to not believing in the Texans. Matt Cassel has a breakout game.
- Perryman: Texans - The Texans can't keep disappointing at home.
- Code: Jets
- Fittz: Jets
- Ponting: Jets
- London: Broncos - Bad things happen in Mile-High. Who would've thought that Kyle Orton would have more passing yards than Peyton Manning at this point?
- Griffin: Jets - I'm really annoyed by the Jets being at least as good as they said they were.
- Starkey: Broncos - Denver confuses the world by winning this game. To be fair, they do rank second in the NFL in passing yards per game. It'll be interesting to see if that success continues against the Jets.
- Perryman: Jets - The Jets will take away the one thing that Denver does well.
- Code: 49ers
- Fittz: 49ers
- Ponting: 49ers
- London: 49ers - We have a first round bust as our starting quarterback... Ooh, I know, how about we get another first round bust as our backup! Sounds good.
- Griffin: 49ers - I refuse to watch this. I will laugh if the 49ers lose, but I'm not going to watch it happen.
- Starkey: 49ers - San Fran finally gets off the schnide.
- Perryman: Raiders - The Niners put a lot into last week. Oakland would feel good about moving to .500.
- Code: Vikings
- Fittz: Cowboys
- Ponting: Vikings
- London: Vikings - Randy Moss is going to do bad stuff.
- Griffin: Cowboys - I'm going to assume Favre plays. And I'm going to bet the off field distractions and the limited practice time and the physical limitations and all the other stuff that has been hurting the Vikings this year helps Dallas to a narrow, and frustrating, victory.
- Starkey: Vikings - Moss and Adrian Peterson will be too much for Dallas on defense and Jared Allen will be too much for Dallas on offense.
- Perryman: Vikings - We find out just how bad these teams are. Moss will kill Dallas yet again.
- Code: Redskins
- Fittz: Colts
- Ponting: Redskins
- London: Redskins - Upset Special.
- Griffin: Colts - I'm tempted to take what looks like a good 3-4 over Manning at home, but I'm going instead with the part where he ignores the rush and shreds the secondary.
- Starkey: Colts - I would love if Indy loses this game but Washington ranks 30th in pass defense. Advantage
VarnsonManning. - Perryman: Colts - Who had these two with the same record prior to the season?
- Code: Titans
- Fittz: Titans
- Ponting: Titans
- London: Jaguars - VY might be the worst quarterback I've ever seen.
- Griffin: Titans - Remember back when people treated this like a meaningful rivalry? That actually happened. Yes, it did.
- Starkey: Jaguars - I don't really have much of a feel on this game. I'll go with the home team and Maurice Jones-Drew.
- Perryman: Titans - That these two are both 3-2 is a testament to just how bad the NFL is.