The Picks - Week 11
Broncos at Falcons (-6.5): Falcons -6.5
The Falcons are perhaps the most surprising team in the NFL this season, and the Broncos are working on like their 15th running back this season.
Raiders at Dolphins (-10): Dolphins -10
The Raiders did a great job of taking Steve Smith out of the Panthers' passing game, but they still lost by double digits. Expect more of the same this week.
Ravens at Giants (-7): Ravens +7
No team's been able to figure out how to stop Brandon Jacobs, but that's where Ray Lewis and the Ravens D comes in. This'll be a low-scoring affair that may see Baltimore come out on top.
Texans at Colts (-8): Texans +8
The Colts seem to be getting it all together, but the Texans' passing game is really clicking with all of the receivers back in action.
Titans (-3) at Jaguars: Jaguars +3
Can the lone undefeated team remain unbeaten? They've had more difficult opponents, but I doubt they improve to 10-0 this week.
Bears at Packers (-3.5): Bears +3.5
Ryan Grant, meet Brian Urlacher.
Eagles (-9) at Bengals: Eagles -9
The Bengals have absolutely nothing going for them right now. It's as simple as that.
Saints (-5.5) at Chiefs: Chiefs +5.5
Brees had his highest passing yardage output of the year a week ago against Atlanta, but that offense has been largely inconsistent without Bush in the game. Tyler Thigpen's looking to put together four-straight solid games and he should be able to against a shoddy New Orleans defense.
Lions at Panthers (-14): Lions +14
The Panthers could only beat a similarly crappy Oakland team by 11 points, so I think the Lions - who still have Megatron at WR - will cover.
Vikings at Buccaneers (-4): Vikings +4
Great defensive battle in this game, but I'm not betting against All Day.
Rams at 49ers (-6.5): 49ers -6.5
Frank Gore will have a monster day against one of the league's worst rushing defenses (where you at, Chris Long?). Would you really be surprised if he scored three rushing touchdowns? Me neither.
Cardinals (-3) at Seahawks: Cardinals -3
The 'Hawks will be getting Matt Hasselbeck back, but his Arizona counterpart, Kurt Warner, is having an MVP-caliber season. In the battle of the birds, the Cardinals will come out on top.
Chargers at Steelers (-5): Chargers +5
Will we see the 300-yard, 3-TD Philip Rivers, or the 200-yard, 1-TD, 1-pick version? I'm leaning toward the former.
Cowboys (-1.5) at Redskins: Cowboys -1.5
Romo's return probably won't go quite as well as everyone's expecting (sorry, T.O.), but they'll do more than enough to beat the Clinton Portis-less Redskins.
Browns at Bills (-5): Bills -5
Still a three-team race in the AFC East. Brady Quinn looked solid in his NFL debut against Denver, but the Bills D should give him more trouble than the Broncos did.
The Falcons are perhaps the most surprising team in the NFL this season, and the Broncos are working on like their 15th running back this season.
Raiders at Dolphins (-10): Dolphins -10
The Raiders did a great job of taking Steve Smith out of the Panthers' passing game, but they still lost by double digits. Expect more of the same this week.
Ravens at Giants (-7): Ravens +7
No team's been able to figure out how to stop Brandon Jacobs, but that's where Ray Lewis and the Ravens D comes in. This'll be a low-scoring affair that may see Baltimore come out on top.
Texans at Colts (-8): Texans +8
The Colts seem to be getting it all together, but the Texans' passing game is really clicking with all of the receivers back in action.
Titans (-3) at Jaguars: Jaguars +3
Can the lone undefeated team remain unbeaten? They've had more difficult opponents, but I doubt they improve to 10-0 this week.
Bears at Packers (-3.5): Bears +3.5
Ryan Grant, meet Brian Urlacher.
Eagles (-9) at Bengals: Eagles -9
The Bengals have absolutely nothing going for them right now. It's as simple as that.
Saints (-5.5) at Chiefs: Chiefs +5.5
Brees had his highest passing yardage output of the year a week ago against Atlanta, but that offense has been largely inconsistent without Bush in the game. Tyler Thigpen's looking to put together four-straight solid games and he should be able to against a shoddy New Orleans defense.
Lions at Panthers (-14): Lions +14
The Panthers could only beat a similarly crappy Oakland team by 11 points, so I think the Lions - who still have Megatron at WR - will cover.
Vikings at Buccaneers (-4): Vikings +4
Great defensive battle in this game, but I'm not betting against All Day.
Rams at 49ers (-6.5): 49ers -6.5
Frank Gore will have a monster day against one of the league's worst rushing defenses (where you at, Chris Long?). Would you really be surprised if he scored three rushing touchdowns? Me neither.
Cardinals (-3) at Seahawks: Cardinals -3
The 'Hawks will be getting Matt Hasselbeck back, but his Arizona counterpart, Kurt Warner, is having an MVP-caliber season. In the battle of the birds, the Cardinals will come out on top.
Chargers at Steelers (-5): Chargers +5
Will we see the 300-yard, 3-TD Philip Rivers, or the 200-yard, 1-TD, 1-pick version? I'm leaning toward the former.
Cowboys (-1.5) at Redskins: Cowboys -1.5
Romo's return probably won't go quite as well as everyone's expecting (sorry, T.O.), but they'll do more than enough to beat the Clinton Portis-less Redskins.
Browns at Bills (-5): Bills -5
Still a three-team race in the AFC East. Brady Quinn looked solid in his NFL debut against Denver, but the Bills D should give him more trouble than the Broncos did.
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