Week Four: Fire at Will

First off, congrats go to ERIN07, last weeks winner. Nice job!

Week Four people... By now, we should have SOME SLIGHT CLUE what is going on here... That's why I had to change my picks 15 times this week... Because NOW I KNOW who's going to win....

(Or am I more confused than ever???)

(Thinking...)

Let's go to Jim Nance and Phil Simms, Baltimore at New England... This actually ushers in a new era in football, if you will.... for I dunno how many years, us gamblers just took New England, and slept like a baby... How many years has it really been since there was any real decision about a New England Patriot game, in Foxboro??? It's been awhile.... It really has. Years.

Wellll, okay, there was last year, after Brady went down. But you get my point, with a HEALTHY TOM BRADY, okay, when's the last time.... sigh. Nevermind.

The Patriots have elected to defer, they will open on defense. Nice. You always wanna open a big game on D... Patriots kick off, Ravens returning...wait, the BALL IS OUT!!!! OMG, New Engalnd recovers, deep in Ravens territory.. I like how this is shaping up already...

Hold the frickin' phone here, let's go to the Poolwide Picks... Smitty201, NE for 15!!! Whoa. Tom Brady loves you right now, Smitty... Picks are all over the map on this one.... I'd love to get my 4 tied up to the dock though, that'd be a big help at this point.

Hmmm.. Everyone has the Giants, Everyone has Cincy, everyone has Indy.... Sharpcheddar, Detroit for 13!!! You rock, dude. You rock. I love that pick. Gave me nausea to hitch my wagon to Jay Cutler and Lovie Smith... No seriously, I almost puked...

Back to the game, first and ten at the Ravens 12, obvious PI not called on first down, incomplete.... I don't like how that's shaping up.... The DB is wearing these crazy electric neon pink gloves, how can the ref NOT SEE that the bright hi-lighter pink hand was grabbing early.... duh...

Bill Belichek NOT wearing a grey hoodie with the sleeves torn off... Wearing some kind of mid-sleeve windproof shirt kind of thing... Mike McCarthy has heavier clothes on for a game in a dome in St Louis, for cripes sakes... Big Bill is standing out in the rain outside Boston in a blue short sleeve thing...I dare say, McCarthy has more natural insulation... ahh, I'll let that go. I see Bill also gets clothes that have "BB" on them, under the Patriots logo... Maybe he stole it from a ball boy?? Kidding, I guess it's his initials...

3rd and 9, Brady sacked... ugh. FG attempt coming up. FG is good. 3-0, should have been 7-0...

Action continues, TB up on Washington, 7-0. Hmm, that could be a problem. I see some of the Florida Boys have Tampa, Ardita has Tampa, Badgergil has Tampa...

Detroit 7, Chicago zip. I TOLD YOU I loved that pick!!!

Okay, time passing, Ravens 7, Patriots 3. Ridiculous catch in the end zone by Mason, the former Tennessee Titan... Ted Thompson, call your office... it turns out that picking up free agents IS LEGAL in the NFL...

Score update on the ticker: Detroit 14, Chicago 7.

Roughing the passer called on the Ravens... Ravens are bitching to the refs, let's go to the replay... Hmm, a left hook right to the head, just about blows the helmet off of Brady's head. Yeah, nice, fellas. In Baltimore, shots like that are just "good clean football" apparently.... Ya gotta love the Ravens and their cheap-shot late-hitting style, don't ya?? Actually no, you don't... The Ravens are stealing that bit from the Bears... and THAT'LL make your head swim, thinking that anyone is copying what the Bears do... but I digress....

Tom Brady goes in on a QB sneak, Pats 10, Ravens 7. This game is a war.... Okay, it's not REALLY a war... Can you imagine Ray Lewis with an M4?? That's not a pretty picture... I think he prefers knives anyway...

Hey-ooooo! Wow, that was a shot.... Hey, I'm just sayin', he either a) stabbed a dude to death or b) was standing right there when his posse did it, and he beat the rap. I'm just sayin'...

Moving right along... Whoops, coming out of commercial, we see Brady heading to the locker room... Oh boy. A gratuitus shot of Brian Hoyer, #8, for the Patriots. 6'2", 215, rookie out of Michigan State! Hey, how about that... The DOC4WI is familiar with his work, I'm sure....

