Week 8 predictions

Sunday
Arizona at Green Bay - Okay, the Cardinals put up 20 on the Bears and then blew it. I think the Cardinals (and/or anybody, really) could put up 20 against Green Bay. The difference between Green Bay and Chicago, though, is that Green Bay won't be able to force a complete meltdown in Arizona.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants - Dare to dream, round 2. The Bucs have played and won some amazingly close games the past 2 weeks and this could be another one. Of course, it is cold and windy as hell in NYC right now, so we'll have to see if the Bucs can still win when it's sub-40*. Also, TIKI RONDE TIKI RONDE TIKI RONDE blah blah blah.

San Francisco at Chicago - No contest.

Seattle at Kansas City - No Hasselbeck or Alexander for Seattle. Gonna be tough.

Jacksonville at Philadelphia - This one's hard to pick. Both teams are coming off of complete boner losses last week and are going to want to prove legitimacy. Leftwich is out and Garrard is in. A lot of people think Garrard is a better QB than Leftwich, and they may not be wrong. Still, though, here's another game with a team from Florida playing in the cold, windy Northeast. I just happen to be more of a homer for the Bucs than for the Jags.

Houston at Tennessee - Whoever wins, we lose.

Baltimore at New Orleans - This should be a good game as the two big surprise teams take each other on. I'm taking the Saints because they're at home and the crowd seems to give a huge boost to the Saints this year. However, it's not just a home team coin flip; the Saints seem to be for real this season and the Ravens maybe not so much. We'll see, I suppose.

Atlanta at Cincinnati - The Bengals are just the better team. Aside from the Falcons putting up 4,000 rushing yards against the Bucs, I just don't think they're put together corectly just yet. Jim Mora, Jr. moves one loss closer to losing his job and Atlanta moves one season closer to getting completely sick of their 10-year deal with Michael Vick.

St. Louis at San Diego - Even without the steroid-enhanced Merriman, the Chargers are solid enough to win this.

Pittsburgh at Oakland - "Big" Ben Roethlisberger is still listed as "questionable." It doesn't matter if Charlie Batch plays or Roflberger plays; Oakland sucks and the Steelers are solid enough to win this with either of the two at QB.

N.Y. Jets at Cleveland - Yawn.

Indianapolis at Denver - Holy shit this game could be fucking awesome. The Colts cannot stop the run and the Donkos can run pretty damned well. The Colts are known for putting up gaudy numbers in the scores and the Donkos are (surprise!) known for not allowing TDs. The Pony Bowl could give Indy their first loss in the season. I like the Donkos in this game and if Jake the Missnake can keep his shit together, he'll be upgraded to plain old "the Snake" for the recap on Monday/Tuesday.

Dallas at Carolina - Yawn. The Cowboys are done.

Monday
New England at Minnesota - Superbowl-winning QB Brad Johnson (I know, right?) leads his team to victory. Tom Brady is playing with a bunch of weiners and the Vikings as a whole are a bunch of weiners. I wish we could get games like Indy @ Denver for primetime so I could hear stunning football analysis from Joe "Break a Leg" Theismann. What a weiner that guy is.

Anyway, see you Monday. Or Tuesday. Or whenever.