Conference Champs: Line forms at 3 PM...

Hey, how's it going....

Yeah, I know. I stunk with my picks last week. Stunk. Ugh. Puke. Disgusting.

Could we have some more bad kicking please??? Wow. Breathtaking. So listen, Nigel, Ian, Gabe, Nick, Jake, Kevin, everyone, allayou slobs, GET OUT THERE AND KICK!!!

I would do it myself, but I'm almost old enough to collect social security, okay, the train has left the station on my place kicking career. But YOU, you have a life! You are young, and full of potential!!

So, I'll spare you the gory details, I was 1-6 last week. That moves me to 5-6 overall. That's not good.

So this week, let's just keep it simple:

Sunday, January 24th:

3 Eastern, Jets at Indy (-8)

People seem to think this line is too big, and the Jets will play a close game, and they want the Jets and the points. Don't outsmart yourself here. Indy is the better team. This could be a big blowout. The Jets, the last 2 weeks, have had 5 field goals missed against them. 5 straight. Hasn't happened in the NFL since like the late 80's. Is that going to continue?? Probably not. Is Jim Caldwell going to turn into Norv Turner and start making absurd decisions late in the ballgame to cost his team the win?? Seems unlikely. Honestly, I'm still sitting here, with this bizarre feeling, like, I must have left the San Diego game early or something, and missed the part where they came back and won the game... They couldn't REALLY have lost, could they??? Beaten by the Jets?? In their own place?? Really?? Naaah, that's ridiculous...

Take Indy.

Also take the over, over 39 (although this is 40 to 41 at some books).

6:40 Eastern, Minnysoda at New Orleans (-4):

A line like this tells me Vegas doesn't know what to do with this game. Saints are at home, that should be a 3 point advantage. So they're basically saying "Okay, whatever, make it 4, we'll see where the public takes this one..." I personally think Minnesota played a great game last weekend. They beat a big, tough Cowboys team. Yes, Jason Garrett's game plan was ridiculous, and Wade has a real gift for punting at the wrong time, and going on 4th at the wrong time... But you still have to beat human monsters like Igor Olshansky and Leonard Davis down after down... and they did that.

I think ya gotta take Minnesota and the points. Over 53, take that too.

I am now putting on my football helmet, shoulder pads, hip pads, flak jacket, ready to receive the angry emails from Favre Hating Nation. Ooops, almost forgot, I gotta recharge the battery on my electric pallet jack... Lotta emails to move around here, it's easier to palletize, and throw them in the warehouse of hate.

Thus, your slate is:

INdy -8
Over 39

Minnesota +4
Over 53

Last week: 1-6
Postseason: 5-7

Seeing these games, it becomes painfully obvious where the Packers are going wrong. Let's look at the defense. Do we have an animal like Jared Allen on our defense?? Ahhh, no. This guy, they leave him in a cage all week, throw in a raw sirloin a couple times a day, and on Sunday, they let him out, and he goes onto a field painted with lines and destroys people.... 6-6, 260. He's a beast, plain and simple. Allen was drafted by Kansas City, hit with the franchise tag a couple times, and finally traded to Minnesota in April 2008. Ted Thompson, call your office, this dude was available!!! Available.

How about Igor Olshansky of the Dallas Cowboys?? Do the Packers have a dude like this?? This guy is a 6-6 beast, 330 lbs of angry Ukranian. He played college ball for the Oregon Ducks. To this day, he holds the bench press record at the University of Oregon, 505 pounds. Drafted by the San Diego Chargers 35th overall in 2004. March 6th, 2009, he signed a 4 year contract with the Dallas Cowboys. Ted Thompson, pick up the white courtesy telephone.... Igor Olshansky WAS AVAILABLE!!! Available!!! Who doesn't want a monstrous angry Ukranian dude on their D-line???

The Packers Offensive line is a mess, truly. Leonard Davis. Guard for the Dallas Cowboys. A monster at 6-6, 360 pounds. Drafted by Arizona in 2004, in 2007 he was left as an unrestricted free agent, and signed with the Dallas Cowboys. Made a Pro Bowl as a Cowboy in 2007. Ted, your pager is going off, please call your office. This. Dude. Was. AVAILABLE.

So, the next time someone says the Packers are trying to "win now", you have to call BS on that. These are just a sprinkling of free agents who have passed right by during the Ted Thompson administration... Free agents on other teams that all went deeper into the playoffs than we did.

Imagine what we could be, if our GM, just once in awhile, dipped his foot in the free agent pool....

Later kids. Enjoy. I think Minnesota - New Orleans is going to be a helluva game.