OK, I am ready for the criticism, so bring it on. How did I miss the shoe-in pick and nail the upset; well, as they say in the NFL, “On Any Given Sunday”. And I know some of you are saying that I was too hard on Brett Favre last week and how he threw for 6 TD passes this week, but I would just remind you to take a look at who he did it against. The Steelers vs. Ravens game was more like a street brawl than a football game and left both teams bloodied and bruised….the way football is suppose to be played. There was another clash with the Texans (yes I said the Texans) taking the Jags to OT but lost on a FG, and then of course there was the battle of Ohio won by the Brownies over the Bungles (I use the word battle very lightly given how both of these teams are playing). But my favorite game of the week was without a doubt the Bears and Eagles match-up.

Down 24-20 in the fourth quarter, Correll Buckhalter took a first down run down to the Bears 3, leaving the Eagles in position for an almost sure touchdown. With shades of Dick Butkus, George Halas and the 46 Defense, the Bears defense reached deep down and stuffed the Eagles on 3 consecutive plays to keep their lead and go onto win the game 24-20. Yes we could debate why the Eagles ran 3 times from the 1, but you have to give credit where credit is due, the Bears defense stepped up when they had to and stonewalled the big bad Eagles. The momentum swung to the Bears and you knew it was over at that point. So just when things looked to be at their worst, the Bears stepped up, reached deep down and did what they had to do….hats off to the Bears.

Now I’ll share my picks for the week, in an attempt to redeem myself after missing my first “shoe-in”. I actually confirmed my picks this week with my 7-year old son, Mac, who is the anchor of the O and D lines of his pee-wee flag team so we are in great shape:

Shoe-In = New England BIG over the Niners

Upset = Miami at home over the Chargers

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