OK, it's time for this week's edition of Throwing Good Money After Bad aka my betting picks. Overall for the season, I'm a robust 35 - 37. I'm hoping this week will get me over the .500 mark.
The games I like the most this week are Colts -3 over Washington, Jets - 3 over Denver, and Saints -4.5 over the Bucs. The Colts are wounded so they won't be overlooking Washington, who I'm still not buying into. I still think they are the worst team in the NFC East but it seems like Shanahan has them showing up to compete and not shoot themselves in the foot while they're at it, which is more than I can say for Dallas. The Jets might be in for a let down game but I'm sure Rex Ryan will be able to fire them up enough to get them to squeak past the Broncos. No Revis is kind of a problem, especially since the Broncos will probably never bother to establish their lackluster running game, but I have more faith in New York's defense than Denver's so even if it is a shoot-out, the Jets should prevail. Speaking of throwing good money after bad, there's the Saints. These guys and the 49ers are bankrupting me but I'm going to go to the well one more time. They should be embarrassed by their performance last Sunday and should be out for blood. The Bucs are no joke and Josh Freeman's a fun, young QB but the Saints are simply better and should actually play like it this Sunday.
As for the other games, I like the Chiefs but I have no faith in Matt Cassel or Dwayne Bowe and don't know if they'll be able to take advantage of Houston's weak secondary. The Chargers should be playing angry, like the Saints, so I'll take them over the banged up Rams. It's hard to trust the Titans but they have a defense and Jacksonville doesn't so three points doesn't seem like too much. Also, people are talking up David Garrard again which means it's time for him to prove his inconsistency yet again.

Cowboys vs. Vikings is a tough call but I'm going to go with Adrian Peterson and Randy Moss. Although the real bet there IMO is OVER 44. That should be a shoot out. I'm also going over/under on the big spread games. I like Detroit but they're banged up so I think the Giants should beat them by the given 10 points but I'm more comfortable betting that the defenses hold enough to go UNDER 44.5 As for Pittsburgh and Cleveland, 14 points is a lot and Clevleand's been pretty good this season but I have faith in the Steel Curtain (and Big Ben might be rusty) so I'm going Pittsburgh and rolling the dice on UNDER 37.5.

The games that I like the least (and those are usually the ones I've been getting right this year; I've been screwing up on the ones that I think are locks) are the Falcons upsetting the Eagles, the Niners getting a win in Oakland, and Jay Cutler coming back to lead Chicago over Seattle. It pains me to do it but I'm going with the Ravens over the Pats +3 although I left that game off of my 12 team parlay. I love me some Patriots but Baltimore's the best team in the AFC right now and our lack of running game and weak defense is going to make it tough to beat the Ravens.
I'll do the math this weekend but I'm thinking I'm down $285 bucks right now. I lost a little last week but the Jags victory over the Bills kept the bleeding to a minimum. Below are my Sportsbook Perfect Parlay picks. Good luck everyone!