Depending on what happens with my picks at the end of this year, I'm thinking about joining the Las Vegas Hilton Super Contest next year. It's a $1500 entry fee but you get 10k for coming in tenth. The Sports Guy Bill Simmons is in third place right now and I'd be tied with him (3rd place takes home about 40 grand.)

For this week, I'm really liking the Cowboys -6 over Rex Grossman and Washington and Atlanta -7 over Seattle. I'm feeling confident but not super about the Raiders -7 over Tim Tebow and the Broncos, the Steelers -6 over the reeling Jets, the Saints +1 over the Ravens and the Browns +2 over Cincy. My upset specials appear to be the Lions +6 over Tampa and the Jaguars +5 over Indy. I think both of those teams could win those games outright. The toughest games are the two extremes - the Eagles vs. Giants has playoff implications while fans of the Cardinals and Panthers are more concerned about draft position. I like Mike Vick and the Eagles +3 to take out the banged up Giants while I'm going to go with the Panthers' defense, run game, and the fact that they already beat the Cards in Arizona.
Due to injuries, the Patriots vs. Packers and Bears vs, Vikings are off the board but I'll take the healthier teams in those battles (aka the Pats and Bears).

Last week I was 8 - 8 and fell two games back in my Pick 'Em league. A couple of my "locks" fell through so it wasn't a great week. Hopefully, I can get back to over the .500 hump this week.