Packin it In...

By 4 O'clock yesterday, after putting down one last slice of turkey, I was drained...of the desire to ever eat again (or at least for the next hour) and to ever pick games again. Favre and the Packers decided to do the exact opposite of everything I said, and go ahead and prove they were an elite team, both in the NFC, and the NFL.

My pick would have been pretty accurate, except that I failed to realize that time and time again, in big games, on national TV, the three time MVP brings his A-game...add the fact that it was Thanksgiving, and you have the perfect recipe for home cooked Gulfport domination.

Thursday afternoon Favre was stellar. He made all the right decisions and put passes between the numbers all day. Distributing like Steve Nash, Favre was able to hit eight different receivers en route to a 31 of 41, 381 yard day, with three TDs. Throw in a 100 yard performance from Ryan Grant (yeah that is GBs running back), and the Lions had no chance. "10 wins" Kitna and his Pterodactyls (Calvin Johnson and Roy Williams) did make a late run to make it seem closer than it was, but it was too little too late as the Pack took this one 37-26.

By 7:30 yesterday evening, I was hungry again...to get back to picking winners. Tony Romo and the Cowboys did in fact roll over the Jets, although I wasn't completely satisfied with their W. Romo looked average, making a few questionable decisions, and the Cowboys line struggled a little with the Jets pass rush (by struggled I mean did just fine, but didn't look outright dominant). For the first time this year, Romo seemed a little flustered and shuffled in the pocket with no real place to go. The Cowboys did succeed on the ground with 174 yds rushing and TO was kept happy with a TD catch late in the fourth (6th straight game with at least 1 TD). Wade Phillips now has a week to simulate the match-up with the Packers over and over again on Madden to see what the team needs to do next Thursday night at Texas Stadium, on NFL Network (WHYYY!?!?).

Speaking of NFL Network, did you catch the Colts game on it last night?...neither did anyone else. Manning made a ton of iffy (at best) throws, but luckily for him, the Falcon's DBs have hands like...[insert awful joke number 3]. My day was made when I saw the headline on ESPN this morning "Colts Cruise in Atlanta" (reference previous article "turkey day picks" and yeah, it'd better be a crappy day if this was my highlight). In any event, Manning did throw three first half TDs and Addai found the endzone, and the Colts did in fact cruise.

Two for three isn't bad (above 50%, thus I am still worth more than flipping a coin, or the average non-football-watching-fake-human), and it is just good enough for me to keep wasting my time (and that of the three of you who read this nonsense) writing these. So as I start my journey into game-picking mediocrity, I leave you with this...

"Hah, sicka than your average"...

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