Let’s be honest with each other. No handicapper with full mental capacity would have picked the outcomes of last week’s games. Among a group of people I make picks with, many got 3-5 right. Monkeys training for the space program in the 60’s did a better job of piloting mock spacecraft at 3G’s than I did making picks last week.
So under the crush of overthinking things like a leaf crumpled under the foot of an elite back or how a McDonald’s clerk giving a funny look to an offensive lineman may have affected him when he ordered 4 double quarter-pounders and a diet Coke, I need a cleansing breath this week.
A throw-out-the-notes, don’t-look-at-the-spreads, draw-first-and-keep-firing-until-you’re-out-of-bullets week of picks.
Without further ado, I unveil my week 8 football picks - the homer’s dream (winner’s are bold):
Arizona at Green Bay
Atlanta at Cincinnati
Baltimore at New Orleans
Houston at Tennessee
Jacksonville at Philadelphia
Seattle at Kansas City
San Francisco at Chicago
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants
St. Louis at San Diego
Indianapolis at Denver
N.Y. Jets at Cleveland
Pittsburgh at Oakland
Dallas at Carolina
New England at Minnesota
My previous record:
Week 7: 5-8
Week 6: 8-5
Week 5: 10-4
Week 4: 11-3
Week 3: 10-4
Week 2: 12-4
Total for the season: 56-28
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