Just saw that commercial with the doggy, who buries the bone, and then digs it up, and then puts it in a safe deposit box, and then goes and gets it out... He's a good pup. I have a real soft spot for these dog commercials... I can barely stand it when Tyler Hansborough gives that girl her dog back in that other one.

Okay, I'm fine now. Sorry.

Great statue of liberty play, TD Patriots. NE 17, Ravens 7.

Detroit was losing, now they've tied it up, Detroit 21, Chicago 21... Stafford 221 yards already...

Indy 21, Seattle 3...No big shock there... Houston 20 Oakland 6, no surprise there...JaMarcus Russell, 6 for 16, 69 yards. Al Davis says he's a great Quarterback... Yeah, make a note, don't let Al Davis do any QB draft scouting for you...

Tampa Bay 10, Washington 0. Yeah, note to Jim Zorn: Don't bother sending in that mortgage payment... you're moving soon.

Ravens just ran a great screen pass... Ya know, when the pass rush is killing you, the screen is a great call. Ted?? Mike?? You listening??

OMG, Patriots just intercepted Joe Flacco with 1:11 left in the first half, what a play. What a great catch, unreal. This DB Bodden, Jim Nance says he's come from the Lions and the Cleveland Browns... Good god, you thought YOUR career path was sucking.... Then again, the Patriots haven't picked you up yet, either...

Tennessee 3, Jacksonville 27. Ugh. I thought Tennessee was due... due to lay another egg, apparently... Best team in the AFC last year, record wise. The amount of points I've lost on Jacksonville games, either way, continues to spiral up up and out of control....

Okay, second half action... John Harbaugh is lighting the official on fire, after a blatant holding call... Unsportsmanlike on the Beltimore bench!! I'm laughing out loud here... He's still jawing... Uhhh, one of his assistants better pull him away over there....

What the hell is wrong with Tennessee?? 30-3, Jaguars.

Washington 16, TB 10. Wow. The Redskins, roaring back....

Just when I was starting to feel good about this New England game, Tom Brady stripped, fumble, end zone, Touchdown Ravens... ugh. Pats 17, Ravens 14.

Cleveland Cincy tied?? Uh oooohhh... Seattle 3, Indy 28. Seneca Wallace, who sucks, is 19 for 28... Waaaay better than Russell.

Whooops. Brady under a heavy blitz, floating, Randy Moss, TD!!! 24-14 Pats.

Jamarcus Russell, 10 of 25 for 110 yards. Brutal. If you're Russell, in the wrong end of a blowout, with stats like those, don't you need to come up lame with a hamstring or something??? Yeeesh.

Well, through the magic of DVR's and recordings, and trying to watch the Dallas Cowboys, I see it's Chicago 48, Detroit 24. Okay, I no longer love that pick. Sorry Sharpcheddar. I love the SPIRIT of that pick though, I really do.

Okay, again, thru the magic of television, DVR's, and laptop computers, we rejoin the action at halftime with the Cowboys 10, the Broncos 7, in a rematch of super Bowl XII... that's 12, if you're not sure. Cowboys destroyed the Broncos, you may recall.

San Fran 7, STL 0. I have San Fran in my Last man Standing Pool, so, hopefully that will hold up....

Smitty201, the Patriots come thru, launching you into the lead. Tampa Bay, did not hold up. To the fellas in Florida, sorry guys. I like the spirit of that pick too though, I must say. Tampa's Schedule is brutal, and they're not good. HighZ, Jacksonville for 4. Hmm. Am I sensing something in HIGHZ's picks?? Or is it time for another drink??? Smitty201 also has Miami, who is up at the moment.

Cowboys got a fumble recovery, drove it down the field, and then threw a pick... Ouch. Definitely time for another drink....

New Orleans is up... Darren Sharper, the former Packer, picks the ball off and takes it back 99 yards for a TD... He always did have a knack for the pick 6... or should I say, perverse obsession...

Well, Tony Romo just got done looking pretty bad... Danver & Kyle Orton go to 4 and 0??? Are you kidding me????? Are. You. Kidding. Me. Absurd. Wade Phillips really really really has that "Just fire me" look going on right now... And Jason Garrett looks more and more like he's in witness protection... am I sensing an implosion here???

Well, HighZ and Smitty201 are the only 2 players with a mathmatical chance.

Good luck!!!