NFL Week 5.

Ms. Skeelo and I are heading to Lake Placid for the weekend so I need to make this quick.

I finally broke through last week so let's hope it continues. I am betting heavy on the favorites this week so we'll see.

Last Week: 10-4
Season 35-27

Vikings -10 over RAMS Normally I would look at a line like that and pick the underdog with the Vikings coming off a huge emotional win Monday night. But the 'dog in this case is the Rams who have scored 24 points this entire season and have been shutout twice. This line might as well be 20.

Cowboys -7 over CHIEFS The Chiefs have to play a decent game eventually, but so does Tony Romo so this is his week, as it usually is against bad teams. And yeah that was a backhanded compliment.

GIANTS -14 over Raiders You always have to give a 14 point 'dog a look. And then when you see that 'dog is the Raiders on the road and you stick with the favorite.

PANTHERS -3.5 over Redskins If there is a less appealing game this week I can't think of it.

Bucs +14 over EAGLES The Bucs nearly won outright last week in Washington and I think they can cover, but not win, this game. 14 seems high for some reason.

BILLS -6 over Browns I just thought of a less appealing game. Surely to God the Bills will beat the hopeless Browns by a touchdown at home. Won't they?

RAVENS -8 over Bengals A tough Ravens team at home coming off a loss on the road against a Bengals team that is nowhere near as good as there 3-1 record indicates? Come on.

Steelers -10.5 over LIONS The Steelers looked great last Sunday and the Lions, well, didn't.

Falcons -2.5 over 49ERS I literally flipped a coin on this one. This should be the best game of the week.

BRONCOS -3.5 over Patriots I'm a little surprised this game wasn't PK. You have to like the fact that Josh McDaniel knows everything that the Pats are going to do, that the Broncos are at home, and the way they won last week against the Cowboys. Last week I wouldn't have picked the Broncos in this game but I sure can now.

CARDS -5.5 over Texans Both of these teams are in the "everybody thought we were going to be good but maybe they shouldn't have thought that" category. One of them has to win so it might as well be the home team. And of course the Cards will get pounded again next week to put them back in the aforementioned category.

SEAHAWKS -2 over Jaguars Seattle is do for something to go right and the Jags are not much to look at.

Colts -3.5 over Titans The amazaing thing about the Colts is that they very rarely lose to teams they shouldn't lose to in the regular season. The Titans have fallen into that category in four short weeks. They are really that bad and there is no way the line for this game should be less than eight points. Did I also mention that Manning has a tendency to kick ass in prime time games? And that this game starts at 8:15 pm?

Jets -1 over DOLPHINS For some reason this is my most nervous pick of the week and I'm not sure why. The Jets D should feast on a backup QB for a bad team but Monday night divisional games tend to be closer than you would expect.