Nostradamus, I am not

The humbling thing about picking football games is that you sound very smart going into it, there are pundits and professionals who agree with you, and then the week happens and you look like a moron. I have a few gems, from last week, a few skin of the teeth wins, and some times where not only was I wrong, but I think most of the free world was with me.

Oh, and I will now henceforth be commenting on the Giants game, since my tactic of not picking the game proved less that helpful to them. I don't wanna talk about it:

Recap:
The Bungles got creamed by the Jets and didn't cover the double digit spread. Earlier in the week when the line was Jets by 5.5, I took the Jets, and that was with Palmer starting. Why I thought Fitzgerald was only a 4.5 point swing will forever elude me.

Can my comments on Carolina being a more impressive team than the Bucs be stricken from the record? I'm glad I wasn't the only one who made that call...

Not only did Minnesota not cover the 13.5 spread against a Detroit team that looked like it was running defensive tactics reminiscent of Poland in 1939, they didn't even score 13.5 points, and they shouldn't have escaped Detroit with the W. But sometimes the natural order of things is preserved, and Detroit should be punished for sucking so badly for so long.

Atlanta needed some magic, but not the points when all was said and done. Even if they had missed the field goal, they would have covered the spread - pretty nifty.

Miami should have won their game against the Texans, but instead they botched a do or die goal line stand in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter. My jaw dropped as Schaub sauntered into the endzone.

Washington losing to St. Louis blew my mind, and as soon as I saw it I said, "The Giants are going to lose this week." When something that weird happens, you know more dominoes are going to fall, which leads to -

Dallas getting beat. Don't get me wrong, I looooove to see the Cowgirls get smacked around, I think it should happen more often and will be happening with Romo out of there (they will not miss Pacman - he was a failed experiment for the most part, Dallas' secondary scared no one). But I was wrong when I said Arizona was not the Sexy pick for the week. Not only was Arizona the Sexy pick, but they turned out to be that gorgeous girl who wants to get freaky with you after watching Star Wars - we all know what I'm talking about.

Philly whipped the Niners. No contest. Am I an idiot? Same thing with Green Bay at Seattle. Classic Vegas odds making. Oh, and the Giants got beat silly and I'm counting them as a pick.

For the week: 5-9 (sidenote, if I had stayed with the picks I made earlier in the week: 8-6).
Rank: Wishy-washy waster

Fantasy team: Sucked. None of my RBs scored and Eli got manhandled, as did the Giants D, both of whom I was counting on.

Next week: I make a pick on the Giants game, objectively, but still make verbal love to my team for way too long to be comfortable.

-Jobimoto out.
I got a realllll pigeon here...