Yet another week has passed with the picks article being the only one.  It’s almost to the point where it’s not even worth making the empty promises of additional articles not in the “Week X Picks” format.  Actually, things are starting to calm down with work, so that might just happen.  No promises, though.

Here are the picks (Home team in CAPS):

Last Week:  6-8

Season:  43-47

CLEVELAND (+9) over Green Bay

San Diego (-6) over KANSAS CITY

ST. LOUIS (+15) over Indianapolis

Minnesota (+6) over PITTSBURGH

New England (-16) over TAMPA BAY

San Francisco (+3) over HOUSTON

NY Jets (-7) over OAKLAND

Buffalo (+7) over over CAROLINA

CINCINNATI (-1) over Chicago

Atlanta (+4) over DALLAS

New Orleans (-7) over MIAMI

NY GIANTS (-7) over Arizona

WASHINGTON (+7) over Philadelphia

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Once again, the sports blog has been overcome by other events in my life of a revenue-generating nature.  I will continue to provide the weekly picks and (hopefully) eventually make good on my weekly promise to start blogging more frequently. 

Here are the picks (home team in CAPS)

Last Week: 5-9

Season:  37-39

Houston (+6) over CINCINNATI

Detroit (+15) over GREEN BAY

MINNESOTA (-3) over Baltimore

NY Giants (+3) over NEW ORLEANS

PITTSBURGH (-15) over Cleveland

Carolina (-3) over TAMPA BAY

Kansas City (+6) over WASHINGTON

St. Louis (+10) over JACKSONVILLE

Philadelphia (-15) over OAKLAND

Arizona (+3) over SEATTLE

NEW ENGLAND (-10) over Tennessee

NY JETS (-10) over Buffalo

Chicago (+4) over ATLANTA

SAN DIEGO (-3) over Denver

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Sorry for the brevity this week, but I have been swamped at work…and hunting as much as I can, which does not leave much time for you guys.

I am actually going to try to post a blog entry from the tree stand tomorrow – I will definitely be tweeting, so any of you not following me yet, please make sure you do at: http://twitter.com/mackonsports

Here are the Week 5 picks.  (Home team in CAPS)

Last Week:  5-9 (ouch)

Season:  32-30

BUFFALO (-6) over Cleveland

Pittsburgh (-11) over DETROIT

Dallas (-9) over KANSAS CITY

Minnesota (-11) over ST. LOUIS

NY GIANTS (-16) over Oakland

Tampa Bay (+16) over PHILADELPHIA

Washington (+5) over CAROLINA

Cincinnati (+9) over BALTIMORE

SAN FRANCISCO (-2.5) over Atlanta

Jacksonville (+2) over SEATTLE

Houston (+6) over ARIZONA

DENVER (-3) over New England

TENNESSEE (+5) over Indianapolis

NY Jets (-3) over MIAMI

Notes:  Wow.  There are two road teams HEAVILY favored against teams that should be desperate to make some kind of an impression, playing in stadiums full of fans that are desperate for something that begins to approximate success, or at least a plan.  I picked both of those road favorites to cover, just because those home teams are so bad and I am kind of following the smart money, but I will be very surprised if either Pittsburgh or Minnesota covers the spread.

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I am just going to get right to the picks this week, for several reasons, the most important being that there is a flu bug making it’s way through the Mack household and hunting season has started.  Speaking of hunting season, make sure that if you are a hunter or enjoy reading about hunting stuff or both, that you check out our hunting blog at:  http://hunting.mackonsports.com.

As for this blog, there are plenty of items I would like to weigh in on (Lamar Odom’s Madness, the upcoming NHL and NBA seasons, how the Minnesota Vikings’ season will end, etc.)  Lots of stuff and not a lot of time to write about them – I think I see a “List” blog post coming soon, so all of you folks with the attention span of a gnat (like me), you are going to be in luck with a new blog post soon!

Here are the Week 4 picks (Home team in CAPS):

Last Week:  11-5

Season:  27-21

Baltimore (+2) over NEW ENGLAND

WASHINGTON (-7) over Tampa Bay

Tennessee (-3) over JACKSONVILLE

Oakland (+10) over HOUSTON

Detroit (+10) over CHICAGO

Cincinnati (-6) over CLEVELAND

INDIANAPOLIS (-11) over Seattle

NY GIANTS (-9) over Kansas City

NY Jets (+7) over NEW ORLEANS

MIAMI (+3) over Buffalo

Dallas (-3) over DENVER

SAN FRANCISCO (-10) over St. Louis

San Diego (+7) over PITTSBURGH

Green Bay (+4) over MINNESOTA

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