10/3: Division Series stuff, NFL Preview

To review....

• Rays go up 1-0 at home....This is why they were rooting for Chicago...the Sox looked disoriented and have shown themselves over the course of the year to be an awful dome team....Evan Longoria is a beast btw...
• Dodgers up 2-0 on the Cubs....I picked the Dodgers in the series....but wasn't expecting this...I expected Derek Lowe to win...but wow....Implosion in Chicago
• Boston leads the Angels 1-0....Jon Lester continues to impress....Vlad still isn't producing in the playoffs...needs to turn it up...and I have no idea what he was doing on the bases....
• Philly leads the Brew Crew 2-0....well they beat Sabathia....that pretty much turns the lights out when you see the rest of Milwaukee's rotation...enjoy your offseason...

To the NFL....First...THE PICKS

YTD (Pending more CFB): 16-15-1

• Titans -3 over Ravens....Tennessee is clearly the class of that division all the sudden...and they will out-defense Baltimore....
• Falcons +7 @ over Packers....Do the words "Matt" and "Flynn" mean anything to you? Yes, I'm on record hating the Falcons on the road...but I hate the potential of Matt Flynn at home even worse....
• Patriots +3.5 over Niners.....I don't care who's playing QB...this line is too low.....

To the rest (abbreviated this week)

• Green Bay over Atlanta (close if Rodgers Plays) OR Atlanta over GB (if Flynn Plays)
• Tennessee over Baltimore (reasoning above)
• Carolina over Kansas City....nice to see Larry Johnson is back....it ends a bit here...
• Detroit over Chicago (upset of the week)...Chicago's pass D is 28th in the league...Detroit can throw it around and have the bye week to get healthy....A limb here...
• Indy over Houston....Almost went the other way here....and this is an either-way game somehow
• San Diego over Miami...Time for the Chargers to turn it on....Chad Pennington has a good game here tho
• New York Giants over Seattle....One more week for the Seattle receivers to get healthy....jump on the Hasselbeck wagon now...while there is room
• Philly over Washington....I like what Jason Campbell is doing...but if Westbrook plays (he should)...the nod is Philly
• Tampa over Denver...I still don't fully believe in Denver...and Tampa can run the ball on them and control the clock....
• Buffalo over Arizona....lots of Marshawn Lynch and a few Kurt Warner INT/Fumbles....Watch out for former Wolverine Steve Breaston likely starting in place of Anquan Boldin...
• Dallas over Cincy....next....
• NE over San Fran....short passing and defense....and JT O'Sullivan
• Pitt over Jacksonville....could go either way here too....but thinking Ben and the WRs turned the corner late against Baltimore
• New Orleans over Minnesota....I'll take the home underdog...Drew Brees will be WINGING it...and the NO run defense isn't as bad as the pass defense...

Enjoy it..