NFL Quick Hits

I dont have the time to do a full game, so allow me just a few quick thoughts on each game along with my picks.
COLTS OVER TITANS I'm beginning to wonder if 15+ years of Andrew Luck is worth degrading your dignity this much. In other news the Titans have been exposed as pretenders that have benefited from an easy schedule as well as a week two win over Baltimore in which the Ravens gave a C- effort after an emotional win over Pittsburgh. Still, the Titans win this one and Chris Johnson owners might finally get some production this week.
SAINTS OVER RAMS I can't think of a team that's more helpless than the Rams right now. They can't even Suck for Luck because they already have Sam Bradford at QB. Can the Saints win by more than 40 again? No. But it is in play. Saints win big.
GIANTS OVER DOLPHINS Wow, the early games really suck this week. The first three picks of the week involve over .500 teams playing the only three winless teams left in the NFL. Parity isn't dead yet, but it's at least in the hospital right now. Giants win big.
PANTHERS OVER VIKINGS And the first semi-interesting game of the week is between two last place teams. I do like what I saw from Christian Ponder last week. No, he didn't unleash the "I just whipped a pass five yards over a wide open guy" face that he trademarked at Florida State, but he did come close in the last drive. I actually liked what I saw from him. Composed, made good decisions with the football (for the most part), and he didn't try to win the game by himself. Of course, I like what I'm seeing from Cam Newton way more. Panthers win 23-17.
RAVENS OVER CARDINALS 4 awful games in the first 5! We're on pace for a record. The Steelers-Pats and Eagles-Cowboys games better be great to make up for this mess. The Ravens didn't show up yet again last week in an embarassing 12-7 loss to Jacksonville. Of course, Chris Berman (Definitely in my top three favorite broadcasters of all time) subscribes to the theory that one time is a mistake, two times is a trend, three times is a problem. I'm not jumping off the Ravens bandwagon yet, but I'm close. Ravens win 21-17.
TEXANS OVER JAGUARS And we're 5 for 6!!!! Can Roger Goodell call an emergency meeting to completely reshuffle this whole week? Please? And while we're here, did anybody luck out more than the Jags last week? If they got the Ravens that the Jets had to play (Yes, I'm a homer), it would have been 38-7. Possibly higher. My point is, the Texans are gonna light the Jags up like a Christmas Tree. 31-10 is the final.
REDSKINS OVER BILLS My first upset pick of the week is the Redskins over the Bills. I'm still not buying the Bills, they're a decent offense and a terrible defense benefiting from an average  schedule (wins over Kansas City, Oakland, and Philly) and a lucky win over a marquee division opponent (a win over New England in which they trailed by 21 and Tom Brady threw four picks. I'm between 95 and 100 precent sure that's never going to happen again). I smell one of those "Easily winnable games that both teams don't show up for" games. 10-6 Redskins.
BRONCOS OVER LIONS BANG!! Upset pick number two! I'm getting off the Lions bandwagon until Stafford is completely healthy and Best comes back. Until then, the Lions are operating with the worst running back corps in the league and a quarterback that's one sack away from  being out for the season (Not joking, the possibility definitely exists). I don't believe in Tebow, but this should be another game where neither team shows up and the final score is something like 7-6. I hate Week 8.
BENGALS OVER SEAHAWKS I'm starting to like the Bengals' offense. Dalton and Green are starting to develop timing and chemistry skills that are essential for an offense to work. The Seahawks, on the other hand, well uh, dont have that. T-Jax and Charlie Whitehurst wouldn't know timing if it hit them in the face. Bengals win by two scores. My god Week 8 sucks.
NINERS OVER BROWNS Everybody is calling this game an upset special, and that's my queue to go against it. Also, I feel like people are calling this game an upset because there's nothing else to call an upset. I mean, did you see the Browns last week? That's possibly the worst showing a team has ever given in a win. Now they have to travel to the West Coast to play a Niners team coming off the bye. Niners win big. Ugh, Week 8 is still awful.
STEELERS OVER PATRIOTS One of the two good games in Week Eight along with Eagles-Cowboys. It might be just me or my bias, but the Pats look relatively beatable this year. They dominated last year because they controlled the clock and obliterated everyone else in the turnover margin, not to mention they were great on Third Down. I don't really see that from this year's Pats. Are they good? Absolutely. But, I think that the Steelers finally break their losing streak to the Pats by keeping the chains moving and getting a few big turnovers. Steelers edge the Pats 27-23.
EAGLES OVER COWBOYS I was never sold on the Eagles (refer to my column on them after the Asomugha signing as proof), but I've also never been sold against them. I never thought that they would be the indestructible super team that everybody thought they wuold be, but I've picked with them more times than against them this year. It's kind of like holding bad cards in a Poker game and trying to win big money just bluffing through the round. This pick is the equivalent of going all in with a pair of twos. Eagles win 20-17 after a game killing pick by Romo.
CHARGERS OVER CHIEFS I'm still not buying the Chiefs. If they pull out a win over the Chargers, that would go a long way towards winning the AFC West and, who knows, I might even believe in them a little. However, I don't think that will happen. Chargers win 23-14.