Rich Eisen has stopped returning my calls...

Ok, so I’m not quite ready to quit my day job…this week has not treated me very kindly so far. After a promising start, I proceeded to pick all of the 4:15 games incorrectly, leaving me at an abysmal 5-7 for the week. I am hoping to get back on track tonight but it is a pretty tough match-up…

New York Giants (3-2, 2-1 away)
at
Dallas (3-2, 2-0 home)

I think that the Giants have the momentum going into this game after a huge comeback win at Atlanta last week. Yes, I know, last week was Owens’ coming out party right? Let’s be serious here…there is no one or even two Texans defensive backs who have a prayer at guarding any decent NFL receiver. I’m sure that game helped to boost Dallas’s confidence but they haven’t proved anything to me yet. That being said, it seems that despite the success that the Giants have had over the last two seasons, they are extremely inconsistent. It seems like every time that they pick up a big win, they follow it up with a dud game the next week. I have been wavering back and forth on this pick all week…I really do think that the Giants’ offense is hitting its stride. But I learned my lesson last year…and I relearned it again this year when the Giants got blown out by Seattle a week after a huge comeback win over the Eagles. There is no way I can pick the Giants here. I still think that it could be a close game but, given their recent history, I trust the Giants here about as far as I can throw them. Owens will probably have another solid game, Glenn will have a big game, and with some better blocking, Drew Bledsoe will play well enough against the Giants’ suspect secondary to shut up all of those stupid analysts screaming for Tony Romo…

My Pick: The Giants play poorly after their big win last week and the Cowboys capitalize