Well, a few of us wanted to think about writing a competition column with football picks and then compare records over the course of the season. That fell apart, as multi-author features tend to do over time. So anyway, what you are going to have to deal with on Thursdays or Fridays Daniels’ locks of the week. These are for you folks who are dealing with a knockout pool or other such goodness.
As for record, yes I’ll keep it.
Locks of the Week
1: SAINTS(+3) over Falcons. The Saints haven’t been in their stadium since 2004. This crowd is going to be ferocious and the team is going to be treating this game like the Super Bowl. The Falcons
2: Redskins(-4) over TEXANS. If the Redskins lose this game, their season is pretty much over. They’re facing an 0-3 start followed with a week 4 against the Jaguars who are capable of shutting down Portis. If they lose this week, they are looking at 0-4 start. Luckily, Clinton Portis can put up a career game against the Texans and their fantastic Number One Laughing Stock.
3: Jets(+6) over BILLS. This spread is too big. Pennington is throwing 300 yards a game, and the Bills don’t have an answer for the Jets receivers. All this plus the fact the Bills aren’t a high scoring franchise and I think the Jets win this outright… the points are just a little gravy.
Upset of the Week
4: 49ERS(+6) over Eagles. Even though I have two technical upsets above, I think the big upset of the week is this one. The Eagles came into the season as the big dog in the NFC. They’re reeling after a horrifying loss to Giants while the 49ers were picked (even by me) for another gutter season. The Niners are playing another season with house money and, after knocking a crowd off the Ramswagon last weekend, they can take a chunk off the Eagles bandwagon, too.
