On To Football...

Since NYC is my hometown, we'll start the NFL season with picks for the Jets and Giants:

Tennessee is one of the few teams with a worse offense than the Jets at this stage of the season, and if the Jets don't have a running game the Titans don't have ANY game.

The Jet D frustrates Tennessee all afternoon and the boys in green come away with a win. Jets 24-Titans 10.

UPDATE: Get them a kicker. 24 year-old Mike Neugent missed an extra point along with a quite makable 34 yard field goal, then bounced another 30 yard attempt off a goalpost, but even with him choking away 7 easy points and the Jet defense taking the 4th Quarter off it wasn't enough to propel the Titans to victory as NY held on for a 23-16 win. Quarterback Chad Pennington threw for 319 yards in going 24/33, and every inch of it was needed as the Jets running attack could only muster a total of 100 yards. If Pennington can remain healthy and today's performance was more than just beating up on NFL scrubs then the Jets can win 7 games this season.
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But here's the media frenzied matchup of perhaps the entire season, and the poor suits must be shaking their heads that it came on a day when ratings will be high anyway.

The Giants versus the Colts. Manning against Manning.

The key to this impossible game to predict is going to be the Giants D. If they can shake, rattle, and roll Peyton's Place then the Giant running game can give Eli the room he needs to squeak out a close one. So it's out on a limb time...

Giants 27-Colts 24. Yeah, yeah, I know. The Giants pass defense isn't the best and they're going up against the best so what's wrong with me anyway. There's no defending this call save for to say that on September 10 I'd love to see both NY teams emerge victorious and don't mind making the wrong prediction for the right reasons. My heart says the Giants handle Peyton all day and a lot of points are scored in garbage time, and my head just wants the day off.

UPDATE: Colts 26-Giants 21. Indy used Adam Vinatieri's to kick the Giants all over the field as his 4, count 'em 4, field goals were too much for Big Blue to overcome. The Giants kicker missed his only chance to put up 3 points, but at the end of the day it wouldn't have made enough of a difference. Both Manning brother's played well, but Peyton got his team closer to the goal line time after time, and here's where a solid kicker can steal a game. Losing by 5 in your own backyard bodes ill for NY if they meet up with the Colts in the playoffs, as Indy will most likely have the better record and home field advantage.

Last Years Record: 78-31. But no fussing with point spreads, just winners and losers.