HOUSTON - The Unabashed Blogorrhea shaking and stirring while serving up pugnacious NFL picks each and every week. Entertainment purposes only. Money back not guaranteed.
The rules are the same as last year: fearlessly (or not) forecasting the Texans and the Cowboys always and then four other games from the weekly slate which supposedly allegedly offer particularly promising prospects.
Before getting all revved up for the Week One rodeo at Reliant, The Unabashed must first and foremost acknowledge the power of Peyton.
Before Manning was declared out for the first time in his NFL 13-year career, his forever kingpin Colts were roughly a one point nod on the Texans home turf.
Suddenly the betting line skyrocketed to Indy plus-nine.
How many single stars in the NFL universe are worth that kind of move – a 10-point swing - in what otherwise was billed as a pick ‘em game? Crazy.
Of course, no one in the local chicken fried confines needs reminding of Manning’s one upmanship of the McNair Mob in their near-decade of existence – 16 wins in 18 tries, perfect in Indy, 42 touchdowns, but nine interceptions.
And now something called cervical fusion surgery has the Texans tormentor decked a minimum two-three months, realistically until 2012.
Wow.
From AFC South champs seven times the last eight years to has-been afterthought scrap heap zero shot at playoff contention. The king is dead … long live the king … your Houston Texans.
To repeat for those not quite paying close attention, the starting QB Rushmore within the division …
Matt Hasselbeck until he gets hurt and then rookie Jake Locker.
Luke McCown of the McCown family of quarterbacks, Jacksonville, Texas, and now the other Jacksonville, until he gets hurt and then rookie Blaine Gabbert.
Kerry Collins with his sixth team over 18 sometimes rocking, other times rocked NFL seasons and easily the same number of NFL lives, coaxed out of recent retirement and less than three weeks in Indy,
Wow.
To the picks … entertainment purposes only.
COLTS (+9) at TEXANS. Kubiak Crew notches second-straight opening week win in series but determined gutty let’s-show-‘em-we’re-not-dead Indy coverts the cover.
COWBOYS (+4.5) at JETS. Have the once upon a time Wowboys ever operated this under the radar to start a season? Fourteen straight years without a playoff win will do that. Even while in the opulent house that Jerry built. Here, all the hullabaloo hype over the roaring Ryans but by tee time simply no conceivable way a New York team is losing in New York (more or less) in prime time on the 10th anniversary of New York’s darkest day. But siding with Dallas with the points.
PATRIOTS (-7) at DOLPHINS. Just seems too easy. What’s the catch?
BROWNS (-6.5) vs. BENGALS. Katy and TCU-ex Dalton may be about to live out an Aikman-like entry into big boy football thanks to routinely bungling sewer-like Cincy. Colt McCoy about to carry Cleveland back to respectability.
PACKERS (-4) vs. SAINTS. Too much first-night firepower and too much raise-the-banner emotion (even if there’s not actually a banner or the like raised).
CARDINALS (-7) vs. PANTHERS. Not expecting Cam to have a clue. On the road. Debuting with a first-time head coach. Kevin Kolb will.
NFC PLAYOFFS: Eagles, Packers, Saints, Cardinals plus Falcons and Cowboys.
AFC PLAYOFFS: Texans, Patriots, Steelers, Chargers plus Ravens and Jets.
As an aside, The Unabashed never ever endorses the idea of wagering on the athletic students. Seems a tad too much to heap on the shoulders of the so young yet so talented while they’re already forced to carry the glory of their (sometimes) respected institutions and at the same time supply the financial feasibility of assorted women’s programs …
Alabama giving 10 points at held-hostage-by-JoePa Penn State appears to be the proverbial no-brainer. Even with the Tide without a firmly established starting quarterback.
Even if Joe Namath and Snake Stabler in their current arthritic states at quarterback. Or Scott Hunter for that matter.
Or Richard Todd. Or a Rutledge operating the wishbone. Or Steadman Sheeley. Or Gary Holingsworth. Or Walter Lewis. Or Jay Barker. Or … you’re getting the thrust.
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