Week 12....RICO

• Detroit +3.5 Green Bay-If this game was played on a normal Sunday, I may take the Pack. Detroit on Thanksgiving Day, even with less talent than their opponent, plays pretty well. This game will be close....possible Lions upset here.
• Dallas -14 NY Jets-Again on most days, 14 would seem like too many points. Since the Cowboys, and particularly TO relish the national spotlight, I'm taking the Cowboys by any spread up to 19.
• Indy -11.5 Atlanta-Although the Colts are beat up, they should have no problem with a talent-less Falcons team.
• Denver +2.5 Chicago-Cutler looks like he's matured since the beginning of the season. If their defense can stop ANY TEAM, they would look like a shoe-in to win the awful AFC West. These are 2 completely over-rated defenses, take over 41.
• Tennessee -1.5 Cincy-Even the Titans offense can score on Cincy. If Haynesworth is out again, the Bengals may have a shot.
• Buffalo +7.5 Jacksonville-Buffalo got blown out by the Pats. So what? Who hasn't? Before that game, they were playing pretty solid football. It may be a stretch for them to win this game outright, but expect a close one.
• Oakland +6 Kansas City-Ugly game, both defenses play well; both offenses are pretty bad. The Chiefs should win, but they may score only 1 TD. KC 16 Oakland 13
• Cleveland -3.5 Houston-The half point scares the hell out of me here. I'm aboard the Browns bandwagon, but I can't make myself go to the sportsbook window and take them this week.
• Seattle -3 St. Louis-After taking a 2 week hiatus, I'm once again betting against the beat up Rams. This game could possibly be entertaining, but there is much better action on this week's card.
• NY Giants -7 Minnesota-I'm definitely not on the Giants bandwagon, but with Peterson out, the Vikes will have trouble scoring AGAIN. Giants win this one handily.
• New Orleans -2 Carolina-Ewwww. Not touching this game with a 10 foot pole.
• Washington +3.5 Tampa Bay-I'm surprised to get the hook here. The Bucs looked good last week, but do the Falcons really count at this point? Look for a Skins upset here.
• San Fran +10.5 Arizona-I'm also on the Cardinals bandwagon, but 10.5 is just too many points for a team that seems to play every game down to the wire.
• Baltimore +9.5 San Diego-It will be interesting to see how the Ravens come back from the Immaculate Deflection. Although San Diego may show a rare flash of brilliance again this week, I'm betting against it. 2 completely over-rated teams here.
• New England -21 Philly-I have no idea whether McNabb is playing or not. Does it really matter? There are unconfirmed reports that some of the sportsbooks have taken this game off of the board due to the sole fact that the Pats are THAT good.
• Miami +16 Pittsburgh- Plain and simple, it's too many points. In 5 out of their 10 losses, the Dolphins lost by a FG. Throw out Dallas and New England as they are clearly better than the Dolphins, and you have 10 point losses to Philly and Cleveland and 1 very bad game at Oakland. I'm looking to bet ON the Dolphins for most of the rest of the season.

That's all for this week. Have a happy Thanksgiving.