what time is - IT'S GAME TIME - what time is it - IT'S GAME TIME.... and we're going to the house......(Wk. 1 Edition)

The best time of the year is officially upon us. (*Picks in red against the spread)

Without further delay:

NO @ Indy (-6)
Remember the last time Peyton played in a big game on national television???? P-Money will be spot on going for 350 yards against Fred Thomas and the worst secondary this side of the Detroit river.
Start: Anyone that plays offense on either team / Sit: De De Dorsey - b/c he isn't on the team anymore and either DST.

KC (+3) @ Hou
Larry carried the ball too much. KC doesn't have a passing game. Their defense is soft. Whatever!!!!! Watch Ty Law shut down Andre Johnson and Larry run wild on an improving yet still terrible Houston D. Welcome to the NFL Jacoby Jones (he takes a kick to the house) but too little, too late.
Start: Larry / Sit: Hou DST, Andre Johnson

Denver @ Buffalo (+3)
Denver is not acclimated to the low altitude and brutal humidty of northwestern New York. JP Losman and the exciting rookie RB M. Lynch shock Champ, Dre and all the other defenders with weird names from Denver. Lee Evans takes Chump Bailey to the house.
Start: M. Lynch, T. Henry, Lee Evans / Sit: Cutler, Javon Walker

Pittsburgh (-5) @ Cleveland
The dog pound will be in midseason form but it will not be enough. Ben starts his march to reclaiming the title of decent fantasy QB with a strong outing because he owns the Browns. Quinn will play - yep, it will be that bad.
Start: Big Ben, Willie Parker, Braylon Edwards Sit: J. Lewis, whoever plays QB for Cleveland

Tennesse @ Jacksonville (-6.5)
J-ville D locks Vince down and the Jag RBs run wild.
Start: Fred Taylor and MJD Sit: Vince and Gerrard

Carolina @ St. Louis (-1)
This one will be tight but the Bulger led offense will win out in the end. Watch for Holt to be ineffective with his knee injury and tight Panther CB coverage.
Start: S. Smith, Bulger / Sit: Holt, S. Jackson

Philly @ Green Bay (+3)
The GB pass rush will get after Donovan and he isn't going to scramble much with his shiny new knee ligament. Philly D will show some cracks vs. the run.
Start: Brandon Jackson, Westbrook / Sit: McNabb, Eagles DST

Atlanta @ Minny (-3)
Joey Harrington is not going to win a game in the Metrodome. REPEAT after me. Joey Harrington is not going to win a game in the Metrodome. Also, the Viking's run D is tough.
Start: A. Peterson, Chester Taylor / Sit: Everyone in an Atlanta uniform

Miami @ Wahington (-3)
Low scoring snooze-fest but Portis gets things going in front of the home crowd.
Start: Portis, Cooley / Sit: Trent Green, Chris Chambers

New England (-6.5) @ NYJ
Maroney's coming out party as a feature NFL back turns into a blood bath as Pennington gets picked multiple times. Who needs your starting saftey and defensive end when you have Belichik.
Start: Maroney, Brady / Sit:Pennington, Jets DST

Tampa @ Seattle (-6)
Tampa Bay will be the Washington Generals to the Seahawk's Globetrotters. Alexander gets off for 2 TDs a Galloway scores a pair while Garcia and the Buc's O plays catch-up.
Start: Alexander, Galloway, Branch / Sit: Buc's DST

Chicago @ San Diego (-6)
Rex on the road against a sound D. Hmmmmm........I think I smell a blood bath. The home team will cover with ease. Gates will cave up the deep middle in the Bear's cover 2. Sproles takes one to the house. You don't like the LT commercial Bear's D?? Maybe you need to learn to play O so you can do something about it.
Start: Charger's DST, Gates / Sit: All Bear's offensive players

Detroit (+2) @ Oakland
Everyone and their brother will tell you that Oakland has a great pass D and Detroit is all about passing. Big problem with that is not many team's passed the ball last year when they were up by 30 in the second half vs. a putrid Raiders team. Also, consider the fact that none of those teams had Mike Martz as a coach and Roy Williams and Calvin Johnson as WRs. The Raider's will throw to catch-up but fall short.
Start: Kitna, Roy Williams / Sit: Raider's DST

Giants @ Dallas (-6)
Romo to TO - again and again. TO start's his candidacy for league MVP and the Giant's secondary starts their candidacy for worst defensive backfield in the league. Bad combination if you root for the G-Men.
Start: Romo, TO, Barber, Dallas DST / Sit: Eli Manning, Giant's DST

Baltimore @ Cincy (-3)
Watch the injury report carefully on this one. Housh missed practice with a knee injury on Wednesday. If the problem persists be ready for this to shift to advantage Baltimore since they will be able to double Chad Johnson all over the field with little attention paid to whoever Cincy sticks opposite him. With Housh active I love Cincy. Either way this will be a hard faught low scoring game.
Start: Todd Heap, Willis Mcgahee, Housh (if active), Matt Stover / Sit: Rudi Johnson

Arizona @ San Fran (-3)
This might be a shootout like the Colts/Saints game. Both DST units will be hard pressed to slow the other side down. That is business as usual in Zona but SF is going to need a few weeks for their new D players to gel as a unit. The "veteran" QB at home wins out in the end.
Start: Gore, Fitz, Bolden, D-Jack / Sit: Both DSTs

Sneaky Play of the week: Ronald Curry OAK WR vs. Detroit - The Lion's secondary is plain awful (How's that for a homer!!!)

Busted stud of the week: Donovan McNabb @ GB - confidence in the repaired joint will take a few weeks. His accuracy, mobility and pocket presence will suffer in the meantime.