THE DON'S
Crystal Ball
2009 SEASON
WEEK 8 PICKS
By DonCanabis/D'BOYZ
Analyst/Godfather
Ok finally a descent week and it only took 6 blowouts to catch my groove back but hey! You can’t count it as a victory until it becomes a trend. So, this is the hardest part of getting over a slump. His week it’s the most important because you can’t have a winning streak if you don’t win two weeks in a row.
Quick Hits
•Parity, the most loveable word by the NFL its owners and commissioner is over, it’s not hurt it completely died…. There hasn’t been a year with such big disparity in the NFL even when there was no free agency or CAP… let that sync in for a minute, many of the readers of this column didn’t even knew there was a time when there wasn’t a CAP that’s how long.
• For the first time 3 teams are still undefeated entering week 8 and also for the first time 3 teams are winless by week 8. And it’s not only that it’s the way teams are losing no longer we see the 3 to 4 point score differentials now we see complete blowouts….. in fact since de 70’s there hadn’t been a week where more than 6 teams won by more than 21 points and to think it happened in a week where only 13 games where played its insane…and two weeks ago new England tied the record for biggest win by a Margin of score also from the 70’s.
•Now it makes sense why Coach McDaniel’s listened to the Cutler trade talks when teams brought it up. Yes, the kid has a great arm and can give you great games but most of the time he’s a time bomb; too many dumb interceptions that cost his team the victory. It was painful to watch that Sunday’s night game I felt that every time they got near the red zone he would do something stupid.
•The Sherm Lewis project in
•I read that the Browns fans are trying to boycott the start of their MNF game two weeks from now by coming 15 minutes late to the start of the game so ESPN has a Stadium empty in a National televised game…. I think this is genius, fans have almost no leverage in the decision the front office makes of their team that they blindly rut for and love… For them it’s just a business and they don’t care how bad the team is doing if the fans keep going to the games, paying overpriced tickets, drinks, food and merchandise.
So the Browns fans using the little leverage they have to express their discuss to the owner is just Genius, we see owners every year no matter the economy charging ridiculous prices that going to a game with your family has become a luxury not a passion. But still loyal fans go to see their bad team because it’s not like the team charge less when the team is struggling do they and after 10 years of coming back to the NFL the Browns have nothing to show for and the fans are in their right to be pissed. Just be careful the front office might pull a Snyder and sue their fans if they don’t come on time to the games LOL.
On to the games
Well
Straight: Dal
Spread:J Dal
Ovr/Und: Ovr
The Injury to Johnson worries me he’s the key to that offense. The Texans have been playing at the level we expected for the past 2 season but they almost let a easy win game last week turn to a nightmare because they couldn’t close the game.
Straight: Hou
Spread: Hou
Ovr/Und: Und
Usually when bad teams face each other I go with the team that’s has at least looked better and specially if they have had 2 weeks to prepare… but, Stafford and Johnson are game time decision and if they don’t play we can bee looking to St. Louis first victory tough game to call.
Straight: Det
Spread: Det
Ovr/Und: Ovr
Man can’t believe that even at 6-0
Straight: Bal
Spread: Bal
Ovr/Und: Und
Divisional games are usually hard to call because even if teams are playing bad when they face a division opponent they give it their all.
Straight: NYG
Spread: NYG
Ovr/Und: Over
The first meeting was a TD lunch fest, Rex Ryan couldn’t stop the wildcat, but now with tape and time to understand it, I know he will do a better job so I expect Henne to have a great day and put little speedy Gonzalez in his place.
Straight: Mia
Spread: Mia
Ovr/Und: Ovr
Finally Cutler is facing a QB that throws worse and commits more Turnovers that he does and he will take full advantage of the opportunity. The
Straight:Chi
Spread:Chi
Ovr/Und:Ovr
Alex Smith got a chance to have a career back and prove himself he looked good last week and I don’t really know if he will be able to keep it up and become what the 49ers expected of him when they drafted him, but at least we will se a chance to prove himself this week.
Straight:
Spread: SF
Ovr/Und: Ovr
Straight:Ten
Spread: Ten
Ovr/Und: Und
Well
Straight: SD
Spread: SD
Ovr/Und: Ovr
This is definitely the game of the year and we all know it… the superbowl of it’s not good could come up second to this game, in fact the only way this game doesn’t become the game of the year is if they meet again in the NFC Championship in Lambeau to do to the Superbowl. My question here is who has bigger prison to win this game Favre or Rodgers? In my mind, Rodgers if he ever wants to win that fan base.
Straight: Min
Spread: Min
Ovr/Und: Und
Carolina at Arizona -10 Ovr/Und 41
Straight: Ari
Spread: Ari
Ovr/Und: Ovr
Wasn’t the NO game against
Straight: NO
Spread: ATL
Ovr/Und: Und
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