A Tiny Taste of Pigskin mixed with Turkey...

Another week, another sub-.500 picking performance by me…maybe I need a Thanksgiving feast to rejuvenate myself. At any rate, we have a couple of putrid Thanksgiving afternoon match-ups, as usual, and a nightcap that should be pretty exciting. Here it goes…

Miami (4-6, 1-4 away)
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Detroit (2-8, 2-3 home)

An inconsistent passing game and an injured Kevin Jones spell trouble for the hometown Lions in the early game. Look for Joey Harrington to get the best of his old team in his return to Detroit. Miami’s surging and their defense is playing superbly right now…

My Pick: Dolphins keep rolling
SAFE PICK (If Kevin Jones doesn’t play)

Tampa Bay (3-7, 0-4 away)
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Dallas (6-4, 3-1 home)

Tampa is winless on the road this season, and for good reason: they aren’t that good. Gradkowski has played well enough to keep them in games, but not well enough to win most of them. Dallas just knocked off the previously undefeated Colts on Sunday, so one might expect there to be a bit of a letdown in a game played four days after, but I don’t expect them to lose here. Their front line will harass Gradkowski all afternoon and their offense is rolling right now.

My Pick: Cowboys corral another win

Denver (7-3, 4-1 away)
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Kansas City (6-4, 4-1 home)

The Broncos have to be a bit rattled after they blew a 24-7 lead to the Chargers at home and ended up losing on Sunday. Now they have to play a game four days after, in Arrowhead, the toughest place to play in the NFL. The Broncos’ pass defense looked solid earlier in the year but it has struggled as of late. I expect to see Trent Green, now that he has shaken off the rust from not playing for half of a season, pick them apart as well. And Larry Johnson is another top-flight runner that, like Tomlinson, is good enough to neutralize Denver’s tough run defense.

My Pick: Chiefs win their 5th game at home this season
SAFE PICK

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone…I’m off to eat some turkey and play me some video games…