Oh, the shame! A nine loss weekend! Someone is going to claim I’m a false prophet for sure. Well, the only consolation for me is that the British chap over at BUK Power lost ten. Well, bully, old chap! But, you have to admit that it was a strange NFL weekend. Come on, who picked the Bears to upset the Super Bowl Champs? I mean, even Jay Cutler’s mom bet on the Steelers.

The injury bug is biting. The Bills beat the Bucs, but lost two important pieces of their pie in doing so. They put starting tackle Brad Butler and tight end Derek Schouman on IR. The Buc themselves put starting S Jermaine Phillips on the shelf for the foreseeable future. In Seattle, Coach Jim Mora listed twelve of his starters on this week’s injury report, and there’s talk that they might be going it without starting QB Matt Hasselback. Donovan McNabb is still sore in Philly. Brian Westbook and DeSean Jackson are also nicked up, although with Westbrook that’s an every week occurrence. Giants QB-killer Justin Tuck is nursing a shoulder injury due to being kicked in the ankle—all together now: “The shoulder bone’s connected to the… ankle bone.” That’s an NFL anatomy lesson for you. Byron Leftwich is suggesting Tuck needs a week of rest. Oh, and this just in: Adrian Peterson has a sore back. That might mean he only runs for 175 yards this coming weekend. Shoot, Peterson in a wheelchair still breaks a hundred.

How about our Bucs? Will they get a win this weekend? News out of One Buc Place this week says the team is still optimistic. For naysayers in the fan base, however, a little defense might help. Still, count me among the glass-half-full crowd. I may be a false prophet in the eyes of some, but I’ll never be accused of being a fair-weather Buc fan. Win, baby! This time for sure! Maybe. Hey, do you think Tiki is cheering for his bro or his old team this coming weekend?

Time for redemption. I vow to pick it back up this weekend. I’m all about winning the fish and chips from the British fellow! That man is going to buy me a pint of Carling, I tell you. So, here they are, my “resurrection-rebound-recovery-picks” for week three: Old Browns over the New Browns; Redskins over Lions; Jags over Texans; Vikings over 49ers; Patriots over Falcons; Eagles over Chiefs; Packers over Rams; Buc over Giants; Titans over Jets; Saints over Bills; Bears over Seahawks; Steelers over Bengals; Broncos over Raiders; Chargers over Dolphins; Cardinals over Colts; Cowboys over Panthers