Weekend Prophecies - Dec 8-9

Well, it's time for me to go out on a limb and make some predictions again. I started off with a bang last night guessing that Chicago would come out strong and build some more false hope of making the playoffs. Of course, anyone who stayed up into the middle of the night in Washington saw that I was completely wrong. Both teams were lousy, but the Redskins were slightly less bad. Let's hope that my prophecies can be a little better now than they were last week with a 3-4 start.

Bills over Dolphins – Sea World called … apparently the dolphins there are suing to force this JV team to change their name. The claim is that their play is demeaning to dolphins everywhere.

Cowboys over Lions – from 6-2 to 6-10. Is it possible? Probable? It sure is starting to look that way. Why do I keep cheering for this team? I'm starting to feel like a long suffering Boston sports fan. Wait, never mind.

Chargers over Titans – San Diego is finally starting to fire on all cylinders. Tomlinson is running with fire in his eyes and Haynesworth is listed as "questionable" for the Titans. All signs point to a W for SD.

Bucs over Texans – Tampa is getting an awful lot out of Jeff Garcia these days. Makes you wonder how Philly is feeling about running him out of town last year in favour of A.J. Feeley. Garcia’s got nearly a 4-1 TD-INT ratio, a 96.0 passer rating, and has led them to 8 wins with four losing teams left on the sched. Perhaps I'm biased though ... I always cheer for these guys that jump to the big leagues from the CFL.

Vikings over 49ers – Is it too early to crown Peterson rookie of the year? Should the Lions perhaps have considered picking AP instead of Calvin Johnson? I’m going to answer no and no. Peterson is definitely the most impactful rookie of this year, but if the Lions ever decide to throw Johnson the ball, I think they’ll discover a great talent who’s going to last longer than Peterson.

Patriots over Steelers – NE obviously got away with one Monday night. Belichick will have them more focused to take on a Pittsburgh team who haven’t played a game in decent weather in a while. What’s Sunday call for in Foxboro? Forecast says sleet. This’ll be fun to watch!

Browns over Jets – Cleveland got jobbed on the push-out last week that would have won the game (again, I'm bitter because I picked the Brownies). Fortunately for them, they’re still in the playoff picture with several weak teams to wrap up their season.

Colts over Ravens – Is there a Patriots hangover in play this year? The three teams that have kept it close and made it interesting against NE have gone out the next week and laid an egg against much weaker teams. Bad news for the Ravens is that the Colts aren’t much weaker.

Also highlighted this weekend is Sydney Crosby trying to round out his first Western Canada road trip with a perfect record. After beating up on Edmonton and Calgary, I'm forecasting a loss for the Pens against Bobby Lou and the Canucks. Much as it pains me, Vancouver is actually playing pretty well right now and the city is back on the bandwagon after early season woes had the idiot fans calling for Luongo's head again. Will they ever learn? Probably not. This city is worse than Detroit was in the 80's and 90's for running goalies out of town.