After my first victory last week I stand at 77-55 while Lucas is still 9 games ahead at 86-46, so now it's time to make a valiant attemp to pull ever closer.

DET at GB: GB. The Lions don't win on the road, and Lambeau Field is more than just a road game, it's a full-blown nightmare for Joey Harrington.

HOU at TEN: TEN. The Titans are tied for first, despite being absolutely awful. If they played in the NCAA, they wouldn't even be ranked in the top 25 thanks to their horrid strength-of-schedule.

SD at STL: STL. St. Louis plays a tough defense for the first time in a few weeks, but they're on the turf and the Chargers have been slipping lately. Marshall Faulk is once again the best running back in the NFC, but is it too late?

NYG at MIN: NYG. The Vikings are to passing defense what the Seahawks are to rush defense: they make the opposing team look so much better than they really are.

IND at PHI: PHI. The Eagles haven't impressed me lately, but the Colts are starting some guy named James Mungro at running back since Ricky Williams The Crappier injured himself during warmups last week.

ATL at PIT: PIT. Michael Vick! Michael Vick Michael Vick! Now that that's out of the way, the Steelers have the better complete team right now, although this will be a hell of a game.

NO at CAR: NO. Rodney Peete is back, which means that Chris Weinke goes back to the bench where he belongs. This may be a trap game, though, as the Saints are coming off a bye week and could be rusty against a subpar opponent.

CIN at BAL: CIN. That's right, I'm picking the turbocharged Bengals to win their second straight. Baltimore is without a number of key players on defense and John Kitna is on a roll (I never thought I'd say that in my life).

WAS at JAX: WAS. The Jaguars are sucking it up and pointing fingers, while the 'Skins are attempting to crawl back into the playoff race despite no good players at any of the skill positions.

SEA at AZ: AZ. Please Mike Holmgren, bring in Jeff George. Thomas Jones gets to look like a quality running back again, if only for one game.

KC at SF: SF. KC should put up a fight, but which Chiefs defense will show up? The one that held the Raiders to 10 points 2 weeks ago, or the one that was absolutely horrible the rest of the year.

NE at CHI: NE. I'll be at this game tomorrow, and we all know the Pats won't let me down.

MIA at NYJ: NYJ. As funny as it is to watch Ray Lucas play for the Dolphins, it's also a little sad because I remember him beating the Patriots as a Jet one game. Sad.

OAK at DEN: DEN. Denver just doesn't lose to the Raiders at home, and Oakland began their end-of-season-swoon quite early this year.