I alluded to it in my week nine picks but this week was rough to pick and it showed. I went 6-7 this week. I hate that. I also hate the Texans losing such a good game. I’m now 81-48 on the season. However, while I was aware of the Thursday game this week, I forgot to even make mention of it in last weeks picks or pick early this week…I’m sorry America. And as much as it hates me to do this, I’m going to chalk it up as a loss. So I am now officially 81-49. I’m at the lowest point I’ve been all season with a 62 % winning record.

I blame this wacky week on evil forces. Tampa brought back the orange julius jerseys, started a rookie and found a way to win. If that doesn’t tell you foul play was involved I don’t know what will.

Denvers (finally) loses to Baltimore

This one is going to be interesting. Just from preconceived notions one might think that Baltimore has the stronger defense of the two. So far this season Denver has had a stingier defense. While the Broncos are off to a great season and look better on paper, I think the Ravens will win this one. The Ravens offense is pretty potent and I think this is the toughest challenge Denver has faced this season.

Houston over Buffalo

This game is a must win for Houston. If the Texans lose this game it will prove that they are not ready to be a playoff contender. Right now the Texans are on fire and the Bills have been a fringe team. If the Texans can keep their fire from the last couple of weeks they will win, if they don’t they’ll be the same Texans we saw last year…

Cleveland looses to Chicago

I thought about picking the Browns because  that would be shocking and I’m not sold on Chicago winning this game…but these are the Browns.

Dallas should beat Seattle

The thing is they should. Dallas had a great game last week against Atlanta. Their offense looked good and their defense seemed solid. But these are two flaky teams and it might be the battle of whoever makes less mistakes wins.

Miami over the Jets

The Dolphins almost beat the Saints last week. They completely fell apart but the fact remains that the Dolphins can be spectacular. The Jets are still finding their way. I would be surprised if Mark Sanchez has another bad game and Miami has a stellar offensive game. This game will most likely be close and is a must win for the Jets, but I’m just not too sure about the Jets being for real.

Indy beats San Fran

I want San Francisco to win so badly. If my Texans are to make anything of this season, Indy needs to chill out sooner or later. But the Colts are amazing. Unless Alex Smith can match Peyton Manning the ‘Niners are done for. Who would you pick first if you were playing flag football Smith or Manning?

Giants over Philly

The Eagles need a win but I think the Giants will be too much for them. The Giants can light up the board offensively and their defense is no joke. While the Eagles look like their still trying to get into a good flow.

St. Louis falls behind Detroit

Let’s just call this the most uninteresting game of football ever played. Ok, it isn’t that bad, but it’s like watching a WNBA game. Alright, I’m sorry ladies. This game should be won by Detroit because they have a little more talent. I think the most important thing to come out of this game will be the fact that the Lions will prove they are not the worst team in the NFL anymore. Now their around second or third worst. Movin’ on up.

Oakland loses to San Diego

The last time these teams met we wondered if Oakland was a serious team. Now we no longer wonder, we know that their bad. San Diego seems to be getting their act together and should win this one easily.

The Titans beat the Jags

The Titans should beat the Jags. They have home field advantage and are angry. This should be a good game. I think the Titans finally win and Vince Young will get too much credit for it.

Minnesota losses to Green Bay

That’s right. Listen to this: on paper Green Bay has a better offense in yards per game and a better defense in yards allowed per game. Green Bay’s defense has been looking tougher and they do not want to lose to Favre at home. I’m going with Green Bay in this over-publicized game.

Arizona over Carolina

The Cards are back on the rise and Carolina is struggling to just keep their heads above water. This should be a simple win for Arizona.

The Saints beat the Falcons

The Saints are amazing this year. The Falcons are a contender but I just can’t see them beating the Saints, especially after losses to the Cowboys. Saints remain undefeated.

After talking to many of my theatre friends I learned that most of them are turned off by the fact that I write about sports so much. Phil Hays seemed disgusted by it. Alex Dorman, my girlfriend, says she doesn’t ever read any of this. And Traci Thiebaud said could imagine a really manly man writing this…no offense.  (None taken.) But I love sports and discussing it and for me and Kelly Harkins this part of my blog is still plowing ahead.

This week I improved…but only to .500. I went 7-7 which makes my record to date 56-34 and I went down to 62 %. Bummer. There were a couple shockers I thought. I mean Oakland won a game. I’m glad Houston won but I almost knew as I was writing that Cincinnati would win that Houston would win because if Cincinnati should win a game they don’t and Houston only wins on even numbered weeks so. Well I want to forget about this mediocre week and focus on the next.

So last week I went 11-5. Not too shabby, I was a little concerned that this week might make a fool out of me, there were a lot of close games and it was really hard to pick some of them. My running total is now 33-15, that’s right under 69%. In the crazy world of NFL that’s not too bad. I’m over 500 and there’d be plenty of teams that would like to win 69% of the time…like my Houston Texans.

Oh brother those Texans need to stop giving up the big run. That defense that I thought was going to be different is slowly going back down that same road…only time will tell. Hopefully for the Texans time will tell before the season is over.

Wow, I was wrong about the Titans bouncing back and beating the way-too-popular Jets. I thought the Titans would smack ‘em around. And right now someone needs to take that team down a notch.

However I was right going with the Bengals over the Steelers. That seemed like a ESP call on my part. This was by far the toughest week to pick. So many teams seemed close on paper and it was tough. Man oh man this week was tough. Not only to pick but as a Texans fan. Oh well, at least the Houston Cougars gave me a good game. If you didn’t see that game, you missed out on some amazing college football. The Coogs will be tough in the future, I hope they can finish and have a solid season.

Sorry Cowboys fans, but out of respect I won’t even pretend that I have no bias against your team. I had a great weekend of football! And when we look at my predictions for week two I went 10 and 6. For week one I was stronger, I was 12 and 4. Which brings my total to 22-10, not too shabby. Once again I would like to say that I’m just a fan, not any kind of expert. (But I am quite awesome).

First of all, my Texans went and fought hard against the Titans. We came away with a victory and Titans fans…I don’t want to hear about the officiating because those calls were legit. It stinks when the calls don’t go your way but that’s how it goes some times. When you look at the numbers that was a tough, gritty football game and both teams could have won it at some point. It makes me angry that this game has little to no national recognition. It was a great game and both teams played well, why does no one care outside of Houston and Tennessee? Titans, good game. I hope this helps out in making this rivalry less lopsided. See you on primetime for MNF!

Tony Romo is a chump. Okay, he’s not a total chump but I think he’s one of the most over-rated QB of the decade. Dallas is a good team and will have a good season but the Texan in me likes to see them lose.

Peyton Manning and the Colts had a good Monday Night outing. I mean, so did the Dolphins but they choked in the end. I’m sure The Big Tuna is not going to be happy about the clock management in the end. If you haven’t been watching fourth quarters this week you need to start paying attention. Man, I’m so stoked about football I’m not even checking my grammar. It’s about to get conversational and ghetto in this blog.

What about the Jets? I know that everyone jumped on the Jets bandwaggon, but after last week I believed in their defense. That is some tough stuff. The Jets are going to have some offense troubles as time goes on but my money is that their defense will be consistent.

Well, it’s getting late and I haven’t said much. Plus I don’t feel like proofreading…where’s that publish button…