Week Five

What an NFL season we’ve already had, and it’s only week five. Injuries, choke jobs and head-busta's. Lets review:

Week one was the Manning Bowl, the Trent Green controversial hit, and the Seahawks barely getting by the Lions in their return to Detroit. Week two brought us T.O.’s broken hand, the Giants miracle comeback against Philly and Ben Rothlesberger sticking up all of northern Florida in his return game versus Jacksonville. That was followed by T.O.’s questioned suicide attempt, Chris Simms and his spleen that had to be removed and the Saints return to the Superdome. Then last week we had Albert Haynesworth doing his best Ciara One-Two-Step impression on Cowboys center Andre Gurode, Santan Moss treating the Jags defense like a first-time ‘Madden’ player, and the Eagles potentially knocking out Brett Favre.

So that means that the league is probably taking this week off right? No big-time games to go head-to-head with the baseball playoffs. WRONG. This Sunday will be even crazier then the last, because like most colleges, it’s homecoming weekend. You have Bills coach Dick Jauron returning to Chicago to face the Bears, Giants linebacker Lavar Arrington squaring off against his former employer’s the Redskins, and of course, Terrell Owens returning to the City of Brotherly Love to battle the Eagles. I’m ready for a good ten hours of football this Sunday, and here are my picks on what I think will happen. Hopefully I can improve no last week, when I finished with a decent 9-5 record (I am 39-21 through the four weeks of the season.)

My picks in bold

Miami at New England

Tampa Bay at New Orleans

Washington at New York Giants

Buffalo at Chicago

St. Louis at Green Bay

Cleveland at Carolina

Tennessee at Indianapolis

Detroit at Minnesota

Kansas City at Arizona

Oakland at San Francisco

New York Jets at Jacksonville

Dallas at Philadelphia

Pittsburgh at San Diego

Baltimore at Denver


In the survival pool, I’m going to go with an easy selection this week, guaranteeing the Colts will defeat Vince Young and the Titans.