Shoe's Corner

NFL Week #8 2010

Thank you to MYB 2-1 plays last Sunday! Another tough week behind us, as Shoe sees again this weekend- Last week 9-5 SU & 7-7 ATS; not so good, not so bad. This week another "split" week. Shoe has three classifications: "Split", "Normal" and "Flip Flop"- more on that on a later date.
As for last week, Shoe would like to thank these TERDS:
Cedric Benson- The damn football is not a "Hot Potato"! Next time Shoe calls for your sorry ass team to cover, try holding a ball that's not 350 degrees- TERD!
Worthlessberger- Hold on to the damn ball when crossing the goal line- TERD!
Belicheck- I hate the Hoodie! I hate YOU! 4-1 on the 50 w/ 2 minutes left and the momentum NOT in your favor? I HATE YOU- TERD!
Baltimore Offensive Coordinator- Did you forget you have a running game, and you were playing Buffalo? TERD!

This Week's Picks:

MIA@CINCY-2 - Cincinnati the epitome of inconsistency, at home, has a chance to get a win against the best road team in the league. The difference in this game will be the home team. Shoe makes this a contrarian line movement play: CINCY35-MIA24

JAX@DALL-6.5 - Someone please tell me how Dallas is anymore than a 3 point favorite? Crazy as it sounds, Dallas can stop the run, and Kitna might actually bring some life to Big D, in D! Not to mention he's going against Jax' brutally horrible pass defense: Dall38-Jax16

WASH@DET-2.5 - Stafford's back, but is that a good thing? Maybe coming off a bye week. Wash is a solid team but has inconsistency in McNabb, however an uprising star, Ryan Torain. Detroit squeaks on out: DET31-WASH28

BUFF@KC-7.5 - Some really strange lines this week! Hasn't Buffalo put up some serious points as of late, and competed better than we have been led to believe? KC is for real! Shoe don't like Cassel much, but KC has a formidable run game and a young but very capable D and speed on the special teams: KC24-BUFF13

CAR@STL-3 - As I've stated two weeks in a row, a healthy Steven Jackson a STL win! Not healthy, and not this week: CAR17-STL9

GBAY@NYJ-6.5 - J.E.T.S. Jets Jets Jets!!! This is an interesting game; foreshadowing of the Super Bowl? I have a feeling even with GBAY dung up that this game is going to be the most exciting game of the week: GBAY23-NYJ21

DEN@SF-1 - Not really a home game for either team at Wembley (tennis anyone?). Denver is coming off an embarrassing loss to Oakland, and San Fran is going with Troy Smith at QB... Normally we here at MYB like the back up QB "theory", but not this time- Coach Mike- bad choice; Troy is not your man! DEN48-SF31

TEN@SD-3.5 - There's that damn hook again! Last week Terd Benson stuck it to me calling for taking the hook with Cincy; this week Shoe calls for it again, but maybe, just maybe Chris Johnson will be wearing pot holders: SD24-TEN21

TBAY@ARIZ-3 - ARIZ QB woes continue! This game is a real stink fest: TB9-ARIZ6

MINN@NE-5.5 - Two of my favorite people matched up here: Hoodie vs. Fav' ra! As much as I dislike Bret, you got to give the guy kudos for his consecutive game streak, but this guy just won't let go!! Maybe he is afraid to go home- Wonder why? The Hoodie is notorious for beating up QB's when there is blood in the water, and shoe says this time will be Bret's LAST TIME! NE41-MIN17

SEAT@OAK-3 - Ground control to Major Tom...Oakland absolutely buried Den last week with an explosive showing of the run game. Seat has a good run D which will make this interesting considering Oakland will try to build on its' previous success: SEAT21-OAK17

PITT-1@NO - Wow how the mighty have fallen from Super Bowl Champs to a Brownie beat down! Pitt has yet to falter, has played solid and has the record to prove. NO just has not got it going on especially with the SB winner target on their back. Shoe makes the line movement play here: NO24-PITT17

HOUS@INDY-5.5 - Rematch on Indy's turf! Houston soundly beat Indy last time out, which makes me think that Houston has the formula to put it together again. However with Peyton "the sly fox" Manning at the helm, I'm sure he's got something up his sleeve to pull out a close victory: INDY24-HOUS23