Are you coming over, America?  I need to let the wife know.  I will be watching the clash of the NFC ten-and-ones tonight.  I love my DirecTv and the NFL Network.  What’s this that I hear?  They get the game in England, but not all across the USA?  I’d write my congressman if I were you.

How about tonight’s game?  My instincts tell me to go with the Cowboys, but the great storybook ending would have me to go with the Packers.  What to do?

Now those of you without the NFL Network, don’t fret.  This isn’t the only big game this weekend.  You’ll still have the Colts and the Jaguars with big AFC South implications on Sunday.  That will be a contest.  If it doesn’t appeal to you, how about the Jets and the Dolphins for AFC Stink supremacy?

Okay, Dolfans - if your team has one shot at notching a win, this week is it.  My heart says they go totally winless on the year.  My gut says… Honey, where’s the antacid?  Dolphins RB Ricky Williams won’t be a factor.  He was one-and-done.  Poor Ricky set down the pipe last week and picked up the pigskin.  A week later with a torn chest muscle, he can’t pick up so much as a bag of chips.  That will really suck when he gets the munchies. 

That’s got to be the question keeping John Fox awake at night in Carolina - What to do?  You’ve paid a truckload of money to bring David Carr in from Houston, and you found out that while you can take Carr away from the Texans, the Texan hasn’t left Carr.  Then there’s Vinny Testaverde, who is older than the Carolinas.  Then there is the rookie Matt Moore.  He got out of baby diapers about the time Vinny was ready for the adult kind.  Such a dilemma.  My guess: the crowd will be chanting for the rookie; Fox will go with the old man; and Carr will sport his Carol Brady hair-do on the pine.  That will line up a duel between former Buccaneers number one picks / once-thought-of-as-franchise-Messiahs Vinny Testaverde against Trent Dilfer.

Speaking of the Bucs and signal caller woes, Pewter Nation is holding its collective breath concerning the status of QB Jeff Garcia.  The big mystery Coach Jon Gruden is trying to generate is who will start of Garcia cannot go.  Mystery revealed: Luke McCown.  Me?  I’m praying for a miraculous healing! 

No progress in arresting a suspect the Sean Taylor murder investigation.  The NFL will wear the number 21 on their helmets this week in memory of the Redskin safety. 

Part of being a master prognosticator is having the guts to, every now and then, throw conventional wisdom to the wind and let the chips fall where they may.  Last week the Preacher-wannabees got a toe behind the curtain.  I’m going to give them an opportunity to get me again this week - because I’m feeling daring.  I’m going with a handful of dogs, but not the Dolphins… I said guts, not stupidity.  So, here come my ‘no-guts-no-glory-and-don’t-try-this-at-home’ picks for week thirteen: Packers over Cowboys; Rams over Falcons; Redskins over Bills; Vikings over Lions; Titans over Texans; Colts over Jaguars; Jets over Dolphins; Chargers over Chiefs; Eagles over Seahawks; Vinny over Trent; Bucs over Saints; Browns over Cardinals; Broncos over Raiders; Giants over Bears; Steelers over Bengals; Patriots over Ravens