Thursday, December 07, 2006

I must be butter...'cause I'm on a roll...

For five weeks, I couldn’t pick myself out of a police lineup…now I am hotter than Natalie Portman in lingerie. Where do I go from here? I can probably only go down because it will be nearly impossible to replicate last week’s success. But hey, I can dream…and my dream starts tonight in Pittsburgh…

Cleveland (4-8, 2-3 away)
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Pittsburgh (5-7, 4-2 home)

Despite the Steelers’ inconsistency this season, they have been pretty solid at home. That notion will be put to the test tonight as Pittsburgh will be without both of its starting wide receivers. The Browns come in to the game with newfound confidence and a new leader under center (Derek Anderson) who seems to offer more offensive firepower than Charlie Frye has so far this year, as, after Frye left the game with an injury last week, he led Cleveland to their biggest win of the year, an improbable overtime victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. It must be taken into consideration though that the Browns were playing at home, and with a level of anger and embarrassment that they won’t be able to match as they had been shut out at home by the Bengals the previous week. I’m not entirely sure how this game will turn out just because of the mind-numbingly erratic play of the Steelers this year, but I’ll give the defending champs the nod instead of making the trendy upset pick.

My Pick: Steelers move to 5-2 at home

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