Ranking the 4 games in order of my interest:
4. Bengals at Texans
Two bad teams. Houston was good, but not the Houston taking the field on Saturday. Two rookie quarterbacks. Two franchises with no history. Pass.
3. Falcons at Giants
Blah. Two teams that have some talent, but are boring.
2. Steelers at Broncos (Sun, 2:30 mountain)
If this game was in Pittsburgh, it wouldn't be as exciting. I would think the Steelers blow them out. But now with Clark sitting, Mendenhall out, and Roethlisburger banged up, we've got a recent Super Bowl champion who should win but may be missing too many pieces. Versus a team that's not that good but has a great home field advantage and a quarterback that's not good but somehow wins weird comebacks.
1. Lions at Saints (Sat, 6pm mountain)
Two historically troubled franchises now with lots of talent. Two offenses that love to score with defenses that either say meh or stomp on people (literally). Two dome teams. The Lions haven't been in the playoffs since god knows when and they've got a tough matchup here, but they have a knack for comeback victories and the Saints lost in the first game last year when they were favored. I hope this game is 55-49.
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Here are my stupid picks:
Bengals +3
Lions +11
Falcons +3
Broncos +8
UNDERDOG CITY
I agree completely with what you wrote and all of your picks against the spread, but I think the lions lose by more. It's been a great season, but when the Lions couldn't beat Green Bay the last week and the 49ers came back against the Rams, I could see the season ending in the Superdome.
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