{"id":168,"date":"2007-10-06T02:07:49","date_gmt":"2007-10-06T07:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2007\/10\/06\/nfl-week-5\/"},"modified":"2007-10-06T02:07:49","modified_gmt":"2007-10-06T07:07:49","slug":"nfl-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2007\/10\/nfl-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230;  we both went 7-7 last week. I swear, one of these years I\u2019m just going to use a quarter for the whole season.<\/p>\n<p>* I can\u2019t believe the Texans lost when I finally picked them. I know it can\u2019t really be causal, but that\u2019s freaky.<\/p>\n<p>* McNabb is killing my fantasy team. Seriously ugly. I\u2019m starting Philip Rivers this week, and if he simply puts up a big fat zero, that\u2019ll be better than McNabb half of the time so far this season. Ugly.<\/p>\n<p>* Err, which Patriot jersey will you be wanting this year, Al? Randy Moss?<\/p>\n<p>* I think this could be the first time that the season ticket holders could actually win a class action against a GM. I\u2019m lookin\u2019 at you, San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this week\u2019s picks:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 1:00<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Cardinals @ St. Louis(+3.5)<\/em><br \/>\nI don\u2019t see the Rams getting better anytime soon, and the Cards\u2019 defense is playing really well right now. I\u2019ll give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Falcons @ Tennessee(-8)<\/em><br \/>\nSeems like rather a lot of points, but I think the Titans are actually decent. But eight seems like a little too much this time around. The Titans will win, but not by that much. <\/p>\n<p><em>Panthers @ New Orleans(-3)<\/em><br \/>\nSeems a little odd that the Saints are favored. Oh, yeah, Carolina sucks&#8230; but so does N. O. I guess that\u2019s the three points for being at home. Meh, I\u2019ll take the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Browns @ New England(-16.5)<\/em><br \/>\nHere\u2019s one of those college football spreads you mentioned last week. And I\u2019m still going to take the Pats. I think they\u2019re on a mission to punish the entire league over the cheating thing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lions @ Washington(-3.5)<\/em><br \/>\nRedskins are just better, give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jags @ Kansas City(+2)<\/em><br \/>\nJax is coming off the bye, and I think they\u2019ll be ready.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dolphins @ Houston(-5.5)<\/em><br \/>\nJust in case, I\u2019m picking Miami here.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jest @ New Jersey Giants Stadium(-3.5)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Mean Green are a train wreck. I\u2019ll take the Giants.<\/p>\n<p><em>Seattle @ Pittsburgh(-6)<\/em><br \/>\nI think last week was an anomaly, I\u2019ll give the points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 4:10\u00b15<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Bucs @ Indianapolis(-9.5)<\/em><br \/>\nSo, the Colts have been pretty good at covering these kinds of spreads so far this season. Cadillac is out for sure but Addai is \u201cquestionable.\u201d I think the Bucs can keep it closer than this.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ravens @ San Francisco(+3.5)<\/em><br \/>\nHow come the Ravens are favored on the road? Weird. I\u2019ll take the points; go Niners!<\/p>\n<p><em>Chargers @ Denver, even<\/em><br \/>\nSan Diego is in a tailspin. The Broncos aren\u2019t very good, but I think there\u2019s a very real chance this team will quit on Norv almost entirely. I\u2019ll take the home team here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday NBC<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Bears @ Green Bay(-3)<\/em><br \/>\nThis makes no sense to me. The Bears are horrible, and the Packers look great. How is this only a field goal?<\/p>\n<p><strong>MNF<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Cowboys @ Buffalo(+10)<\/em><br \/>\nIt was awfully nice for the Bills to get a win last week&#8230; but it won\u2019t continue. The Cowboys are simply a lot better. More than ten points better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230; we both went 7-7 last week. I swear, one of these years I\u2019m just going to use a quarter for the whole season. * I can\u2019t believe the Texans lost when I finally picked them. I know it can\u2019t really be causal, but that\u2019s freaky. * McNabb is killing my fantasy team. Seriously ugly. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2007\/10\/nfl-week-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Week 5<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}