11:30 p.m.

• After a bye in which I rested my tweaked hamstring, it’s onto this week's pickkks.

Arizona @ Washington (8.5)

Now Warner is hurt. Ouch. There are some franchises that seem to get all the bad breaks, and Arizona seems like one for me. However, they are also one of the worst franchises in any league, so oh well.

Atlanta @ New Orleans (8.5)

OK, the Saints had a great game last week. Will the turnaround begin here? I don’t know, but I’ll take my chances.

(3.5) Baltimore @ Buffalo

The Bills HAVE to win some time. Bah, the Ravens will win by 30.

Minnesota @ Dallas (9.5)

Well, the Vikings aren’t the Patriots. I’ll give the Cowboys a pass and hope they keep on beating teams they’re supposed to beat buy bunches of points.

(17.5) New England @ Miami

I’ve gone with the Pats this year, but oh what the hell. The Dolpins will lose by just TWO TOUCHDOWNS.

San Francisco @ N.Y. Giants (9.5)

The Giants will win, but hopefully the 49ers will try to make this a contest.

Tampa Bay @ Detroit (2.5)

Buccaneers have been doing better than I thought. The Lions are the Lions.

(1.5) Tennessee @ Houston

Hmmm, I don’t know if Vince Young will be playing this week. I wish I would pay more attention to what goes on during the week. I’m sure this won’t be decided by 1 point, so I’ll treat this as a straight up/down contest, and I’ll go with the Titans.

Kansas City @ Oakland (2.5)

Raiders have already won their quota of games for the year. I’ll hope Larry Johnson decides to show up.

N.Y. Jets @ Cincinnati (6.5)

Both teams don’t do anything for me, but I expected the Bengals to be better. For that reason, I’ll go with the Jets.

Chicago @ Philadelphia (5.5)

I have no clue how the Eagles offense will do against a Bears defense that was supposed to be good. I also have no clue if Westbrook is gong to play. I have no clue.

St. Louis @ Seattle (9.5)

The Seahawks will make the playoffs because they get to play games like this. Then again, this will probably be the week the Rams decide to be competitive.

(3.5) Pittsburgh @ Denver

I’m not sure if the Steelers will repeat their success in Denver, but I’ll go with this spread. Steelers will score 27.

(3.5) Indianapolis @ Jacksonville

Indy will probably win, but the Jags always play them tough. I think.