If you haven’t noticed by now, we are in the thick of a time that plays a role in the confidence pool, especially season-long pools – bye weeks!

This can play big in your season long pools. If you have had a solid start and are sitting comfortably towards the top of the standings, you are loving bye weeks as the top numbers aren’t in play! You can’t have 15 and 16 point games when there are only 14 games played in a week!

On the flip side, if you need to make up ground, you need to make sure you hit as many picks as you can in a week.

Lucky for you, you’re reading my picks, so you’re good to go ?

Week 6 – HERE WE GO!!!!

(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)

15 – GREEN BAY over Cincinnati – Well Joe Flacco HAS already beaten the Packers this season so…no…no there’s no chance…

14 – PITTSBURGH over Cleveland – Says a lot about your team when you trade one quarterback, start a rookie quarterback, but the talking point is still your third string quarterback.

13 – WASHINGTON over Chicago – …Pepperidge Farms remembers …

12 – INDIANAPOLIS over Arizona – The Cardinals just don’t seem to want to win games this season.

11 – Denver over NEW YORK JETS – Get up early for this one! Or don’t, it won’t be very exciting.

10 – Philadelphia over NEW YORK GIANTS – A game against the Giants will be a great way for the Eagles to practice playing football for ALL four quarters.

9 – Los Angeles Rams – over BALTIMORE – The Ravens are about to be 1-5 … that’s weird.

8 – Buffalo over ATLANTA – The Patriots need to apologize to the Falcons for what will happen to them this week.

7 – JACKSONVILLE over Seattle – It feels like the Seahawks are going to end up being the best looking 9-8 or 8-9 team this season.

6 – MIAMI over Los Angeles Chargers – We’ll call this the Hunch of the Week.

5 – TAMPA BAY over San Francisco – Baker just seems to find ways to win. My BOLD PREDICTION this week is that THE BUCS WILL WIN AT LEAST 12 GAMES THIS YEAR.

4 – KANSAS CITY over Detroit – I wouldn’t be hurt if you wanted to put the Lions on this line.

3 – NEW ORLEANS over New England – The Pats used up too much winning energy last week. Yes … that’s a thing!

2 – CAROLINA – over Dallas – The Panthers are going to end this week with a better record than the Ravens .. … … just let that sit for a little bit.

1 – Tennessee over LAS VEGAS – Really no reason to have faith in the Raiders at this point … not even at home against the Titans.