Week 10 – Revenge is a dish best served cold

In honor of the mighty Democrats election results, where some revenge was finally achieved, its only fitting that there a couple of delicious revenge games are on tap for this week. I thought of picking all revenge games for all the divisional games, but that would just be silly.

Manwich Matchup of the Week
Chicago at N.Y. Giants – So, I wonder if Brian Griese will be warming up soon? I know, that was low and slimy. This is actually a hard game to predict, because with the disarray in the rest of the NFC, this game really could be the key to home field. The Bears seem to play with tenacity after being embarrassed (i.e. after the Arizona Monday Nighter). In addition, the Giants are really banged up defensively and offensively. Pick: Chicago

Upset of the Week
St. Louis at Seattle –Revenge is a dish best served cold. Pick: St. Louis

Houston at Jacksonville- Revenge is a dish best served cold. Pick: Jacksonville

Baltimore at Tennessee- I tried to warn the Bungles last week. I said, “As long as the Bengals don’t give up any defensive touchdowns to the Ravens, the Bengals should be able to squeak this one out.” Of course, the Bungles gave one up and lost by only 6 points. I hate you Cobra Commander. Pick: Baltimore

Buffalo at Indianapolis- I still can’t believe the Colts are going strong. I still believe they should purposely lose one game before the season is over, as weird as that sounds. Pick: Indy

Cleveland at Atlanta- The Browns played really well last week. The problem was the 6 field goals. SIX! If they could have just had 2 touchdowns out of those 6, they would have beaten the Super Chargers. And the Chargers were wearing powder blue no less. Pick: Atlanta

Green Bay at Minnesota – who knows about this game? What I do know, is that CNN said today that some squirrel chewed through a power line in Oklahoma, knocking one county’s polls out of commission for one hour. The squirrel died. I guess the moral of the story for the Republicans is that training Kamikaze Squirrels is not a successful election strategy. Pick: Minnesota

Kansas City at Miami – Joey Harrington is a mythological folk hero, for one week anyway. Actually, has Hart, Chicago, or anyone else realized that the Bears achilles heal the last few years has been speedy WRs. Steve Smith, Chris Chambers, even Antonio Bryant on the Browns have all FEASTED on the Bears defense. Pick: Kansas City

N.Y. Jets at New England –Lock of the week. Pick: New England

San Diego at Cincinnati – Very intriguing game, really have no idea. I think the Bengals just have a lot of negative karma at this point. Where is Ocho Cinco??? If anyone has the schedule for when the Chargers are wearing powder blue, please send me the link. Pick: San Diego

San Francisco at Detroit – Even the Lions could suddenly be in contention in the NFC! Pick: Detroit

Washington at Philadelphia- NFC East divisional games are always great, unpredictable, and entertaining. The odds grow each week of all the teams beating each other into 8-8. Pick: Philly

Denver at Oakland- The glorious Raiders winning streak came to a stunning halt last week, just in time to begin another long, losing streak. Pick: Denver

Dallas at Arizona- I hope Dennis Green flew to Chicago during the week just to rub it in the Bears face that they lost to the Dolphins. Pick: Dallas

New Orleans at Pittsburgh – The Steelers now have to win out to make the playoffs. I still think 4th-string QB Omar Jacobs could save the season. As I’ve said a million of times before, Omar Jacobs did have 40 TDs and 4 INTs two years ago. Pick: New Orleans

Tampa Bay @ CAR – Tampa’s played the toughest schedule in the league and, while they got lucky twice, they got unlucky 6 times already, and their team is missing a spleen. That’s probably a negative indicator of future success. Pick: CAR

Last Week: 7-7
Season: 77-51
Manwich: 6-4 (oops, Tom Brady threw 4 INTs)
Upset of the Week: 2-7 (Cobra Commander must be stopped at all costs.)