Sunday Smash- Week 10

Welcome back to the show. The transition is now complete from baseball to football (along with hockey and basketball.) Boy, has this NFL season flown by, as here we are in week 10 already. Now's the time fans (and probably players) start taking a peak at remaining schedules to gauge their postseason chances. Teams that flew out of the gate (Denver, NY Giants) start coming back to earth, while the early disappointments (Carolina, Tennessee) may be doing some serious spoiling for the contenders.

Yes, the playoff push has begun. The Jets, realistically, have only a faint chance of sniffing the playoffs. A win against Jacksonville today would allow them to stay the course. A loss, though, and they will simply be grouped along with those 'playing spoiler' for the rest of the season. The Giants are on a bye, and have a week where they must examine every aspect of their team to figure out what on earth happened to them. Along with trying to fix themselves, they will have their pom poms out, cheering on the Chargers to beat the Eagles and the Packers to beat the Cowboys.

There's a brief outlook for the New York teams. Let's get to the picks, which are absolutely sizzling after going 5-1 last week. The pressure is building and the bar is being raised. the blog is ready to live up. Just cover, baby.

The Locals
Jets (-7) over Jaguars
The Jets can still barely sniff that division title. It's just a little whiff, and it's a little stinky, but they can sniff it. A win today and a New England loss to Indy makes that smell a lot more pungent. They can't let this one get away.

Bye week for the Giants.

Across the NFL
Cowboys (-3) over Packers
The Cowboys are going to frosty Green Bay to play an extremely desperate team. The Packers are playing for a lot more than Dallas (coach's job, quarterback's mental health, etc.) But Tony Romo and the fellas are on a roll. Until someone stops it, the blog's gotta roll with it.

Broncos (-4) over Redskins
Denver has played rather poorly the last two weeks. Washington has played rather poorly since the Clinton administration.

Bills (+8) over Titans
I'm not thrilled with this one, but 8 points just seems too high. The Titans can't cover anyone, so maybe this is Terrell Owens' one "stand" for the year, where everyone wonders for a couple of minutes if he can still be a top player. He can't. But Owens along with Lee Evans may keep this one within a touchdown.

Colts (-3) over Patriots
I had to take a home team somewhere, right? People are salivating about getting the Patriots and points. And the Indy secondary is pretty beat up. If the game is played in New England, the Pat's would probably be laying three. That's how even it is. But the Colts have not lost and have Peyton Manning, who's making room on the mantle for another MVP award.

Upset Perfiction of the Week
Seahawks (+9) over Cardinals
Arizona will either win this game by more than 14 points, or they will lose. Welcome to your 2009 Cardinals! Kurt Warner regresses a bit from his ridiculous performance last week, and Seattle makes the divisional race interesting.

Enjoy the games!