Riding A Win Streak

Posted Sep 16, 2010 by Darin Shaw

Updated Sep 16, 2010 at 02:41 PM

In Pewter We Trust ~

How about our friends at Sports Illustrated? The Bucs are 29th in their Power Standings after week one.  29th!  This is good, my friends.  Let ‘em think what they want.  We’re in search of nothing more than number two in our race to ten.  And I say it comes this weekend in Carolina.  Shoot, maybe next week we’ll move up to number 28.

Aqib Talib is back in action for us this week, vowing to be a kinder-and-gentler-citizen-Aqib.  Look, I don’t care if you’re cursing at coaches or slapping taxi drivers in your spare time, just cover Steve Smith for us, ok?  And while you’re at it, throw your body in the path of Williams and Stewart all afternoon.

Franchise QB Josh—or as we’ve come to know him, Number 5—stands poised to play better than in his last visit to Carolina.  I believe he will.  It’s the QBs on the other side that are on my mind.  Is it Matt Moore with a concussion hangover or rookie Jimmy Clausen that we’d rather play Sunday?  Can we get them to bring Jake Delhomme back?

It’s an NFL Blogosphere ~

Michael Vick will be starting for the Eagles Sunday, as Kevin is still trying to get the Kolb-webs out after getting his bell rung by the Packers last weekend.  They’re in Detroit.  Matthew Stafford is on the shelf.  Does it matter who starts for Philadelphia?  Vick wins.

Word out of Buffalo is that they plan to keep RB Marshawn Lynch even though he’s slipped to third on the depth chart.  Playing for Buffalo is as close to being in the Canadian Football League as you can get—and to be a third stringer on a CFL team… Poor fellow! 

The two sexy Super Bowl picks, the Cowboys and Jets, are both looking to bounce back from week one defeats.  In Dallas, Jerry Jones is giving public assurances that Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett are not on the hotseat.  Jets Coach Rex Ryan had this to say, “I’m not !@#$% !@#$ !@#$%! It’s a long season, you @#$% !@#$% !@#$%!”  It is a long season, and that’s why this is going to be good to watch.

Little Bro is coming to town.  Eli is making a house call on Peyton.  Hey, did you hear?  Bob Saunders is out.  I want to know what the over/under is on how many times we’ll hear someone say, “Colts can’t stop the run without Bob Saunders in the line-up.”  If it’s less than a dozen, take the OVER.

Enough, let’s get to the reason you’re reading this.  Picks—you love me for my picks. I feel so… used. Alas my fiends, take these to the bank: Vikings over Dolphins; Falcons over Cardinals; Ravens over Bengals; Browns over Chiefs; Cowboys over Bears; Eagles over Lions; Titans over Steelers; Bucs over Panthers; Broncos over Seahawks; Raiders over Rams; Patriots over Jets; Chargers over Jags; Redskins over Texans; Big Mannings over ‘Lil Mannings; and Saints over Niners.